Tristan Stubbs: After leading South Africa to a three-wicket win over India in a thrilling second T20I at the St George’s Park, young batter Tristan Stubbs said the one thing which worked in his favour to ace the chase was the run rate never becoming an uphill task.
In a chase of 125, South Africa were in early trouble as Varun Chakaravarthy picked a sensational 5-17, his career-best figures in T20Is. But Stubbs timed his acceleration to perfection and hit seven boundaries in his vital 47 not out to give South Africa a thrilling win with an over to spare, as the hosts’ have now squared the four-match series 1-1.
It also helped Stubbs that he found an able partner in Gerard Coetzee (19 not out off nine balls) to stitch an unbroken stand of 42 runs for the eighth wicket. "Fortunately the run rate never got away from us. I had 30 in mind to get off the last three, and the dew came in to help us also. He (Coetzee) came in and said ‘we can win this’.”
