IND vs SA Live: IND vs SA Live Updates – IPL Multi-Crore Heroes Yuzvendra Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Harshal Patel, Shreyas Iyer, and Axar Patel have turned out to be big-time flops. The five players, who proved to be heroes for their respective IPL franchises have not made any impact in the two T20Is so far. Follow IND vs SA Live Updates with InsideSport.IN.
IND vs SA LIVE: IPL Multi-Crore HEROES proves to be ZEROES playing for India, IPL 2022 big hit Chahal, Hardik, Harshal, Shreyas, Axar FLOP big time against South Africa
IND vs SA Live: Why did Chahal, Hardik Pandya, Harshal, Shreyas Iyer, and Axar Patel turn out to be super flop against South Africa?
IND vs SA Live: India’s spin twins turned out to be ineffective in two T20Is, as they were taken to cleaners by South African batters. Chahal has picked up only one wicket in two games and has given away 75 runs in the six overs he has bowled. In the second T20I played at Cuttack, the leg spinner was taken for 49 runs in 4 hours. Klassen meted out special treatment.
His spin twin, Axar has not been impressive either. In the two games that the off-spinner has played, he has conceded 58 runs in the five overs he has bowled. Axar bowled only one over in the second T20I and he was taken for 19 runs. Both Chahal and Axar were superb in IPL. While the leg-spinner bagged 27 wickets, the of-spinner picked up 6 wickets and scored 182 runs in 13 matches.
IND vs SA LIVE: IPL Multi-Crore HEROES proves to be ZEROES playing for India, IPL 2022 big hit Chahal, Hardik, Harshal, Shreyas, Axar FLOP big time against South Africa
IND vs SA Live: Harshal, Hardik, and Shreyas Iyer failed to close out the games
Harshal Patel, who proved to be super-effective in the IPL 2022 for RCB, has endured poor form against South Africa so far. The right-arm pacer gave 42 runs in four overs in the 1st T20I and picked up only one wicket. In the 2nd T20I, he gave away 17 runs in three overs and picked just one wicket.
Patel not closing out games with the ball for India has hurt the team badly. The RCB bowler picked up 19 wickets in 15 games and was phenomenal in the death overs.
Hardik and Shreyas have also turned out to be big flops in the two T20Is matches played so far. While Pandya sizzled in the 1st T20I by scoring 31 off 12 balls, in the second game he scored only nine runs off 12 balls. The all-rounder has also failed to pick up wickets in the two games.
The 28-year-old scored 487 runs and picked up 8 wickets for GT. Meanwhile, Shreyas Iyer has scored runs on both occasions but has thrown his wickets away. In the 1st T20I, the right-hand batter scored 36 runs; in the second T20I, he managed to get a slow 40 off 35 balls. Iyer, who strikes at a strike rate of above 150, has failed to do in two games so far.
Iyer’s overall career strike rate in T20Is is close to 140. But in the two T20Is against South Africa, Iyer has not struck runs at 125. Apart from Iyer, even Ruturaj Gaikwad has been a disaster at the top. On both occasions, he has not got going and has scores of 23 and 1.
IND vs SA LIVE: IPL Multi-Crore HEROES proves to be ZEROES playing for India, IPL 2022 big hit Chahal, Hardik, Harshal, Shreyas, Axar FLOP big time against South Africa
Cricketer-turned-expert Zaheer Khan has said South Africa have come much better prepared for the T20 series than India. “South Africa have been better prepared of the two sides. They look strong on paper and are growing in confidence in each passing game. India have failed to close out games, while South Africa have found ways to win in these situations,” Zaheer said to Cricbuzz.
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