India 153-0 (25 Ovs) vs SA 270 | Scorecard
Corbin Bosch with a new over and Jaiswal plays the first two balls safely before picking up a single through deep backward square leg.
Six! Rohit is shifting the gears it seems. He smashes one over deep backward square-leg and ball lands among the crowd.
Two dots to end the over. Nine runs come off it.
Lungi Ngidi is back into the attack and Jaiswal taps one to third man gets off the strike.
Three more singles follow. A dot later, Jaiswal elegantly drives the ball through mid-wicket for a boundary. Eight runs come off the over.
Corbin Bosch continues and Rohit goes on the backfoot and pulls the shortish delivery over the deep square-leg fence for a spectacular six.
Two dots and a wide follows.
A single through deep backward square leg bring Jaiswal back on strike.
A single and a dot to end the over. Nine runs come off it. Jaiswal is just a run shot of his half-century.
Lungi Ngidi continues and Jaiswal brings up his fifty with a push to deep backward point. It took him 75 balls to reach the landmark.
Rohit then plays one down to long-on for a single.
Four! Jaiswal leans forward and pulls the slower ball outside off through wide of mid-wicket for a boundary.
Four more, this time through deep mid-wicket with a lofted shot off a length delivery.
A single off a mistimed heave follows.
Another single to long-on to end the over. 12 runs come off it. India are in total control now, needing 131 runs off 26 overs.
Ottneil Baartman is back into the attack. Rohit is on strike and he taps one to backward point where Dewald Brevis stops it. No run on offer.
Four! Rohit goes on the front foot and cut the short of a length delivery through deep backward point.
Follows it up with a single through deep square leg.
Four! Jaiswal throws his hand at the short of a length delivery outside off and the ball takes an under-edge and runs away to the boundary.
Four more! A good length delivery down the leg and Jaiswal confidently flicks it through short fine leg.
13 runs come off the over. India are 153-0 at the half-way mark, needing 118 runs to seal the series.
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