On Saturday, India A defeated So🌸uth Africa A by two wickets in the second one-dayer at the Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram. With two consecutive wins, India A goes up 2-0 in the five-match series.
India A skipper Manish Pandey won the toss and elected to field first. In the 21-over game, South Africa A scored 162/5. Sou♔t🍌h African middle-order batsman George Linde played a brilliant knock of 52 off 25 balls. For India, Deepak Chahar, Khaleel Ahmed, Yuzvendra Chahal, and Axar Patel picked up one wicket each.
Chasing a score of 163 runs, India lost the early wicket of Ruturaj Gaikwad (1 run). Wicket-keeper batsman Ishan Kishan played a match-winning knock of 55 runs in 24 balls including five fours and four sixes. 👍India A reached the target with eight wickets down and six balls remaining.
In the post-match interview, ‘Player of the Match’ Ishan Kishan told Star Sports, They were also under pressure, I wanted to watch the ball and back my strengths.”
“The wicket was too good to bat on, and they kept bowling loose balls which I kept putting away. I didn’t want to play any defensive strokes,” Kishan added.
Scorecard:
South Africa A: 162/5 (Linde 52, Bavuma 40)
India A: 163/8 (Kishan 55, Krunal 23*, Dala 2-25)
Result: India won by two wickets
Here’s how Twitter reacted:
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This is how it ended with a India win.
And ye꧒s, this is an A series and n൲ot Internationals.Great match! Well played, India A
Well played, ISHAN KISHAN! 👏
You deserve to be in white ball teams👍— PK (@iPkoppula)
Stand tall 🙌
— SIDDHESH (@SidGavande)
If Rishabh Pant doesn't perform in LOIs we might soon see Ishan Kishan in the Indian team 😁
— Hariharan Durairaj 🦁🐿💯️ (@hariharan_draj)
Ishan Kishan. Been watching him since U19. Bats well in all the formats. Unfortunately for him Rishabh Pant got💙 the nod ahead of him and RP did well in tests. drop Pant in white ball teams and give Ishan a go. Is a better player.
— PK (@iPkoppula)
Really hoꦚpe Ishan Kishan breaks through into the T20I side. ♏Different beast in the shortest format. Much-improved wicketkeeper too 🔥
— Siva (@ShivaVj5)
What a dynamite performance by Ishan Kishan. there are so many wicket keeper batsmen who can represent India. Don't stick with only. Onw dimensional selection process.
— Swapnil 🏏 📷 (@OyeSwapnil)
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Ishan kishan – underrated 🥵
— Rishita. (@ImRish45)
