AUS vs SA T20 Match: 19-year-old South African player wreaked havoc; defeated Australia

AUS vs SA T20 Match: South Africa defeated Australia by 53 runs in the second T20 match. With this, the series is tied at 1-1 after 2 matches and now the result of the series will come out from the third T20 match to be held on 16 August. In this second T20 match, South Africa had scored a huge score of 218 runs on the basis of Dewald Brevis' century. In response, the Australian team was reduced to a score of 165.

Also Read: Team India will be announced for 2025 Asia Cup on this day, Bumrah's selection is confirmed! While first time in the last five years that South Africa has defeated Australia in a T20 match. In the first T20 match, Australia won by 17 runs and took a 1-0 lead in the series. When it was the turn of the second T20 match, Dewald Brevis single-handedly took his team to a huge score. He played an unbeaten innings of 125 runs in 56 balls, which was also the first century of his T20 career. Apart from him, no batsman could play a bigger innings. However, Tristan Stubbs scored 31 runs.

South Africa won the match after 1997 days

South Africa has won a T20 match against Australia after 1997 days. South Africa's last win over the Kangaroos in a T20 match came on 23 February 2020. After that 1997 days had passed, during this time 6 T20 matches were played between the two teams, but Australia won every time. Now finally, after a long wait of about 5 and a half years, the African team has ended the drought of victory over Australia.

Summary

In batting, Dewald Brevis helped South Africa reach a score of 218. The rest of the work was done by 19-year-old Kwena Mphaka and Corbin Bosch. Mphaka proved to be expensive, giving away 57 runs in a spell of 4 overs. In fact, Mphaka had already conceded 21 runs in the first over, but he made a great comeback in the last 3 overs and took a total of 3 wickets in the match. Also Read: León’s Liga MX Woes Deepen After Defeat to Monterrey