T20: India could not create history, Rishabh Pant gave this statement after defeat

gave this statement

In a statement, Pant said, “We had a very good score on the board, but I think we were a little off from defending him. But sometimes you have to give credit to the opposition. David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen batted brilliantly. When we batted, the slower ball was working, but the wicket got better in the second innings.

Miller and Dussain snatch the match

David Miller and Rassie van der Dussen became the reason for India’s defeat. Both of them played an important role in getting the team the first win by scoring half-centuries. South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl. This time out to bat, the Indian team scored 211 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs. In reply, South Africa completed the Indian challenge in 19.1 overs. Dussanne scored an unbeaten 75 off 46 balls. He also hit 5 sixes and 7 fours. On the other hand, Miller played an unbeaten innings of 64 runs in 31 balls. During this he hit 4 fours and 5 sixes. Both ended the match with an unbeaten 131-run century partnership. Apart from them, Dwayne Pretorius (29), wicketkeeper Quinton de Kock (22) and captain Temba Bavuma (10) played short innings.

Indian batting like this

Earlier, Ishan Kishan was the highest run-scorer for India in the first innings. He scored 76 runs in 48 balls, which included 3 sixes and 11 fours. Apart from them Shreyas Iyer 36, Hardik Pandya 31 not out, skipper Rishabh Pant 29 and Rituraj Gaikwad contributed 23 runs. While bowling for South Africa, Keshav Maharaj, Enrique Norcia, Wayne Parnell and Dwayne Pretorius took one wicket each.