New Delhi: Team India had to face defeat in the third T20 match (IND vs SA 3rd T20) against South Africa. However, the Indian team won the first two matches of the series and won the series 2-1. But, India’s performance in the last match was very disappointing. In this match, South Africa, batting first, set a target of 228 runs for victory in front of India, but Team India was all out for just 178 runs in 18.3 overs. Not only this, a shameful record has also been registered in the name of Rohit Sharma in this match.
Shameful record in the name of Rohit Sharma
The Indian team, who came out to bat in reply to South Africa’s 227 runs, had a very poor start. Indian captain Rohit Sharma was bowled out in this match by Kagiso Rabada without opening the account. After which the Indian captain has become the player to be dismissed for the most number of times in this format. Rohit Sharma has been dismissed as captain 4 times in international matches without scoring any runs. While Virat Kohli is at number two in this list and Shikhar Dhawan is at number three.
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Kohli at number two
Virat Kohli has been dismissed for three times as a captain, while Shikhar Dhawan has been dismissed for zero once as a captain. Although former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni batted as the captain of Team India in 62 innings, he was never dismissed for zero.
competition like this
Talking about the match, after losing the toss, the South African team, who came to bat first, had put a huge score like a mountain in front of India. Riley Russo’s innings of 100 runs in 48 balls, the team had given India a target of 228 runs. However, the Indian team failed to hit this target. The result of which was that in the last match of the series, Team India had to face defeat by 49 runs. However, India won the series 2-1.