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india secured a semi-very last date with bangladesh when they sent south africa crashing out of the champions trophy in ignominious fashion.
as it happened: india v south africa
the asian aspect positioned up a near perfect overall performance as they without difficulty chased up the proteas' meagre 191 all out, with eight wickets in hand.
once more, south africa flopped in a knockout in shape. after a solid begin of a hundred and forty for two from 28 overs, the strain of the occasion got the better of the side and that they lost 8 wickets for simply fifty one runs.
to place it mildly, the overall performance turned into embarrassing and in addition entrenched the "choker" tag that so begrudgingly haunts the group.
the oval changed into packed to the rafters - ninety in step with cent with the aid of indian fans - with india captain virat kohli opting to discipline first at the toss.
south africa's begin become slow but consistent as a combination of a few disciplined fast bowling and nervy batting meant that hashim amla (35) and quinton de kock (fifty three) controlled most effective 35 runs in the first ten over powerplay.
bhuveneshwar kumar and jasprit bumrah had kept matters in check but it became the spinners who might positioned an give up to the openers' innings as amla became caught behind off ravi ashwin and de kock turned into bowled whilst trying to sweep ravi jadeja.
ab de villiers, who many might have concept turned into due a big score, regarded in first-rate nick and at one hundred forty for two the proteas could have had their eye on a 280-plus rating on a dry and used surface.
the turning point became a suicidal choice to name for a unmarried that resulted in ab de villiers (sixteen) falling some inches short of his floor way to a top notch little bit of fielding by means of hardik pandya.
within the very next over david miller (1) ran blindly even as faf du plessis stood his ground and the 2 located every other on the equal cease of the pitch.
the blunder could have been comical if now not for the dire outcomes of the run out because the proteas stumbled and fell.
this would be the second of 3 run outs, which might motive displeasure at the nice of times, let alone in a virtual zone-very last.
india's fielding has advanced in leaps and limits in preceding years and contemporary performance in the discipline significantly contributed to disregarding south africa for one of these modest general.
du plessis (36) turned into bowled by means of a cute ball from pandya (1-52) and the crumble had grow to be devastating. jp duminy (20 no longer out) hung round but ran out of partners as he did not get a great deal of the strike.
no different batsman might make double figures as kumar (2-23) and man-of-the-in shape bumrah (2-28) got here back to mop up the tail with efficiency.
south africa were properly and definitely beaten inside the first innings and could convey themselves to do little greater than go through the motions of their attempted defence of the paltry sub-two hundred total.
shikhar dhawan (seventy eight) and virat kohli (75 now not out) made batting look easy as they casually knocked up the runs in front of a extremely joyful crowd that sang and danced from beginning to stop.
the prevailing runs were struck when there had been nonetheless 12 overs to spare to finish a complete drubbing.
admire became shown to kagiso rabada (zero-34) but india's batsmen scored runs conveniently off all of the different bowlers, who every conceded over five runs consistent with over.
proteas skipper ab de villiers said after the match, "now not a perfect way to complete. credit score to them in the ones first 15-20 overs, placed the strain on us, we generally do not bat that way. we never were given going, very sad obviously. we were hoping to play a higher sport of cricket.
"we got here unstuck against a better crew. could not it escape. a number of gentle dismissals."
india will experience they've one foot within the very last as their semi-final is in opposition to bangladesh at edgbaston on thursday.
they've handiest lost to that neighboring usa 5 instances in 32 suits and, even though bangladesh are enhancing all the time, india definitely should not have a great deal hassle handling them.
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