Team India was defeated by only one player from South Africa, captured the match like this
India vs South Africa Ravi Shastri Praises Keegan Petersen: South Africa performed brilliantly, defeating India by 7 wickets in the Cape Town Test. With this win, he captured the series as well. Although all the players contribute in the victory of any team, but sometimes teams win the match on the basis of only one player. However, the contribution of other players cannot be denied. This has happened in Cape Town as well. Keegan Pietersen played an important role in South Africa’s victory.
Keegan Pietersen, 28, does not have much experience in Test matches. However, despite this, he surprised the Indian team with his performance. In South Africa’s first innings, when all the players were getting out immediately, Pietersen had stuck the peg. He scored 72 runs in the first innings off 166 balls. At the same time, he played in the second innings also. Keegan scored 82 runs off 113 balls. In this way, he was important in the victory of the African team.
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Ravi Shastri, the former coach of the Indian cricket team, was delighted to see Keegan’s performance in Cape Town. He has praised Pietersen. Ravi Shastri also wrote that he remembered his childhood hero Gundappa Vishwanath.
Keegan Peterson (KP). Excellent initials (@KP24, A great world player in the making. My childhood hero Gundappa Vishwanath comes to mind #SAvIND pic.twitter.com/6T9SuzN6St
— Ravi Shastri (@RaviShastriOfc) January 14, 2022
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Looking at Keegan Pietersen’s cricket career, he has scored 320 runs in 5 test matches. During this he has scored three half-centuries. He played the debut test match against West Indies in 2021. He has done exceptionally well in domestic matches. Pietersen has scored 6590 runs in 106 first class matches. During this he has scored 16 centuries.
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