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8Jan

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AB de Villiers lambasts T20 cricket for shorter Test series: ‘Board and players will turn towards more money’

[ad_1] Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has criticized Test series being shortened, such as the recently concluded two Tests between India and South Africa. Speaking on his YouTube channel, de Villiers, who donned the Proteas cap across 114 Tests, pressed that for the longest format to thrive ‘something has to change’. “I am not happy that there is not a third Test. You have to blame the T20 cricket going around the world for that,” he said. “I do not know whom to blame, but I sense something is wrong. If you want to see all the teams compete and see who is the best Test team in the world, something has to change.” Cricket South Africa have been under the scanner since they announced a second string squad for the three Test series in New Zealand in February, with majority of th...

7Jan

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‘Haven’t won ICC trophies…Test team has been one of best traveling teams: R Ashwin reacts to Vaughan’s ‘underachieving cricket team’ comments

[ad_1] After getting thrashed in the first Test in Centurion, India made a resounding comeback in the second Test in Cape Town. The performance has again been a testament to the side’s improvement in overseas conditions in the last decade and unshakable belief that the group can return from adverse situations. However, the side has been constantly criticized for not being able to win an ICC trophy since 2013. Since the Champions Trophy wins in England, India has struggled to add another trophy to the cabinet. Though they have reached the knockout stages of these ICC competitions, they could not go that extra step to add silverware. Former England cricketer Michael Vaughan recently said India was the “most underachieving cricket team.” Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin, reacting t...

6Jan

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From ragged maidans of Old Hyderabad emerges India’s ‘King of quick kill’, Mohammed Siraj

[ad_1] Not all days belong to Mohammed Siraj. But on those days that belong to him, he is the storm in the September Colombo air; or the scorch in the January Cape Town Sun.Dazzled batsmen cannot pick the cues, cannot spot the difference. He bowls as he always bowls. As if every ball is his first, final and only ball, with the same perturbed face of a rebel, the same energetic strides of a man on the run, the same gung-ho leap of a tiger as he reaches the crease and the same primal scream at the follow-through. If you want to capture the incredible energy it requires to hurl a sphere of leather across a 22-yard strip, just watch Siraj coil, and uncoil, at the crease. Siraj is often pure theatre, a blur of loose limbs whirring and whirling — like the batsmen of Hyderabad seem to have elas...

6Jan

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Rohit Sharma has a point but India has too much mud on hands from pitch tinkering

[ad_1] After winning the one-and-half-day Test in Cape Town, Rohit Sharma allowed some righteous anger to kick in. At the press conference after the series was drawn, he expressed the angst that Indian cricketers have lived with for long. Rohit called out those who credited Indian pitches for the team’s incredible home record.Rohit said that if a Test in India had got over on Day 2, all hell would have broken loose. He wasn’t afraid to point at the ICC’s double standards towards spin and the sub-continent. The Indian skipper made a strong plea: We should be allowed to prepare pitches that suit us and the visiting teams shouldn’t start floating conspiracy theories if it starts turning on the first day. Didn’t the ball jump at batsmen from a good length at Newlands from the first hour? On ...

5Jan

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‘Don’t think Steve Waugh is going to care…everybody outside South Africa become experts’: Test coach Shukri Conard

[ad_1] South Africa sending a weakened squad to New Zealand for a two-match Test series and preserving the majority of their first team to play SA20 has created a lot of commotion in the cricketing world. Australian legend Steve Waugh was critical of the decision and said, “If I was New Zealand, I wouldn’t even play.” South African Test coach Shukri Conrad, after a loss to India in the 2nd Test in Cape Town, responded to the remark. “I do not think Steve Waugh is going to care what I say, but I love how everybody outside South Africa has become experts on South African cricket,” he said, as quoted by ESPNCricinfo. “Our hand has been forced. Everybody understands the SA20 has to happen. SA20 has to happen because it is the lifeblood of South African cricket. If it does not happen, we are ...

