IND vs SA: The toss came in favor of the South African team at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Taking advantage of this he decided to bowl first. Later, a lot of dew was also seen on this ground. After winning the toss, Africa also got a good start with the ball. Even after that his team remained far behind in the match. The reason for which was explained by South African captain Aiden Markram in the post match presentation ceremony after the defeat. Aiden was seen making excuses after the defeat.

Captain Aiden Markram started finding faults in the pitch itself.

The South African team was all out for only 74 runs. No batsman could spend much time on the field. After the humiliating 101-run defeat, captain Aiden Markram said in the post-match presentation ceremony, ‘Yes, some good things were seen in bowling and fielding. The way the match started was very good. We had insisted on doing well from the beginning and we were able to do that. We are proud of this. From a batting point of view, this happens in this format, sadly the first match itself was like this, but now we will have to forget it and move ahead. The next match is in a few days, we will try again.

Finding fault with the pitch of Barabati Stadium, Aiden Markram said, the pitch was a bit sticky. There was good bounce on the ball and the ball was coming without stopping throughout the innings. Although this can only be called an excuse on the part of the captain. African batsmen did not even try to spend time on the field. Batting became easier later due to dew.

Batsmen disappointed captain Markram

Right from the first over, the South African batsmen were seen surrendering to the Indian bowlers. Talking about which, captain Aiden Markram said, ‘We would have accepted the score of 175 runs. We thought we would chase it. Yes, 10-15 more runs could have been reduced at some places, but still we were happy with 175 runs. We just had to do a little better with the bat, which we could not do. Nowadays there is very little time available for T20. There is no chance to look around and settle down. But the biggest thing was that we could not play better with the bat. We will talk tomorrow and focus on positive things in this format.

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