England set Wankhede alight with record win over South Africa

Chasing 230 runs to win, victory was probably far from England's mind. One would have expected them to give a fight but fall short to the massive target. But at Wankhede Stadium on Friday, the Eoin Morgan-led side surprised many with their resolve to beat South Africa by 2 wickets in a record chase. Here, Adil Rashid and Moeen Ali celebrate after getting a final single with two balls to spare. (Source: PTI)

Left hander Quinton de Kock gave South Africa a flying start to set the right tone for the Proteas. He scored 52 runs from 24 balls in an inning laced with seven boundaries and three sixes. After a calm start, he hit a six, a four and yet another four inside his first seven deliveries. (Express Photo by Kevin D'Souza)

De Kock was ably joined at the other end by Hashim Amla who also kept his foot on the accelerator and never really let go of it. Amla and de Kock put together 96 runs for the wicket. Amla on his part scored 52 runs from 24 balls. He made the most of reprieve at 9 runs. (Express Photo by D'Souza)

In the middle order, JP Duminy added to South Africa's run rate and to England's woes with an unbeaten 54-run knock coming off only 28 balls. He hit three fours and three sixes in his inning. (Express Photo by D'Souza)

Giving Duminy support was Faf du Plessis who played some clever shots to keep the scoreboard ticking and finished with a run-a-ball 17 runs. In the end, du Plessis fell in an attempt at grabbing as many runs as possible. (Express Photo by D'Souza)

England, apart from being poor with the ball, weren't quite upto the mark in the field. While the bowlers were guilty of leaking runs with poor lines, fielders didn't lift them up either with their efforts in the middle. Here's a Joe Root effort in vain. (Source: Express Photo by Kevin D'Souza)

Chasing the mammoth total, Jason Roy (43) and Alex Hales gave England a rollicking start, posting 48 in just 15 deliveries before both were out to paceman Kyle Abbott. Roy was severe on South Africa seamers - hitting them to all parts of the park and giving England the early belief to gun the 230-run target down. His 16-ball 43 gave the middle order a flying platform to capitalise on. (Source: Express Photo by Kevin D'Souza)

It was Abbott who put the skids again on England by getting rid of Roy, who had started the fireworks by hitting four fours in Rabada's opening over. The opener was caught behind as he tried to repeat a scoop over his shoulder that went for a six the previous ball. England lost another wicket, that of Ben Stokes for a nine-ball 15 before the power play ended with them being 89 for 3, in comparison to South Africa's 83 without loss, a good retort but only after losing three important wickets. (Source: Express Photo by Kevin D'Souza)

It was up to Root to keep England's hopes high in the company of Jos Buttler, and the duo feasted on some poorly directed bowling to add 75 quick runs for the fifth wicket in only 35 balls. Root pulled Duminy and slashed Chris Morris for sixes, while Buttler smote the off spinner for another six. But he got out, caught in the deep midwicket region just inside the line off Rabada. (Source: Reuters)