Watch: Suryakumar Yadav engages in heated altercation with Marco Jansen to protect Sanju Samson
Published - 09 Nov 2024, 12:14 AM | Updated - 09 Nov 2024, 12:38 AM
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India National Cricket Team skipper Suryakumar Yadav lost his cool in the ongoing first T20I against the South Africa National Cricket Team. The opening game of the four-match series between the teams was played at the Kingsmead in Durban.
It all started with the argument between Sanju Samson and Marco Jansen after the 2nd ball of the 15th over. Ravi Bishnoi bowled a full delivery outside off, to which Gerald Coetzee got forward to drive hard and played the shot straight to long-off, who threw the ball back to the keeper.
Sanju Samson collected the throw from the deep right on the pitch and this didn't go well with Marco Jansen. The Proteas star didn't like and was seen having a word with the India National Cricket Team keeper-batter, who also didn't go easy as the duo engaged in an argument.
India skipper Suryakumar Yadav, who was standing inside the pitch, came to support his teammate. He was seen having a chat with both Marco Jansen and Gerald Coetzee. The right-hander didn't look happy and was seen exchanging harsh words with Proteas stars.
Suryakumar Yadav fights with Marco Jansen after pacer exchanges words with Sanju Samson
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Marco Jansen, after that incident with Suryakumar Yadav, couldn't get going as he was back in the hut. The all-rounder ended with an innings of 12 runs off 8 balls as he was removed by Ravi Bishnoi.
India posts 202 runs on the board
Coming to the match, India started the four-match series on high as they thumped South Africa by 61 runs at Kingsmead, Durban. Asked to bat, they couldn’t get off to a great start as they lost Abhishek Sharma (7) early.
But the duo of Sanju Samson (107) and Suryakumar Yadav (21) made sure that they made up for the loss of Abhishek. The Sanju and Suryakumar Yadav duo added 66 runs for the second wicket and got some quick runs.
After the captain was back in the hut, Tilak Varma (33) supported Samson well as they stitched 77 runs for the third wicket. The keeper-batter went on to slam his second consecutive ton in T20Is, having hit first in the third T20I against Bangladesh, and his knock powered India to 202/8.
India bundles out South Africa for 141 to win the game by 61 runs
South Africa didn’t look great with the bat right from the start as they kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Ryan Rickelton (21) looked good but couldn’t carry on. Heinrich Klaasen (25) also had a start but couldn’t take his team home as Indian spinners picked wickets quickly in the middle.
Gerald Coetzee (23) hit some blows in the end, but it wasn’t enough as India bundled out South Africa for 141 to win the game by 61 runs. Varun Chakravarthy and Ravi Bishnoi picked three wickets each, while Avesh Khan bagged two scalps, and Arshdeep Singh was also amongst the wickets.
