India suffered a complete batting collapse in the second T20I against South Africa as they faced a heavy defeat by 51 runs in Mullanpur. Chasing a target of 214, the home side never found the momentum and were bundled at a mere score of 162 in 19.1 overs.
This time even India’s explosive opener Abhishek Sharma could not replicate his recent heroics and fell at the mere score of 18. Shubman Gill who has already made many top-notch players warm the bench once again failed miserably and went for a duck. Indiia’s T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav again looked out of form and was dismissed at the score of 5.
After the loss Suryakumar Yadav admitted that the top order – including himself did not perform well.
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“We learned how they bowled in the second innings. We learned from that and we will try to execute that in the next game. I think myself, Shubman, could have given a good start because we can’t rely on Abhishek all the time. The way he’s been batting, he might have an off-day”, he said.
“Me, Shubman and a few other batters should have taken it (responsibility). I think it would have been a smart chase. But then it’s okay, Shubman got out on the first ball. But yeah, I should have taken that responsibility, batted a little deeper. But yeah, as I said, we learn, we try and do better in the next game to come.
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“We just thought in the last game, we have seen Axar bat really well in the longer format. And we wanted him to bat back the same way today as well. Unfortunately, it didn’t work, but he did bat well. But we will see what’s up for us going on in the next game,” he further added.
South Africa on the other hand in great momentum, they delivered combined efforts in all – batting, bowling and fielding.
