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After Rohit Sharma’s Public Outburst, ICC Rates Cape Town Pitch, That Saw 2-Day Test, As… | Cricket News
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After Rohit Sharma’s Public Outburst, ICC Rates Cape Town Pitch, That Saw 2-Day Test, As… | Cricket News

[ad_1] After a 1.5-day end finish to the second Test between India and South Africa, a lot has been said and written about the pitch that was used in the match. Team India emerged triumphant in the contest but not before 23 wickets fell on the opening day. India captain Rohit Sharma also publicly criticised the indifferent verdicts from match referees when it comes to early conclusion of contests in India and overseas. Now, ICC match referee Chris Broad has announced his rating for the Newlands pitch.The match referee has given an 'unsatisfactory' rating to the pitch used in the second Test between India and South Africa, also handing a demerit point."The pitch in Newlands was very difficult to bat on. The ball bounced quickly and sometimes alarmingly throughout the match, making it diff...
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“Not The Only Player Who Failed”: Sunil Gavaskar’s Blunt Take On Shreyas Iyer’s Form | Cricket News
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“Not The Only Player Who Failed”: Sunil Gavaskar’s Blunt Take On Shreyas Iyer’s Form | Cricket News

[ad_1] Shreyas Iyer struggled to perform in South Africa© AFPIndia's tour of South Africa left a bitter-sweet taste in the mouths of Indian players. The 1-1 draw was satisfactory but the performance of Indian batters on tricky pitches left a lot to be desired. One batter who particularly underperformed was Shreyas Iyer, scoring just 41 runs in 4 innings at an average of 13.67. However, India legend Sunil Gavaskar doesn't think the selectors will look too much into Iyer's performance as he wasn't the only batter who failed in the 2-match series.While KL Rahul scored a century in the first Test, Virat Kohli ended the series as the top-scoring player for the tourists with 172 runs in 4 innings. Rahul was the second-highest scorer among Indians, aggregating 113 runs in 3 innings, including a...
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Fans Take Selfies As Rohit Sharma Looks Uber Cool On Return From South Africa. Watch | Cricket News
7Jan By adminNo Comments
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Fans Take Selfies As Rohit Sharma Looks Uber Cool On Return From South Africa. Watch | Cricket News

[ad_1] India beat South Africa by seven wickets despite a stunning century by Aiden Markram on the second day of the second Test at Newlands on Thursday. The win helped the side level the two-match series 1-1. This was only the second time that India managed to draw a Test series in the Rainbow Nation. They have played a total of nine Test series in South Africa and lost seven of them. The comeback victory on Thursday, however, did give a big boost to the Indian players' confidence.Returning from South Africa, India skipper Rohit Sharma looked uber cool as he was posing with the fans for pictures.Watch it here:Set to make 79 to win in the second Test, India needed just 12 overs to secure the victory.South Africa won the first Test in Centurion by an innings and 32 runs.Chasing a small ta...
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“Rohit Sharma Said No One Should Talk…”: Ex India Star’s Bold SA Pitch Verdict | Cricket News
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“Rohit Sharma Said No One Should Talk…”: Ex India Star’s Bold SA Pitch Verdict | Cricket News

[ad_1] After the second Test between India and South Africa ended in two days, former India cricketer, Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel said that "a bad pitch should be called bad, whether it is ours or someone else's." The visitors won the second and final Test match of the two-match series by seven wickets on Thursday. With this victory, Rohit Sharma became the only Indian skipper to win a Test match at Wanders, Cape Town in the history of cricket.After the game, while speaking on his channel, Aakash agreed with Rohit that pitches around the world should be rated using the same criteria."The big question is what is right and what is wrong. Rohit said no one should talk about the pitch and that the match referees should watch properly because if you felt the World Cup final pitch wa...
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“Haven’t Won ICC Trophies But…”: Ravichandran Ashwin’s Fiery Reply To Michael Vaughan’s Dig | Cricket News
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“Haven’t Won ICC Trophies But…”: Ravichandran Ashwin’s Fiery Reply To Michael Vaughan’s Dig | Cricket News

[ad_1] India's tour of South Africa didn't produce the sort of result the team was hoping for as Rohit Sharma's side lost the first Test by a huge margin, squandering a big opportunity to win a series in South Africa. India's poor show in the Test series opener prompted former England captain to brand the team one of the most 'underachieving' in world cricket. Vaughan's statement even made some former Indian cricketers echoe his comments but veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin isn't in agreement.Ashwin, in a video on his YouTube channel, issued a fiery response, saying such a comment 'made him laugh' considering how well India have done in world cricket, especially in the Test format."Michael Vaughan made a statement after the first Test that India is an underachieving team. Yes, we have...
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“Made Mistakes…”: Ex-India Star’s Blunt Take On Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy In South Africa | Cricket News
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“Made Mistakes…”: Ex-India Star’s Blunt Take On Rohit Sharma’s Captaincy In South Africa | Cricket News

