In ICC Champion Trophy's must win match India defeated South Africa by 8 wickets at Oval.India won the toss and invited South Africa to bat first.Earlier Hashim Amla and De Kock put 76 runs on the board for opening stand.At one time they were looking comfortable at 116 for 1 but later on after dismissal of skipper AB de Villiers their batting performance collapsed.World's no.1 lost their 8 wickets just for 51 runs and could manage 191 runs in 44.3 overs.Both Indian pacers and spinners
bowled brilliant spells.With 3 run out India put a brilliant fielding performance in the field.Defending champion India lost Rohit Sharma early but Shikhar dhavan and Skipper Virat consolidated the position and Shikhar scored 78 runs before he got out.Kohli(76) and Yuvraj (23) led India to to enter semi-final before 12 overs to spare.Jasprit Bumra 2 for 28 declared man of the match.


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