The Indian cricket team headed by Suryakumar Yadav lost the second T20I of the 3-match series against South Africa which was played at St George’s Park. Now India is trailing by 0-1 as the first T20I got abandoned due to rain and the visitors will certainly try to level the series by winning the third and the final T20I of the series.
In the second T20I of the series, the Indian batters put up a good show as they posted a total of 180/7 in 19.3 overs before rain interrupted the match. The Proteas were given the revised target of 152 runs in 15 overs for winning the match which they achieved in 14 overs.
The former Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was highly disappointed with the performance of the Indian pacers especially Arshdeep Singh and he supported Mohammed Siraj despite the fact that Siraj was also quite expensive and ineffective as well.
Gautam Gambhir stated, “I feel that Mohammed Siraj will bowl much worse than this and yet finish with better figures. I was a bit disappointed with Arshdeep because after he bowled the first over, the Powerplay was over and the ball got wet and tough to get a grip of. The 13th over which Mukesh bowled was spectacular, with pin-point yorkers with a wet ball and against a bowler like David Miller. These are some big positives, and going forward, if the conditions aren’t so wet, this bowling line-up will appear a lot different.”
The T20 World Cup is just six months away and if young pacers want to claim their candidatures, then they need to perform well in every opportunity that they get especially when one spot is already fixed for Jasprit Bumrah.
