India vs South Africa: In the second T20 match between India and South Africa at the Baraspara Cricket Stadium in Guwahati, it was seen that a snake was found in the field. India were batting as South Africa won the toss and bowled first. During the eighth over, the attention of Indian opener KL Rahul suddenly turned towards the snake entering the field, after which the match was stopped for some time. But as soon as the snake was removed, the match started again. It has been seen that many netizens have posted pictures of this snake on social media.
Snake stops playing. pic.twitter.com/FIZWcbCMUS
– Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) 2 October 2022
Looking at the match, India got off to a strong start by batting first. Openers KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma batted stormy and started raining fours and sixes. But then Rohit scored 43 runs and KL Rahul completed his half-century and was dismissed for 57. India have won the first match of the three T20 series by 8 wickets and have taken a 1-0 lead in the series. In such a situation, if India wins today’s match, then India can take a 2-0 lead in the series. At the same time, the South African team will enter the field to keep their challenge alive in the tournament. If they win the match, then both the series will be level at 1-1.
How are both the teams?
India did well in the first match and won by 8 wickets. This time Arshdeep and Deepak bowled touchingly and drove the South African batsmen away. After that Rahul and Surya batted strongly and won easily. So India did not make any changes in the team in the second match. South Africa, on the other hand, have made only one change, with Lungi Ngidi replacing Tabred Shamsi.
Indian team ,
Rohit Sharma (capt), KL Rahul (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Rishabh Pant (wk), Dinesh Karthik, Ravichandran Ashwin, Axar Patel, Arshdeep Singh, Harshal Patel, Deepak Chahar
South Africa – Temba Bavuma (Captain), Quinton de Kock, Riley Rossouw, Keshav Maharaj, Aidan Markram, David Miller, Enrique Nortje, Wayne Parnell, Lungi Ngidi, Tristan Stubbs, Kagiso Rabada
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