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by Mike Peter

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    I believe these are the best two teams in the competition and this is a dress rehearsal for the final.

    Gordon, Darlaston

  2. Ind 23-2

    Four more.

    A full toss from Kagiso Rabada and Abhishek Sharma fires that through the covers, beating the diving Lungi Ngidi.

  3. 6 runs

    Ind 19-2

    That's the way to do it.

    Abhishek Sharma flails wildly at Kagiso Rabada's first three deliveries, failing to score, but he lifts the fourth deftly over the boundary behind the keeper.

    It was a bouncer from Rabada and Abhishek simply helped the ball on its way by allowing it to glance off his bat.

  4. South Africa are ahead of the game on our win predictor.

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  5. Ind 13-2

    Target 188

    Here's the home captain and he settles some nerves with a pair of fours.

    Suryakumar Yadav immediately gets off the mark with a shot through mid-wicket, then two balls later he puts Marco Jansen through backward point.

  6. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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    Maybe the noise around the venue misled Tilak Varma but spectators around the ground will know that's a big moment.

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    Varma c de Kock b Jansen 1 (Ind 5-2)

    Yeah, that's just out.

    Curious review, perhaps Tilak Varma simply didn't hear the edge.

    Either way, India are in trouble early on.

  8. Umpire review

    And another one?

    Tilak Varma swipes at Marco Jansen's first ball and Quinton de Kock celebrates taking the catch behind the stumps.

    The India batter reviews - there's no other conceivable source of noise here.

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    Bumrah is an absolute freak! Extremely accurate and difficult to score against. Standout bowler for India today. Continues to be the world’s best all format bowler. Looking forward to seeing whether Rabada and Jansen can make early inroads.

    Morne, Guilford

  10. Ind 5-0

    Runs for Abhishek Sharma!

    He lashes his first ball, the last of Aiden Markram's over, through point for four.

  11. Henry Moeran
    Commentator on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra

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    Rickelton was running backwards - I was backing the ball at one stage, but he did well to hold on to it.

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    Kishan c Rickelton b Markram 0 (Ind 0-1)

    It's Ishan Kishan who goes for a duck!

    The opener was almost dismissed from the preceding delivery, dropping Aiden Markram's ball just shot of mid-on, before skewing the ball high up in the air.

    Ryan Rickelton does well to get under the falling ball and take the catch - the home side are one down without scoring.

  13. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    I think the plan is to burgle an over here - Markram has done this a lot, opening the bowling.

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    Thanks Adwaidh.

    India need 188 runs to win - that's a required run-rate of 9.40 runs an over.

    The home openers of Abhishek Sharma and Ishan Kishan are in the middle - the former has been dismissed for ducks in his last three games.

    South African captain Aiden Markram will open the bowling.

  15. That’s all from me for now.

    My colleague Mike Peter will take you through the rest of this game which looks finely poised at the halfway stage.

    Over to you, Mike.

  16. Dewald Brevis provided exactly the kind of support David Miller needed to keep South Africa’s chase on track.

    He scored 45 runs off 29 balls before falling to Shivam Dube.

    Six and out for Brevis as he departs for 45

  17. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    I think the game will be very dependent on how Lungi Ngidi bowls, he's been South Africa's outstanding bowler in the tournament so far.

  18. South Africa set India target of 188

    SA 187-7

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    Back-to-back sixes to end South Africa's innings from Tristan Stubbs, who hits an unbeaten 44 from 24 balls to hand India a strong challenge in their Super 8 opener.

    It's fantastic recovery from the Proteas after they lost three wickets inside the powerplay with David Miller the chief architect of their innings and both Dewald Brevis and Tristan Stubbs also contributing.

  19. dropped catch

    Stubbs dropped on 28

    SA 175-7

    Tristan Stubbs doesn't connect well as he looks to clear the rope through backward square leg and Washington Sundar is there.

    But the India fielder fumbles it and adding insult to injury, the ball goes behind for a boundary.

  20. Firdose Moonda
    Cricinfo's South Africa correspondent on Test Match Special

    What's so fantastic about Jasprit Bumrah's figures is that there are 12 dot balls. That's two overs of dot balls in a T20 game which tells you everything you need to know about the quality of Bumrah.