Having misplaced the opening towards South Africa in Lucknow by 9 runs, Crew India face a must-win scenario within the second ODI in Ranchi on Sunday, October 9.
The Males in Blue had been seen getting ready arduous within the nets within the build-up to the match. Whereas the gamers had been seen working intensely throughout their observe session, coach VVS Laxman and skipper Shikhar Dhawan additionally gave the staff members a pep discuss.
The official social media handles of the BCCI shared a clip of Crew India’s preparations forward of the secod ODI with the caption:
“Preps
#TeamIndia equipped for the 2nd ODI towards South Africa. #INDvSA.”
Bowling first after successful the toss within the first match of the ODI sequence, India conceded 249 for 4 in 40 overs (rain-reduced recreation) towards the Proteas. Heinrich Klaasen (74* off 65) and David Miller (75* off 63) performed wonderful knocks for South Africa.
The hosts slumped to 51 for 4 in response earlier than Shreyas Iyer (50 off 37), Sanju Samson (86* off 63) and Shardul Thakur (33 off 31) led a fightback. Finally, although, India fell 9 runs in need of South Africa’s complete.
Crew India suffered one other harm setback forward of the secod ODI, with pacer Deepak Chahar being dominated out of the remaining two matches of the sequence. Chahar skilled stiffness in his again after the third T20I towards South Africa in Indore.
The 30-year-old missed the opening ODI in Lucknow as nicely. Considerably, the pacer is among the many standbys for the T20 World Cup 2022, which shall be performed in Australia from October 16 to November 13.
Off-spinning all-rounder Washington Sundar has been named as Chahar’s substitute for the final two ODIs towards the Proteas. As a result of a number of harm points, Sundar has not performed a match for India since February this yr.
India vs South Africa ODI squads
India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Sanju Samson (wk), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Avesh Khan, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammed Siraj, Rahul Tripathi, Rajat Patidar, Mukesh Kumar, Shahbaz Ahmed, Washington Sundar.
South Africa: Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Janneman Malan, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabraiz Shamsi, Anrich Nortje, Marco Jansen, Andile Phehlukwayo, Reeza Hendricks.