[ad_1] After the completion of the India vs South Africa series on Thursday, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out skipper Rohit Sharma's mistakes while leading the visitors and said that once one loses a moment, then they lose the game. While speaking to ESPNcricinfo, Manjrekar said that the 36-year-old skipper made mistakes in both Tests. He added that it cost the visitors during the first Test match. "In Test cricket if you lose moments, you lose the game. Rohit made mistakes in both Tests and while it cost us massively in the first game, thankfully Siraj had given allowance for the second Test. Siraj bowling just one over when Markram was scoring and the lead swelled to 60 was a mistake," Manjrekar told ESPNcricinfo.The former skipper called Rohit Sharma the "old-school...
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“Unfair To Blame…”: Sanjay Manjrekar Defends India Star After Poor South Africa Display | Cricket News
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“Unfair To Blame…”: Sanjay Manjrekar Defends India Star After Poor South Africa Display | Cricket News

[ad_1] Indian cricket team in action© AFPAfter the completion of the India vs South Africa series, former India cricketer, Sanjay Manjrekar believes that one of the main reasons behind India's loss against South Africa at Centurion was purely due to poor performance by their bowlers and went onto defend Shardul Thakur despite his disappointing performance in the first Test. Thakur was dropped from the playing XI for the second Test at Cape Town due to his poor performance in the first Test of the series where he was able to pick only one wicket in his spell of 19 overs where he conceded 101 runs.  The right-arm seamer, Mukesh Kumar replaced Thakur for the second Test where the bowler snapped four wickets in the match. Manjrekar opined that the entire Indian bowling team failed collective...
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“The Moment Rishabh Pant Is Fit…”: Ex India Star Issues Bold KL Rahul vs Shreyas Iyer Statement | Cricket News
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“The Moment Rishabh Pant Is Fit…”: Ex India Star Issues Bold KL Rahul vs Shreyas Iyer Statement | Cricket News

[ad_1] KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer during South Africa Test series© AFPAs India's tour of South Africa concludes, there remain plenty of questions that the selectors and the team management are left to answer. The performances of Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, and Prasidh Krishna left much to desire while a few others managed to deliver in fragments. As far as the No. 5 debate goes in the Test team, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels it's a position that will be decided between KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer once wicket-keeper batter Rishabh Pant is fully fit and ready to return.With Pant still working his way to make a comeback to the national team, Rahul was given the wicket-keeper's role, making him the team's go-to player behind the stumps across the three formats....
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Revisiting Viral Moment When Indian Cricket Team Star Complained Of Hole In Newlands Pitch During 2nd Test Against South Africa | Cricket News
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Revisiting Viral Moment When Indian Cricket Team Star Complained Of Hole In Newlands Pitch During 2nd Test Against South Africa | Cricket News

[ad_1] Hammer was used to cover a hole after Mukesh Kumar complained about it in Cape Town Test.© X (formerly Twitter)The Newlands pitch has been in the headlines ever since the first day of the second Test between India and South Africa saw a whopping 23 wickets fall. As game resumed on the second day, India struck early, with Jasprit Bumrah sending back David Bedingham. However, not longer after the Proteas lost their 4th wicket of the second innings, play came to a brief halt as India pacer Mukesh Kumar complained of a hole in the pitch where his foot was landing while bowling. Though India captain Rohit Sharma downplayed the situation, hammers came out as the ground staff looked to resolve the matter.The members of the ground staff weren't the only ones who tried to fix the pitch usi...
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“We Won’t Go”: Ravi Shastri Wants BCCI To Reject South Africa-Like Two Test Series Invitations Due To ‘Waste Of Time’ | Cricket News
6Jan By adminNo Comments
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“We Won’t Go”: Ravi Shastri Wants BCCI To Reject South Africa-Like Two Test Series Invitations Due To ‘Waste Of Time’ | Cricket News

[ad_1] Legendary India cricketer Ravi Shastri blasted the scheduling of the India-South Africa Test series as he called the two-match series a "waste of time". South Africa outplayed India completely in the first Test while the Rohit Sharma-led side claimed a historic win in the second Test match that lasted for just 107 overs. Shastri said on commentary that India should focus on playing either 'T20Is and Test matches or ODIs and Test matches' while touring and just refuse to play any two-match Test series in the future.“After watching this Test series, the Indian cricket establishment should make sure to never play just two Tests. If some country invites you for a two-Test series, say, ‘We won't go'. Two-Test match series are a waste of time. It's neither here nor there. Focus should b...
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