India vs South Africa, 5th T20I - Live Cricket Score, Commentary

Ottneil Baartman to Shivam Dube, FOUR, low full toss, smashed wide of long-on and Dube has found the perfect gap to end the innings on a high

Ottneil Baartman to Shivam Dube, wide, out Tilak Varma Run Out!! Tilak has sacrificed his wicket. So this was a wide down the leg-side. Dube swung and missed. He was ball-watching and turning towards the keeper when Tilak had already reached the striker's end in hope of stealing a bye. He then asks Dube to get back in the crease before the keeper hurled the throw to Ottneil Baartman for the run-out at the bowler's end. Replays also confirm that it was Dube who grounded the bat first so Tilak is the man out. Great innings at No. 3. Tilak Varma run out (de Kock/Ottneil Baartman) 73(42) [4s-10 6s-1]

Ottneil Baartman to Shivam Dube, SIX, he thumps this over mid-wicket. He will definitely thank Ottneil Baartman for dishing out a slower ball right in the slot. He waited and smashed it deep into the stands

Ottneil Baartman to Hardik Pandya, out Caught by Reeza Hendricks!! Low full toss, smashed flat and straight to Reeza at deep mid-wicket to stun the home crowd. But they quickly get up to applaud one of the finest innings for India in this format. It's Tilak's turn now to give his senior a hug and Hardik holds his bat and head high as he walks off. So to the dismissal again. Hardik moved a bit too far across the line so this ball ended up being on the leg-side for him. Had he not gone that far across, would have held a better base to get more power. That's the game of small margins for you. Great entertainment anyway! Hardik Pandya c Reeza Hendricks b Ottneil Baartman 63(25) [4s-5 6s-5]

Ottneil Baartman to Tilak Varma, FOUR, smart from Tilak. He played the field. Fine leg up, knew Ottneil Baartman was looking for the yorker so backed himself for the scoop and moved across to get under the ball. Easily cleared short fine leg. Hardik gives him a hug for that great bit of execution

Ottneil Baartman to Tilak Varma, wide, yorker fired down the leg-side

Marco Jansen to Tilak Varma, FOUR, short and slow, sat up though! The idea was to bowl into the wicket and not offer pace but Marco Jansen ended up offering width to negate the effort. Tilak stood still and slapped it hard over cover

Ngidi to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, edged and it flies past the keeper's dive. The bowler has actually won a mini battle with the batter by bowling a well-directed slower delivery to force an edge. But Hardik swung hard to get a thick edge and QdK couldn't get there even with a full length dive

Corbin Bosch to Hardik Pandya, SIX, hey, hey! This is unkind on the bowler. Corbin Bosch has almost got the yorker right. Wasn't really a slot ball and needed high skill and this man is a monster with technique - a rare breed. He found a way to still quickly keep his front leg out of the way and flick fiercely over mid-wicket for a flat six and a 16-ball fifty - the second fastest for India in T20Is after Yuvraj Singh. The Ahmedabad crowd is in full voice and Hardik raises the bat before blowing a few kisses

Corbin Bosch to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Corbin Bosch fails to nail the yorker again and Hardik, because he's standing so deep, is able to get under it and play and absolute hammer drive down the ground to give long-on and long-off no chance

Corbin Bosch to Hardik Pandya, SIX, he's been smashing good balls for fun and Corbin Bosch has run in and dished out a belt me please full toss. Hardik said thank you very much and lofted this 85 metres deep over mid-wicket

Ngidi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, follows the yorker with a short delivery but Tilak is ready with the pull shot and he's nailed that sweetly too over mid-wicket

Ngidi to Tilak Varma, FOUR, hey this is unfair on the bowler buddy! Ngidi will argue with his bowling coach that he offered zero width on this short of length delivery but Tilak has still managed to slice this cut very late and beat deep backward point to the right. Stepped out to give himself that tiny bit of room, that's all he needed to get that boundary. Records his 6th T20 fifty with that magnificent hit. The dugout, Hardik and the crowd give him a great round of applause

