The last match of the Test series is currently being played between India and South Africa in Cape Town. Most of India’s hitters flopped in the first innings and the team was reduced to just 223 runs. Other than captain Virat Kohli, none of the hitters made it to half a century. Also in the last game, the performance of the batters was disappointing, so the team had to face defeat. After poor performance in the early innings, questions are raised about many Indian players.
For a long time, this veteran hitter, Ajinkya Rahane, has had failures. In this series, so far he has completed half a century of his bat. The team management expressed their confidence in him, but he did not live up to expectations. Many people believe that if young hitter Shreyas Iyer had had a chance in his place, the results could have been different. In such a situation, the bigger question is whether Team India has made a big mistake by not giving Iyer a chance. Especially when Rahane has always been disappointing.
The team management and some Rahul Dravid expressed their confidence in Ajinkya Rahane and gave him a chance in every game in the series. But Rahane could only score half a century in the second inning of Game 2. Other than this, no one could play big innings. In the first game he scored 48 and 20 runs in two innings. In the second game he scored 0 and 58. While in the first innings of the third game, he could only score 9 runs. Overall, only 135 runs have come off his bat in the last five innings.
Speaking of Iyer, he marked a century and a half in his debut against New Zealand. He scored 105 in the first inning of the game in Kanpur and 65 in the second inning. Despite being in good shape, not giving it a chance can be very costly for the team.
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