The second India vs South Africa T20I did not go as planned for the visitors, as they lost the match by five wickets (DLS method). After scoring 180/7, the target for the Proteas was reduced to 152 in 15 overs, and they achieved it with seven balls to spare. At the top of the innings, it was Reeza Hendricks, who scored 49 from 27 balls and gave a solid platform for the South Africans to win the match.
After the match, former pacer Dale Steyn reserved special praise for Hendricks, who has been in sensational white-ball form for the last couple of years now. He also compared his cover drive with that of Virat Kohli. “He played so beautifully, technically correct but he also has an incredible power game and he is a wonderful timer of the ball.
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“We talk about Virat Kohli having the classical beautiful drive, Reeza Hendricks is right up there in playing that shot,” said Steyn on Star Sports. “You saw tonight how well he played. He read the game well, took it on when it needed to be done. It was a superb knock.”
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Steyn Believes Indians were ‘Unlucky’
But the Indians were a bit unlucky on the day and could not get him early on despite creating a couple of chances that came their way. Steyn said, “India were a little unlucky. They found the edge of his bat once or twice at the start. They put in a second slip there, he was quite in position and they went a little wide but he managed to get a couple of sneaky boundaries but that’s cricket. He rode his luck and batted really well at the end of the day,” he said.
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