CENTURION: The SuperSport Park is a quite small ground. A fast bowler's run-up alone is enough to cover up the radius of the sphere. However, size however, it used to be a tediously lengthy walk for the Indian batsmen from the crease back to the dressing room. Shoulders slouched, heads bowed, bats below their arm, they walked into oblivion on Wednesday.
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On a wicket that could not had been more Indian on South African soil, chasing a target that could not had been any lesser given their spectacular bowling effort on Day Four, taking a look to live on in a sequence that kept ringing curtains for them with each passing over, India's batsmen may just've performed a ways higher.
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Instead, they got bowled out for 151 chasing 287 in 50.2 overs. Determined to get rid of their recognition of being mere 'flat monitor bullies' once they left the Indian shores, Team India will pass into the third Test having already squandered the collection and no effort made, by any means, to change that perception.
"You can accept defeat but not the way we played. The way we let the advantage slip out of our hand, that is not acceptable. So many soft dismissals in one match hurt a lot," captain Virat Kohli, whose first innings 153, in hindsight, best extended the unavoidable, mentioned after the fit. "Individuals have to sit and reflect on these things themselves. They do it, I am not saying they don't reflect on it, but we have repeated these mistakes in both matches. There have been many soft dismissals, which as a team are not acceptable".
To put it in standpoint, pacer Mohammad Shami scored 28 runs, precisely half of what the highest 5 batsmen - Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel - managed, that being a collective effort of 56 runs.
The folding up began in the fourth over of the day when risking a third run which wasn't there, Pujara as soon as once more ran himself out, turning into the primary Indian batsman to be run-out two times in an innings.
If the primary innings dismissal had looked to be a brain-freeze, the second innings used to be mere clumsy.
His departure gave solution to what would then stay a hurried wrap up.
"We have not come here to play the way we have (played). That is something that we need to definitely speak about. We will need to be hard on ourselves. We need to ask ourselves if we are giving 120% every time we bowl a ball or play a ball or field a ball. That is something individuals need to reflect on themselves too, but as a team, we are (definitely) going to lay out these things in the open," the India skipper mentioned.
"We will ask the guys to be honest about what they were feeling at particular stages in the game. Unless you speak about it and lay it out in front of everyone, there is very little chance of improving. The mistakes that we made have been about not really putting attention to detail at important stages of the game. It is something we need to take into account and sit down and discuss," he added.
Selection dilemmas dogged this workforce ever since they picked the 11 for the primary Test. Picking Rohit Sharma over Ajinkya Rahane, for example, used to be first to attract its percentage of grievance and loss of performance on part of the workforce best went on to lay further cracks. Wednesday's defeat, a result of plain insensible batting, poor stroke play, awkward runouts and absolutely no loss of any software will best widen those cracks further.
"You're telling me we could have played the best XI," Kohli shot back when asked about the workforce variety. "So, you tell me the best XI and we'll play that. I'm saying the loss obviously hurts. But you make one decision and you back it".
The captain is for sure proper when he says, in spite of everything all that matters is who is going out on the field and plays. Except, to his and India's misfortune, no one did.
"Look when something doesn't work, obviously it's going to be spoken against. We are pretty used to that. We as a team don't think of what the opinion going around is, and I've clarified that before also," Kohli mentioned when asked about the selection of India's playing 11.
"There are many people that are involved in making a decision for the playing XI. A lot was spoken about Bhuvi as well but Shami performed in this game. So now no one is talking about that. You make one decision and you back it," he mentioned.
SOUTH AFRICA FINED FOR SLOW OVER-RATE
The victorious South African workforce used to be fined for keeping up a slow over-rate in the second Test in opposition to India, which concluded at the Centurion on Wednesday. Match Referee Chris Broad imposed the superb after Faf du Plessis's side used to be dominated to be two overs short of their target when time allowances had been considered. In accordance with Article 2.five.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel, which relates to minor over-rate offences, players are fined 10 % of their fit fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that quantity. As such, de Plessis has been fined 40% of his fit fee, whilst his players have gained 20 % fines.
