Rohit Sharma after Cape Town pitch produces shortest Test ever. India defeated South Africa by seven wickets in the shortest Test ever played in Cape Town.
India completed a historic triumph against South Africa in Cape Town on Thursday, January 04. Fefeating them by seven wickets to tie the two-match series at 1-1. Along with the historic win, the surface at Newlands Stadium made news since the match was the shortest complete Test play in the game’s history, being completed in just 107 overs.
After the game, India captain Rohit Sharma remarked that he doesn’t mind playing on such surfaces. He criticize the cricketing establishment for criticizing Indian pitches when the game doesn’t last five days.
“I mean, we saw what happened in this game, how the pitch played, and all that stuff. ” I don’t like playing on pitches like these at all. “As long as everyone in India keeps their mouth shut and doesn’t talk too much about Indian pitches. ” Rohit quote as saying by ESPNCricinfo.
The Indian captain backed up his claim by noting that Test cricket is a difficult format that every player is aware of. As a result, they put themselves to the test in the most difficult conditions all over the world. People, however, have varying perspectives on seaming and spinning pitch.
“Because you come here [to play Test cricket] to test yourself.” Yes, it is risky. It is difficult. When faced with a task like that, you come to confront it. That’s what occurs in India, but if the pitch starts turning on Day 1, people start saying, ‘Puff of dust! Puff of dust!’ The pitch is riddle with cracks. “No one is looking at that,” he continued.
The 36-year-old further stated that match officials must be neutral. When grading pitches and voice his surprise that the World Cup 2023 final pitch in Ahmedabad rated ‘average’ by the ICC.
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I still can’t believe the World Cup final pitch received an average rating: Mr. Rohit Sharma
“You know, some of these match officials should keep an eye on how they rate pitches.” It’s very crucial. I can’t believe the World Cup final pitch was assessed as below average [it was rated as average]. In the final, a batsman scored a century. How is that a bad pitch? So these are the issues that the ICC and match officials need to investigate. Begin evaluating pitches base on what they see rather than the countries. “I think that’s very important,” he added.
Notably, neither team bowled a single over of spin over the course of two days in the second Test. With seamers taking all 33 wickets. Aiden Markram’s century (106 off 103) enable South Africa create a 78-run lead in their second innings on the second day, setting India a target of 79 runs to win.
Yashasvi Jaiswal top-scored with 28 (23), as the Rohit Sharma-led team. Chased down the goal in just 12 overs with seven wickets to spare. As a result, India became the first Asian team to win a Test in Cape Town. Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni (2010-11) to draw a Test series in South Africa.
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