India mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy took his maiden 5-wicket-haul in T20I cricket on Sunday, November 10. Varun, who had taken 3 wickets in the first T20I match of the series brought back straight completely changed the complexion of the match.Defending a paltry total of 124 runs, Varun weaved his magic in the middle-overs of the …
SA vs IND: Varun Chakravarthy becomes 5th Indian to take up 5-wicket-haul in T20Is
India mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy took his maiden 5-wicket-haul in T20I cricket on Sunday, November 10. Varun, who had taken 3 wickets in the first T20I match of the series brought back straight completely changed the complexion of the match.
Defending a paltry total of 124 runs, Varun weaved his magic in the middle-overs of the second innings. Despite conditions slightly conducive to fast bowling, Varun found impeccable lines and lengths and outfoxed the likes of Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller to leave South Africa reeling.
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After picking up the wickets of Aiden Markram and Reeza Hendricks in the first half of the South African innings, Varun had already announced himself into the match. South Africa demoted their top batters – Klaasen and Miller to protect the batters from the rampaging Kolkata Knight Riders’ spinner.
However, Varun was not the one to let go, as he dismissed Klaasen and Miller in the final over of his innings to leave South Africa reeling. Varun was incredibly accurate and bowled out Markram, Hendricks, Jansen and Miller. Only Heinrich Klaasen played a loose shot off Varun and deposited a full-length delivery into the hands of Rinku Singh at long-off.
South Africa stayed alive in the four-match T20I series after winning the second game by three wickets on November 10 at the St George’s Park in Gqeberha. India were on top of their game at the Kingsmead in Durban, and tried their hearts out on Sunday as well, but the Proteas had the last laugh. Had India won they would have taken an unassailable 2-0 lead, but that was not the case.
In challenging conditions, India faltered in their batting department as South Africa drew level in the series. India also missed out on equalling their longest winning streak in T20Is (12). Suryakumar Yadav’s men will now look to bounce back in the penultimate match of the series on November 13 at the SuperSport Park in Centurion.
