South Africa have given India a target of 209 runs. In the World Championship of Legends match, AB de Villiers has made an unbeaten 63 runs for South Africa.
Earlier, India’s match against Pakistan was canceled, so this team is the first match in India’s WCL 2025. South Africa, on the other hand, defeated the West Indies in their first match of the tournament.
South Africa’s bad start
The South African team came to bat first in the match played in Northhampton. Hashim Amla and J Rudolph scored 35 for the first wicket, but then Amla was dismissed for 22 runs. Even Rudolph could not survive on the crease for long, Yuvraj Singh scored a 24 -run score.
South Africa lost their second wicket on a 66 -run score, then AB de Villiers came to bat and started attacking the Indian bowlers as soon as they arrived. The African team’s batsmen lose their wickets at regular intervals and within a short time, half the team returned to the pavilion with a score of 118 runs.
AB de Villiers and JJ SMTS Machawi Dhoom
After this, AB de Villiers and JJ SMTs scored 71 off just 33 balls. SMTs scored 30 off 17 balls, while AB de Villiers returned an unbeaten by 63 off 30 balls, hit 3 fours and 4 sixes in his stormy innings. AB de Villiers made an important contribution to the South African team score to 208, with the entire team hit 19 fours and 8 sixes.
Indian bowlers’s disappointing performance
Speaking of Indian bowling, Vinay Kumar proved to be the most expensive, giving 44 runs in 3 overs. Stuart Binny and Irfan Pathan threw 1-1 over, but could not take any wickets. Piyush Chawla and Yusuf Pathan took 2-2 wickets, while Abhimanyu Mithun took one wicket.
