At
that
stage
SA
were
109
for
4
with
25
runs
needing
from
18
balls.
It
was
not
a
desperate
situation
for
South
Africa
but
they
needed
a
decisive
moment
to
breakaway
from
India.
David
Miller
brought
that
smashing
Ashwin’s
first
two
balls
for
sixes
to
bring
down
the
equation
to
13
runs
from
17
balls.
And
from
there,
there
could
have
been
only
winner
even
when
the
match
stretched
to
the
last
over.
“Yes,
I
think
naturally
that’s
our
game
would
sort
of
pan
out
when
the
seamers
are
all
that
difficult
to
get
away.
We
expected
them
to
take
on
Keshav.
I’m
sure
they
expected
us
to
take
on
Ashwin
as
well,
just
because
of
the
nature
of
the
wicket,
because
the
seamers
were
so
difficult
to
get
away.
“So,
it
almost
got
to
a
stage
where
we
had
to
target
someone
because
they
bowled
so
well
initially
in
the
first,
pretty
much,
ten
overs
up
until
the
drinks
break.
It
got
to
the
stage
where
we
had
to
pick
someone.
It
could
be
anyone
on
any
night.
And
sometimes
you
execute.
Sometimes
you
don’t.
“But
you
pick
those
matchups
according
to
who
you’re
most
comfortable
against
on
the
night.
You
get
to
different
conditions
and
those
matchups
would
change
completely.
Yeah,
it
was
a
discussion
we
had
at
the
drinks
break
to
pick
one
of
the
bowlers,
commit
to
that.
And
if
it
comes
off
then
it
might
give
us
a
chance,”
said
Markram
in
the
post-match
press
do.
South
African
bowlers
employed
the
bouncer
strategy
to
telling
effect
against
India
top
order
batsmen
as
three
of
the
four
batters
—
Virat
Kohli,
Rohit
Sharma
and
Hardik
Pandya
fell
playing
pull
against
short
pitched
balls.
Markram
explained
it.
“Yeah,
I
mean,
I
think
it
was
expected
that
the
lengths
would
be
sort
of
short
of
the
good
lengths.
And
the
extra
bounce,
like
I
mentioned
earlier,
makes
it
quite
tough.
“We
expected
those
lengths.
I
think
the
ball
does
get
big
on
you
and
it
can
make
for
batters
looking
quite
silly
at
times.
But
you’ve
got
to
almost
keep
watching
the
ball
as
close
as
you
can.
“I
think
credit
has
to
go
to
both
bowling
attacks
today.
I
think
both
bowling
attacks
bowled
really
well
today.
And
it
certainly
difficult
to
score
out
there.
And
they
made
life
pretty
tough
for
us
as
South
African
batting
group,”
he
signed
off.
