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  • England vs South Africa: Dean Elgar on prioritising Kagiso Rabada’s health – It is excessive on our record

    ENG vs SA, Test collection: Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada harm his left ankle in the course of the T20I collection in opposition to England, however has been bowling within the nets.

    Kagiso Rabada of South Africa. Courtesy: AP

    HIGHLIGHTSSouth Africa’s Test collection in opposition to England is about to start out on August 17Kagiso Rabada harm his left ankle in the course of the T20I collection in opposition to EnglandDean Elgar sounded assured concerning the South Africa Test squad

    South Africa Test captain Dean Elgar has put emphasis on quick bowler Kagiso Rabada’s health forward of the three-match Test collection in opposition to South Africa. The first Test is about to get underway on August 17 at Lord’s and Elgar stated that maintaining Rabada match for the upcoming red-ball collection is among the main priorities for the Proteas.

    During the T20I collection in opposition to the Three Lions, Rabada injured his left ankle, however has been sweating it out within the nets. The South African squad is at the moment participating in a pre-series camp in Canterbury. From August 9 onwards, the guests can even play a four-day follow match in opposition to England Lions at St Lawrence Ground.

    “The workload is maybe the biggest concern, whether he can get himself throughout a test match with the intensity and obviously the volume of overs in a day’s play. For now, he’s doing all the right things, but I can’t say ‘yes or no’ as yet. But it’s high on our list to get him fit and giving us more resources going into the first test,” Elgar was quoted as saying.

    South Africa gained’t be having key middle-order batter Temba Bavuma, who’s recovering from an elbow harm. However, Elgar sounded fairly assured concerning the South African gamers and in addition lauded them for doing nicely in county cricket on English soil.

    “I think the options are brilliant for us and I think we’re ticking the boxes in the right way. Some of our guys have been doing well in county cricket and that’s a massive asset for us going into this test series, just from knowing more about the conditions,” he said.

    “Another thing we got is white-ball cricketers that have had a pretty successful series over here so far, they’ve got a lot of confidence coming into the tests and it’s almost like a breath of fresh air having those guys come in, just knowing that they’ve done pretty well in the last month,” Elgar added.

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  • South Africa captain Elgar sounds warning to the gamers who selected IPL over Tests

    “I don’t know if those guys are going to be selected again; that’s out of my hands,” Dean Elgar, South Africa’s captain, has sounded a warning to the gamers who selected IPL over the Test collection in opposition to Bangladesh.

    Several South African gamers like Kagiso Rabada, Marco Jansen, Lungi Ngidi, Anrich Nortje, Rassie van der Dussen, and Aiden Markram who selected IPL over the Test collection, and clearly the South African administration isn’t comfortable.

    The coach Mark Boucher too agreed along with his captain. “They did go to the IPL and vacate their spots.”

    South Africa received each the Tests convincingly within the absence of those gamers to win the collection 2-0.

    🏏 RESULT | #Proteas WIN BY 332 RUNS

    Keshav Maharaj claimed 7/40 within the second innings because the #Proteas romped to victory within the first hour of Day 4 to safe the #BetwayTestCollection over Bangladesh#SAvBAN #BePartOfIt | @Betway_za pic.twitter.com/47W7F5iNpe

    — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) April 11, 2022

    South Africa misplaced the ODI collection to Bangladesh and received the Test and ODI collection in opposition to India previous to that.

    “If you’re playing good cricket and the results are going your way, it’s always going to ease the burden of captaincy. The last year has been extremely testing off the field, but I have an amazing core of players around me who understand me as a character and respect me as a player and a person. They understand the kind of cricket I want to play. Most of the senior guys have bought into it. We’re in a very special place, which makes me feel a lot happier about what I’m doing,” Elgar mentioned.

    South Africa tour England for a Test collection in August. “Hopefully I’ve nailed down a style of play that we can all follow going forward,” Elgar mentioned. “I like challenges, which is why I’m still playing Test cricket at nearly 35. I feel I’ve got a lot of good years left, maybe even my best years. I’m really enjoying it. I think if I was younger I may not have enjoyed it as much.”

  • SA vs BAN, 2nd Test: Dean Elgar, Temba Bavuma and Keegan Petersen fifties assist hosts submit 278/5 on Day 1

    Bangladesh’s persistence was rewarded with two late wickets as South Africa went to stumps on 278-5 on the opening day of the second and remaining Test on Friday.

    Three South African batters made half-centuries after the house workforce selected to bat first at St. George’s Park, however none of them went on to an enormous rating and Bangladesh took one thing from the day by eradicating Ryan Rickelton (42) and Temba Bavuma (67) within the house of three overs simply earlier than the shut.

    Bavuma was the third South African to move 50 after captain Dean Elgar supplied a stable begin together with his 70 and No. 3 Keegan Petersen made 64.

