- Team India led by Suryakumar Yadav registered a resounding victory in the first T20 match against South Africa. The performance of the Indian players in this clash held at the Durban ground was commendable.
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Team India led by Suryakumar Yadav registered a spectacular victory in the first T20 match against South Africa. The performance of the Indian players in this clash held at the Durban ground was commendable. After Sanju Samson’s brilliant batting, Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi showed their flair in bowling. Due to this performance, India won the match by 61 runs. In such a situation, let us know what captain Suryakumar Yadav said on the team’s victory?
Suryakumar Yadav gave such a statement after the victory
By playing a stormy century innings, Sanju Samson played a key role in India’s victory over South Africa. He played a quick innings by thrashing the bowlers and brought the team to a strong position. Despite this, captain Suryakumar Yadav called Heinrich Klaasen’s wicket the turning point of the match.
In fact, these two players tried to bring the Proteas team back into the match by making a partnership of 42 runs. But Varun Chakraborty started putting pressure on the opposition team by taking the wicket of Heinrich Klaasen (25). However, Suryakumar Yadav also praised Sanju Samson’s performance during the post-match presentation.
Suryakumar Yadav was happy with the performance of the spinners
Suryakumar Yadav, while talking about Heinrich Klaasen’s wicket, said that the team was looking for the wickets of Heinrich Klaasen and Devil Miller. He said,
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“We were looking for the crucial wickets of Klaasen and Miller and the way they (spinners) performed was unbelievable. As I said earlier at the toss and in the press conference, the boys have made my job easy. I don’t have to take too much tension. The boys are having fun both on the field and in the dressing room, which has reduced my difficulties. The kind of cricket we play is amazing. Even if we lose a few wickets, we want to play without any fear. It is a T20 game and if you can score 200 runs in 17 overs, why not.”
Said this about Sanju Samson’s innings
Suryakumar Yadav praised Sanju Samson and said that,“Sanju Samson is reaping the rewards of his hard work and efforts over the last 10 years to improve his performance. He had crossed the 90-run mark but was still looking for boundaries. He was playing for the team and that showed his character. We want the same performance from him.”
This is how the match went
After losing the toss and batting first, Team India set a target of 203 runs for the loss of eight wickets in front of South Africa. India was able to achieve this target due to Sanju Samson’s stormy innings. He scored 107 runs in 50 balls with the help of seven fours and ten sixes. During this, he was supported by Sanju Samson (21) and Tilak Verma (33).
Together with these two, they made partnerships of 66 runs and 77 runs respectively. In reply, the Proteas team’s innings collapsed after scoring 141 runs in 17.5 innings. Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi took 3-3 wickets while showing their brilliance. Avesh Khan got two wickets. Arshdeep Singh took one wicket, while Hardik Pandya and Akshar Patel had to return empty-handed.