De Villiers, du Plessis rally SA after horror start
January 05, 2018  15:16
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SA 64-3 (16 ovs) vs Ind | Scorecard

Bhuvneshwar continues despite being hit for four boundaries in his previous over by AB.

He gets one to jag back in sharply as du Plessis is hit high on the pads before he clips a single on the leg side to mid-on.

Bhuvneshwar bowls a good delivery to de Villiers, getting some bounce and movement but the pacers manages to keep it down as it goes in the gap through the slips for a four.

Du Plessis happy to pick the singles and gets off strike as he nicks another quick run on the off-side.

Bumrah then cuts de Villiers into half with a quick inswinger and he does it again off the next ball and this time it moves in quite a bit, beating even wicketkeeper Saha for two byes.

De Villiers struggling against Bumrah, who is pitching it on the right length and making the batsmen play more often than not. De Villiers gets an inside edge off the last ball as he plays another unsure shot.

A long first spell for Bhuvneshwar, who continues to bowl his seventh over in a row. Du Plessis keeps a short ball down somehow before he is beaten by the outswinger as he fishes at a wide one.

Bumrah bowls a quick bouncer as du Plessis plays the pull shot but is not entirely in control as the ball goes fine on the leg side for a four.

Another change as Bhuvneshwar is taken off after a wonderful first spell of three for 29 in seven overs as Shami comes back.

Shami bowls a good ball first up, full and coming in as de Villiers gets an inside edge which misses the edge and goes fine on the leg side for a four.

The next ball is short and this time de Villiers pulls it over midwicket for another boundary as he continues his aggressive approach.

He slashes at a wide short ball but can't beat the fielder at point to miss out on some easy runs.

Bumrah overpitches as du Plessis drives it through the covers for a four. The next ball is again pitched right up as the South Africa captain punches it straight down the ground for another four to raise the 50-run stand for the fourth wicket from 63 balls.

The duo have done well to rally South Africa after they were left reeling on 12 for three at one stage.

South Africa have recovered to 64 for three in 16 overs, with de Villiers on 37 and du Plessis on 17.
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