- England’s historic run chase in ICC T20 World Cup against South Africa
Joe Root’s heroics helped England chase down the mammoth target of 230.
In a brilliant game of cricket that went down to the wire, while batting first on a placid surface, South African openers Quinton Kock and Hashim Amla put acceleration on scorecard while piercing the gaps and in no to time plundered 96 runs off 43 balls for the opening wicket, before middle-order batsman JP Duminy’s belted 54 off 28 balls and David Miller’s 28 off 12 balls helped Proteas set a daunting target of 230 to win.
The pitch was tailor-made for the batters and England in response scored 21 from the first over and 23 from the second which set the tune early to chase the target with ease.
In the process of brilliant batting display, England’s middle-order batsman Joe Root smashed 83 runs off 44 balls and Jason Roy’s 43 off 16 balls before Jos Buttler’s cameos helped England accomplish one of the splendid historic chases in T20Is at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
For 18th match of Super 10 Group 1, England had the best in store in the form of Root, who hit six fours and four sixes in his sublime knock which enthralled the cricket crazy crowd.
England chased down the massive total of 230 in 19.4 overs with two wickets remaining.