The long tour of South Africa has finally concluded and most importantly it concluded on a winning note for India. India would be happy to take back 2 of the 3 trophies fought for on this tour for it was never going to be easy to decimate South Africa in their own backyard.
After losing the first two tests, we saw a different spark in team India and a different appetite for success. Team India bounced back strongly to win the third test, won the One Day series handsomely by a score of 5-1 and now with this win in the last game of the tour, India has won the T20 series too.
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After being asked to bat first, India scored 172 at Cape Town riding on contributions from Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina. The fans were stunned when they realize that Virat Kohli would not be playing the match as he had a stiff back. The onus was on Rohit Sharma and he might have failed as a batsman but his captaincy was spot on.
In response to India’s total, South Africa fell short of 7 runs and India lifted the trophy. For India Shikhar Dhawan top scored with a knock of 47 while Suresh Raina scored 43. As for the hosts, it was skipper JP Duminy who scored the highest but in a losing cause.
JP Duminy scored 55 while debutant Christiaan Jonker made 49. At one stage it seemed that Jonker would steal victory from India’s jaws but that was not to be.
While Suresh Raina was named the Man Of The Match, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was awarded the Man Of The Series Award.
TWITTER ERUPTS IN JOY
As Indians have made South Africa taste twin defeats at their own home, Twitter is erupting in joy. Twitter is celebrating India’s success on this tour and now we all keenly wait for our heroes to return back home.
Here Are The Twitter Reactions:
Congratulations India on a brilliant series victory. Top class performance after the second test and winning both the ODI and T20 series is a great effort #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/pI8eIIfIKB
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 24, 2018
T 2625 – CRICKET DOUBLE WHAMMY !! INDIA beats SoAf in Women’s and Mens .. WINS both SERIES ! INCREDIBLE !! We are simply the BEST .. A SUPERIOR NATION !! Congratulations INDIA teams .. you have made us all so proud .. !! pic.twitter.com/yNKxzbAo7p
— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 24, 2018
Congratulations India on winning The T20I Series. Showed immense character after losing the second test and bouncing back so wonderfully. Kudos to the entire team on the win #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/3ovJjWkRtT
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) February 24, 2018
India tour of South Africa:
1-2 Ind men lost test series
2-1 Ind women won ODI series
5-1 Ind men won ODI series
2-1 Ind women won T20 series
2-1 Ind men won T20 series#SAvsIND #SAvInd— माधुरी बोरसे (@MadhuriBorse1) February 24, 2018
https://twitter.com/careless981/status/967484015090401280
We cheered in the evening as #TeamIndia’s Women team won in a comprehensive manner.
The #MenInBlue’s win was the cherry on top of the cake!
A billion hearts will be doubly happy and proud today!#INDvsSA #INDvSA #SAvIND #SAvsIND #SAWvINDW #INDWvSAW pic.twitter.com/xX12zbQ9GG—
Karen D’souza
Karen D’souza https://twitter.com/ynakg1/status/967479718487314432
India win the T20 series 2-1 and this team has proved that they are capable of beating any team in any part of world all bases are perfectly covered.Suresh Raina’s inclusion had added that extra power at top and given extra option with ball as well.Proud of Indian Team #SAvsIND
— Jatin (@AliasJatin) February 24, 2018
Trophy in Rohit Sharma ‘s hand? @ImRo45 ? Goodnight world??#Lifesgoal congratulations #RohitSharma #TeamIndia #INDvSA #T20I#SAvsIND
— ? (@Hermaze__) February 24, 2018
Yess we won the Series????
Congratulations India for this victory.??
MOM- Suresh Raina
All guys played very well ?
RT for #TeamIndia #SAvsIND #SAvIND Hardik Pandya #3rdT20 South Africa by 7 Rohit Sharma pic.twitter.com/kfJQ7Jz1lX
— Sir Pandya (@iHardikPandya7) February 24, 2018
Aah! JP Duminy’s wicket was a sigh of relief. Congratulations #India for the epic win! ?@BCCI #BleedBlue ? #SAvsIND
— हिमांश कोहली?? (@himanshkohli) February 24, 2018
Many congratulations to the Indian team on winning the T20 series. Superb win in both the limited over series. Well done @ImRaina on a good comeback series. #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/s7zCGdNpRv
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif) February 24, 2018
Well done boyyysss congratulations for one more victory and 2-1
— Mohammad Shami (@MdShami11) February 24, 2018
