{"id":3497,"date":"2026-02-22T16:27:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=3497"},"modified":"2026-02-22T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T16:27:34","slug":"128681233-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=3497","title":{"rendered":"Ishan Kishan, not Abhishek Sharma, goes for a duck against South Africa in Super 8 clash | Cricket News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-128681452,imgsize-44426,width-400,resizemode-4\/qaz-71.jpg\" alt=\"For a change: Ishan Kishan, not Abhishek Sharma, goes for a duck against South Africa in Super 8 clash\" title=\"Ishan Kishan warms up before an ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and South Africa, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ishan Kishan warms up before an ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and South Africa, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)\">Ishan Kishan warms up before an ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between India and South Africa, at the Narendra Modi Stadium, in Ahmedabad. (PTI Photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Opener <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/ishan-kishan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Ishan Kishan<\/a> lost his wicket in the first over of India&#8217;s innings and was out for a duck in the Super 8 clash against South Africa in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Markram floated a slower off-break that drifted away.<!-- --> Kishan went for a big slog across the line, misread the turn and sent it high toward cover. Ryan Rickelton completed a clean catch. <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>Previously, in the group stage of the T20 World Cup, Kishan&#8217;s opening partner Abhishek Sharma had been dismissed for ducks in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/three-ducks-in-a-row-abhishek-sharma-out-for-zero-vs-the-netherlands-yet-to-score-a-run-in-t20-world-cup\/articleshow\/128510390.cms\" rel=\"noopener\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">all three matches<\/a> he played \u2014 against the USA, Pakistan and the Netherlands. Against South Africa, he scored 15 runs, while Kishan was out for zero.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"lOvcW vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"k7lcu\">\n<p>India, left-handers and off-spin: Why hosts need to be very worried<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"14\"\/>Earlier, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/david-miller\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">David Miller<\/a> rolled back the years with exhilarating strokes but <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jasprit-bumrah\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Jasprit Bumrah<\/a>&#8216;s superb initial and end act restricted South Africa to a par score of 187 for seven in the Super Eights game of the T20 World Cup in Ahmedabad.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>Miller, standing on the cusp of 37, struck 63 off 35 balls and got fine support from young Dewald Brevis (45 off 29 balls) after Bumrah (3\/15 in 4 overs) and Arshdeep Singh (2\/28 in 4 overs) had reduced the Proteas to 20 for 3 inside the first four overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"24\"\/>Bumrah, who got two wickets in his first two overs for just seven runs, took one more wicket giving away just 8 more runs across the 17th and 19th over that he sent down.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/>In all he bowled 12 dot balls, amounting to two maiden overs.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"29\"\/>The Proteas did find themselves down in the dumps but veteran Miller and young Brevis launched a counter-attack that was both swift and brutal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/>They added 97 in just 8.2 overs and the hallmark of their batting was the technique against spinner Varun Chakravarthy (1\/47 in 4 overs), who was made to look pedestrian on the day.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>Between the duo, they clobbered half a dozen of maximums (three apiece) but just when the black-soil strip at the Motera started helping the stroke players, the duo got out.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>It was Tristan Stubbs (44 not out off 24 balls), who took South Africa past the 185-run mark with a couple of huge sixes off the final two deliveries of the innings bowled by Hardik Pandya.<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/icc-mens-t20-world-cup\/for-a-change-not-abhishek-sharma-ishan-kishan-goes-for-a-duck-against-south-africa-in-super-8-clash\/articleshow\/128681233.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ishan Kishan warms up before an ICC Men&#8217;s T20 World Cup 2026 cricket match between&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[4163,9178,694,3385,4161,1125],"class_list":["post-3497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-david-miller","tag-india-vs-south-africa","tag-ishan-kishan","tag-jasprit-bumrah","tag-south-africa-cricket","tag-t20-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}