Linde to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Linde is a scrambled bowler at the moment. He switches to trying the full length outside off stump but Hardik gets under it and gives it an absolute smack for a crack along the ground through cover. 27 off that over and Hardik is 31 off 7

Linde to Hardik Pandya, SIX, oh wowww! The no look smack over mid-wicket. He's forced an emergency meeting for the Proteas. They have no idea how to stop this audacious assault. Linde backed himself to try and dart at the stumps. Normally it's not so easy to get under these flatter trajectory balls but Hardik had his front leg out of the way again to access the on-side and played that with a lot of swag

Linde to Hardik Pandya, SIX, that's a stunner! He's played a get out of my sight lofted cover drive and that too off the back foot. Just walks away after making contact as if he didn't put any effort into it. Linde tried to fire this full, offered only a tiny bit of width but Hardik at the moment is hazardous for the Proteas

Linde to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, he's in the mood! He wants to have a lot of fun. Linde fires this at 94.5 in hope of not allowing Hardik to have a free swing, but such is Hardik's bat speed and technique that he's able to quickly get the front leg out of the way and still drag the pull wide of long-on despite the length not being really short or full

Linde to Tilak Varma, SIX, now Tilak is teeing off too. Hardik's energy has rubbed on the other batter too. Slot, didn't turn much so Tilak had the width to free his arms, sets a solid base and plays a muscular loft deep into the stands over long-on. Hardik enjoyed that hit and taps Tilak on the helmet

Corbin Bosch to Hardik Pandya, FOUR, Hardik has come out ultra aggressive! Steps out and forces the Corbin Bosch to drop it short, but that doesn't stop himself from playing the pull shot in front of square and perfectly picks the spot to the left of deep mid-wicket

Corbin Bosch to Tilak Varma, FOUR, now Tilak lofts on the rise with a chip. Cross-seam back of a length ball, Tilak holds a high elbow and powers it just over the leaping mid-on fielder to tease Corbin Bosch and the Proteas for the catch

Corbin Bosch to Hardik Pandya, SIX, difficult to time the ball? What? Makes an absolute mockery by stepping out and play a swag lofted drive flat for six over mid-off. Oh dear, the ball has hit a cameraman flush on the left arm under the shoulder. He was focussing on the Indian dugout and wasn't aware of the incoming ball. Immediately the physios and the docs give him an icepack and the impact spot has become red

Corbin Bosch to Suryakumar Yadav, out Caught by Miller!! Mishit and taken. Hasn't been easy to hit on the rise of late from length and SKY backs himself to clear the infield but the bat turns in his hands and picks out Miller to perfection. Soft dismissal. Dejected SKY drags himself off the field. The run drought continues for the Indian skipper. Suryakumar Yadav c Miller b Corbin Bosch 5(7)

Ottneil Baartman to Tilak Varma, FOUR, and he plays a super aggressive late cut the moment the pacer comes on. Wasn't a really bad ball mind you. Good length delivery just outside off stump, had just enough width but Tilak made this late cut possible by bending his knees to get under the ball and slice square to the right of backward point

Linde to Suryakumar Yadav, 1 run, calmly flicks this full delivery through square leg

Linde to Samson, out Bowled!! Cleaned up! Linde loved that. Peach of a delivery! 90ks flighted delivery that drifts in, lands around middle and leg, Samson backs away and is deceived in length, he goes feeling for the ball, which straightens past the outside edge and hits the middle-stump. A good knock from Samson but it is cut short by a superb ball. Samson b Linde 37(22) [4s-4 6s-2]

Ferreira to Samson, 1 run, dropped! But it is umpire Rohan Pandit who is wriggling in pain. Full pitcher around off, Samson backs away and drills it straight back, Ferreira tries to take it with both hands but the ball bursts through his hands and deflects onto Rohan Pandit's knee. He walked away and went down while the ball rolls to long-on

