India were hammered by South Africa in the last T20I of the three-match series as they lost the game by 49 runs on Tuesday. The Proteas batters launched an onslaught on the Indian bowling attack as they ended up posting 227 runs on the board in their allotted 20 overs. Indian captain Rohit Sharma’s reaction as his bowlers got hammered during the match has been going viral on the internet.
In the picture, Sharma can be seen folding hands to David Miller’s late attack in the death overs. The incident took place in the final over of the innings bowled by Deepak Chahar. Chahar ended up conceding 24 runs which had three huge maximums. Meanwhile, as Miller launched Chahar out of the stands, visuals of Rohit Sharma’s reaction told a story.
In the final over of the innings, the in-form Miller sent a high full toss from Chahar out of the ground before collecting two more sixes. Earlier Left-hander Rilee Rossouw smashed an unbeaten 100 off 48 balls to fire South Africa to a formidable 227 for three in the third T20 International as Indian bowlers once again faltered under pressure.
Harshal Patel (0/49) continued to leak runs in a forgettable night for all four Indian pacers. Deepak Chahar, Mohammad Siraj and Umesh Yadav also went for more than 11 runs per over as they were ripped apart by Rossouw and Quinton de Kock (68 off 43 balls).
Team India desperately searching for Jasprit Bumrah's replacement
India team management has a huge task of correcting their death overs blunders leading into the 20-20 World Cup. The ‘Men-in-Blue’ will miss the services of their star pacer Jasprit Bumrah in the mega event as he’s been ruled out of the tournament due to an injury. The team management is yet to announce the replacement of Bumrah with just 11 days left in the tournament.
Seamers Mohammed Shami, Deepak Chahar and Mohammed Siraj are in contention to replace the pace spearhead. Captain Rohit Sharma has a huge task on his shoulders to take his team to a podium finish after India’s dismal performance in the last year’s world cup.