The Indian ODI workforce shall be taking up South Africa for the second 50-over match within the three match collection on Tuesday and the town which hosts the match has a fairly unorthodox title in Gqeberha, beforehand named Port Elizabeth.
As Group India landed within the metropolis, they have been requested to spell or pronounce Gqeberha which stumped a number of them, together with skipper KL Rahul.
“What’s it referred to as? I have no idea the way to pronounce it,” Rahul stated in a video shared by the BCCI. Different stars like Tilak Varma in addition to Yuzvendra Chahal additionally couldn’t get it proper with the previous terming it “Gazebo” whereas the latter stated “Gaboora.”
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Rinku Singh stated “Greba” whereas Sanju Samson jokingly stated, “Thiruvananthapuram.” Whereas most of them did get it proper after listening to the pronunciation, Rahul additionally acquired the spelling appropriate.
In the meantime for the 2nd ODI, Rajat Patidar shall be pitted in opposition to Rinku for the lone accessible batting slot when a decided Indian workforce gears up for the ultimate kill in opposition to a lacklustre South Africa on Tuesday.
After younger pacers Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan produced a close to flawless efficiency within the opening recreation that India received by eight wickets, KL Rahul wouldn’t prefer to take his foot off the pedal and purpose to heal the scars of 0-3 defeat right here below his management again in 2022.
India will handover a debut ODI cap to one in all its reserve batters as Shreyas Iyer has linked up with the Check squad after Sunday’s recreation with an eye fixed on the two-match collection, beginning on ‘Boxing Day’.
The opening recreation witnessed the debut of younger left-handed opener B Sai Sudharsan, whose silken half-century held a number of promise going into the long run.
For the hosts, this collection is a large white ball take a look at for its batters within the publish Quinton de Kock period. De Kock’s exhilarating strokeplay on the prime, allowed the Rassie van der Dussens, Heinrich Klaasens and David Millers to speed up.
However in barely useful bowling situations, India’s fringe pacers uncovered their shortcomings and so they must put up a approach higher present within the second recreation, which shall be a day/evening affair.
(With Company Inputs)