5Jan

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‘This has to be right up there’: Rohit Sharma compares IND vs SA Cape Town Test win to famous Gabba victory

[ad_1] On Thursday India created history by winning their first Test in Cape Town to level the two-match series after getting thumped in the first match in the Centurion. India’s overseas performance stock has gone up quite sharply in the last decade. Rohit Sharma in his press conference after the victory would compare the win to the famous Gabba victory in Australia. “This has to be right up there (Gabba win) because we had not won here. That shows how important a venue this is for us to come here and perform,” Rohit said. In the 2020/21 Border Gavaskar trophy Indian side was severely handicapped by the injuries of players from the starting eleven. The team was humiliated in Adelaide and the skipper Virat Kohli has flown back to India for personal reasons. Against all the odds young I...

4Jan

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One-and-a-half days, 107 overs: India win shortest Test in 90 yrs, draw series with South Africa

[ad_1] IN THE end, it felt like a win-win for both teams. Indian captain Rohit Sharma roared like he has seldom done in the past when the match-winning and series-levelling hit came in the second Test in Cape Town. There was the relief of not losing the series but the 1-1 result also meant that South Africa still remained Indian cricket’s “last frontier”. As for South Africa, they too had reasons to celebrate. Dean Elgar, their most pugnacious batsman of the last decade, was retiring after this game.India was humbled in the first Test but would, at least, leave South Africa without being embarrassed, and also with a slice of history, registering their first Test win in Cape Town after trying for years. A game that was done and dusted in one-and-a-half days, that lasted just 107 overs — l...

4Jan

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SA vs IND: Aiden Markram leaves self-doubts behind for counter-attacking century

[ad_1] There are two Aiden Markrams out there. India has usually brought out the vulnerable one. The fragile version had the “biggest relief”, according to his long-time mentor Pierre de Bruyn, when Dean Elgar and then Temba Bavuma were made Test captains. It was against India when Markram, just 23 and playing just his third ODI, was made the captain in a ODI series in 2018 and the “next Graeme Smith” collapsed under pressure. In a series where India crushed South Africa 5-1, Markram was so distressed that he didn’t even remember the manner of his dismissal in the final ODI at Port Elizabeth in his post-game chat with an alarmed de Bruyn. A year later, during another nightmarish series in India, after he got out to twin ducks in the Pune Test, he punched a “solid object” in the dressing ...

4Jan

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This is one of our best Test victories: Rohit Sharma | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] CAPE TOWN: Skipper Rohit Sharma rated India's series-equalling, seven-wicket victory here on Thursday as "one of their best" in the longest format, placing it right up there with the historic win against Australia at Gabba in 2021.Riding on a terrific exhibition of fast bowling by Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj, both combining to pick 15 of the 20 South African wickets, India beat the hosts inside five sessions to complete a fine comeback in the second and final Test after suffering an innings and 32-run drubbing in the opener at Centurion."It will be one of our best Test match victories. Having never won here, it's right up there with all the victories we have had," the exhausted skipper said at the end of the shortest Test match in the history of the game.He didn't wish to ge...

4Jan

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‘Aap karo toh Chamatkar, Hum karein toh pitch bekaar’: Team India’s historic win garners praise amid Newlands pitch debate | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As Team India beat South Africa in record time in Cape Town on Thursday, Rohit Sharma and Co. were lauded by the cricketing fraternity for their outstanding fight in the shortest Test in the history of cricket.In the game that lasted a mere 107 overs (642 balls) -- India beat the Proteas by 7 wickets to register their first ever Test win in Cape Town.After Mohammed Siraj's magical burst on the opening day, Jasprit Bumrah bowled a fiery spell in the morning session on Day 2, helping India to a famous win.Amid the historic win, the team was lauded by former cricketers with legendary Sachin Tendulkar leading the wishes."Well bowled by Bumrah, who showed us exactly, how bowling in the channel consistently is all that's required on such type of wickets," wrote Tendulkar on h...

