In the four-match T20I series, India started with a win on the tour of South Africa but things went wrong in the second game. The host South Africa relied on excellent bowling to defeat the Indian team in the second game. The series was tied 1-1 with South Africa and the Indian team’s winning streak was also terminated. The African team ended India’s winning streak in the last 11 T20I matches. In this game, Varun Chakraborty performed well with the ball and took 5 wickets, but the Indian team could not escape the fate of defeat. Varun Chakraborty dismissed 5 batsmen for 17 runs in 4 overs and briefly put the team in a favorable position, but Tristan Stubbs and Gerald Coetzee’s superb batting secured victory for the home side. In this way, a shameful record was added to Varun Chakraborty’s name.
Varun Chakraborty’s 5-wicket harvest in vain
In fact, India, who batted first, scored 124 runs in 20 overs and lost 6 wickets. Only Hardik Pandya can survive from the Indian side. Pandya scored the highest score of 39 points. After that, the South African team got off to a better start. However, the team’s first wicket fell in the 22nd over. Ryan fell victim to Arshdeep Singh after scoring 13 points. Thereafter, Varun Chakraborty came on and dealt South Africa the second blow by dismissing Reeza Hendricks with a team score of 33 runs. Thereafter, Varun Chakraborty dismissed Aiden Markram, Marco Janssen, Heinrich Klassen and David Miller to reduce South Africa to 66 by 6 wickets point. However, Tristan Stubbs remained steadfast and led the team to victory.
A shameful record in Varun’s name
In this way, a very shameful record was registered in Wallen’s name. In fact, this bowling performance by Varun Chakravarthy was the best T20I performance by a bowler from a regular member country, but his team lost. Earlier, this shameful record was attributed to Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Against New Zealand in Kolkata in 2016, Rahman scored 22 runs and took 5 wickets. However, Bangladesh had to face defeat in this match.
India’s best bowling in a losing match
- Test – Kapil Dev (9/83) vs West Indies
- ODI – Ajit Agarkar (6/42) vs Australia
- T20I- Varun Chakravarthy (5/17) vs South Africa*
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