It was tremendous the way Shreyas, Samson and Shardul played, says Shikhar Dhawan

TIL Desk Sports/ India skipper Shikhar Dhawan was very impressed with the fightback shown by Shreyas Iyer, Sanju Samson and Shardul Thakur to almost take India over the line. He also admitted that India could have been better in bowling and fielding.

Samson displayed valiant effort in his unbeaten knock of 86 off 63 balls while Iyer hit a counter-attacking fifty off 37 balls and Thakur produced a stunning late cameo of 33. But the trio’s splendid efforts to rescue India from 51/4 inside 18 overs went in vain as India lost to South Africa by nine runs in a truncated 40-overs a side ODI series opener.

“Very proud of the way the boys played this game. Of course while chasing, we didn’t get a good start. It’s tremendous the way Shreyas, Samson and Shardul played, it was amazing to watch it,” said Dhawan in the post-match presentation ceremony.