Former Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar blames India’s batting woes on South Africa’s “smart understanding.”

Against India, South Africa won the first one-day international in Paarl thanks to Temba Bavuma’s tactics, according to Indian commentator Sanjay Bangar.

A poor batting display by Team India in the first one-day international against South Africa on Wednesday at Paarl cost them the match by 31 runs. A total of 297 runs were on the board for India as they reached the 138-for-one mark. When Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were replaced by younger players, the team fell to 188 for six. An ex-India batting coach told Star Sports that the Proteas kept to their game plan and understood their strategies because of Sanjay Bangar. “That astonished me quite a bit, to say the least. Because that’s not how Indian hitters are regarded. It’s also to the South Africans’ credit that they stuck to their guns. We expected Markram (Aiden) to bowl only a handful of overs before being removed from the game “, he asserted with authority.

Virat Kohli should not be forced to play in a position in which he is not comfortable, even if someone like Keshav Maharaj spins the ball that way.

“You mention that Rishabh Pant was stymied on the side of the leg. Again, the bowler and wicketkeeper have a good working relationship. In addition, Venkatesh Iyer and Shreyas Iyer are being put to the test by those short balls “Bangar went on to say that.

India was reduced to 138 for two as opener Shikhar Dhawan was bowled in the 26th over. The finest Indian batsman on Wednesday, he hammered 79 off 84 balls.

After a half-century from Kohli, he was bowled out in the 29th over. Tabraiz Shamsi took his wicket after he had made 51 runs off 63 balls.

Despite Shardul Thakur’s undefeated half-century, the likes of Rishabh Pant and Venkatesh Iyer underperformed with the bat.

After 50 overs, the visitors were bowled out for 265 runs, losing by 31 runs.

The first in a three-game series, which begins on Friday, has been won by the hosts.