Opting to bowl in the rain-hit 40-over-a-side game, India started on the right note reducing South Africa to 110 for 4 in 22.4 overs before David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen hit strokeful half-centuries to guide South Africa to 249 for 4.
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The former Skipper said that no one wants to misfield or drop a catch in an international match.
The video soon garnered nearly a million likes within a small span of time. Fans and several other cricketers showered likes and the comment box got flooded with praises.
India scored all their three goals from penalty corners with Vandana finding the net twice, while Gurjit Kaur fired in a fierce drag-flick on Saturday.
After recording an easy win in a group stage match earlier in the day, the Indian women's team lost to Malaysia in the last-eight stage. Batra won one singles match and lost the other as the Indian team made a pre-mature exit from the tournament.
Players, who were supposed to travel to the West Indies, assembled and took a chartered flight, not a commercial one. As a result, the BCCI spent a hefty amount on a flight from Manchester to Port of Spain.
Sharma said it was an all-round show from the first ball, but lamented his players were ‘sloppy’ while fielding.
After missing the rescheduled fifth Test against England at Birmingham due to Covid-19, the 35-year-old is now fit and fine to lead India in the T20I series against England, beginning on Thursday. Having trained for three straight days in Birmingham, Sharma linked up with the rest of the group on Tuesday afternoon.
Both Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik having joined the forces has added greater depth to India's T20I batting line-up.
Excitement among fans has reached the zenith as both India and South Africa teams arrived in Bhubaneswar ahead of their crucial T20 international match.
Mithali ended her glorious career with a record 7805 runs in 232 ODIs. She also represented India in 12 Tests and 89 T20 Internationals.
There is speculation that all-rounder Hardik Pandya could lead a new-look side, as several key players will most likely be rested
For the very first time, the Indian Deaflympics team finished amongst the top 10 nations in the event with 16 medals, a huge jump from just five in 2017.
He has nine wickets from six games for SRH this season and the manner in which he intimidated an established international batter like KKR's Shreyas Iyer was an exhilarating sight.
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