CENTURION: India skipper Virat Kohli blamed the weather god for making existence difficult for his bowlers when they failed to defend a complete of 188 in opposition to South Africa in the second Twenty2o International on Wednesday.
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With rain lashing the SuperSport Park, Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal found it difficult to grip the ball and bled 64 in 4 overs as South Africa chased down the objective very easily to degree the three-match sequence 1-1.
"Tough one for the bowlers. We were looking at 175 with the loss of early wickets. Manish and Raina batted well initially. Manish and MS were outstanding to get to 190. I thought that was a winning total. Then the weather made it hard for the bowlers. Till the 12th over it was fine but with the drizzle, the wicket settled down. The ball was difficult to grip too," Kohli said.
Asked in regards to the prerequisites, Kohli said: "You don't want play to be stopped. Once the game was continued in the first innings, we knew it was going to be continued throughout. We didn't really have problems with the conditions, it was a constant drizzle, was fine to play."
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Kohli praised South African batsmen for constructing their chase smartly.
"Credit to the SA batsmen. Klaasen and Duminy really batted well. They were very positive. Good from the spectator point of view," he said.
"They took calculated risks. They targeted the short boundary and it came off for them. They deserve to win. We expect them to show some fight. They showed the passion which is needed to win games of cricket. They deserved to win tonight."
Satisfied with his group's effort, South Africa captain JP Duminy termed it as an "easy" win.
"At the toss we spoke about this being a S/F. Way we started with the ball was exceptional. They gained momentum with the last five overs but our batsmen showed composure. Pretty easy win in the end," he said.
Duminy said they built the chase maintaining DLS system in thoughts.
"We tried our utmost to keep with the DLS system. In the end, it worked in our favour because it gave us the freedom. It was raining a bit in our bowling innings as well. We knew we had to set the tone with a good first over," he said.
"They came at us a bit but it was key to pick wickets in the powerplay. To take down 189 was a pretty good effort. Certainly will be a good crowd for Cape Town. Hopefully we can put up a good spectacle."
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With rain lashing the SuperSport Park, Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal found it difficult to grip the ball and bled 64 in 4 overs as South Africa chased down the objective very easily to degree the three-match sequence 1-1.
"Tough one for the bowlers. We were looking at 175 with the loss of early wickets. Manish and Raina batted well initially. Manish and MS were outstanding to get to 190. I thought that was a winning total. Then the weather made it hard for the bowlers. Till the 12th over it was fine but with the drizzle, the wicket settled down. The ball was difficult to grip too," Kohli said.
Asked in regards to the prerequisites, Kohli said: "You don't want play to be stopped. Once the game was continued in the first innings, we knew it was going to be continued throughout. We didn't really have problems with the conditions, it was a constant drizzle, was fine to play."
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Kohli praised South African batsmen for constructing their chase smartly.
"Credit to the SA batsmen. Klaasen and Duminy really batted well. They were very positive. Good from the spectator point of view," he said.
"They took calculated risks. They targeted the short boundary and it came off for them. They deserve to win. We expect them to show some fight. They showed the passion which is needed to win games of cricket. They deserved to win tonight."
Satisfied with his group's effort, South Africa captain JP Duminy termed it as an "easy" win.
"At the toss we spoke about this being a S/F. Way we started with the ball was exceptional. They gained momentum with the last five overs but our batsmen showed composure. Pretty easy win in the end," he said.
Duminy said they built the chase maintaining DLS system in thoughts.
"We tried our utmost to keep with the DLS system. In the end, it worked in our favour because it gave us the freedom. It was raining a bit in our bowling innings as well. We knew we had to set the tone with a good first over," he said.
"They came at us a bit but it was key to pick wickets in the powerplay. To take down 189 was a pretty good effort. Certainly will be a good crowd for Cape Town. Hopefully we can put up a good spectacle."
Constant drizzle made life difficult for bowlers: Virat Kohli
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