Tri-nation One-day series: Manish Pandey stars in India A’s one-wicket win over South Africa A
Manish Pandey’s unbeaten 93 in the form of a superb form, India (A) defeated hosts South Africa by one wicket in a close match of the triangular one-day cricket series to win the morale booster before the final.
India had the target of 267 runs for a win against SA,but its start was not good and three top batsmen returned to the pavilion for 70 runs.
Pandey took charge from here and scored 93 runs off 85 balls with the help of five fours and two sixes, so that the Indian team managed to register a win by scoring 267 runs in 9.4 overs in 49.4 overs. Apart from Pandey, openers Sanju Samson (68) and Krishnal Pandya contributed 25 runs.
In this match, opener Sanju Samson caught a spectacular catch that the memories of the Jonty Rhodes got refreshed by everyone. Sanju has got a great catch on the field of Jonty Rhodes, so this is even more special. Indeed, Jonty Rhodes has made an identity in cricket due to his fielding and his name is recorded in the history of cricket.
Sanju Samson with the catch of the Series so far!!#SaAvIndA pic.twitter.com/MQmwQ8WLN1
— Abhay (@ImAbhay3) August 3, 2017
‘Man of the match’ became involved without playing XI
In 1993, when South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes was not included in the team’s playing XI in the match against the West Indies, in this match, Jonty Rhodes played a great role in fielding and won the man of the match award for his name did.
Carl Jr. Della and Tabrez Shamsi, three from South Africa. Take three wickets. This is India’s third win in four matches, while South Africa suffered the first defeat in three matches. Both of these teams have already secured their place in the final. The final will be played on August 8.
Jonty Rhodes has done this feat twice. In the first match, South Africa batted first, scored 180 runs in 40 overs and South Africa’s defeat was seen as a result of the spectacular batting lineup of the West Indies. Meanwhile, Derell Kulinan was injured and Jonty Rhodes was brought to the ground. After that, Jonty Rhodes sent the pavilion to the 5th player of the West Indies while doing charismatic fielding. South Africa won the match by 41 runs and Jonty Rhodes was awarded the Man of the Match.
The advent of the match
South Africa (A) team first got 266 runs in 48.2 overs after getting the invite for batting first. His innings was a century by wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klassen (127). The lower-order batsman William played the innings of 66 runs. On behalf of India, Shardul Thakur took four for 35 and Siddharth Kaul took three for 41 runs.
India did not start well and lost early wickets of Shreyas Iyer (nine), Vijay Shankar (zero) and Rishabh Pant (20). Even after the wicket kept falling from one end, Pandey kept the other end. First Samson and later Yajuwendra Chahal (17) gave him support for some time. Pandya scored 25 runs off 15 balls with three fours and a six, but losing two wickets in four balls made 263 for nine wickets. Pandey, who scored two runs in this, scored the runs while Mohammed Siraj (two not out) made a winning run. Pandey was selected as the Man of the Match.
In this match, Sanju Samson has done spectacular performance in fielding along with his bat. In addition to the superb 68 runs on 90 balls, during the fielding, Sanju holds a catch which is being discussed in the entire cricket world.
Who is Sanju Samson?
Sanju was born on November 11, 1994 in Puluvilla, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Sanju is also a great wicketkeeper. They are considered to be an emerging face of Kerala. Sanju is considered technically good in both batting and wicket keeping. Sanju’s first class cricket entry was done at the age of 17 against Kerala for Vidarbha.
Sanju had shown his influence only then. While playing for Kerala, Sanju had hit two centuries and a half century. In 2012, Sanju got a place in the Kolkata Knight Riders but he did not get the chance to play. In 2013, when Sanju played for Rajasthan Royals, he performed unexpectedly.