4Jan

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After ‘shortest’ Test, skipper Rohit says India unfairly criticised for pitches | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Skipper Rohit Sharma on Thursday pointed out that India recieves undue criticism over pitches after his team's hictoric seven-wicket win in Cape Town against South Africa, suggesting threre should be a review of how pitches are rated.Amid seaming conditions and variable bounce on offer at Newlands, the match lasted just 642 balls (107 overs) -- becoming the shortest ever Test in the history of cricket. With the match getting done and dusted inside five sessions, Rohit described the pitch as 'dangerous' but said he did had no problem as long as turning Indian tracks were accepted. Over the year's there has been a lot of criticism over pitches turning in India from Day 1."I don’t mind being on pitches like this as long as everyone keeps their mouth shut in India and no-on...

4Jan

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Newlands will always hold a special place: Jasprit Bumrah | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The picturesque Newlands, a place where it all began for Jasprit Bumrah six summers ago in 2018, on Thursday saw the pace spearhead shining yet again as India marched to a historic Test win over South Africa.Delivering a hostile spell in the morning session on the second day in Cape Town, Bumrah registered figures of 6 for 61, grabbing his second fifer at the venue as India clinched the shortest Test ever that lasted a mere 642 balls.After the rollercoaster win, an emotional 'Player-of-the-Series' Bumrah said he has fond memories of the venue and it holds a special place in his heart."This ground will always hold a special place in my heart," Bumrah, who was the leading wicket-taker in the two-match series with 12 scalps to his name, said at the post-match presentation....

4Jan

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India back on top spot in World Test Championship standings | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: As India clinched a historic Test win in Cape Town on Thursday, Rohit Sharma and Co. moved back to the top spot in the latest ICC World Test Championship standings.Having secured 12 points after their first-ever victory at the Newlands, India reclaimed the No.1 position in the WTC table.After an embarrassing innings defeat against the Proteas side in Centurion, India slipped to fifth spot but now with the comprehensive win in the second Test, India moved up in the WTC table.As the rollercoaster second Test got done and dusted inside 5 sessions, India shared the 2-Test series with South Africa.After winning the Centurion Test, South Africa grabbed the top spot of the WTC25 standings but the loss on Thursday meant their win percentage fell down to 50 percent, the same as ...

4Jan

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India vs South Africa: In a heartwarming gesture Rohit Sharma presents Dean Elgar with signed Indian jersey

[ad_1] With the close of the second Test in Cape Town comes the end of Dean Elgar’s illustrious Test career. The southpaw has had his mark on the Proteas team, especially in the red-ball format. Appreciating his services for the Test game, the Indian skipper, during the post-match presentation, would give a signed Indian jersey to the gritty opener. “Such an important player for SA, very gritty, we appreciate that. I’d like to wish him the best. A brilliant career, best wishes ahead,” Rohit would say after the game when asked about Elgar. Elgar and Jasprit Bumrah were awarded the Player of the Series. “Still very proud of my performance that I had in Centurion. Finally on the board there in the hundred club. Nice to contribute to a winning cause. Some really tough batting conditions thr...

3Jan

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India vs South Africa, Cape Town Test: Lessons from 23-wicket Day – How not to bat in Tests

[ad_1] What’s the best thing to have happened to India on a day when they lost 6 wickets for zero runs? That South Africa batted worse in their first innings to be shot out for 55 and had yielded a 98-run lead on a dramatic day’s play that could prove the difference in the end. South Africa continued their woeful ways in the second, losing three wickets and trailing by 36 runs. The pessimists would identify this run-difference to India’s total from that Pink ball Test during the 2020 Australia tour, but surely India can’t implode again?The day, however, was perfect to rant about the falling standards of Test batting. First, there was Pakistan’s shenanigans on a flat track pre-dawn in Australia before a tailender rescued them. This was followed by South Africa’s implosion in the afternoon...

