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WATCH: Sai Sudharsan takes amazing diving catch to leave Heinrich Klassen stunned
KL Rahul earned plaudits as he led a young Indian team to win the ODI series in South Africa on Thursday. Team India won the third game in Paarl by 78 runs to win the series 2-1. During their last tour in early 2022, India lost the ODI series 3-0 to the home side.
It was sweet revenge from KL Rahul as he was the skipper when India were routed 3-0. Sanju Samson was the hero with the bat for India as he scored his maiden ODI century. Arshdeep Singh yet again put in a great bowling performance to give India a memorable win.
Both sides take a break for Christmas but there is more cricketing action coming our way. Centurion is the venue as India and South Africa lock horns during the first Test match. A massive crowd is expected to watch the two teams in action during the Boxing Day match.
Sai Sudharsan takes a blinder of a catch
South Africa was looking at Heinrich Klaasen to help them win the game but Sai Sudharsan had other ideas. During the 33rd over Avesh Khan saw the ball stop on the batter who was pulled into going for his shot early.
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As the ball was in the air Sai Sudharsan dove full length and took a great catch. The batter was standing his ground to see if the catch was clean. The third umpire had a closer look at the catch and it was visible that the youngster had got both his fingers under the ball. Heinrich Klaasen had to go back to the hut after scoring 21 runs from 22 balls.
It has been a great international debut for the young batter from Tamil Nadu. The left-handed batter scored two successive half-centuries to impress the fans. Rajat Patidar was another debutant for India on Thursday who managed to impress everyone.
It was the third debut for India as the team management and KL Rahul were looking to give everyone their chance. 30-year-old Patidar made an immediate impression with the bat as he scored 22 runs from just 16 balls. The highlight of the day was his flicked six of Nandre Burger which had the fans in the stadium going crazy.