KNOW WHAT WASIM AND DUANNE ON INDIA VS SOUTH AFRICA TEST SERIES?
(The Quiver) India is all set to face South Africa in their first Test fixture of a three-match series. The first Test match is scheduled to take place in Centurion. Many speculations are made before this match by Cricketers, Cricket experts and the opponent team players regarding what are chances of india’s win?, upon necessary improvements needed in the players and how much tough will be the match between the two teams.
What Wasim Jaffer said about Indian Cricket Team to face opponent South Africa?
While speaking to News18 , Former cricketer Wasim Jaffer confidently told that one Indian player can change the game within an hour or so . He revealed that Indian bowlers will keep them in the game but the batters “need to step up”. He also felt that the visitors can’t just rely on Virat Kohli and should use someone like Rishabh Pant to his fullest potential.
“The challenge is for the batters to put scores on the board. That’s been the problem. In 2018, Virat was the only one who got the runs. The other batters need to step up. Now, India’s batting is more balanced in the top six. Rishabh (Pant) can change the game if he bats for one or one and a half hours. There are good players in the team; they have to contribute around Virat”, he said.
Jaffer claimed that India’s bowling attack is “first class”. He praised India bowlers who can keep their team in the game. Violent bowlers like Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammad Shami have a lot of experience. The Indian fast bowling is very experienced now, stated Jaffer.
How tough will be for Duanne Oliver to against Indian batters in Test Series?
“This will be the biggest series of my career against world class players and it’s an exciting challenge. I need to bowl to Virat Kohli. It will be tough but it will also be exciting, probably I will be bowling to one of the top four batters in world cricket,” Oliver spoke to Cricket South Africa’s media wing. sudden decision to dump the national team in 2019 had caused quite a stir.
The 29-year-old Oliver, who made his debut in 2017, had 48 wickets from 10 Test matches before he decided on taking the KOLPAK route (which allows overseas players to play county cricket in UK as it was then a part of the European Union) to represent Yorkshire. His sudden decision to dump the national team in 2019 had caused quite a stir.
