‘We leave what happens on the ground’ – KL Rahul on India’s loss against South Africa in 2nd ODI

India and South Africa recently encountered each other for the 2nd ODI match of India’s tour of South Africa. South Africa won the toss and chose to bowl to restrict India from putting a high score on the board. The Indian team put 211 runs on the board within 46.2 overs in the first innings of the match. 

The opening batsman Sai Sudharsan scored 62 runs off 83 balls with a strike rate of 74.70. The middle-order batters KL Rahul and Rinku Singh scored 56 and 17 runs each of 64 and 14 balls, later India were dismissed for 211 in the first innings. 

South Africa got a huge lead as their opening batter Tony de Zorzi scored 119 runs and the team successfully chased the target within 42.3 overs. The teams will now play the decider 3rd ODI to finalize the winner of the ODI Series. 

“Unfortunately we lost wickets at regular intervals” – KL Rahul reflects on India’s loss in the 2nd ODI 

In the post-match ceremony Indian captain KL Rahul congratulated the squad for the win and said, “Probably win the toss, there was a bit of help in the wicket in the 1st half. It was a hard wicket but having said that Sai and I were set, had we gone on and made a big 100, we could have got 50-60 extra and those are learnings we will take from here.”

He added, “Had we got 240 would have been good but unfortunately we lost wickets at regular intervals and they had help from the wicket. We trust in each individual’s games and each individual’s gameplan and what they feel is comfortable with – that’s what we tell them, there’s no right or wrong in cricket and you trust the players to come up with their own gameplans.”

“There was a bit of help in the first 10 overs and we beat the bat a lot, one edge we did not hold on to, had we taken that we could have put pressure on them. We leave what happens on the ground and try and focus on the next one,” he concluded.