In an innings of the T20 match, the entire 20 over spinners were thrown, record made in the stronghold of pace bowling, for the first time …

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SA T20 League: Parl Royals in the South Africa T20 League bowled the entire 20 overs against Pretoria Capitals with just spinners. This is the first time in the history of franchise cricket when a team has overs …Read more

New Delhi. South Africa is the only country in the world where India has never won the Test series. One of the reasons for this is African wickets, whose bounce often overshadows Indian batter. Simple pacer on the pitches here also becomes dangerous. Despite this, what will you say, if all the over spinners are thrown in the match being played in South Africa. Of course any cricket lovers can be surprised. But this feat has happened. In the South Africa T20 League, Parl Royals bowled 20 overs from spinners against Pretoria Capitals. This is the first time in the history of franchise cricket when a team has thrown all their over spinners.

Parl Royals played the match of Pretoria Capitals on 25 January. This was the first time on South African soil when the entire 20 over spinners were thrown in an innings in a T20 match. Parl Royals tried the bowlers of 4 countries for this. On his/her behalf, Joe Root of England, Mujib ur Rehman of Afghanistan, Dunith Vellage of Sri Lanka completed a spell of 4-4 overs. Two South African spinners Byorn Fortuine and Masakayomji Peter also bowled 4-4 overs.

Parl Royals scored 140 for 4 wickets while batting first in this match. For him/her, Joe Root played the biggest innings of 78 runs. David Miller scored 29 and Dunith Vellage scored 15 runs. Pretoria Capitals could only manage 129 runs for 7 wickets in 20 overs in response to this. Will Jais scored 56 and Kyle Varren scored 30 runs on his/her behalf. The rest of the batter could not touch the figure of double.

Chasing the target, Pretoria Capitals were surprised when only spinners were used against him/her. Parl Royals had included a fast bowler Abdu Galim at the playing XI, but did not bowl with him/her. Parl Royals did not even harm it because Joe Root, Mujib ur Rehman and Byorn Fortuine forced Pretoria to defeat by taking 2–2 wickets. Dunith Vellage got one wicket.

This was the third time overall in T20 cricket when the entire 20 over spinners have thrown in an innings. Earlier, in Sri Lanka’s domestic cricket, Lankan Cricket Club and Burghar Recreation Club were thrown by 20 overs in an innings in an innings. In the Asia Cup 2023, Bangladesh vs. Malaysia has also done a full 20 overs spinner in an innings of the match.