Ferreira to Tilak Varma, FOUR, back to back fours. Varma showing his range. Sliding in with the arm, but Varma sits down and nails the reverse sweep over backward point. This one almost carries the distance, just bounces inside the rope

Ferreira to Tilak Varma, FOUR, now Varma goes after Ferreira. They can't allow him to get away with quiet overs. 96.7ks drifting in, Varma makes room and hammers it straight back over, couple of bounces and over the rope

Linde to Samson, SIX, Samson finishes the over with a maximum. Linde misses his length and Samson is quick to pounce. Sliding in and the length is fuller, Samson gets under it and pumps it towards cow corner, just clears the rope

Ferreira to Tilak Varma, FOUR, poor line! Fired down leg from round the wicket and Tilak smartly lets the ball come to him and just tickles it with the glance to make Ferreira grimace for the line

Corbin Bosch to Tilak Varma, FOUR, Varma is off and running. No time wasting from him. First ball and he's down the pitch, gives himself room and pumps it over extra cover. Struck that flat and hard, one bounce and over the ropes

Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, out Caught by de Kock!! Bosch breaks the partnership. But surprising that there was no big appeal from South Africa. de Kock was relieved that he gloved the ball cleanly, Bosch just turned around to look at umpire Virender Sharma and the finger was up. Short ball down leg, Abhishek stays inside the line and tries to help it along, the ball kisses the glove on the way and swirls towards de Kock, who manages to hang on. Abhishek didn't feel the contact and wasted a review for India. Abhishek Sharma c de Kock b Corbin Bosch 34(21) [4s-6 6s-1]

Corbin Bosch to Abhishek Sharma, SIX, wow! Seemed like he hit that straight up but the ball has sailed comfortably over the rope. Fullish delivery, and there's that big backlift from Abhishek, comes down on the ball and meets it off the middle, the ball clears long-off

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, neatly done! This is what you call playing the field. Jansen shortens the length and keeps it close to off, Abhishek stays put in the crease and waits for the ball, opens the bat face and guides it behind square on the off-side - right between backward point and short third

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, smashed! Abhishek comes down the track, gives himself room and converts it into a full pitcher, hammers it flat and wide of mid-off, couple of bounces and over the rope

Marco Jansen to Samson, FOUR, shot! Fullish delivery angled across, Samson makes a bit of room and thumps it over extra cover. He gave himself the space to free his hands and middled the inside out shot

Ottneil Baartman to Samson, FOUR, edged and four! He has split slip and short third perfectly. Full and outside off, Samson had to reach for it and only manages an outside edge. Ngidi is quite fine at short third but he was still beaten

Ottneil Baartman to Samson, FOUR, up and over! 136.7ks fuller and around off, this was in the slot and once again Samson goes down the ground, lofts through the line and places it wide of mid-on

Ottneil Baartman to Samson, FOUR, lovely shot! Baartman welcomed with a gorgeous straight drive. Full delivery close to off, Samson presents the full face of the bat, does not overhit the drive and just caresses the ball back from where it came

Marco Jansen to Samson, SIX, whoa! Now Samson gets into the act and he clears the rope. It didn't seem like it was off the middle but that's Samson. Good length ball, on off and middle, Samson leans into the pick-up shot and the timing takes it over the wide long-on fence

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, now a genuine outside edge and it flies over short third. Once again the fullish length around off, Abhishek stays leg-side and looks to go over the cover region, the outside edge clears a leaping fielder and races away..

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR .. and again. They need to have a deep backward point for Abhishek. Right now, the fielder is at sweeper cover. He charges down and gives it the kitchen sink, gets a thick outside edge and the ball flies towards deep backward point

Marco Jansen to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, full and swinging away, Abhishek has the width and he throws his hands on the big shot, sliced it over backward point and the ball almost travelled the distance

Ngidi to Abhishek Sharma, FOUR, Abhishek is off and running. He does not take much time to get going - first ball and he charges down, gives himself room and smashes it straight down the ground