India cruelled by costly Kohli dropped catch

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By Damien McCartney and AP

A dropped drawback from Virat Kohli broke the hearts of millions crossed India - the drawback perchance costing his broadside their T20 World Cup lucifer against South Africa successful Perth.

With Aiden Markram and David Miller astatine the crease, the Proteas tally pursuit was connected way astatine 3-63 successful the 12th implicit chasing India's 134 erstwhile Markram looked to hoick Ravi Ashwin implicit heavy midwicket.

He succeeded lone successful scooping it consecutive down Kohli's pharynx - oregon truthful it seemed. He grassed, leaving Indian commentator Harsha Bhogle shocked.

"Oh he's enactment it down! How could helium enactment that down?," helium shouted.

"He was backpeddling, helium got it once, and past it popped out. Was that the game? And this is 1 of the best!"

Markram scored different 17 runs earlier helium was yet caught by Suryakumar Yadav disconnected the bowling if Hardik Pandya - a drawback that looked eerily akin to the 1 Kohli enactment down.

Miller scored an unbeaten 59 not retired to usher South Africa to a five-wicket triumph with 2 balls to spare.

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Earlier, Lungi Ngidi took 4-29 to assistance restrict the Indian score, portion Yadav scored a counter-attacking 68 disconnected 40 balls.

It was the archetypal clip the Proteas had beaten India successful an ICC lawsuit since 2011.

“It has ever been my imagination to enactment successful a show similar that successful a World Cup. But it got beauteous nervus wracking 'till the end. I volition cherish this show for a agelong time,” antheral of the lucifer Ngidi said.

Having won the flip and batted, India ran into Ngidi who ripped up its batting bid with a four-wicket burst.

Rohit Sharma (15) top-edged aft facing a abbreviated shot barrage portion Lokesh Rahul (9) was caught astatine gaffe 4 balls later.

Kagiso Rabada held 2 tricky catches astatine good limb to assistance disregard some Virat Kohli (12) and Hardik Pandya (2).

India was rocked by gait and bounce, reduced to 49-5 successful 8.3 overs. Anrich Nortje (1-23) dismissed Deepak Hooda (0) for a three-ball duck successful between.

Yadav provided absorption with a counter-attacking half-century disconnected 30 balls. He smacked six fours and 3 sixes to resurrect the Indian innings and enactment connected 52 runs disconnected 40 balls with Dinesh Karthik, who lone contributed six runs to the sixth-wicket partnership.

Then Wayne Parnell initiated a treble breakthrough, sending backmost Karthik and Ashwin (7) arsenic India floundered again.

Yadav’s dismissal successful the 19th implicit reduced India to 127-8, and it finished with a below-par people connected a bowler-friendly surface.

In response, Arshdeep Singh deed South Africa’s top-order hard. He had Quinton de Kock (1) caught astatine gaffe and past trapped Rilee Rossouw lbw for a two-ball duck.

South Africa went from 2-3 to 3-24 arsenic Mohammed Shami had Temba Bavuma (10) caught behind.

But Markram and Miller resisted the travel of wickets, adding 76 runs disconnected 60 balls for the 4th wicket.

Markram deed six fours and a six to bring up his half-century disconnected 38 balls.

Kohli's dropped drawback wasn't the lone beingness Markram was given, Sharma missed an casual run-out the pursuing over.

Miller reached his half-century disconnected 40 deliveries, upping the ante with 4 fours and 3 sixes. By the clip helium was dismissed, it was excessively late. Ashwin besides trapped Tristan Stubbs (6) lbw to marque it 122-5.

Despite the breakthrough, India had nary effect for the calm Miller who finished disconnected the crippled with 2 balls to spare.

In the different games, Bangladesh held connected by 3 runs implicit Zimbabwe, portion Pakistan restricted The Netherlands to conscionable 91 earlier chasing it down successful the 14th implicit for a six-wicket win.

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