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Alternate captain Rishabh Pant creates dubious record as India lose 5th straight throw to South Africa

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Rishabh Pant lost another throw in the series. Photo: BCCI

HIGHLIGHTS

  • Rishabh Pant lost his 5th straight pitch in the Bengaluru T20I against South Africa
  • Wicket-beater keeper leads Men in Blue on substitute basis
  • The five-game T20I series is leveled 2-2
Rishabh Pant lost his 5th straight shot as captain of the Indian team in the decisive match against South Africa in Bengaluru on Sunday (June 19th). With SA having a new captain in Keshav Maharaj, Rishabh would have supported himself to finally end his poor run at the draw ceremonies.

But his struggles dragged on into another game as he again lost the draw. As soon as he lost the draw in the 5th T20I, Rishabh became the first and only captain in the history of T20I cricket to lose all draws in a five game series.

Interestingly, Rishabh stayed with the same XI throughout the series and made no changes. India lost the first two games of the series. Despite this, the team’s management supported all the players and once again fielded the same playing XI.

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Ishan Kishan will continue to kick off proceedings with Ruturaj Gaikwad while Bhuvneshwar Kumar will lead the pace attack.

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While India supported their players in all 5 games, SA underwent forced changes during the series. They are without captain Bavuma, Marco Jansen and Tabraiz Shamsi for the game. The visitors missed the services of Aiden Markram in the first game after he tested positive for COVID-19 before the series opener.

Meanwhile, SA won the coin toss and opted to play Bengaluru first. Rain has made its presence felt in the game and the game will now start at 7:50 PM IST. It will be a 19 over match.

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Here are the playing XIs from both teams –

India: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ishan Kishan, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Dinesh Karthik, Axar Patel, Harshal Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Avesh Khan

South Africa: Quinton de Kock, Reeza Hendricks, Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Heinrich Klaasen, Tristan Stubbs, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje

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