CT: Indian bowlers shine, South Africa bowled out for 191
Indian bowlers used the conditions perfectly to put some extra pressure on the South African batting line-up right from the beginning of the innings.
South African openers, however, provided the side a strong start as they put up 76 runs for the first wicket partnership.
Quinton De kock (53) and Hasmim Amla (35) started playing some shots freely when R Ahswin, who returned to the squad after sitting outside for the past two matches, clicked and picked up the wicket of Amla.
The match assumed significance as the winner of the match will be ensured a place in the semi-finals.
After De kock departed, Amla did not last longer and it was the other spinner Ravindra Jadeja who picked up his wicket to reduce South Africa to 2-116.
Three run outs changed the course of the match for South Africa.
AB de Villiers (16), David Miller (1) and Imran Tahir (1) got run out to put pressure on the South African batting which struggled on Sunday.
It was AB de Villiers' wicket which hit the number one side in the world quite hard as they could not recover properly.
Faf du Plessis could not add to the start he got and was dismissed for 36 runs.
JP Duminy remained unbeaten at 20.
At the end, it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar who picked up two back-to-back wickets of Rabada (5) and Morkel (0) to finish things off for South Africa.
It was Tahir's (1) wicket that bundled up South Africa for 191 runs.
India, defending the title, will need to score 192 runs in their 50 overs to qualify for the semi-finals of the tournament.
India bowlers recovered strongly after being defeated by Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy match on Thursday.
Image: ICC Twitter page
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