South Africa batter Rassie van der Dussen on Wednesday mentioned the batting unit took quite a lot of confidence heading into the ODI sequence from their hard-fought fourth-innings chases within the final two Tests earlier this month. Van der Dussen led from the entrance with the bat with an aggressive hundred as South Africa defeated India within the 1st ODI of a 3-match sequence in Paarl.
Rassie van der Dussen hit 129, smashing 9 boundaries and 4 sixes, in simply 96 balls as he helped South Africa put up 296 on a sluggish Boland Park pitch. He joined forces with captain Temba Bavuma who additionally hit 100 as a 204-run stand for the 4th wicket boxed India out of the competition within the ODI sequence opener.South Africa vs India, 1st ODI: HIghlightsRassie was not capable of make a telling contribution with the bat within the Test sequence however he chipped in with essential 40s within the 2nd innings of their beautiful victories in Johannesburg and Cape Town as South Africa fought again from 0-1 right down to win the Test sequence 2-1. South Africa chased down targets in extra of 200 in each the Test of their remaining innings.”Coming in today, we were in a bit of pressure. You need to stand up as a batter, two high-pressure chases in the Test, we were confident as a group coming into this match. We knew we’d be in a good position if we could post 280-plus,” Rassie van der Dussen mentioned.The senior batter was extreme towards India spinners as he hit each R Ashwin and Yuzvendra Chahal out of the assault by using sweeps to perfection.While Bavuma took his time and was blissful to play the second fiddle, van der Dussen stored the scoreboard shifting at a brisk tempo of their match-winning partnership.”The key for me was to keep the intensity and up the intensity. I went in and I knew I had to go to my sweeps and reverse-sweeps and put the pressure back on their spinners. It was important to show intent from the start. We got some momentum and put on a good score,” he added.’WE HAVE PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK’South Africa, who’re present process a interval of transition, have produced some nice leads to the continuing sequence. After successful the Test sequence 2-1, the Proteas are in a superb place to win the ODI sequence towards India.”We’ve been on a long journey with this team. We’ve put a lot of hard work in and had a lot of good chats. I think it’s coming through,” he added.South Africa and India will meet within the 2nd ODI of the sequence on Friday, January 21 in Paarl.
