The 25-year-old India National Cricket Team left-arm pacer Arshdeep Singh hurt his knee during the fourth and final T20I against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday, November 15.
In what was a major blow for the India National Cricket Team, Arshdeep Singh left the field after getting injured and received treatment from the physio.
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Arshdeep Singh takes India off to a great start
The premier left-arm pacer took India off to a great start with the ball. Arshdeep Singh picked up a wicket in his very first over itself by dismissing aggressive batter Reeza Hendricks with a peach.
As Arshdeep came to bowl his second over in the powerplay, he made sure to break the back of the opposition. He dismissed Aiden Markram and Heinrich Klaasen on back-to-back deliveries to leave South Africa struggling at 10/4 in a run-chase of 284. Overall, he had the bowling figures of 3-0-20-3.
Meanwhile, an unfortunate thing happened with Arshdeep on the sixth ball of the 11th over. The leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi bowled a flat-length delivery outside off-stump to Tristan Stubbs, who cut it through point and took three runs.
Arshdeep Singh got across and cut it off from sweeper cover but pushed the ball away in front of him. Bishnoi was unhappy with the efforts of the pacer as the South Africa batters completed 3 runs.
Notably, Arshdeep jarred his left knee while fielding and had to leave the field. He looked in some trouble as he walked back and was seen receiving treatment from the physio.
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India bowlers kept things tight in the previous T20I and helped the team win
Indian bowlers displayed great composure in the 3rd T20I, restricting South Africa to 208/7 and securing a hard-fought 11-run victory. Defending a target of 220, India’s bowling attack was consistently effective in key moments, halting South Africa’s momentum just as their batters gained control during different parts of the innings.
Arshdeep Singh was the standout performer, claiming 3 wickets for 37 runs. He struck early by dismissing Ryan Rickelton, who had begun with a promising start, that slowed the South African innings. Arshdeep returned to remove Heinrich Klaasen, who had been striking cleanly, at death and then removed the dangerous Marco Jansen in the final over as the all-rounder gave a major scare to India with his explosive 54 from 17 balls.
Varun Chakravarthy added pressure with his well-timed dismissals of Reeza Hendricks and Aiden Markram, both of whom were scoring at a brisk rate. Chakravarthy’s effective googly led to Hendricks being stumped, while a deceptive delivery induced Markram into a catch at deep mid-wicket.
Axar Patel played a key role, bowling economically with figures of 1/29, removing Tristan Stubbs just as he looked to settle. Hardik Pandya, though costly, contributed with a pivotal wicket of David Miller, caught brilliantly by Axar on the boundary.
