Batting lets Proteas down again
Quinton de Kock’s tenure as T20 captain started on a low note when India soundly beat SA by seven wickets in the second T20 in Mohali on Wednesday.
The Proteas’ 149/5 was never going to challenge India. The SA side featured three debutants in Temba Bavuma, Anrich Nortjé and Bjorn Fortuin.
It was SA’s batting that again let them down on a slow but true IS Bindra Stadium surface where chasing is the going trend.
Rohit Sharma (12) and Shikhar Dhawan (40) got India off to a rollicking start with 33 off 3.5 overs.
Nortjé had a rude introduction to T20 international cricket with 13 creamed off his first over. It needed an Andile Phehlukwayo (1/20) change of pace to get the first wicket when he trapped Sharma plumb in front.
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