IND vs SA Highlights: ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Team India captain Rohit Sharma has blamed poor fielding effort for his team’s first loss in the T20 World Cup 2022. India suffered a five-wicket loss to South Africa in the Super 12 Group 2 encounter on Sunday. By virtue of the loss, India dropped to the second spot in the Group 2 points table, while South Africa took the pole position. There were dropped catches and misfields as India failed to defend a modest 133-run total. Watch IND vs SA Highlights with InsideSport.IN
“We were a little poor on the field, we gave so many chances in the field and we weren’t clinical. We were just not good enough. The last two games, we were pretty good in the field. We couldn’t hold our chances, we missed a few run-outs. We need to keep our heads high and take a learning from this game,” Rohit Sharma said at the post-match interview.
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IND vs SA Highlights: Rohit BLAMES poor fielding for FIRST LOSS in T20 World Cup 2022, admits ‘We were not good enough in field’
Chasing a tricky target of 134 runs in Perth, South Africa were reduced to 24/3, inside the powerplay. But half-centuries from Aiden Markram (52) and David Miller (59 not out) guided South Africa to the finish line with two balls to spare.
Markram had a lucky escape in the 12th over of the match as former India captain Virat Kohli put down a sitter off premier spinner Ravichandran Ashwin which turned out to be costly for Team India.
IND vs SA Highlights: Rohit BLAMES poor fielding for FIRST LOSS in T20 World Cup 2022, admits ‘We were not good enough in field’
#TeamIndia fought hard but it was South Africa who won the match.
We will look to bounce back in our next game of the #T20WorldCup . 👍 👍
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— BCCI (@BCCI) October 30, 2022
What did Rohit Sharma say about the pitch? – Sharma admitted that the pitch behaved as per the expectations of the team but a top-order collapse saw them falling short of a defendable target.
“We expected that the pitch will have something in it. We knew that there’ll be a lot of help for the seamers, that’s why it wasn’t an easy target to chase. We fell a little short with the bat. We fought well, but South Africa were better today. When you see that score, you’ll always think you’re in the game. That was a match-winning partnership from Markram and Miller,” he said.
Shame @imVkohli !!??? pic.twitter.com/lEeFSTlEqw
— time square 🇮🇳 (@time__square) October 30, 2022
The one-time champions will next take on Bangladesh on Wednesday and Zimbabwe after a long-break on Sunday. And with the big test now behind their back, India will fancy to clinch victories in both the games to enter the semi-finals on a high.
IND vs SA Highlights: Rohit BLAMES poor fielding for FIRST LOSS in T20 World Cup 2022, admits ‘We were not good enough in field’
