Klaasen was batting on 49 on the finish of the 15th over, he had swashbuckling David Miller on the opposite facet, who too had settled in and was on 14 off 7 balls.
South Africa’s scorecard learn 147 for 4 in 15 overs in 177-run chase as a 24-run 15th over from Axar Patel had nearly sealed a well-known Proteas win.
The Kensington Oval, stuffed with a Sea of Blue, had gone nearly silent as hastily now it was South Africa’s sport to lose.
However hell broke unfastened for the Proteas after that as India made a comeback of the ages from the 16th over onwards.
Carrying on the tag of ‘chokers’ for over twenty years now, South Africa did the unimaginable and so did India as the sport turned on its head.
Not budging down regardless of immense strain, a calculated Rohit Sharma threw in his trump card, bringing in Jasprit Bumrah for his third over.
The pacer, who had conceded simply 12 in his opening two-over spell and was India’s finest guess, got here in and bowled a heart-stopping 16th over. Making a gift of simply four runs in it, Bumrah stored India’s hopes alive and that is the place South Africa’s choking within the chase started.
Though the win predictor nonetheless confirmed 92% Proteas win and India’s probabilities at solely 8% after 16 overs, the truth on the bottom regarded completely different.
The equation was now 26 off 24 as Hardik Pandya got here again into the assault to bowl the 17th over.
Dismissing a fifty-up Heinrich Klaasen on the primary ball of the over, Hardik broke the spine of the Proteas chase.
As a doubtlessly match successful knock from Klaasen ended through a caught behind dismissal, India had been now proper again within the contest.
Within the 17th over, Hardik gave simply four runs aside from the Klaasen wicket as South Africa now wanted 22 off 18.
For Rohit now, it was a tricky alternative, whether or not to provide Bumrah the 18th or the 19th over and the skipper went with the previous.
After a few dot balls and a single, Bumrah knocked over Marco Jansen (2) on the fourth ball as David Miller, on the non-striker’s finish helplessly watched the Proteas implosion.
With simply two runs and a wicket coming within the 18th Bumrah over, the strain was now all on South Africa.
Left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh then got here in and delivered an unimaginable penultimate over, giving freely simply four runs to David Miller (21*) and Keshav Maharaj (2*).
The 4 distinctive overs after the 16th had now given Hardik 16 to defend within the last over.
On the primary ball of the ultimate Hardik over, Surykumar Yadav, at long-off pulled off the catch for the ages to do away with Miller for 21 as India delivered the knockout punch to the Proteas.
With Maharaj and Kagiso Rabada now within the center and 16 to defend off 5 balls, Hardik completed off the job with perfection as India sealed a well-known seven-run win.
