After losing the toss for the third time in a row, India were put into bat on a good batting surface. While Ruturaj (57 off 35) got his team off to a flier, Ishan Kishan (54 off 35) played second-fiddle. However, the visitors pulled things back and restricted India to 179-5 in their 20 overs.
In reply, South Africa kept losing wickets regularly and never had any control of the game. Chahal (3 for 20) and Harshal Patel (4 for 25) starred with the ball for India. South Africa were bundled out for 131 with five balls remaining.
Yuzvendra Chahal, Player of the Match, said, ‘ I bowled a lot of sliders and bowled quicker in the previous matches. Today, I changed my seam position. Spinning and getting the ball to dip are my strengths. Today I tried to get it to turn and bowl slower. I tried to bowl to my strengths, I focused on that. When batters try to reverse-sweep, it becomes tough for the bowlers. But now I have a second plan and set fields accordingly. I didn’t bowl well in the previous game, the coach asked me to back my strengths. The ground there (Rajkot) is bigger’.