Team India, beneath the brand new management of Rishabh Pant, are on the sting of dropping the continuing residence T20I sequence after dropping the second T20I against South Africa in Cuttack on Sunday.
Despite posting solely 148/6, the hosts did handle to place stress on the Proteas by decreasing them to 29/3 within the powerplay. However, the guests ended up chasing the goal within the closing over due to Heinrich Klaasen‘s heroics, who scored 81 off 46 balls.
After the defeat, former India pacer Zaheer Khan shared his analysis on the game and reckoned India have to find a way to capitalise on the platforms they create. Notably, India managed to take three wickets in the powerplay, courtesy of Bhuvneshwar Kumar, who bagged all three wickets. But the home team failed to take advantage of thereon and lost the contest.
“That is the worry. You are creating a platform from where you can win a game of cricket, but you are not able to close it. When this happens, your morale and the processes which you are following gets damaged. That is what you don’t need proper now with a giant World Cup arising,” stated Zaheer on Cricbuzz.
Zaheer careworn the absence of some key gamers and talked about the hosts nonetheless need to carry their ‘A Game’ onto the sphere. Notably, India are lacking plenty of their regulars like skipper Rohit Sharma, star batter Virat Kohli and frontline speedster Jasprit Bumrah.
“You want to make a habit of winning games regardless of who is taking the field. I know that key players are not part of the series. You still have a brand of cricket which you have been playing and created those platforms for and to win games, and you are not able to close it. The culture in the team is very important to protect. It’s not going to be easy to go and win all three games coming up. It is a good challenge as well. You have a day of travel, and then you take the field, it’s not going to be easy,” he added.
