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South Africa and India will play the 2nd ODI at Boland Park today.
After conquering the Test series, South Africa has made an excellent start to the ODI series by winning the 1st ODI comfortably by31 runs.
It is now up to India to score enough runs to win, to make the series interesting. ⭐️
In the previous match, India started well with the ball. But then did not pick up enough wickets in the middle-overs. We think the Indian team would have been reasonably happy with chasing 296. The pitch did not have any demons and the bowling was average at best. This is where the Indian batsmen have to take responsibility for the loss.
KL Rahul did not get going and both Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli got out when they had the South African bowling at their mercy.
It was a poor effort lacking in the intensity that is usually associated with the team!! Also, the middle-order for India continues to be a huge mess. Rishab Pant, Shreyas Iyer, and Venkatesh Iyer batted at 4,5, and 6 respectively. We think this is at least one position too high for Venkatesh Iyer and Rishab Pant. India cannot afford to play with Iyer as a pure batsman and if he is not good enough or fit enough to bowl, then his place in the team merits discussion.
We just need a win to boost our players' morale. 😃Let us send our good wishes to all the players and best of luck to our players!❤️
Virat Kohli played a good knock in the first game and it seemed that he was set to end his century drought. However, he was dismissed for 51. Kohli has a staggering record in South Africa.
Temba Bavuma turned the first game in South Africa’s favour with a brilliant hundred. He came in at a tough situation and played a blinder. He was in good form in the test series as well.
Even when every other bowler was smashed by Dussen and Bavuma, Bumrah had very good figures. He took two wickets and leaked runs at less than 5:0 runs per over.
Let us expect an interesting match today. ⭐️
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