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South Africa’s Temba Bavuma plays a shot (ANI Photo) Rishabh Pant during the 1st T20I match between India and South Africa on Thursday (ANI Photo)

run chase. ing a mammoth 212-run target against Talking about the match, chasing South Africa. Kuldeep and batter KL
“Rassie played phenomenally South Africa in the opening T20I at 212 South Africa lost wickets at regu- Rahul on Wednesday were ruled out
well at the back end with some big Arun Jaitley Stadium on Thursday. lar intervals and were 81/3 when Miller of the five-match T20I series against
overs. Chuffed with the result. Just try “We had enough on the board, and Van der Dussen came in for the South Africa at home due to injury.
and hang in there was the chat (With but I think we were a little off with the rescue. While van der Dussen strug- Kuldeep was disappointed to miss out
Rassie). He was trying to go but he execution,” said Pant in a post-match gled to play at the start, Miller contin- on the South Africa series but wished
wasn’t getting it. Just about limiting presentation. Indian skipper praised ued his red-hot form and dominated the Men In Blue all the luck for the
dot balls and waiting for that loose Proteas batters for their blistering Indian bowlers. upcoming games.
ball,” said Miller. match-winning knock. van der Dussen With only four runs left to win
MARKRAM TESTS POSITIVE FOR smashed 75* off 46 balls while David in the last over, van der Dussen sent “Disappointed to miss out on
Miller scored 64* off 31 balls to guide
the very first delivery of Chahal for a
COVID-19 Proteas to a historical run chase. boundary and claimed a historical sev- the SA series due to an inju-
“But sometimes you got to give en-wicket, with five balls remaining.
ristan Stubbs made his interna- credit to the opposition. Miller and ry, but I am sure the boys will
tional debut when the Proteas KULDEEP YADAV give their best on the pitch,
Ttake on India in the first of five RvD batted well. Slower balls were ‘DISAPPOINTED’ TO MISS
working when we batted, but the wick-
T20Is. The 21-year-old, right-hand, et got better in the second innings. and I am backing them all the
middle-order batter, becomes cap Mostly we executed our plans (to Mill- SERIES way. Looking forward to coming
number 95 for South Africa in T20 in- er) but the wicket got better and bet- ndian spinner Kuldeep Yadav
ternationals. ter. We were very happy with the total on Thursday promised to make back stronger,” Kuldeep Yadav
It is an exciting day of returns for Ia “strong” comeback after being said on KOO app.
the Proteas, with Wayne Parnell mak- but next time we are in a similar situa- ruled out of the T20I series against
tion we will do better,” he added.
ing his first T20 international appear- The All-India Senior Selection
ance since 2017 and Anrich Nortje Committee has named wicket-keeper
returning to the Proteas for the first Rishabh Pant as skipper and Hardik
time since the ICC T20 World Cup Pandya as vice-captain for the home
late last year. series against South Africa.
Aiden Markram tested positive
KL Rahul was “gutted” to miss
for COVID-19 during the team’s last the series and said it was hard for him
round of testing yesterday and has to accept. He also said that he was
begun the quarantine protocol which looking forward to guiding India for
was agreed upon by the two Boards the first time at home.
before the commencement of the As per a statement from BCCI,
tour. He is well and the team’s medi- Rahul will miss out due to a right
cal staff is keeping in close communi- groin injury while Yadav will miss out
cation with him to ensure his physical on the series after getting hit on his
and mental wellbeing. right hand while batting in the nets
The rest of the team returned neg-
ative results and the tour will continue last evening.
India squad: Rishabh Pant (capt,
as agreed. wk), Hardik Pandya (vice-capt), Ru-
RISHABH PANT RUES LACK OF turaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Deepak

EXECUTION IN BOWLING Hooda, Shreyas Iyer, Dinesh Karthik,
Venkatesh Iyer, Yuzvendra Chahal,
eam India captain Rishabh Pant South Africa’s Wayne Parnell celebrates the dismissal of India’s Ruturaj Gaikwad during the Axar Patel, Ravi Bishnoi, Bhuvneshwar
admitted that bowlers failed to 1st T20I match (ANI Photo) Kumar, Harshal Patel, Avesh Khan,
Texecute their plan while defend- Arshdeep Singh, Umran Malika.

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