India lost the first T20 match to South Africa. Rishabh Pant (Rishabh Pant) Led by Indian team Lost the first match of the series by 7 wickets. After this defeat, questions are being raised about Pant’s captaincy. Former Indian bowler Ashish Nehra questions Pant’s captaincy (Ashish Nehra) Says Yuzvendra Chahal (Yuzvendra Chahal) He is surprised by Pant’s strategy of taking only 2.1 overs from. IPL 2022 Purple Cap winner Chahal bowled just 13 balls in the first T20 match against South Africa and scored 26 runs. While captaining the Delhi Capitals in IPL 2022, Pant often did not get a full over from Kuldeep Yadav. While Kuldeep was the highest wicket-taker for Delhi in IPL 2022. Nehra says Chahal should have bowled to break the pair of Rasi van der Dussen and David Miller.
Defensive bowling will not work
India’s fielding was also very poor with poor bowling in the first match. India missed many important catches. Speaking to media reports, Nehra said that Pant is a young captain. He will learn and hopefully he will do better. He said Chahal bowled only 2.1 overs. Sometimes teams control leg-spinners because of left-handed batting. “It’s important to have the option of taking wickets in the middle overs and if you want to stop a great batsman, you have to take his wicket,” Nehra said. Nehra said defensive bowling would not work.
South Africa easily achieved the target
Speaking of the match, India batted first and gave South Africa a target of 212 runs, in response to which South Africa achieved the target 5 balls earlier and won the match by 7 wickets. Miller and Dussen’s century partnership contributed greatly to South Africa’s stunning victory. Ishant Kish top-scored for India with 76 runs. With this, Captain Pant played an innings of 29 runs. Hardik Pandya scored 31 off 12 balls. However, Dusen and Miller’s innings weighed heavily on him. Chahal took 27 wickets in 17 matches in IPL 2022.
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