What was the reason for the defeat against India?
south africa lost the first t20 against india by 61 runs. In this match, South African captain Aiden Markram won the toss and decided to bowl first. His decision proved to be completely wrong and Team india scored a huge score of 202 runs. In such a situation, cricket experts are citing his decision as the main reason for the defeat. However, the African captain does not believe so.
Did the decision of the toss become the reason for the defeat? Regarding this, Aiden Markram said, "The toss was not so important. Both the new balls had extra bounce, it was the same in both innings. Once the new ball became old, the game was easy. We could not get off to a better start and this is the reason for our defeat." The South African captain further said, "Sanju Samson played incredibly well. Kept our bowlers under pressure, plans to negate him and better plans will help us move forward. Once he attacks like this, it is very difficult to stop him." Markram further said, we had a meeting today with those who bowl in the death overs, incredibly proud of both of them (Gerald Coetzee and Marco Jansen) and tonight is a really big positive for us.
On the other hand, regarding the plan for the next t20, the South African captain said, "From an individual point of view, they will understand where they can be better and then meet as a batting and bowling group. You don't fix it in the nets. It is on your intent and attitude to play."
In the first match of the four-match t20 series, Team india scored 202 runs for 8 wickets after playing first. In response, the host south africa collapsed for just 141 runs. For india, first sanju samson scored 107 runs in 50 balls and then in bowling, varun Chakraborty and ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each.