IND vs SA LIVE: ICC T20 World Cup – At a fast bowling paradise in Perth, Lungi Ngidi put up an exhibition as he dismissed the Indian big three of Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli. In what is a group decider, Ngidi used his pace and bounce to the fore as he looked unplayable to the premier India batters. Follow IND vs SA LIVE & T20 World Cup 2022 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
IND vs SA LIVE: Lungi Ngidi breaks India’s BACKBONE with 4 BIG scalps, picks up Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli & Hardik Pandya, Watch Video
How did Lungi Ngidi dismiss the Big Three? – The Indian captain became the first prey to Ngidi as he was sent packing for 15 runs off 14 deliveries in the fifth over.
Rohit miscalculated the short ball from Ngidi in the second ball of the fifth over as he went for the pull but was undone by the extra bounce as the fast bowler himself kept running in his follow-through to complete a comfortable catch.
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His opening partner Rahul, whose place in the team is at stake due his poor show in the first two games, continued to show his struggle in the T20 World Cup 2022 as he was sent packing in the final delivery of the fifth over.
The opener edged a back-of-length delivery as Aiden Markram completed a comfortable catch behind the stumps. He was sent packing for nine runs off 14 deliveries.
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IND vs SA LIVE: Lungi Ngidi breaks India’s BACKBONE with 4 BIG scalps, picks up Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli & Hardik Pandya, Watch Video
Even former India captain Virat Kohli was offered no respite as he was sent packing for 12 runs in the fifth delivery of the seventh over. Kohli, who is the most run scorer for India in the T20 World Cup 2022, looked to pull away a short one from Ngidi but failed to calculate the bounce to perfection as he found Kagiso Rabada in the deep.
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Ngidi then completed his four-wicket dismissing the dangerous Hardik Pandya. The Indian all-rounder tried to pull the SouthAfrican pacer away but failed to keep it to the ground with Kagiso Rabada completing a stunning diving catch. using the conditions on offer, Ngidi single-handedly dismantled the India batting order, put the Proteas in command.
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Lungi Ngidi had reduced India to 50/5 and the Men in Blue stuttered to 133/9 in their 20 overs. Speaking after the Indian innings, the Proteas pacer said, “I think against a team like India, you need to dismiss them to a low total, early wickets were the key for us. The height worked in our favour, some bounced a bit, it was always expected at Perth though and I’m really happy with our lengths. We knew they (Indian batters) wanted to make most of our pace, so we wanted to keep it tight and tuck them down for room, perhaps one or two got away.”
