AI Simulation, IND-C vs SA-C | Yuvraj Singh's captaincy knock guides India Champions to beat South Africa Champions by 14 runs

The surface of the County Ground in Northampton was flat and hard, which made it easy for the batters to execute a few big knocks in the first half of the game. The wicket helped the bowlers in the second innings.

Northampton’s weather had a minimal cloud cover, with dry atmosphere; however, there were no interruptions during the entire game.

India Champions won the toss and decided to bat first, which worked for them as they posted a decent and defendable total.

SA-C XI: Richard Levi, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers (C), Sarel Erwee, JP Duminy, JJ Smuts, Morne van Wyk (WK), Wayne Parnell, Hardus Viljoen, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso.

While chasing the target, the SA Champs’ batters looked clueless against the Indian bowling attack, except for skipper 31-ball 49 scored by skipper AB de Villiers. He had a little support from Richard Levi (23 off 13 balls) and JP Duminy’s 25 (20), which couldn’t be enough for the South Africa Champions to cross the line in the entire 20 overs. They were restricted to the total of 168/9, facing their first defeat in the tournament’s current edition. India’s pace duo of Irfan Pathan and Stuart Binny bowled economical spells, alongside sharing four wickets between them. The veteran spinner Piyush Chawla also claimed two crucial wickets of Sarel Erwee and Morne van Wyk.

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