Rishabh Pant is someone who has the ability to turn around the game in a jiffy. In the second innings, though Pujara and Rahane along with Shardul Thakur and Hanuma Vihari starred to post 266, the damage from the first innings eventually proved to be costly.Ģ. It took a fighting 46 from Ravichandran Ashwin for India to cross 200. But in the second Test, Rahul, Agarwal, Pujara and Rahane fell quickly, reducing India to 91/4 at one stage. In the first Test, India had the cushion of a 117-run opening stand between KL Rahul and Mayank Agarwal to post 327 despite the middle order not coming to the party. “I don’t want to be harsh but I think batters should have scored more in the first innings after winning the toss.” Stand-in captain KL Rahul’s words in the post-match presentation ceremony summed up one of the biggest reasons where India faltered in Johannesburg. Batting collapses (especially in the first innings)
We explore the reasons where India lost the plot at Johannesburg ahead of the decider at Cape Town from January 11:ġ. New Delhi: After registering their first Test win at Centurion, India went to play the second Test at Johannesburg, a place where the tourists hadn’t ever lost a match in the longest format, winning twice and drawing thrice.īut within four days, South Africa handed them a seven-wicket loss, their first-ever defeat at the Wanderers.
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