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Twitterati Comes Hard As Indians Batting Fails in Bengaluru T20I
By CricShots - Sep 22, 2019 9:29 pm
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After registering a dominating win in the second T20I in Mohali, Team India gained an unassailable lead in the three-match series against South Africa but failed to get going in the ongoing third T20I in Bengaluru. The Men in Blue ended their innings on a modest total of 134 for 9.

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Beuran Hendricks drew the first blood for South Africa

Skipper Virat Kohli’s decision to bat first didn’t go down well as Rohit Sharma got out early for the second game in a row. The in-form opener, who had scored just 12 in the previous game, was out for just 9 in the ongoing one. He had started well, hitting two fours before Beuran Hendricks cut short his knock.

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Shikhar Dhawan and Kohli then steadied the ship and put India in a good position. Kohli, who had scored an unbeaten 72 in the previous game, was not looking sharp but with Dhawan looking good, the run-rate was going well. They took the score past the 50-run mark before Shikhar miscued a delivery from Tabraiz Shamsi to be out for 36. Five runs later, Kagiso Rabada dismissed Kohli too to leave India reeling at 68 for 3 from 63 for 1.

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India batting failed in Bengaluru

Rishabh Pant got the start but failed to capitalize on it and was dismissed for 19. The likes of Shreyas Iyer and Krunal Pandya failed too as India found themselves 6 down for just 98 in around 14 overs. Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya then provided the much-needed solidity with the bat but with the team in such trouble, they failed to go berserk in the slog overs. Both of them departed in the very final over bowled by Rabada. India eventually ended on 134 for 9.

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However, even if India loses the game, they can’t lose the series. The fans, however, were not at all impressed with the performance and took to Twitter to slam the players.

Here is how Twitter reacted to India’s batting:

https://twitter.com/IManish311/status/1175785903031144448

https://twitter.com/itsdhruvism/status/1175780073460252672

https://twitter.com/khushikadri/status/1175776763009355777

https://twitter.com/VigneshA_26/status/1175767127065628673