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On a wicket that could not had been more Indian on South African soil, chasing a target that could not had been any lesser given their spectacular bowling effort on Day Four, taking a look to live on in a sequence that kept ringing curtains for them with each passing over, India's batsmen may just've performed a ways higher.
ALSO READ: Kohli's wicket used to be a different moment, says Ngidi
Instead, they got bowled out for 151 chasing 287 in 50.2 overs. Determined to get rid of their recognition of being mere 'flat monitor bullies' once they left the Indian shores, Team India will pass into the third Test having already squandered the collection and no effort made, by any means, to change that perception.
"You can accept defeat but not the way we played. The way we let the advantage slip out of our hand, that is not acceptable. So many soft dismissals in one match hurt a lot," captain Virat Kohli, whose first innings 153, in hindsight, best extended the unavoidable, mentioned after the fit. "Individuals have to sit and reflect on these things themselves. They do it, I am not saying they don't reflect on it, but we have repeated these mistakes in both matches. There have been many soft dismissals, which as a team are not acceptable".
To put it in standpoint, pacer Mohammad Shami scored 28 runs, precisely half of what the highest 5 batsmen - Murali Vijay, KL Rahul, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli and Parthiv Patel - managed, that being a collective effort of 56 runs.
The folding up began in the fourth over of the day when risking a third run which wasn't there, Pujara as soon as once more ran himself out, turning into the primary Indian batsman to be run-out two times in an innings.
If the primary innings dismissal had looked to be a brain-freeze, the second innings used to be mere clumsy.
His departure gave solution to what would then stay a hurried wrap up.
"We have not come here to play the way we have (played). That is something that we need to definitely speak about. We will need to be hard on ourselves. We need to ask ourselves if we are giving 120% every time we bowl a ball or play a ball or field a ball. That is something individuals need to reflect on themselves too, but as a team, we are (definitely) going to lay out these things in the open," the India skipper mentioned.
"We will ask the guys to be honest about what they were feeling at particular stages in the game. Unless you speak about it and lay it out in front of everyone, there is very little chance of improving. The mistakes that we made have been about not really putting attention to detail at important stages of the game. It is something we need to take into account and sit down and discuss," he added.
Selection dilemmas dogged this workforce ever since they picked the 11 for the primary Test. Picking Rohit Sharma over Ajinkya Rahane, for example, used to be first to attract its percentage of grievance and loss of performance on part of the workforce best went on to lay further cracks. Wednesday's defeat, a result of plain insensible batting, poor stroke play, awkward runouts and absolutely no loss of any software will best widen those cracks further.
"You're telling me we could have played the best XI," Kohli shot back when asked about the workforce variety. "So, you tell me the best XI and we'll play that. I'm saying the loss obviously hurts. But you make one decision and you back it".
The captain is for sure proper when he says, in spite of everything all that matters is who is going out on the field and plays. Except, to his and India's misfortune, no one did.
"Look when something doesn't work, obviously it's going to be spoken against. We are pretty used to that. We as a team don't think of what the opinion going around is, and I've clarified that before also," Kohli mentioned when asked about the selection of India's playing 11.
"There are many people that are involved in making a decision for the playing XI. A lot was spoken about Bhuvi as well but Shami performed in this game. So now no one is talking about that. You make one decision and you back it," he mentioned.
SOUTH AFRICA FINED FOR SLOW OVER-RATE
The victorious South African workforce used to be fined for keeping up a slow over-rate in the second Test in opposition to India, which concluded at the Centurion on Wednesday. Match Referee Chris Broad imposed the superb after Faf du Plessis's side used to be dominated to be two overs short of their target when time allowances had been considered. In accordance with Article 2.five.1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Players Support Personnel, which relates to minor over-rate offences, players are fined 10 % of their fit fees for every over their side fails to bowl in the allotted time, with the captain fined double that quantity. As such, de Plessis has been fined 40% of his fit fee, whilst his players have gained 20 % fines.
Kohli slams team, vents ire at media after Centurion debacle
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