NEW DELHI: Fine all-round show by skipper Ajay Kumar Reddy and Sunil Ramesh helped India beat South Africa by 207 runs in the first semifinal of the third edition of the T20 World Cup for the Blind on Thursday played at the Samprasiddhi Sports Estadio Cricket Stadium in Bengaluru.
Sunil, who smashed his second century of the tournament, also chipped in with a wicket while Ajay Kumar scored a quickfire 81 and also took 3 wickets.
India will face Bangladesh, who beat Sri Lanka in the other semifinal by 64 runs, in the summit clash on Saturday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Put into bat, India lost openers Lokesh and A. Ravi inside 4 overs when the score was 50. Ravi scored 30. Sujit Munda was dismissed in the 6th over after scoring 14 runs.
Sunil was joined by Ajay in the middle and both batters put on a big partnership of 144 runs for the 4th wicket.
Ajay raced to his half century with the help of 12 boundaries. He retired his innings on 81 off just 29 balls with the help of 17 boundaries.
Sunil, whoscored his first century against Nepal, punished the South African bowling. He raced to his century and retired his innings on 110 which came off just 47 deliveries with the help of 17 boundaries and 3 sixes.
Vice-captain D.Venkateswara Rao and wicketkeeper-batter Prakash Jayaramaiah scored quick runs to take the score past 300 for India.
India finished the innings on 337/6. Prakash scored an unbeaten 22 off 12 balls and Venkateswara scored 18 off 6 balls. Issac Asanda Bidla and Bhule Bhidla took a wicket each for South Africa.
In reply, South Africa could never gather the momentum while chasing a huge total. They were pinned back by the Indian bowling attack and lost wickets at regular intervals.
SA slumped to 67/8 as Ajay Kumar Reddy was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wickets. He was well supported by Sunil and Lokesh who took one wicket each.
The Indians were also good in the field as they inflicted three run outs in the South African innings.
Sunil, who smashed his second century of the tournament, also chipped in with a wicket while Ajay Kumar scored a quickfire 81 and also took 3 wickets.
India will face Bangladesh, who beat Sri Lanka in the other semifinal by 64 runs, in the summit clash on Saturday at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium.
Put into bat, India lost openers Lokesh and A. Ravi inside 4 overs when the score was 50. Ravi scored 30. Sujit Munda was dismissed in the 6th over after scoring 14 runs.
Sunil was joined by Ajay in the middle and both batters put on a big partnership of 144 runs for the 4th wicket.
Ajay raced to his half century with the help of 12 boundaries. He retired his innings on 81 off just 29 balls with the help of 17 boundaries.
Sunil, whoscored his first century against Nepal, punished the South African bowling. He raced to his century and retired his innings on 110 which came off just 47 deliveries with the help of 17 boundaries and 3 sixes.
Vice-captain D.Venkateswara Rao and wicketkeeper-batter Prakash Jayaramaiah scored quick runs to take the score past 300 for India.
India finished the innings on 337/6. Prakash scored an unbeaten 22 off 12 balls and Venkateswara scored 18 off 6 balls. Issac Asanda Bidla and Bhule Bhidla took a wicket each for South Africa.
In reply, South Africa could never gather the momentum while chasing a huge total. They were pinned back by the Indian bowling attack and lost wickets at regular intervals.
SA slumped to 67/8 as Ajay Kumar Reddy was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 wickets. He was well supported by Sunil and Lokesh who took one wicket each.
The Indians were also good in the field as they inflicted three run outs in the South African innings.
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