    But Bangladesh discovered success by left-arm spinner Taijul Islam, who was referred to as into the workforce following a 220-run loss within the series-opener. Taijul claimed the essential wickets of Elgar, Petersen and Rickelton for his 3-77.

    South Africa has the benefit because it seeks to seal a sequence victory, however not by a lot.

    Elgar hit 10 fours in his third half-century in three innings this sequence and South Africa made an imposing begin by placing collectively 4 half-century stands for its first 4 wickets.

    BANGLADESH STRIKE LATE

    Bavuma and Rickelton mixed for the final and better of these, a stand of 83 that appeared to be taking South Africa to a place of clear dominance. Their late dismissals gave the day a unique complexion as South Africa went from 267-3 to its 278-5.

    Rickelton was in sight of his first check half-century in simply his second check when he tried to reverse sweep a supply from Taijul. He had pulled the shot off efficiently earlier in his innings however this time he missed, the ball clipped the wristband of his glove and looped to Yasir Ali at slip.

    Bangladesh requested for a TV overview after it was initially given not out and was rewarded.

    Bavuma went quickly after to a low catch at first slip, giving seamer Khaled Ahmed his second wicket of the day.

    It additionally meant the look ahead to a second check century for Bavuma continues. His 67 was his nineteenth check half-century however he’s but so as to add to his one and solely hundred, which he made six years in the past. He was out for 93 within the first check.

    South Africa leads the sequence 1-0 after its huge win in Durban, the place Bangladesh had appeared aggressive at occasions however collapsed to 53 all out on the ultimate day. Bangladesh made two adjustments for the second check, bringing again opening batsman Tamim Iqbal and giving Taijul his probability.

    South Africa retained the identical lineup and continued with out quite a lot of its high gamers, who’ve opted out of the quick sequence to look within the Indian Premier League.

  • There’s a lesson in Elgar’s phrases for Kohli’s successor

    Whoever takes over from Virat Kohli as Test captain ought to take heed to the post-match feedback of South Africa captain Dean Elgar at Newlands. Elgar’s reply to a query on the Decision Review System (DRS) controversy which prompted the visiting group, led by skipper Kohli, to lose its cool and use the stump mic to vent their frustration on the host broadcaster must be edited by the video analyst and circulated by Kohli’s successor on his gamers’ Whatsapp group.
    Elgar is the one who bought the reprieve on Day Three in Cape Town. So his viewpoint from the center is just not the identical as that of ‘people on the outside’, that group of armchair critics Kohli likes to bash on the drop of a hat.
    This is what Elgar stated in a nutshell.
    “It was maybe a team under a bit of pressure and things weren’t going their way, which they aren’t quite used to of late… It played nicely into our hands that for a period of time, they forgot about the game and they were channeling a bit more of the emotional side of what Test cricket has to offer. I am extremely happy it happened that way,” the Proteas opener stated.
    He was inadvertently rubbing salt into the injuries of the Indian group which blew an opportunity to win its first-ever collection in South Africa.
    In Elgar’s phrases was additionally a lesson for the following Test skipper of India: Having a relaxed head on one’s shoulders can also be a useful management trait.
    The ball-tracking picture confirmed the supply going over the stumps, although it hit Elgar in entrance of center stump and under the knee. Then all hell broke free. One amongst Ravichandran Ashwin, the bowler who was denied, captain Kohli and vice-captain KL Rahul may have calmed the troops.

    Instead what we bought to see on tv have been champion cricketers behaving like a group of ill-mannered college boys. An worldwide captain, bending down and speaking into the stump mic, to ensure his criticism towards a South African broadcaster is heard by everybody, was social media gold.
    Ashwin, nonetheless fuming, stated ‘you should find better ways to win, Supersport.’
    Rahul maybe took the cake when he chimed in along with his ‘it’s the entire nation towards 11 guys’ remark. He maybe was making an attempt to attract an analogy with the 300 Spartans who went to warfare towards the Persian military. Or another legendary battle. But even ardent Rahul followers will discover it excessive.
    If Rahul will get the highest job, he ought to take recommendations on the way to train restraint over his feelings from his namesake within the dressing room, the newly-appointed head coach.
    Ask an skilled sports activities producer with information of how the DRS works and they’re going to let you know that Elgar may have survived due to a human error by the individual on the backend. There is just not sufficient time for deliberate manipulation by a broadcaster.
    If Kohli and his males hadn’t purchased into the conspiracy theories floating of their heads, they’d have regarded on the scoreboard and realised that there was a recreation and a collection nonetheless to be received.

