Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Best performances - Batsmen

V Kohli
V Kohli
72(44) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %91%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 22 runs
  • 1x4 - 0x6
1 1 12 11 7 3 15 22
F du Plessis
F du Plessis
58(41) 5x4 - 2x6
Control %92%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 28 runs
  • 2x4 - 0x6
0 0 15 4 8 0 10 21

Best performances - Bowlers

R Ashwin
R Ashwin
O4
M0
R22
W3
Eco5.50
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
BE Hendricks
BE Hendricks
O4
M0
R31
W2
Eco7.75
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Partnerships

South Africa - Innings

9
HM Amla0 (0)
Q de Kock6 (4)
35
HM Amla22 (16)
F du Plessis12 (11)
71
JP Duminy22 (23)
F du Plessis46 (30)
14
JP Duminy3 (2)
AB de Villiers10 (8)
43*
JP Duminy20 (15)
DA Miller23 (12)

India - Innings

39
RG Sharma24 (13)
AM Rahane13 (10)
38
V Kohli15 (14)
AM Rahane19 (20)
56
Yuvraj Singh18 (17)
V Kohli37 (22)
34
SK Raina21 (10)
V Kohli11 (5)
9*
MS Dhoni0 (1)
V Kohli9 (3)

Manhattan

Run rate graph

Worm

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  • 'My best T20 innings' - Kohli

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  • SA's knockout phobia, Kohli's love for chases

    Stats highlights from yet another Virat Kohli special, India v South Africa, World T20, semi-final, Mirpur.

  • Ravichandran Ashwarne

    Tweet report for the World T20 game between India and South Africa

  • Classy Kohli takes India to final

    India marched into an all sub-continent final with a clinically cold-blooded chase against a South African team that put in one of their better performances in a crunch match but were still not good enough

Fantastic Kohli

70.66

Kohli's ave in chases in T20Is (excluding this match), averages 25.61 batting first

Run Machines

3

Number of fifties Kohli has scored in this World T20, equals the most. Stephan Myburgh has also got 3, from seven matches.

India's man for chases?

35.81

Yuvraj's average in chases, better than his ave of 30.27 when batting first. He has a strike rate of 140 in chases

Powerplay

56

Runs scored by India in the Powerplay - just one run short of the highest they have scored against SA

Profligate

8.91

SA's economy in the Powerplays, worst among teams in this World T20, they concede a boundary of every four balls

Early blues

10.60

Ave runs conceded by SA in the first over in this World T20, most by any team

India's spin strength?

9.18

Spinners' economy against SA in the last five - their worst against any team in T20Is

Mishra's nerves

17

Runs conceded by Mishra in his second over, the most he has conceded

Weakest link?

121

Runs conceded by Jadeja from his 16 overs, most by a spinner in the league stage

A new day

34

The previous highest India had conceded in the Powerplays in this World T20, against Pakistan, SA have scored 38 already

Silent Hash

40.75

Amla's average in this World T20, is the third-highest run scorer with 163 runs

Miserly

34

Runs conceded by Bhuvaneshwar Kumar from ten overs of Powerplay in this World T20, before today