Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee added 42 unbeaten runs to help the Proteas secure a nervy three-wicket triumph over India in the second Wonder Cement T20 International at Dafabet St George’s Park in Gqeberha on Sunday evening.
The eighth-wicket stand came off just 20 balls as the Proteas reached 128 for seven with Stubbs ending unbeaten on 47 while Coetzee faced just nine balls but ended 19 not out.
But career-best figures of 5-17 from spinner Varun Chakravarthy had the hosts in all sorts of trouble at 86 for seven. Chakravarthy was sublime with his legspinners, having Reeza Hendricks , Markram , Marco Jansen and David Miller all clean-bowled, while Heinrich Klaasen holed out to Rinku Singh on the long-off boundary for just two.
Coetzee had Abhishek Sharma top-edging to Jansen at short fine leg for just four before Andile Simelane trapped Yadav in front for just four as well. Pandya though tried his best, farming the strike as much as possible, striking four boundaries and a six from 45 deliveries.
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