His maturity and calmness under the pressure of spurred up fans and the presence of Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the crease was exemplary for a bowler playing in only his sixth ODI for South Africa.
“It was crucial for me to keep a clear mind,” he explained to the media after the match . “I was lucky to have Hashim (Amla) and AB (De Villiers), actually the whole team, to guide me through the over. It was a good bowling performance by the team to pull it back.”
The 20-year-old explained the emotions and thought-process of defending 11 runs in the final over.
“ I said to AB that we had been bowling back of a length as a plan and suggested I go for the yorker, but he advised me otherwise,” he explained. “We know that MS can pounce on the full balls. The plan worked well, I think that is why the over turned out the way that it did. We wanted to pitch the balls at back of a length and with the pace that we had in our attack it would be harder to bat because the wicket was deteriorating and was also two-paced.
