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South Africa vs India: Bowlers’ lack of discipline hands hosts the initiative on Day 2 of first Test
India bowler Prasidh Krishna (right) reacts after his delivery against South Africa’s batsman Dean Elgar, during the second day of the Test cricket match between South Africa and India, at Centurion Park, in Centurion, on the outskirts of Pretoria, South Africa, Wednesday, Dec. 27, 2023. (AP)
It was hope that killed India on Day Two. Hope that the devils in the pitch would bedevil South Africa’s batsmen; hope that Jasprit Bumrah would tear the batting sheet into shreds; hope that Ravichandran Ashwin would finally enjoy bowling in South Africa; hope that Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna and Shardul Thakur would compensate for the absence of Mohammed Shami. As the day unfolded, the layers of hope began to vanish. Bumrah alone sustained their flicker of hope.
But even India’s masterful pace spearhead was not at his tormenting best, his fabled sharpness often fluctuating. At one moment, he would give the impression that he would slice through the batting line-up as a world-beating bowler like him is expected to; the next moment he would seem forlorn and frustrated like an ordinary jack. He struggled to locate the length that suited the surface. In his first spell, he swung the ball alarmingly in the air, finding a delectable curve. But he failed to direct the movement into a productive channel. (READ MORE)
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