It was a case of so near and yet so far for the Proteas as they waged a gallant fight in chasing over 200 against India in the third T20I in Centurion on Wednesday night.
Marco Jansen hit some massive sixes, but it was just too late to take the Proteas to victory against India at Centurion on Wednesday night. Photo: AFPCENTURION: A combination of flying ants, a fused light pylon and Tilak Varma’s maiden T20I century proved to be the undoing of the Proteas on a balmy Wednesday night at SuperSport Park.
If a 25-minute delay due to flying insects hovering over the pitch after the Proteas’ first over of the run chase was not distracting enough, the home team were always going to need a strong start if they were to construct another memorable chase.Openers Ryan Rickelton and Reeza Hendricks threatened, but neither were able to stay there long enough to genuinely pose a threat.
All that achieved, though, was to bring Varma to the crease earlier than expected. The latest off the conveyor belt of dynamic Indian T20 batters, Varma was undeterred by the early loss of Samson. From thereon, it was pure carnage, with Varma taking particular aim at his former Mumbai Indians teammate Gerald Coetzee.
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