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4Jan

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Jasprit Bumrah’s tour: Broken heart emoji to a beaming Man of the Series smile

[ad_1] It was a lovely little moment that came at the end of the shortest Test in 90 years in terms of overs bowled. In 107 overs, India had wrapped up a seven-wicket win, adventurously chasing down 79-run target, when Jasprit Bumrah walked up to the presentation ceremony to translate the man-of-the-match winner Mohammad Siraj’s Hindi comments to English for the broadcasters.That’s when Bumrah was confronted with the task of relaying Siraj’s rave about him to the world. Siraj had talked about how Bumrah assesses the pitch quickly and passes relevant information to him and all he needs to do is to be consistent with that. Bumrah smiled, paused, and then said those words in English but converted it all as a “we”, a group activity rather than take credit, ending with a charming, “And it som...

4Jan

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IND vs SA: Vernon Philander questions technique of batters, Dale Steyn slams Newlands pitch

[ad_1] With the second Test between India and South Africa not even lasting 2 whole days, the Newlands pitch has come under plenty of scrutiny with former players like Dale Steyn expressing their opinions on the surface. “Why we so scared of cracks? Think Sydney, Perth. Cracks so wide you can park a car inside them, and yet they always get to days 4 and 5! Pointless a test being over so fast you don’t even see a hint of a crack. Pitches deteriorate over the days, let it happen. Two day tests are not Test matches,” Steyn tweeted. Former Protea player Vernon Philander, however, questioned the techniques of the batters while playing on a pitch as tricky as this one which saw 33 wickets fall in one and a half day. Why we so scared of cracks? Think Sydney, Perth. Cracks so wide you can park ...

1Jan

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Swapping Dale Steyn for Roger Federer, how Nandre Burger became South Africa cricket’s ‘next big thing’

[ad_1] Neil Levenson couldn’t contain his excitement. The year was 2014 and the cricket coach at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) in Johannesburg thought he’d just seen the future of South Africa’s pace bowling. He recognised that there was still a lot to work on – technical stuff such as the alignment from the landing foot to the release point – but all of that didn’t matter. The coach had seen enough – in one nets session – to be firm in his belief. And so, he made it known to the boy himself. “You could play professional cricket and bowl at 140kph.” There was however one tiny matter of concern.Nandre Burger didn’t want to become a professional cricketer. The sport for him had been more of a pastime at WITS, while he pursued a degree in sports psychology. Playing what little ...

24Dec

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‘One full-hand of extra bounce, got to leave well’: Faf du Plessis details the batting mantra for success for India in South Africa Test series

[ad_1] Faf du Plessis is prompt and to the point when one asks him what makes South African conditions the most challenging for Indian batsmen.“It’s the bounce,” he ascertains. Since South Africa’s readmission, this is India’s ninth Test tour of the Rainbow nation, the only country where they are still chasing a series win in red-ball cricket, with their first win in the format coming only in 2006. Since then in four trips to South Africa, they have had only three wins in 11 Tests. Behind many a broken dream there lies a pattern, of how India’s batsmen have crumbled when exposed to high pace, bounce and seam movement on juicy pitches. Since 2010, no country has tested India’s current crop of batsmen as much as South Africa does. In Australia where they have won successive Test series aga...

24Dec

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It’s an opportunity for him to do something different: Rahul Dravid on KL Rahul’s wicketkeeping duties in 1st Test vs South Africa

[ad_1] With KL Rahul set to keep in the upcoming Boxing Day Test for India, his first full wicketkeeping assignment in the national side, coach Rahul Dravid put his weight behind the player saying it will be a new and exciting challenge. “It’s an exciting challenge and it’s an opportunity for him to certainly do something different. Obviously with Ishan (Kishan) not being available, the opportunity came up. We have a couple of keepers we can choose from. Rahul is certainly one. We have had this discussion with him and he’s very confident. He’s very keen on giving it a go,” Dravid said in a press conference on Sunday. “We do understand that it’s not probably something he has done as often. He’s been doing it regularly in 50-over cricket. So, that’s certainly tough to play 50 overs and the...

17Dec

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India versus South Africa: Arshdeep Singh shows signs of cracking ODI code

[ad_1] The depth of India’s fast bowling is dizzying. The blue-chipped pace trio of Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj, the batsmen-wreckers of the World Cup gone by, were nowhere to be seen in the Bullring. Bumrah and Siraj are preserving themselves for their country’s latest tilt at winning a Test series in South Africa; the hard labour of a frantic year took its toll on Shami’s body. Thrown, thus, into the deep end were a trio with a collective register of nine games and five wickets.But on a surface with variable bounce, lateral movement in the initial overs and sufficient pace, the callow pair of Arshdeep Singh and Avesh Khan sufficed, sharing nine wickets between them, and consigning the hosts to their lowest ever total at home, a meagre 116, which India’s batsmen h...

16Dec

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India vs South Africa: Rinku Singh to debut in the ODI series that will be an audition for T20 world cup spots

[ad_1] One-Day Internationals are back to the third spot in the priority lists of cricket boards, team managements and players after curtains came down on the 50-over World Cup. The Indian squad for the three ODIs in South Africa features just three members of the team that finished second-best to Australia in Ahmedabad less than a month ago. What’s more, even the coaching staff is second-choice, with those assigned to the India A squad there to assist the ODI squad.With the next 50-over World Cup only in 2027 and the ICC Champions Trophy scheduled for February 2025, the focus is more on the T20 World Cup less than six months away. The ODI series could also be just part of the audition process for that tournament. And with World Test Championship points on the line in every game, the 50-...

9Dec

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South Africa’s $68 million opportunity to rebuild team, India’s chance to forget World Cup heartbreak

[ad_1] India and South Africa are at a curiously similar place as they start a month-long tour with a three-game T20 series from Sunday. Both teams will view the ODI World Cup with a bittersweetness. Both teams had issues before the big event but South Africa dazzled against Australia in a home series as did India at the Asia Cup. And they forced the world to gape at them later during the ICC event. Now both teams look at fresher faces in the T20 series to take them forward.Off the field too, both nations are casting their nets in similarly diverse places for unearthing talent. For a while now, South Africa have been social-engineering their teams with black quotas to reflect the larger populace of the country but have been facing criticism for it. One of the less-convincing condemnation...