“It’s the first time that India have had 5-6 guys that can be picked and do a good job”. His century came off just 99 balls.
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Aiden Markram, who is captaining South Africa in the absence of the injured Faf du Plessis, admitted he was disappointed by his team’s batting effort, but said Lungi Ngidi’s haul of 4/51 provided a reason to be cheerful.
“We want more finishers, we want to train and groom more finishers”. Even in these circumstances, Chahal went at a run a ball against Miller, whose overall strike rate in the innings nudged 140.
Kohli and Rohit ensured India had yet another fruitful second-wicket association, putting on 105 in 109 balls, though Kohli never kicked into dominant gear, as only two fours in his 54-ball 36 showed. As Chahal saw Andile Phehlukwayo end the chase with a six, Shikhar Dhawan gave Chahal a bit of a hug.
After Amla, South Africa went from 166-5 to 201 all out in the space of eight overs and those last five wickets all fell to the spin of Yadav or Chahal.
Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan have got India off to a good start.
“I’m very pleased, it was another complete performance from us”, he said. “Unfortunately it rained, and that made a bit of a difference”. “But if you see, that was a hard catch”, Sridhar said.
The South African team, in a huddle waiting for the decision, celebrated on at least three counts when they thought they’d seen a conclusive evidence in their favour. When you get in you’ve got to make it count and unless you play a bad shot you don’t really get out.
Skipper Virat Kohli could not capitalise potential bowlers like Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah and chose to depend on the spinners, failing to respond to South Africa’s attack.
Meanwhile, Krishnamurthy’s fifties in the last two ODIs and a boundary-laden 40 in the final game of an otherwise lukewarm maiden WBBL season, bodes well for the team.
It is not as if it always backfires. I got out after that break and runs didn’t come. India are right back in the game.
Indian captain Virat Kohli said he would have preferred to bowl. At 65 for 3 in the 13th over with their main batsman gone, South Africa’s task looked steep. So at that point it is important that you relax and take a step back and think about what you need to do in the next game. But you can always curb that aggression and attitude.
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Dhawan only had words of encouragement for the spinners. They have played 25 bilateral series of five or more matches at home, and this is only the third time they have lost such a series. Because every day is a new day and what you have done in the past. Unlike those three, however, she is yet to win a match against a non-subcontinental side. He (Miller) had luck on his side and grabbed the chances with both hands.