    South Africa have been comfy at 60 for 1 at that time, however the inexperienced batting order needed to make one other 152 runs to win the collection. Instead of merely nodding their heads in disbelief and saying ‘let’s get on with it for now’. one in every of India’s best Test groups collectively stated ‘let’s make a scene proper now’. A group which pulled off one of many best upsets in Australia a yr in the past was letting a know-how, which everybody is aware of is just not 100% correct, get to them.
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    In hindsight (after Kohli posted his resignation be aware on social media), the Indian captain’s flare-up a couple of DRS name was coming from a spot of being emotionally drained. With the do-or-die Test match beginning to slip away, it was additionally his final throw of the cube. When Kohli was at his finest, being in battle spurred him and, as a rule, the group rallied behind him to trend memorable wins abroad and at dwelling.
    “If we had got charged up and picked up three wickets there, that would have probably been the moment that changed the game,” Kohli stated after the collection loss. This time it had the other impact – reflective of the captain who had nothing extra to provide after seven years on the helm.
    Like Elgar stated, publish the ruckus within the center, his group bought some respiratory area.
    In the six overs following the DRS controversy, India conceded 10, 8 and 10 in three of them. This is to not say that the sport and the collection was misplaced throughout a small passage of play. Elgar fell within the final over of the day. On Day 4, the bowlers saved issues tight and made life troublesome for South Africa during times of play, even for the sensible Keegan Petersen and gifted Rassie van der Dussen.

    Not having sufficient runs to defend let the bowlers and the group down, and never for the primary time.
    The blame for the collection loss should be laid on the ft of the Indian batters. For too lengthy, the bowling assault has been carrying the misfiring center order, which incorporates Kohli.
    327 & 174, 202 & 266, 223 & 198 will not be totals that may assist one conquer a last frontier.
    The selectors might quickly take a name on some long-serving match-winners like Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane, who’re going by a fallow interval. Those ready within the wings might or might not seize their alternatives. Filling large sneakers received’t be straightforward. Kohli’s weak spot exterior the off-stump when the ball is shifting stays and his century-less run continues. The collection loss in South Africa has highlighted some dwelling truths. The new captain and coach Dravid could have so much on their thoughts and plate. The group wants calm minds with a transparent roadmap to rebound after the mini-crisis. The in-your-face aggression that labored for Kohli, India’s most profitable Test captain, might not come naturally to his successor.
    This can also be an excellent time for Team India to ditch the ‘us versus the world’ narrative on the slightest provocation.
    Listening to Elgar’s post-match feedback will inform them why.

  • DRS controversy gave us a window to chip away at goal: Dean Elgar

    South African skipper Dean Elgar stated the DRS controversy supplied them a “window” to have a go on the goal with the Virat Kohli-led Indian group getting distracted by their on-field chatter in the course of the series-deciding third Test.
    The left-handed opener’s LBW determination by umpire Marais Erasmus was overturned after HawkEye confirmed the ball trajectory going over the stumps.
    It led to tempers fraying within the Indian camp with skipper Kohli alongside along with his deputy KL Rahul and senior offspinner Ravichandran Ashwin mocking the South African broadcasters ‘SuperSport” on stump microphone.
    Chasing 212 in robust Newlands circumstances, South Africa had been 60 for one within the twenty first over when Elgar obtained the reprieve however with the Indian camp busy with the DRS controversy the hosts went on to attain 40 runs within the subsequent eight overs.
    “That obviously gave us a little bit of a window period, especially yesterday (Thursday) for us to score a little bit freer and obviously, chip away at the deficit that we needed or the target that we needed,” Elgar stated after their series-clinching seven-wicket win right here on Friday.
    “It worked out well in our hands, it played nicely into our hands. For a period of time, they actually forgot about the game and they were challenging a bit more of the emotional side of what Test cricket has to offer.”
    Asked in regards to the controversy, Elgar stated: “Loved it. It was clearly possibly a group that was underneath somewhat little bit of strain and issues weren’t going the best way which they clearly had been fairly used to of late.
    “Yeah we’re extremely happy. We still had to execute our skills with the bat (on day three and four) knowing that the wicket was playing a bit in the bowlers’ favour and we needed to be extra disciplined out there and execute our basics.”
    Dean Elgar’s DRS gaffe reminded the cricket fraternity of Sachin Tendulkar’s controversy in 2011 World Cup

