India’s stand-in captain KL Rahul dives to bowl the ball against South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday.
Highlight
- India suffered a crushing defeat by 4 runs in the third ODI
- The hosts had set a target of 288 runs in front of India. In reply, India were all out for 283 runs.
- Rahul lauded his players for showing aggression, passion and effort on the field
Captain of the team for the series after India’s 0-3 loss to South Africa in Cape Town on Sunday KL Rahul He said it was a tournament where he played with many young faces and made a lot of mistakes, but there was an important lesson in his preparations for the 2023 50-over World Cup, where India is the host.
India had to face a crushing defeat by 4 runs in the third ODI. After this disappointing performance, Indian captain KL Rahul said that the team made a lot of mistakes during the entire series and he would learn from it.
The hosts had set a target of 288 runs in front of India. In front of this score, Team India was bundled out for 283 runs.
Rahul said after the match, “Deepak gave us a real chance to win the match. Quite an exciting game, disappointing we lost. We gave ourselves a real chance from which we can learn and get better. Quite frankly.” That’s where we went is wrong. There’s nothing to avoid. We’ve made poor shot selections too many times.”
He added, “Even with the ball, we are not hitting the right areas consistently. We played well in the pieces but we couldn’t build up the pressure for long. Can’t blame the boys for the passion and effort. Skill and positioning In terms of understanding – sometimes we go wrong. But it happens – we have some new guys in our team. We have been making the same mistakes many times in ODI series. This is the beginning of our journey in the World Cup. We Can go back, have some tough conversations. Had a great time in South Africa. Really well taken care of. We have shown a lot of struggle,” said Rahul.
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