Indian cricket workforce captain Suryakumar Yadav confronted plenty of criticism following his facet’s loss to South Africa within the second T20I encounter on Sunday. India seemed on target to victory because of a superb five-wicket haul by Varun Chakaravarthy however South Africa mounted a late comeback to clinch the win. Former Pakistan cricket workforce star Basit Ali was extraordinarily essential of Suryakumar’s captaincy and mentioned that it finally led to the defeat. He identified the truth that utilizing Axar Patel would have been the correct plan of action however Suryakumar ended up giving only one over to the all-rounder.
“Axar Patel bowled one over, in which he gave away just two runs. Suryakumar Yadav didn’t ask him to bowl again. I was really surprised. They (South Africa) won with just one over to spare. Axar should have been bowled when Surya brought Pandya back. He bowled three wide balls and the momentum shifted,” Basit mentioned throughout his evaluation on his YouTube channel.
“Aisa lag raha tha India yeh match nahi harega (it seemed India won’t lose the match)…Bad captaincy by Suryakumar Yadav. (It appeared) He didn’t know that the South African batsmen were facing problems in playing the spinners, and he didn’t ask Axar to bowl. He bowled Avesh Khan who was hit for two fours.”
“After 124, the spell that Varun Chakravarthy bowled, Suryakumar Yadav’s captaincy let it go to waste.”
Varun Chakravarthy’s magical craftiness en route a maiden fifer remained a mere footnote as South Africa rode on the stubbornness of Tristan Stubbs to eke out a three-wicket win over India.
The four-match collection is now degree at 1-1. But SA’s victory, which additionally halted India’s 11-match successful streak, didn’t come with out its share of drama.
The first trace of a topsy-turvy evening got here when India limped to 124 for six on a fast, bouncy pitch after getting the invitation to bat first.
The Proteas had been at one stage 66 for six and 86 for seven, which finally transpired into 128 for seven, as Chakravarthy continued his worldwide resurgence with a five-wicket haul (5/17).
But SA discovered two valiant troopers in decided Stubbs (47 not out, 41b, 7×4) and aggressive Gerald Coetzee (19 not out, 9b, 2×4, 1×6) who added a valuable 42 runs for the eighth wicket alliance to hold their facet previous the tape.
(With PTI inputs)
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