    Guys wakened after 113-run defeat, and responded in type
    South Africa had began the collection with an embarrassing 113-run defeat within the Boxing Day Test at Centurion the place they’d by no means misplaced.
    So Elgar took upon the accountability to tug the group along with some “hard chats” along with his teammates, who responded effectively.
    “Losing the first game of a home Test series is never ideal. I think it’s a South African trait that you always have to start slow and we almost have to be 0-1 down to actually wake up and realise that you know we were up against it and our backs against the wall and the guys responded beautifully to that.”
    Asked in regards to the change room conversations, the Proteas skipper stated: “I think that ties into the conversations I had with the team prior to the second game. Guys taking responsibility and valuing their wicket a lot more. A few soft dismissals and lapses of concentration can hinder your series and ultimately that’s what got us the loss in the first game.”
    Elgar stated he’s “very happy that the guys responded well.”
    “They responded to fulfil these roles, particularly from a batting perspective. We wanted guys to face up from a personality perspective, make a bit extra of a acutely aware effort and be much more conscious of the place that they’ve inside the aspect, purely to deliver the very best out of the participant.
    “Ultimately bringing the very best out of the participant will clearly affect the surroundings. So yeah, I’m glad and really, very relieved and really, very grateful of the blokes for responding the best way they did.
    “It’s a proper squad effort, even the guys who didn’t play stood up in the right occasions for us.”
    After dropping the primary Test, it took lots of character from South Africa to stage a comeback and Elgar confirmed the best way with an unbeaten 96 to chase down 240 to stage the collection at Wanderers.
    “The momentum is one thing that we gained from Wanderers. Another factor is confidence particularly from our batters perspective. We haven’t had lots of that.
    “But exhibiting the blokes that these guys are beatable. They’re additionally human beings. We are human beings taking part in a bloody robust sport.
    “You need to get that confidence within your setup. I’d say momentum and confidence is a big thing that we’ve gained out of the Wanderers victory,” he stated about their turnaround.

    Thick-skinned captain, exhibiting little feelings on digital camera
    Leading an unheralded aspect, quick on expertise, towards the world primary Indians, many had written off Elgar in the beginning of the collection.
    But he went about his function quietly to steer a outstanding coming-from-behind collection win.
    “I think my skin is pretty thick when it comes to on-field matters and matters that value the team in a big way.”
    Talking about his learnings as a skipper, Elgar stated: “I don’t wish to present my feelings an excessive amount of on digital camera. So I feel from that perspective, it’s one thing that I’ve truly realized fairly shortly.
    “I haven’t had a lot of time to actually sit down and bottle everything up. I think from a captaincy point of view it definitely helped me from being a little bit more calm with regards to not panicking too soon,” he concluded.

  • Manipulating DRS photos extremely unlikely however scope for human error, says skilled broadcast director

    Before Team India misplaced the collection towards South Africa, they misplaced their heads.
    During the ultimate session of the third day of the deciding Test in Cape Town, led by captain Virat Kohli, the Indian gamers fired a barrage of opinions at host broadcasters SuperSport. The gamers let their displeasure identified over three key points: using expertise, specifically, the ball-tracking system that they alleged was manipulated; using stump-mics; and the conduct of the SuperSport crew.

    What Kohli mentioned: “Don’t hit them on the pads, boys. Either stumps or caught behind, that’s it. Real experts sitting in the DRS column, boys… couldn’t believe they gave me out in the first match. Different ball been shown for tracking, lads.”
    Context: Ashwin believed he had trapped Dean Elgar in entrance of the stumps and umpire Marais Erasmus, too, raised his finger. However, after the South African captain reviewed the choice, the monitoring system confirmed the ball was going over the stumps. The resolution enraged the Indians and even Erasmus was caught muttering, ‘that is impossible.’
    Hemant Buch, who has been the printed director for greater than 100 Tests, mentioned whereas a human error is feasible, it’s extremely unlikely that the ball-tracking visuals might be manipulated, as implied by the India captain.
    The ball-tracking expertise is equipped by Hawk-Eye, one of many two distributors permitted by the ICC. Six cameras are used for this method and there are 5 folks employed by Hawk-Eye to work on the printed. These folks, Buch mentioned, management the digicam’s iris, plotting the pitch of the ball, engaged on Ultra-Edge, and so forth.
    “There are people of varying skill levels and varying degrees of experience working for the company. Sometimes, you find it is taking more time in bringing up the track, sometimes it happens very quickly. Skill levels differ,” Buch mentioned.
    Because of the human intervention concerned within the monitoring system, there may be scope for errors. “But you have to remember that you are talking about one or two decisions in the entire series which are wrong with Hawk-Eye,” Buch mentioned.
    All the information collected is supplied to the ICC after the match. “There are so many checks and balances that if it (manipulation) happens, they’ll be caught out,” Buch added.

    What Kohli mentioned: “I wonder if the stump mic catches all this chatter here, huh?”
    Context: For the second time within the match, Kohli spoke angrily about stump mics. Even on Day 2 of the Test, Kohli was heard saying, ‘stump mics are way too loud’ when India was bowling, implying selective broadcast finished by SuperSport, to place elevated consideration on what the guests say on the sphere.
    The rising use of stump mics has been a widely-debated subject, particularly amongst present and former cricketers who really feel it might result in gamers getting fined for saying issues within the warmth of the second.
    Usually, audio engineers flip the faders up when a ball is bowled to seize the sound results of the sport: the bowler’s run-up, the batsman taking guard, the ball hitting the bat or an attraction. During the interval between deliveries and overs, the fader is turned down.
    In South Africa, nonetheless, they’re usually saved on for longer durations. In 2018, Australia had requested SuperSport and match officers to show down the mics when the ball was lifeless though it was ignored by the broadcasters.
    Buch, too, felt that in comparison with the Ashes, being performed concurrently, ‘you hear everything that’s occurring’ on the sphere in South Africa.
    ICC guidelines enable stump mics to be broadcast always, however Buch mentioned the amount is pushed up ‘only at certain times’ when the ball is lifeless as a result of ‘you don’t need something abusive to exit’. A director, who can hearken to the whole lot that’s mentioned on the sphere, can up the amount if he comes throughout attention-grabbing banter – as Buch did not too long ago when West Indies wicketkeeper Joshua da Silva tried sledging Sri Lanka’s Charith Asalanka throughout the second Test final month.
    At occasions, Buch added, on-field umpires give the gamers a heads up when the mics are getting used. “I think the Indians feel that stump mics are deliberately kept high when they are bowling,” Buch mentioned. “I am not sure if that’s 100 percent accurate, but it is apparently what they feel.”

