Indian Champions vs South Africa Champions AB de Villiers: Today, Team India has come to play its first match against South Africa in the World Champions of Legends. In this match, South Africa batted first and thrashed the Indian bowlers and scored 208 runs by losing 6 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. During this, captain AB de Villiers hit a stormy fifty. Now India has to score 209 runs to win this match.
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At the beginning of the match, Yuvraj Singh won the toss and invited South Africa to bat first. Playing first, the Proteas team had a good start. Hashim Amla and Jacques Rudolph added 35 runs for the first wicket. This pair was broken by Piyush Chawla. After this, the pair of Rudolph and Sarel Ervee took the team’s score beyond 66. By the score of 68, three major batsmen of South Africa had returned to the pavilion.
AB de Villiers wreaked havoc with the bat
AB de Villiers came out to bat at number 4. As soon as he came on the field, he attacked the Indian bowlers. De Villiers batted aggressively and crossed the 50-run mark in just 28 balls. The way he was batting, it did not seem that this player had retired from international cricket many years ago. De Villiers remained unbeaten till the end. He scored unbeaten 63 runs in 30 balls. His innings included 3 fours and 4 skyscraper sixes.
Ab de Villiers brings up his fifty in style. pic.twitter.com/x5hmFq7Lzh
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Apart from de Villiers, JJ Smit also batted fiercely. He faced 17 balls and scored 30 runs with the help of 3 fours and 1 six. Wayne Parnell finally scored unbeaten 18 runs in 5 balls. With the help of these innings, South African team was able to cross the 200 run mark. Yusuf Pathan and Piyush Chawla took 2-2 wickets from India’s side. Now India has to score 209 runs to win this match.
