Yuzvendra Chahal Explains How He Redeemed His Bowling in the Third T20I Against South Africa. Chahal returned with figures of 3/20 to help India defeat South Africa in the third T20I after two disappointing outings.
Yuzvendra Chahal, the spinner who took three wickets to help Team India defeat South Africa in the third T20I, explained how he redeemed his bowling from the previous two games. India defeated South Africa by 48 runs in the third T20I of the five-match series on Tuesday at Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium in Visakhapatnam. “In previous matches, I bowled a lot of sliders and bowled faster. I changed the position of my seams today. My strengths are spinning and getting the ball to dip. Today I attempted to make it turn and bowl slower. I tried to bowl to my strengths and concentrated on that “Chahal stated this during a post-match presentation.
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Yuzvendra Chahal Explains How He Redeemed His Bowling
“It becomes difficult for bowlers when batters attempt to reverse-sweep. But now I have a backup plan and have configured the fields accordingly. Because I didn’t bowl well in the previous game, the coach instructed me to play to my strengths. The terrain there (Rajkot) is larger “He continued.
Batting first, India reached 179/5 in 20 overs thanks to a 97-run stand between Ruturaj Gaikwad (57) and Ishan Kishan (54). The first innings was a see-saw affair, with India dominating the first half of the innings but South Africa regaining momentum in the second.
In response, the Proteas never seemed to get going, losing wickets at regular intervals until they were bundled out for 131 with five balls to play. Chahal and Harshal Patel shone with the ball for Men in Blue, taking three and four wickets respectively to derail the visitors’ chase. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Axar Patel each took one wicket.
With this win in the decider, India has opened their account in the five-match T20I series. The fourth T20I will be played on Friday at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Gujarat, with the series still 2-1 in favor of the visitors.
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