    What Kohli mentioned: “Focus on your team as well when they shine the ball. Not just the opposition, trying to catch people all the time.”
    Context: It was a transparent reference to the 2018 Sandpaper-gate scandal when Australian gamers have been caught tampering with the ball by the cameras that continuously adopted them. Kohli’s feedback confirmed he felt his group, too, was being put beneath fixed scrutiny and have been positioned by the broadcasters beneath the microscope – or erm… microphone – to throw them off guard.
    During Australia’s tour to South Africa in 2018, there have been solutions that SuperSport was ‘targeting the Australians, looking for ways the tourists were possibly manipulating the ball’, in keeping with cricket.com.au.
    While the Indians weren’t caught out by the prying eyes of a digicam, they felt they have been focused with using stump mics and that the expertise was getting used towards them. Not simply Kohli, different gamers, too, let their frustration identified. “Find better ways to win SuperSport,” Ashwin was heard saying.
    The anger over the critiques, nonetheless, was misplaced. SuperSport, as they clarified in a press release, isn’t accountable for the expertise.
    In a press release to AFP, the broadcaster mentioned: “SuperSport notes comments made by certain members of the Indian cricket team. Hawk-Eye is an independent service provider, approved by the ICC and their technology has been accepted for many years as an integral part of DRS.”

  • After DRS controversy angers Kohli and Co., India hit again to dismiss Dean Elgar in quest for historical past

    Just a few resemblances are onerous to disregard as this hard-fought Test collection goes into its deciding day. Four years in the past at Newlands, India have been set a goal of 208 by South Africa. Four years later on the identical venue, India set a goal of 212 for South Africa.
    The hosts had gone on to win that match by a snug margin of 72 runs. That might properly have served as motivation for India at first of the chase on Thursday, however as South Africa closed Day Three on 101/2, that sort of victory margin — if not maybe the victory itself — is out of the query now.
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    There is one other, and possibly extra pertinent, resemblance. South Africa had closed Day Three of the second Test at Wanderers final week on 118/2 in pursuit of 240. In Cape Town, they’re 101/2, needing one other 111 with the identical variety of wickets left.
    But crucially, South Africa’s captain and premier immovable object Dean Elgar was unbeaten at stumps in Johannesburg; he would go on to style a well-known series-levelling win the following night with an unbeaten 96. At Newlands, Elgar fell caught behind down the leg aspect off Jasprit Bumrah to what turned out to be the final supply of the day.
    Elgar’s dismissal broke a 78-run second-wicket stand with Keegan Petersen, which was properly and really taking the match away from India. They thought that they had Elgar lbw with the South African rating on 60, however ball-tracking confirmed R Ashwin’s supply bouncing over the stumps to the Indians’ utter shock.
    South African batsman Keegan Peterson receives medical consideration for his hand after it was struck by the ball through the third day of the third and remaining Test. (AP Photo)
    That obtained to them and for the remainder of the night, they stored going after the host broadcaster, ensuring they have been near the stump mike once they voiced their vibrant opinions.
    Elgar and Petersen rubbed it in instantly with a boundary every within the subsequent over. The South African captain had obtained below the Indians’ pores and skin within the Wanderers chase too, and he had finished the identical once more at Newlands. After his five-wicket haul within the first innings, Bumrah had stated that this was a new-ball pitch, and as soon as the ball obtained previous and the seam wore off, it obtained simpler for the batsmen. But the Indians have been capable of strike solely as soon as with the brand new ball within the chase, and that too when Aiden Markram went after a Mohammed Shami outswinger solely to edge it to 3rd slip.
    Instead, it was Marco Jansen and Kagiso Rabada who had proved Bumrah’s phrases to be true within the morning. Armed with a 17-over previous, still-new ball, Jansen had bounced Cheteshwar Pujara with the leg-trap laid and obtained him to glove the second ball of the day to leg slip. In the very subsequent over, Rabada had produced a kind of unplayable brutes; it had rocketed from a superb size, and there was no approach Ajinkya Rahane may have pulled his gloves away in time from the approaching doom.
    However, as soon as Virat Kohli resumed his second vigil of the match, and Rishabh Pant counter-attacked, the South African assault’s chew started to get blunted. It was fairly the mixture; Kohli refused to play a stroke, Pant refused to cease taking part in them.
    The distinction lasted for almost 30 overs, earlier than Kohli determined to lastly play a giant drive and nicked to second slip for 29 off 143, making it 12 successive dismissals in abroad Tests caught within the slips or by the wicketkeeper. Even as Pant tried his finest to farm the strike with the tail on strategy to his fourth Test hundred, India fell from 152/4 to 198 all out inside the following 20 overs. It may be very properly for Ashwin and Shardul Thakur to be tagged as allrounders, however maybe they may have proven extra match-awareness. Both departed for single-digit scores taking part in expansive pictures as a substitute of making an attempt to hold in there and supply help to Pant.

