On the Boland Park in Paarl on Thursday, KL Rahul‘s India claimed a convincing 78-run victory over South Africa to win the three-match sequence 2-1.
Whereas asserting the recipient of the award, India’s fielding coach Ajay Ratra recommended all three contenders—KL Rahul, Sai Sudharsan and Sanju Samson — for his or her distinctive contributions. Ratra expressed it was tough to choose the winner amongst such proficient gamers.
Moreover, Ratra disclosed that captain KL Rahul insisted that the award be offered to the younger left-handed batter, Sai Sudharsan.
“There have been a couple of magnificent performances within the ODI sequence. Altogether, we’ve taken 12 catches in the course of the ODI sequence towards South Africa. KL alone taken six catches. Sanju has taken two catches, one as a keeper and one other as a fielder. Sai took one sensible catch right this moment. It was a good choice to determine the most effective fielder. It was a good name between Rahul and Sai. However Rahul was beneficiant sufficient to say that the catches had been on his hand and we should always give this award to Sai,” Ratra stated.
Trying again on the ODI sequence, India started with a dominant triumph within the sequence opener. Regardless of the Proteas reversing fortunes and securing an 8-wicket win within the second ODI at Gqeberha, the Males in Blue orchestrated a exceptional turnaround within the series-decider, claiming victory by a 78-run margin.
This marks the second event that India have emerged victorious towards the Proteas in a bilateral sequence on South African soil.
Beforehand, the Indian workforce clinched a 5-1 sequence overcome South Africa in 2018. Notably, with this latest triumph, KL Rahul joined the ranks as solely the second Indian captain to guide the workforce to an ODI sequence victory in South Africa, following within the footsteps of Virat Kohli in 2018.
(With ANI inputs)
