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A century from skipper Temba Bavuma (109 off 102 balls) laid the platform for South Africa's third-highest successful ODI run-chase on Sunday as they gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match bilateral series against England.
Sergio Mendigutxia once again made the difference for the defending champions with his 21st-minute goal. One of Vikas' innumerable overlaps right ended up with a beautiful floated cross to the far post. Mendigutxia snuck in to head it into the far corner of the net.
It was indeed a different version of Suryakumar batting on Lucknow pitch as in a rare case, he failed to cross the strike rate of 100 and ended his innings at an SR of 83.87
The bounce and turn on the Lucknow wicket was such that both sides struggled to score runs. Even T20 specialists like Finn Allen and Suryakumar Yadav struggled to strike at their usual strike rate. 10-15 extra runs from Kiwis could have pushed India to go harder with the bat
The match was an extremely low-scoring affair and saw both sides struggling for runs on a spin-friendly track. Even a chase of 100 runs went down till the last over.
New Zealand leads the three-match T20I series 1-0. They had defeated Men in Blue in the first match by 21 runs, which saw a fighting half-century from all-rounder Washington Sundar go in vain. They will be looking forward to downing Men in Blue in their own territory and win the series
The Blasters need eleven points from their last six matches to seal a playoff berth for a second successive season and the Serbian head coach has urged his team to approach their final six matches with the right attitude.
Afghanistan announced a 22-player squad for the T20I series in UAE next month which will be led by leg-spinner Rashid Khan, who has been re-instated as the skipper after having let go of the leadership role earlier.