Needing beneath seven an over for the win, Quinton de Kock regarded in a rush from the outset. Lightning within the space could have been an element, making the Proteas chase a quick in case of weather-affected end.
Andre Russell bowled the second over, which started by discovering a faint leg aspect edge to have Reeza Hendricks caught behind. His over then completed with the essential elimination of de Kock who holed out at deep backward sq. leg.
Immediately, the rain arrived and play stopped – one other three overs had been required for the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern technique to return into impact. After a prolonged break, DLS revised the goal to 123 off 17 overs, which additionally eliminated one over off the Powerplay.
Par rating on the five-over mark was 37 runs and the Proteas arrived there at 41/2, because of back-to-back boundaries from Tristan Stubbs within the fifth over.
Alzarri Joseph struck with simply his second ball, forcing a mistimed drive from Markram (18 off 15), offering the hosts rising perception.
However an costly over from Gudakesh Motie, 4 boundaries for 20 runs, tipped the scales again in South Africa’s favour. Stubbs and Heinrich Klaason regarded firmly as much as the duty at hand.