IND Vs SA: Questions have been raised on Team India’s batting after a disappointing performance in the first innings of the decider against South Africa. Team India’s batting coach Vikram Rathor was disappointed with the performance of the Indian batsmen on the first day of the Cape Town Test match. Rathore praised captain Virat Kohli’s batting, but lashed out at the rest of the batsmen. Team India remained far away from the score they could have scored after winning the toss. The entire team was bundled out for 223 runs. Vikram Rathor said that such performance was not expected from Team India on the first day of the match.
In the first innings, the target of 300 was expected from Team India. According to the estimates of Vikram Rathor, India have scored 50-60 runs short in the first day’s play. When Vikram Rathor was asked about his poor batting, he said, “These are challenging situations where it is very difficult to score runs. But we have to admit that our batting was bad. We could have added 50-60 more runs. In the first innings, captain Virat Kohli was the only batsman to score the highest score for Team India, who scored 79 runs. Apart from them, Cheteshwar Pujara also contributed 43 runs while performing well.
With Pujara running for two consecutive matches, it cannot be said that he is in poor form. Because none of the batting batsmen of Team India are able to score runs on these pitches. The experienced player of the team Ajinkya Rahane is in poor form. Rishabh Pant’s total runs scored in the entire tournament with the bat have not even reached 100 so far. After the first day’s play, Rathod heaped praise on captain Virat and said, “The way Kohli was batting, it seemed that he was not under any kind of pressure.
first published:Jan. 12, 2022, 11:08 a.m.
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