The Indian team faced a crushing defeat in the second T20 match against South Africa. Batsmen performed very poorly for Team India. Hardik Pandya scored the highest 39 runs for India. Varun Chakraborty took five wickets, but could not lead the team to victory. On the other hand, ICC has sent a mail to the Pakistan Cricket Board, in which the Indian team has been told not to go to Pakistan.
South Africa beat India by 7 wickets
Batting first, Team India scored 124 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in 20 overs, in which Hardik Pandya’s bat saw an unbeaten innings of 39 runs. Chasing a target of 125 runs, the South African team lost 7 wickets for 86 runs, after which Tristan Stubbs took charge of the innings from one end and played an unbeaten innings of 47 runs from 41 balls in a thrilling victory in the match.
Sanju Samson was dismissed for the fourth time in a T20I this year
In the second T20 match against South Africa, Sanju Samson was dismissed for no runs. He has been dismissed for the fourth time in T20I cricket this year. In doing so, he became the Indian batsman with the most number of wickets in T20I cricket in one year with 4 times. Before this, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli had a record of getting out for nil 3 times each in a year.
After the century, Sanju Samson is out for zero
Sanju Samson, who scored a century in the first T20I against South Africa, joined a unique club when he was dismissed for a wicket in the second match. Sanju became the 13th batsman in the world to score a century in two consecutive innings in T20I cricket. He is only the second Indian to feature in this list. Earlier only Yashaswi Jaiswal from India had done this feat.
Varun Chakraborty created an embarrassing record
In the second T20 match against South Africa, Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets and conceded just 17 runs. With this, a very shameful record has been recorded in his name. In fact, this bowling performance by Varun is the best T20I performance by a bowler from an entire member nation, in which his team lost. Earlier this shameful record was in the name of Bangladesh bowler Mustafizur Rahman. Rahman took 5 wickets for 22 runs against New Zealand in Kolkata in 2016.
Pakistan has won the ODI series in Australia after 22 years
Batting first in this third ODI played in Perth, the host Australia team was bowled out for just 140 runs in 31.5 overs. For Pakistan, Shaheen Afridi and Naseem Shah took 3 wickets each while Haris Rauf, the wicket taker in the last match, took 2 wickets. After this, Pakistan achieved the target of 141 runs with the loss of 2 wickets and won the series with this. Pakistan has won an ODI series against Australia on its soil since 2002.
ICC sent mail to PCB
The PCB said in a statement that the board has received an e-mail from the ICC saying that the BCCI has informed them that their team will not tour Pakistan for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. A PCB spokesperson said that the PCB has forwarded the e-mail to the Pakistan government for consultation and guidance. The PCB did not comment further on the ICC e-mail but it has become clear that the Indian team is not ready to go to Pakistan under any conditions.
Even after the defeat, Surya praised Varun Chakraborty
Suryakumar Yadav said after Team India’s loss against South Africa in the second T20I that you should try to defend whatever score you get but you never want a score of 125 or 140 on the board. However, I am very happy with the performance of our bowlers which made this match very exciting. At the same time, Surya also praised Varun Chakraborty, about whom he said that taking 5 wickets in a T20 match is a big thing and in such circumstances. Varun has improved his game a lot and we are all seeing the results of his hard work now.
I am captain only for toss and presentation: Rizwan
“This is one of the most special moments for me,” Mohammad Rizwan said after winning the ODI series against Australia. All country fans will be very happy. We have not been able to perform as expected in the last few years. I am the captain only during the toss and presentation. Everyone keeps giving me suggestions regarding fielding, batting and bowling.
Lockie Ferguson scored a hat-trick
Lockie Ferguson has created a stir by taking a hat-trick by hunting down 3 Sri Lankan batsmen in 3 consecutive balls. Ferguson dismissed Kusal Perera on the last ball of the sixth over of Sri Lanka’s innings. And then he achieved a hat-trick by sending Kusal Mendis to the pavilion on the first ball of the eighth over and captain Charith Aslanka to the pavilion on the second ball. He thus became the 5th bowler from New Zealand to take a hat-trick in T20I cricket.
Not a single Australian batsman has scored a half-century in the ODI series
Batting first in the third ODI of the series in Perth, the Kangaroos team were restricted to a score of 140, while the Pakistani team achieved this target in just 26.5 overs. In the entire series, not a single Australian batsman managed to touch the 50-run mark. This is also the first ODI series in the history of Australian cricket when no batsman managed to cross the 50-run mark.
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