New Delhi [India], November 17 (ANI): After the Indian workforce did not chase 124 runs in opposition to South Africa within the first Check at Kolkata, Australia skipper Alyssa Healy believes India ought to make flat pitches as a substitute of rank turners, saying they’re making ready turning wickets which are backfiring, making it difficult for batters.
Group India suffered their first Check loss in Kolkata in 13 years as South Africa defeated them by 30 runs, with the hosts failing to chase down a goal of 124 runs. The match, performed at Eden Gardens, noticed South Africa’s spinner Simon Harmer declare an eight-wicket haul, and Temba Bavuma rating a gritty half-century, main the Proteas to a 1-0 collection lead.
‘I simply do not know what they’re [India] doing to themselves. Batting in opposition to spin isn’t a straightforward factor world wide for the time being, even should you develop up on these wickets. And I feel they need to begin working that out for themselves. They preserve giving themselves turning wickets, pondering it should assist them, and it hasn’t. New Zealand beat them at house doing that. So, construct your self some flat wickets and allow them to go,’ Alyssa Healy mentioned on Willow Speak Cricket Podcast.
From 2016 to 2019, India batters averaged 53.3 at house in opposition to spinners. Nonetheless, from 2020 to the current day, the common has declined to 33.8 with a batting strike fee of 60. The results of the fallen common instantly resonates with India’s declining domination at house.
India’s defeat at Eden Gardens additionally positioned the match in a statistical context, because the goal of 124 turned the second-lowest whole India has did not chase down in Check historical past. The bottom stays 120 in opposition to the West Indies in Bridgetown in 1997.
The end result additionally marked South Africa’s second-lowest profitable defence in Check cricket. Their lowest stays 117 in opposition to Australia in Sydney in 1994. Proteas will look to make historical past by clinching the collection within the second and remaining fixture, scheduled to start at Assam’s Barsapara Stadium on November 22. (ANI)
