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When Rohit Sharma was asked in the press conference before the start of the Test series, if we win the Test series here, will it help us forget the World Cup defeat? Rohit Sharma smiled at this question, but now from the condition of Team India in the first Test, it seems that this series is rubbing salt on the wounds of the World Cup defeat.
India has yet to win a Test series in South Africa, this time it was expected that a miracle would happen here. But from the moment the first day of the Centurion Test began, everything seemed to be falling apart. In the first innings it was only KL Rahul who was fighting alone and in the second innings it was Virat Kohli.
The same happened in Centurion and the Indian team suffered a defeat by an innings. Team India, who scored 245 runs in the first innings, was in an even worse position in the second innings and was all out for just 131. The Indian team was defeated by South Africa by an innings and 32 runs in this match. That is, South Africa made a big score of 408 runs in one innings and it was enough for Team India.
Australia defeated the Indian women's team by 6 wickets in the first ODI match played on Thursday. Despite scoring the highest ODI score against Australia, it was the 6th consecutive defeat for the Indian team at home. The visiting team registered an impressive six-wicket win in the first match here on Thursday.
India: 245, 131
South Africa: 408
Who is the main culprit of the defeat of Team India?
The openers disappointed: After coming out to bat first, it was expected that Team India would make a big score in the first innings, but the pair of Rohit Sharma and Yashshwi Jaiswal proved unsuccessful in both the innings. Rohit Sharma could score only 5.0 runs in both innings while Yashshwi Jaiswal could score only 17.5 runs. Rohit Sharma was absent on the last African tour and this was the first big challenge for Yashshvi, which proved detrimental to Team India.
Weak bowling exposed: In the last 4-5 years, the Indian team has been known for having the best fast bowling unit in Test cricket. But this magic proved to be a complete failure in this match, apart from Jasprit Bumrah's 4 wickets, no other bowler could do the trick. Playing as third and fourth fast bowlers, Shardul Thakur and Prasidh Krishna gave runs on this ground as if the bowling was happening in an ODI match and not a Test match. It is clear that Team India missed the trio of Shami-Siraj-Bumrah and aggressive bowling here.
Average Captaincy: Captain Rohit Sharma, who is returning to the field for the first time after the World Cup final, looked completely out of sorts in this match. Neither he could do anything great in batting nor could he do anything great in captaincy. There were many changes and decisions in bowling on the field, due to which the Indian team looked under pressure. Former coach and commentator Ravi Shastri also criticized Rohit's captaincy during the match, he said that on the third day, Team India seemed to have entered the field completely without a plan.
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