Deepak Chahar’s efforts were insufficient to secure a consolation victory.

Deepak Chahar’s efforts were insufficient to secure a consolation victory.

A South Africa visit that started with tall desires – boosted by the Centurion Test win – concluded; with India’s fifth straight vanquish, a four-wicket misfortune in Cape Town coming about in a 0-3 ODI arrangement loss. After Centurion, it was the closest India had gone to winning a amusement; in spite of the fact that a minor one with the arrangement as of now lost. But, fair when the coordinate showed up to be well in their grasp; they disintegrated at the penultimate impediment, taking after a normal middle-order bumble and a marvelous comeback. Deepak Chahar’s efforts were insufficient to secure a consolation victory.

Deepak Chahar walked in at 160/6 in a chase of 276 against Sri Lanka; in Colombo last July in his previous ODI. With an undefeated 69 and some amazing strokes, Chahar guided India to a series-clinching victory.

He appeared to have snatched another ODI chase from a home side six months later; when his 54 off 34 deliveries resurrected India from 223/7 in their chase of 288 at Newlands. Chahar had come in at 195/5 after Shreyas Iyer was dismissed; for 17 on a short ball in his only match of the trip.

D Chahar smashed Dwaine Pretorius for consecutive sixes – a swipe high over deep midwicket; and a sliced drive through sweeper cover – after pulling a Lungi Ngidi short ball for four. The South Africans were stunned by his punches; which were aided by Jasprit Bumrah’s tenacity, and the once-difficult equation had been reduced to a modest 10 off 18.

Then Chahar hit one too many shots on a surface where slowing down had made unfettered strokeplay increasingly dangerous. He was caught at cover by a sliding Pretorius off Ngidi; and India only added five runs after he was out.

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When Yuzvendra Chahal top-edged Pretorius for David Miller to take a sitter with four balls left in the game; Chahar was close to tears on a chair on the boundary with his pads still on.

He attempted everything he could to change the screenplay; but India ultimately kept to the storyline from the first ODI in Paarl. They were 138/1 in that game, chasing 297 points. Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli had added 92 runs; but they crumbled to 214/8 and a 31-run loss after the former’s dismissal. India was 116/1 in Cape Town. Kohli and Dhawan had combined for 98 runs. Dhawan was removed from the game, and the middle order crumbled once more. Suryakumar Yadav, who had replaced Venkatesh Iyer, scored 39 off 32 balls; but he, like Chahar, played too many forcing strokes on a difficult surface and paid the price.

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