Watch: Heinrich Klaasen hit two back-to-back sixes off Adam Zampa to start a counterattack against Australia in the second semi-final against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata today (November 16).
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first under cloudy skies, but this decision cost them dearly as Australia’s new ball pair Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood fell into disarray. became.
Themba Bavuma, who played despite not being 100 per cent fit, fell in the first over and soon after, Quinton de Kock hit his eighth in his ODI career against Hazlewood. I suffered my second fall. Aiden Markram and Rassie van der Dussen followed suit, reducing South Africa to 28-4 in 12 overs.
Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller then enlivened the South African innings with a mixture of caution and aggression. Notably, Miller never missed a chance to fend off a bad ball, hitting 34 on and 26 on to reach 31-29 by the 20th over.
Klaasen, who had been under control till then and was only hitting 22 off 33 at the end of 26 overs, started fighting back at number 27 when Zampa made a length error.
The third and fourth balls were bowled slightly short by Zampa and Claassen, quick as ever, got up on the back foot and pulled the ball into mid-wicket for a six.
Miller hit another six off Zampa in the next over and South Africa’s score looked even more respectable at 111-4 after 30 overs. However, in a masterstroke, Pat Cummins brought onTravis Head in the next over and took two wickets in two balls, including the wickets of Claassen and Marco Jansen, taking South Africa to 119. Reduced to 6 vs. p>
Watch Heinrich Klaasen pull two consecutive sixes off Adam Zampa:
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