New York. South Africa defeated the Netherlands by 4 wickets in the T20 World Cup Group D match. The target of 104 runs presented by the Netherlands was chased down by South Africa with the loss of 6 wickets in 18.5 overs. It is the second consecutive victory of South Africa in the competition. The Netherlands suffered their first defeat in the second game. David Miller became the hero for the team. He scored 59 runs not out in 51 balls and won the team. He hit 3 fours and 4 sixes during this process. Tristan Stubbs added 33 runs in 37 balls and gave Miller good support. Apart from him, no other batsman could score double-digit runs.
South Africa had a bad start to the match. The team that lost 3 wickets for 3 runs had already lost 4 wickets when they added 12 runs. After that, Miller and Stubbs managed the team’s innings. Vivian Kingma and Logan Van Wyk took 2 wickets each for the Netherlands. Bas De Lide took 1 wicket.
The Netherlands, who lost the toss and batted first, scored 103 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 20 overs.
Sybrand Angerbercht scored the highest 40 runs for the Netherlands. He hit 2 boundaries and a six in 45 balls. He was supported by Logan Van Wyk scoring 23 runs. Bikramjit Singh scored 12 runs in 17 balls and captain Scott Edward added 10 runs in 9 balls. For South Africa, Otnier Baartman took 4 wickets, while Marco Jansen and Enrich Nortje took 2 wickets each.
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