    Lungi Ngidi producing the products with three recreation altering wickets✅ #SAvIND #FreedomTestSequence #BePartOfIt | @Betway_India | @JohnnieWalkerSA pic.twitter.com/BDoD3z25nT
    — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 13, 2022
    Barring the primary innings in Centurion once they obtained in all probability the very best batting circumstances of the collection on the primary day, India’s batting has largely under-achieved with scores of 174, 202, 266, 223 and 198.
    The Cape Town pitch has some grass alongside the strains of the cracks to stop them from opening up an excessive amount of however the ball was nonetheless taking off at times from a superb size. In the chase, Petersen was lucky to flee just a few occasions, albeit with a few painful blows on the gloves.
    But total he was once more the very best of the South African batsmen on show. His capacity to punch the slightest width or error in size by the covers off the again foot retains the runs coming when there’s nothing out there to drive. He was additionally fairly fast on the ft towards Ashwin, rocking again to slap the offspinner by the off aspect for fours. Already, he’s two in need of his second fifty of the match, and stopping him on the ultimate morning might be vital to India’s remaining hopes of successful within the ‘final frontier.’

    It is that this commemorated bowling assault that has delivered Test wins for India round a lot of the cricketing world. And fittingly, it’s within the bowlers’ fingers whether or not the feats of Australia and England might be repeated in South Africa. The batsmen haven’t given them a lot to play with. But they’ve already overcome that disadvantage as soon as on this match itself, once they efficiently transformed an under-par 223 right into a first-innings lead of 13. It might be doubly historic if they’ll conjure a win out of this case. As centurion Pant stated later from behind the stumps in encouragement, ‘poora dum lagayenge [we will give it everything].’

  • Kohli, Ashwin, Rahul slam broadcasters after DRS gaffe in Cape Town Test

    After South African captain Dean Elgar survived an LBW choice on Day 3 of the third Test in Cape Town, members of the Indian group vented their ire on subject. Ashwin had a go on the broadcasters at Supersport Park whereas Kohli fired verbal volleys on the stump mic.
    It all occurred on the fourth supply of the twenty first over of South Africa’s innings, when Ashwin trapped Elgar with a ball that saved straight. Umpire Marais Erasmus raised his finger however Elgar opted for a DRS overview. Replays confirmed the ball pitched in line and hit Elgar within the center. However, fairly mysteriously the trajectory of the ball, confirmed that it was going over the leg-stump. Even the umpire expressed his shock and was heard saying “that is impossible,” on the stump mic.

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    — Addicric (@addicric) January 13, 2022

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    — Addicric (@addicric) January 13, 2022
    Moments later Ravi Ashwin mentioned: “You should find better ways to win Supersport.”

    @ashwinravi99 – “Uv gotto find better ways to win supersport”
    That didn’t appear to be it was going to overlook the stumps.#SAvsIND pic.twitter.com/0VczdHodtA
    — Pradeep Muthu (@muthupradeep) January 13, 2022
    An indignant Kohli kicked the bottom in disgust after which used the stump microphone to good impact and mentioned: “Focus on your team as well when they shine the ball, eh! Not just the opposition. Trying to catch people all the time.”
    After that, KL Rahul was heard saying: “Whole country playing against XI guys.”

    Virat Kohli talking proper into the stump mic indicating that the DRS is certainly rigged to favour South Africa.
    KL Rahul: complete nation towards 11 individuals pic.twitter.com/1KMZscTAF4
    — shitposter (@shitpostest) January 13, 2022
    Another one chimed in to say, “broadcasters are here to make money boys”.
    For a while, the bowlers misplaced focus earlier than getting Elgar on the fag finish of the day.
    After the top of play, former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock and former India legend Sunil Gavaskar mentioned using hawkeye.
    “India was desperate to get the wicket and the emotion overflowed after that. The ball pitched in line and bounced and Elgar got a good stride forward. With that stride, it was going to be close,” mentioned Pollock.
    “Indians went over the top. Hawk-eye is something you rely on for decision making. It’s an independent body. They do their level best with everything they have got. They have got their own cameras. I can understand the disappointment because they wanted the wicket but I think they went over the top a little bit,” he added.
    “Hawk eye, it’s scientific. They got each little point that they plot. And that’s how they work out where it goes. That’s a lot more scientific than any of us. We rely on them to make the decision and that’s what they have done,” he added additional.
    “Because it hit Elgar on the knee roll, I thought at best it would if it was not hitting the top of middle stump then it would clip the top and that would mean umpires call and that was out,” mentioned Gavaskar.

