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Shreyas Iyer and Sanju Samson during the 3rd ODI match (ANI) Kuldeep Yadav celebrates the dismissal of South Africa’s Bjorn Fortuin (ANI)

cleaned him up. Opener Shubman na Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana
Gill looked in good touch hitting Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. With
boundaries but he too was dismissed this defeat, Shikhar Dhawan led In-
for 28 off 26 by Kagiso Rabada dia now trailing the Proteas 0-1 in the
caught and bowled. three-match ODI series.
At 48/2 India needed a partner- Chasing a massive 250-run tar-
ship and Shreyas Iyer and Ishan Kis- get in 40 overs Team India got off
han did just that. Team India crossed to the worst possible start as open-
the 50-run mark in 9.1 overs. er Shubman Gill was cleaned up by
The Iyer-Kishan duo batted sen- pacer Kagiso Rabada for 3. Skipper
sibly to strike a 50-run partnership Shikhar Dhawan was sent packing
off 70 balls and in the process crossed by Wayne Parnell for 4 as India lost
the triple-figure mark in 20.3 overs. their second wicket for 8. The Protea
Southpaw Ishan Kishan also bowlers bowled a tight line and did
went on to score his half-century off not allow Indian batters to score runs
60 balls. Iyer was the quicker off the freely as the hosts could only score 18
two notching up his half-century off runs in eight overs of powerplay.
just 48 balls. South African pacers Spinners came into the attack
had no answer to their partnership with Tabraiz Shamsi giving India the
as these two put on 100 runs partner- third blow by dismissing debutant
ship for the third wicket. South African team players celebrate the dismissal of Indian skipper Shikhar Dhawan (ANI) Ruturaj Gaikwad 19 stumped by
Iyer-Kishan helped India reach keeper Quinton de Kock. The hosts
the 150-run mark in 27 overs. Wick- a world-class bowler who will bounce ly, it was him. I thought he held his scratched their way to the 50-run
et-keeper batter Ishan Kishan started back strongly. nerve really nicely in the back end mark in the 18th over.
batting aggressively and along with The bowler who was instrumen- and picked up a crucial wicket at the Ishan Kishan was also sent pack-
Iyer took the partnership beyond the tal in the team’s win over India in time to give us an opening. We know ing by Keshav Maharaj to leave his
150-run mark. the 1st ODI at Lucknow said Shamsi what he is capable of and it is not a side tottering at 51/4.
South African bowlers looked would perform well as he did in En- concern for us,” said the South Af- With India losing wickets and
helpless as India crossed the 200- gland where he picked up a five-wick- rican. the required rate consistently going
run mark in 33.3 overs. The 161-run et haul against England. “He is a The South African also compli- higher they desperately needed a
partnership was finally broken when world-class bowler. I don’t think his mented the Indian spinners on the partnership and Shreyas Iyer along
Bjorn Fortuin dismissed Ishan Kis- confidence is dented. He has done skills they possess. He said that he with Sanju Samson did just that. The
han for 93 falling just seven runs well for us and it’s only a matter of is still learning the trade of tricks of Iyer-Samson duo hit boundaries to
short of his maiden ODI ton. time before he repeats his perfor- spin bowling and he looks to Indian strike a 50-run partnership and take
Mohammed Siraj was the pick of mance like in England and picks a spinners for inspiration. the team’s total beyond the 100-run
the bowlers as he took three wickets fifer,” said Maharaj. “I am still learning when it comes mark in 22.3 overs.
for 38 runs. He also said that the bowling fig- to spin bowling and taking a leaf out India’s fielding was pretty aver-
ures of Shamsi do not truly reflect the of most Indian spinner’s books,” age as they dropped important catch-
SHAMSI A WORLD-CLASS performance of the bowler as he did claimed Maharaj. es: first Mohammad Siraj dropped

BOWLER: MAHARAJ well to hold his nerve in the back end Miller and then in the next ball Klaas-
to make sure the Indian team does 1ST ODI: HOSTS LOSE en was dropped by debutant Bishnoi
outh African spinner Keshav not clinch a win. BY 9 RUNS of consecutive deliveries of Avesh
Maharaj on Saturday defend- “I don’t think he had a bad day, Khan’s bowling. The Miller-Klaasen
Sed teammate Tabraiz Shamsi the bowling figures are not really re- ndia lost to South Africa by 9 runs pair went past the triple-figure mark
over his performance in the 1st ODI flective of it. The Indian batters had in a 40-over rain-truncated match in just 84 balls and took the team’s
against India and called his teammate to take someone on and unfortunate- Iplayed here at the Bharat Rat- total to 249/4 in 40 overs.

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