Team India captain Shikhar Dhawan appeared in a relaxed temper forward of the all-important third and last ODI towards South Africa in his home metropolis of Delhi on Tuesday (October 11). The three-match collection is degree at 1-1 and the successful of the third ODI on the Arun Jaitley stadium will stroll away with the collection on Tuesday.
Team India arrived in the nationwide capital on Monday (October 10) after their complete win in the second ODI in Ranchi by seven wickets. Skipper Dhawan, who hails from Delhi, handled his teammates Shreyas Iyer, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav and Avesh Khan to a lavish dinner at a metropolis lodge on Monday evening.
Dhawan posted an image on his Instagram account with a caption, “Dinner time with boys #TeamBonding”.
India misplaced the toss in a must-win sport towards South Africa on Sunday. Still, they did handle to win the match by seven wickets with 4.1 overs to spare here on the JSCA Stadium to degree the three-match ODI collection 1-1.
“The toss worked perfectly, I am glad. Thanks to Keshav that he chose to bat (laughs). I must say that Ishan and Shreyas, the way they created that partnership was great to watch,” mentioned skipper Shikhar Dhawan in the post-match presentation ceremony.
After successful the toss South African captain Keshav Maharaj opted to bat first and that turned out to be a bonus for the hosts because the dew issue made issues simpler for the batters to rating runs and therefore India chased down the 279-run goal in 45.5 overs.
“The ball was coming on nicely but it was keeping low. So our plan was to take on the bowlers in the first ten overs. But once the dew came into the picture, it was skidding on. So the back-foot shots were easy to execute,” mentioned Shikhar Dhawan.
(with ANI inputs)