    Was it the suitable choice? 🤔
    Shaun Pollock and Sunil Gavaskar talk about using hawkeye after Umpire adjudged Dean Elgar out lbw however reversed his choice because the monitoring know-how confirmed the ball going over the wicket… pic.twitter.com/k9w9ajisE1
    — Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) January 13, 2022
    “Yes he was forward but it hit him on the knee roll. On the knee roll, for someone who is not that tall, 9 times out of 10, even on South African pitches, the ball would hit the stumps,” noticed Gavaskar.
    Meanwhile, South African pacer Lungi Ngidi, in the course of the media interplay after the top of the third day’s proceedings, mentioned the Indians have been clearly “frustrated and under pressure” as a controversial DRS name saved house skipper Dean Elgar, triggering indignant reactions from the visiting camp on day three.
    The collection has been tight and low-scoring all through. In this take a look at, top-ranked India batted first and made 223, South Africa replied with 210 and India made 198 in its second innings to set the house group a goal of 212 to take the collection.

  • Biggest sport for us in final 10-15 years: Dean Elgar on collection decider

    South Africa captain Dean Elgar on Monday signalled that the gloves are off within the collection decider towards India and stated Virat Kohli’s return for his or her greatest Test within the “last 10-15 years” will make the battle extra intense.
    The second Test on the Wanderers noticed fairly a couple of heated exchanges between the gamers and with a fit-again Kohli again for the all-important sport, Elgar feels extra verbal blows will likely be traded on the Newlands.

    “Virat brings a distinct dynamic to the sport. I don’t assume I missed him. But I believe probably his crew missed him, little question simply from a captaincy perspective and possibly from a method perspective.

    Only Dean Elgar can play a knock like that!He ensures that South Africa ended on the successful aspect this time at Jo’burg!Skipper’s 96*(188) helps SA win by 7 wickets and sq. the collection!#SAvIND #INDvSA #Bumrah #Siraj #Captaincy #Virat #Shardul #Bavumapic.twitter.com/Xumlf8fhdI
    — OneCricket (@OneCricketApp) January 6, 2022
    “He is a world class player and very experienced within their squad. His name speaks for itself and it’s one of the more respected cricketers around so I wouldn’t say I missed him… But it doesn’t matter who are playing against. We as a team, we need to focus on us,” stated Elgar on the eve of the third Test.
    “Biggest game in last 10-15 years”
    Elgar, recognized for his steely resolve, took a number of blows on the physique on his method to a match-winning 96 within the second Test.
    For a crew going by way of transition and mired in off-the-field controversies, a collection win towards India will likely be an enormous increase.

    It’s not about what number of instances you get knocked down, however what number of instances you get again up💪
    Catch the total highlights proper right here ➡️ https://t.co/jVZ2TXmdRr#SAvIND #FreedomTestSequence #BetwayTestSequence #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/E5IbV3vhhw
    — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 7, 2022
    “This check is probably the largest we’ve had in 10 years, possibly even 15 years. And I believe that speaks for its personal respect. Test cricket is at all times going to have depth, me as a participant harbouring the depth as nicely. So I don’t assume it’s going to lack depth.

    “Test cricket nonetheless calls for fairly a excessive stage of depth and it’s a must to keep that all through 5 days. I do know it’s not at all times doable to take care of that all through 5 days. But it’s a must to be fairly constant close to implementing the depth all through. That’s why it’s so necessary to change off when you may change off.

    pic.twitter.com/WGU7w0nwqJ
    — Addicric (@addicric) January 6, 2022
    “We saw in the Wanderers the minute we brought the intensity it seemed to almost flush the Indians quite a lot. And when that can play in our favour and it would be silly for us not to try and replicate that or even bring even more intensity into the next game,” stated Elgar.
    Elgar stated it might even be the largest win of his profession.
    “… Obviously that comes with the management in captaincy. Now having a bit extra affect close to our gamers group. But I believe simply from a participant’s perspective, it might be huge for us. I believe we’ve put in a lot exhausting work the previous few months.