3Jan

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Quickest Newlands track I have seen with inconsistent bounce: SA batting coach Ashwell Prince | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] CAPE TOWN: India pacer Mohammed Siraj might have bowled the spell of his life during the second Test on Wednesday but South Africa's batting coach Ashwell Prince has never seen a quicker day one strip at the Newlands Stadium with such 'inconsistent bounce'.“Siraj bowled one of the spells of his life,” Prince said, praising the Indian fast bowler for his 6 for 15 which saw Proteas get skittled out for 55.“If you combine that with two good bowlers with the new ball in their hands in favourable conditions, that is what you get,” the former South Africa skipper said after the close of play on Day 1.However, he didn't mince words while criticising the track.“Having played a lot of cricket on this ground, and having also been a coach here, I have never seen the pitch being that quick on...

3Jan

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‘It’s a disgrace’: Newlands pitch in focus after crazy 23-wicket opening day | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: With 23 wickets falling on a rollercoaster opening day of the second Test between South Africa and India in Cape Town, the pitch at the Newlands became a huge talking point on Wednesday.After South Africa skittled to their lowest score since being readmitted to Test cricket in 1991, India middle and lower order imploded -- six wickets fell for 0 runs in 11 balls -- as pacers had a gala time on a surface that offered seam movement and variable bounce.Amid a frenetic opening day, the social media was abuzz with chatter related to the playing surface.From cricket pundits to fans, the Newlands pitch had a variety of opinions, ranging from criticism to applause for the bowlers to the fighting spirit of a handful of batters.At the close of play on Day 1, South Africa reached ...

3Jan

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2nd Test: India regain advantage on unreal 23-wicket opening day battle at Newlands | Cricket News – Times of India

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: It was a wild ride for the batters on the opening day of the Cape Town Test as India clawed their way back to advantage on a venomous Newlands track that saw history books rewritten after a jaw-dropping 23 wickets fell on Wednesday.For the first time in over 100 years -- 25 wickets fell on the opening day of Australia vs England Test in Melbourne in 1902 -- batters paraded in and out as pacers made merry on a surface that offered load of seam movement and variable bounce.Mohammed Siraj first got six wickets in a breathtakingly menacing morning spell and it was followed by an unreal batting collapse from India -- losing six wickets for no run in a space of eleven balls in the final session -- as South Africa ended the the day at 62 for three in their second innings, trai...

3Jan

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Carnage in Cape Town as India become first team to lose six wickets without scoring in Test cricket

[ad_1] At 153/4, India looked in a promising position on Day 1 of the Cape Town Test. The bowlers had bundled out South Africa for 55 and with a near hundred run lead, the visitors had Virat Kohli (46) in the middle alongside last game’s centurion, KL Rahul. Which is when the lightning struck. Six wickets off 11 deliveries with not a single run added on the board. For the first time in a single Test innings, a team had lost as many wickets without scoring any run. “If someone went round the corner for a DUMP and has come back, India has been bowled out for 153,” former India captain Ravi Shastri would sum the chaos up on the commentary. It’d start with Lungi Ngidi claiming three wickets in one over, removing Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Jasprit Bumrah. In the next over, Kagiso Rabada woul...

3Jan

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Simple and cerebral: How Mohammad Siraj took 6 for 15 to bowl out South Africa for 55

[ad_1] “Remember how we batted against Australia and England,” Rohit Sharma would remind in the immediate aftermath of the bruising at Centurion. He didn’t place the bowling in that memory frame then – they too had leaked over 400 runs on a bowler-friendly surface – but they certainly reminded everyone, least of all the South African batsmen, what venom they are capable of. In particular, their top 2 – Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah, who pitched in new-ball spells that would stay in the mind for long as they wiped out South Africa for 55 in the first innings.In the time to come, a highlights package might show a couple of spectacular kickers, but it was the underlying plan – refreshingly simple and yet very cerebral – that should be cherished after the profligacy in Centurion. It had ...