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WATCH: Kuldeep Yadav Casts Aiden Markram For A Duck With An Absolute Beauty In 1st ODI

October 6, 2022
Bharat Times

crew India Leg spinner Kuldeep Yadav hits South Africa’s Aiden Markram for a duck in the first ODI at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana. Cricket Stadium, Lucknow. Kuldeep returned to the Indian colors after a long time as he last played for India on the tour of Zimbabwe in August this year.

It was the last ball of the 16th over, Kuldeep patted it and it went across the right arm and swung back quickly as Makram failed to get anything on the bat and was cast. The ball came out of the big gap between his bat and pad and hit the off-stump. Kuldeep was happy to get a wicket in his first over itself.

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Earlier, Shardul Thakur dismissed Janaman Malan and Temba Bavuma in quick succession, pulling India back into the game after a solid start from the Proteas openers.

The 27-year-old has been in and out of the Indian team for the past few years and failed to make it to the T20s. World Cup Squad. The left-arm spinner had a memorable IPL 2022 with Delhi Capitals as he took 21 wickets in 14 matches at an average of 19.95.

Meanwhile, Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ravi Bishnoi have been handed ODI debuts as India won the toss and elected to bowl against South Africa in the first match of the series at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium here on Thursday.

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The match has been reduced to 40 overs per side, with each bowler bowling a maximum of eight overs. The first power-play will be of the first eight overs, followed by 24 overs of the second power-play and the last eight overs of the third power-play.


Playing XI:

India: Shikhar Dhawan (c), Shubman Gill, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Shreyas Iyer, Ishan Kishan, Sanju Samson (wk), Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ravi Bishnoi, Mohammad Siraj, Avesh Khan

South Africa: Genman Malan, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma (c), Aiden Markram, Henrik Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Parnell, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi, Tabrez Shamsi

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