Aiden Markram, IND vs SA 1st T20: In the first T20 against India, South Africa lost 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 made 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 toss decision cause defeat? Regarding this, Aiden Markram said, “The toss was not so much. There was extra bounce in both the new balls, it was the same in both the innings. Once the new ball got old, the game was easy. We could not have got off to a better start.” And this is the reason for our defeat.”
The South African captain further said, “Sanju Samson played incredibly well. Put our bowlers under pressure, schemes to deny him and better plans will help us going forward. Once he attacks like that, It is very difficult to stop him.”
Markram further said, we had a meeting today with the death overs bowlers, incredibly proud of both of them (Gerald Coetzee and Marco Yansen) and it was a really big positive for us tonight.
Regarding the plans 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 come together as a batting and bowling group. You don’t fix it in the nets. It will affect your playing. It’s about intent and attitude.”
In the first match of the four-match T20 series, Team India had scored 202 runs for 8 wickets after playing first. In reply, host South Africa was bundled out for 141 runs. For India, first Sanju Samson played an inning of 107 runs in 50 balls and then in bowling, Varun Chakraborty and Ravi Bishnoi took three wickets each.
