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India vs South Africa (Image Source: Twitter)
India and South Africa locked horns in the second of the three-match ODI series at the JSCA stadium in Ranchi. South African skipper Keshav Maharaj won the toss and decided to bat first at the turf of JSCA. Batting first, South Africa posted a decent total of 278 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
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While chasing the target, the Indian team comfortably crossed the line in the 46th over only for the loss of three wickets to win the match by seven wickets. Indian cricket fans were also overwhelmed with the amazing performance of the Indian team in the penultimate match of the three-match ODI series.
They took to Twitter to heap their praises on the men in blue as they have leveled the series with a margin of 1-1 win after this emphatic win in the second match of the series.
Hereโs how fans reacted to the win of India in the second ODI:
Anchor of an innings Shreyas Iyer
โ Ajay Verma (@ajayverma_xa) October 9, 2022
Level at Series 1-1
Ab aayega mzaa๐ @ShreyasIyer15 @ishankishan51 #shreyasiyer #ishankishan #IndvsSAodi pic.twitter.com/H9JYPDiJ3z
Generally batsmen scoring century deserve man of the match but we can make exception for today ๐ it will be satisfying a bowler gettin' MOM for his exceptional efforts with ball #siraj#ShreyasIyer #IndvsSAodi
โ Hitesh Lakkaraju (@LakkarajuHites6) October 9, 2022
INDIA WINN ๐ ๐
โ Cricket_crazzzyy (@shrish_xoxo) October 9, 2022
Superb innings by @ShreyasIyer15 and @ishankishan51 ๐๐๐#IndvsSAodi #ShreyasIyer #ishankishan
People be talking about form is temporary, class is forever
โ Meet Dedhia (@Meetspeaks1) October 9, 2022
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.@ShreyasIyer15 is a classy player! It's very unfair to judge him coz of minute flaws.
What a knock man ๐ฅ We'll deserved century ๐ฏ
#shreyasiyer #IndiavsSouthAfrica #IndvsSAodi #TeamIndia
Spectacular Perfromance By Young Indian Team , Beating This Quality SA Side Is not Easy Job to Finish , It Looks Indian Cricket Future in Safe Hands. #IndvsSAodi #Iyer #Ishan #Kisan#ShreyasIyer #ODI
โ CA Mrityunjay Mishra (@hellomjmishra) October 9, 2022
Congratulations team India.. well played.. @ishankishan51 @ShreyasIyer15 .. @ShubmanGill @mdsirajofficial .. #IndvsSAodi
โ Aman Rajpoot ๐ (@heartthrobaman) October 9, 2022
Congratulations #Indiancricketteam ๐ฅ ๐ฅ
โ Its_Me_Maxeyyy ๐ถ (@maxeyyy_tweets) October 9, 2022
What a Fireyyy Match ๐ฅ๐ฅ #INDvsSA
Excellent Innings / Incredible ๐ฏ @ShreyasIyer15 ๐ Congratulations ๐ฅณ for Century ๐ฏ ๐
Keep Going โค๏ธ #ShreyasIyer #IndvsSAodi pic.twitter.com/7eJvuuZsA8
Solid game by #teamindia well played @ShreyasIyer15 ๐ฏ and @ishankishan51! On to Delhi for the decider now ! #IndvsSAodi ๐ฎ๐ณ
โ Avya S (@AvyaS1) October 9, 2022
Speaking of the match, then the duo of Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram played brilliant half-century knocks of 74 and 79 runs respectively. Other than these two, Heinrich Klassen and David Miller also played the vital knocks of 30 and 35 runs. On the backs of these knocks, the visitors managed to post a total of 278 runs for the loss of seven wickets in the allotted 50 overs.
While chasing the target, the pair of Ishan Kishan and Shreyas completely turned the match one-sidedly in the favor of India. They stitched an amazing partnership of 161 runs for the third wicket. Ishan Kishan fell prey to Fortuin on the individual score of 93 runs and missed the century by seven runs.
Whereas, Shreyas Iyer silenced the critics with his outstanding century-knock of 113 runs off 111 balls with 15 boundaries to his name. Eventually, India won the match by seven wickets and scored 282 runs for the loss of three wickets with 4.1 overs to spare.
India has now leveled the three-match series by a margin of 1-1 whereas Shreyas was awarded โthe player of the match award for his match-defining knock.