New Delhi: The Indian cricket team suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of South Africa at the Eden Gardens Stadium in Kolkata. This marked the first time in 15 years that the Indian team has lost a match to South Africa in a home match. They lost by 30 runs.
Previously, in 2010, South Africa, under the captaincy of Graeme Smith, defeated India in Nagpur. This defeat was a huge disappointment for fans. On the field, the Indian team was chasing a target of 124 runs. At one point, it seemed that India would easily achieve this target, but South Africa’s intelligent bowling and fielding thwarted everything.
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How many runs did the team score?
Chasing the target of 124 runs at the Eden Gardens Stadium, Team India could only manage 93 runs after losing 9 wickets. Captain Shubman Gill did not come to bat. He had retired the previous day due to neck spasms. Due to his ill health, he was not sent to bat.
Washington Sundar top-scored for India with a superb batting performance, scoring 31 runs. Simon Harmer made history by taking a total of 8 wickets in the match. South African captain Temba Bavuma scored the only fifty in the match, remaining unbeaten on 55 in the second innings.
South Africa were all out for 153. The team won the toss on Friday and elected to bat first, scoring 159 runs in their first innings. India scored 189 runs in their first innings.
India’s Playing XI
Yashasvi Jaiswal, KL Rahul, Washington Sundar, Shubman Gill (captain), Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Dhruv Jurel, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj.
South Africa squad: Aiden Markram, Ryan Rickelton, Wiaan Mulder, Temba Bavuma (captain), Tony de Giorgi, Tristan Stubbs, Kyle Verreynne (wicketkeeper), Simon Harmer, Marco Johnson, Corbin Bosch, Keshav Maharaj.