In the first match of Super 12, Australia beat South Africa, bowlers dominated
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T20 World Cup 2021: Australia started the tournament with a bang by defeating South Africa by 5 wickets in the T20 World Cup on Saturday. Batting first, South Africa had scored 118 runs in the stipulated 20 overs, in response to which Australia’s team achieved this target in 19.4 overs. Steve Smith scored 35 runs for Australia. At the same time, Marcus Stoinis played a match winning innings of 24 not out.
Australia won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision proved to be right and the bowlers of the team gave South Africa two setbacks in the beginning while performing brilliantly. Africa lost 3 wickets for 23 runs. After this, Aidan Markram took over the innings and played a brilliant innings of 40 runs. Apart from him, no batsman of the team could score big. South Africa’s team could score only 118 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 20 overs.
Australian bowlers scorched
The bowlers of Australia, performing brilliantly in this match, stopped South Africa on a very low score. Mitchell Starc, Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa took 2-2 wickets for the team. Apart from this, Glenn Maxwell and Pat Cummins got one wicket each.
Such was Australia’s batting
Chasing the target of 119 runs, Australia got off to a bad start. Team captain Aaron Finch was sent to the pavilion by Enrique Norkhia without opening an account. After this David Warner also fell victim to Kagiso Rabada on a personal score of 14 runs. Keshav Maharaj gave Australia the third blow and dismissed Mitchell Marsh on a personal score of 11 runs. After this, Steve Smith and Glenn Maxwell together took the innings forward. Steve Smith scored 35 runs for Australia. Glenn Maxwell contributed 18 runs. Marcus Stoinis batted brilliantly and scored 24 runs and won the team. Matthew Wade remained unbeaten on 15 runs. The performance of the African bowlers was satisfactory. Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj and Tabrez Shamsi took one wicket each, while Norkhia took two.
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