India vs South Africa 2nd T20: Team India had to face a 3-wicket defeat in the second T20 match against South Africa. At this point, the African team tied the series 1-1. The Indian batsmen performed very poorly in this match. Team India must pay the consequences of losing the match. The Indian team, batting first, scored only 124 runs. Afterwards, Africa achieved this goal in the 19th century. Spin bowlers Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi tried to make a comeback, but Suryakumar Yadav’s decision changed the course of the game.
Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets in the match
Spinner Varun Chakraborty had a stellar performance against South Africa. He took 5 wickets in the match and scored only 17 runs in four overs. Apart from this, Ravi Bishnoi also took 1 wicket and scored 21 runs in four overs. Both players kept the African batsmen in check, not allowing them to take any hits. Lost 7 wickets for 86 runs and struggled to win the match. In such a situation, everyone expects Team India to win the match from here. The spin team got a lot of help from the field and the Indian spinners dominated.
Akshar Patel bowled just one ball
But then captain Suryakumar Yadav took a fateful call and bowled the faster bowlers in the 17th, 18th and 19th overs and the course of the game took off from there. changed. And superstar spinner Akshar Patel has three overs left. In the previous game, Akshar only shot one ball and scored two points. In this situation, the big question is why did Surya only bowl Akshar for one over on a spin-friendly wicket? Fast bowler Arshdeep Singh, on the other hand, is highly valued as he conceded 41 runs in four overs. On the other hand, Avesh Khan scored 23 points in 3 overs. Surya’s decision to bowl with fast bowlers in the death overs proved costly for the Indian team, which had to face defeat.
Hardik Pandya top scorer
Apart from his poor captaincy, Suryakumar Yadav has also been terrible with his batting. He scored only 4 points on 9 goals in this game. Hardik Pandya scored the highest score of 39 runs for India. And Akshar Patel contributed 27 points. Tilak Verma scored 20 points. Hardik stayed on the wicket till the end and it was because of him that India managed to score 124 runs.
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