    🇿🇦🏏 The #Proteas are leaving no stone unturned in preparation for the #BetwayTestSequence decider#SAvIND #FreedomTestSequence #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/OemVLuuPyR
    — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 9, 2022
    “We’ve been enjoying really fairly good cricket up till now. We’ve had numerous issues that go our away since you want some momentum they usually’re in your aspect. And we’ve been doing every part proper.
    “For us winning the series 2-1 one is huge, beating the world number one side even though it’s in your back garden, it’s still going to speak massive amounts for our players group going forward in the Proteas batch,” stated Elgar.
    “Pitch will last for five days”
    Talking concerning the pitch at Newlands, Elgar predicted that the sport will final 5 days.
    “I’ve seen it from a home (match) perspective. Looks slightly bit completely different. Yeah, they’ve performed numerous work after that sport we had domestically and the situation is definitely fairly good. I believe it’s the perfect I’ve seen Newlands in fairly a while.

    A captain’s knock in each sense#SAvIND #FreedomTestSequence #BetwayTestSequence #BePartOfIt pic.twitter.com/j5QSk1DZx8
    — Cricket South Africa (@OfficialCSA) January 7, 2022
    “The situations look really fairly welcoming for us. They’re simply making an attempt to arrange an excellent Test wicket as a result of I believe they clearly need the wicket to deteriorate over time into day 4 and 5.
    “That just calls on basics with regards to the kind of deterioration, wear and tear that the wicket can offer but it does look like a relatively good cricket pitch.”
    “If you aren’t feeling a little sore, you are not working hard enough”
    For somebody who provides his 100% on the sector and is at all times up for a struggle, Elgar confirmed that everybody is match for choice in his personal inimitable fashion.

    “I don’t assume there’s any hiccups close to health of gamers… clearly, there’s at all times niggles if you play in a collection, particularly Test cricket pushes your physique to the restrict.
    “… And I mean if you’re not a little bit sore, and if you’re not a little bit bruised, then the bowlers feet are not sore then obviously they’re not working hard enough,” he added.
    He additionally lauded his lead pacer Kagiso Rabada forward of his fiftieth Test.
    “Playing 50 Tests to your nation is very large. When he began he was extraordinarily uncooked and he had specific tempo and I believe he’s come of age in that time frame. He’s influenced our group in such an enormous method on and off the sector.
    “And he is only 26. He’s still got so much more cricket (in him) from a Test point of view.”

  • Dean Elgar scripts a file breaking win for South Africa at Wanderers

    Dean Elgar, captain of the South African cricket crew, noticed his crew residence with 96 not out as South Africa beat India by seven wickets within the second take a look at on Thursday to stage the collection 1-1 and ship it to a deciding sport.
    Opener Elgar batted right through as South Africa chased down the goal of 240 late on the fourth day on the Wanderers and after the primary two periods have been misplaced to rain.

    The sport appeared finely balanced with each groups sensing an opportunity of profitable forward of South Africa’s remaining innings. But South Africa received with ease in the long run to complete 243-3.
    Temba Bavuma was 23 not out and he and Elgar took South Africa surging to victory with a flurry of boundaries on the finish. Elgar sealed it by hammering one by means of midwicket and to the boundary.

    YES please!Congrats males!
    — Dale Steyn (@DaleSteyn62) January 6, 2022
    “I don’t know what’s the right or wrong way in winning a cricket match, but it’s all about doing the basics right. We ticked a lot of boxes right to make it 1-1,” Elgar stated on the post-match presentation.
    “We now go to Cape Town with plenty of confidence – it wasn’t easy, the batters were determined. but credit to our bowlers, the effort they put in was very impressive. I am yet to see the bruises (the blows he received), but it’s a big motivation to go and play for your country. Whatever I’m going through, it’s important to see the bigger picture and the bigger picture is to win games for your country.”
    Records
    It was the primary time South Africa had crushed India on the Wanderers. India, who’ve by no means misplaced a Test defending 200 or extra runs beneath Virat Kohli’s captaincy, needed to undergo a painful defeat.

    Seen a number of over time, however that’s One of SA crickets best take a look at wins! #INDvsSA #Proteas
    — Graeme Smith (@GraemeSmith49) January 6, 2022
    The 243/3 as we speak in opposition to India is South Africa’s sixth highest profitable 4th innings run chase.
    South Africa’s run-chase of 240 can also be the third-highest profitable fourth-innings chases in opposition to India.
    It can also be the third-highest profitable fourth-innings chases by the Proteas at residence.

    South African cricket wanted that panacea. Leaders lead from the entrance ; Dean Elgar,,,,HERO👏👏.
    — Ian Raphael Bishop (@irbishi) January 6, 2022
    Elgar’s rating of 96 is the second-best particular person rating by a South African captain versus India. Kepler Wessels holds the file with a better of 118 (Durban 1992/93).

    Very good win proteas✅ 👏👏
    — Herschelle Gibbs (@hershybru) January 6, 2022
    Meanwhile, India is searching for a primary take a look at collection win in South Africa and was buoyant after profitable the primary match convincingly. But it couldn’t clinch it on the Wanderers and must wait for an additional likelihood at that piece of historical past.
    The third and deciding take a look at is in Cape Town subsequent week.
    (With AP inputs)