A good batting performance guides Team India to the finals of WT20
South African team led by Faf Du Plessis faced the mighty Indians in the second semi-final of the world T20 in Mirpur on 4th April. Africans on winning the toss decided to bat first and set a good total on the board for the inform team India. The South African batsmen played awell-controlled innings to set a target of 173 for the Indians. The skipper led from the front with a knock off 58 from 41 balls. He got support from inform batsmen JP Duminy who scored 45 off 40 balls. The pick of the bowlers from the Indian camp was R Ashwin having a bowling figure of 3/22. The inform spinner Amit Mishra was taken apart from the African batsmen.
Africans after posting a 170+ score have never lost a match were pretty sure of making it to the finals of an ICC event for the first time. At the innings break Dale Styen and co. were favourites of defending their total. But Indian batsmen have different things in mind. From the very first over Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane made their intentions clear and India reached 56/1 at 6 overs. The lone wicket to fall was of Rohit who scored a 24 off 13 balls before getting out. In the mid innings the run machine Virat Kohli and Yuvraj Singh steadied the ship and it was a blistering knock from Suresh Raina that made sure India qualifies for the final. It was Kohli who played a mature innings and guided India home. He received the Man of the Match award for his 44 ball 72. With this India now will face Sri-Lanka in the final on 6th of April.