Centurion Park has become a stronghold for the South African team. Since November 1995, when the home team led by Hansie Cronje and led by Michael Atherton played the first Test at the new venue, local fans have not seen their team beaten more than twice. South Africa have played 26 Tests at this venue, and have won 21 for a success percentage of 80.77. She lost to England in 2000 and to Australia in 2014. He has won the last seven Tests there.
India has played two Tests there; The first was in December 2010 when he lost by an innings and 25 runs and the second almost four years ago when he went down to 135 runs. The fast bowlers responsible for bringing India down were Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Lungi Ngidi and Kagiso Rabada.
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The fast bowlers have generally had a good time at this venue; On Friday, India vice-captain KL Rahul spoke about the peculiar behavior of Centurion’s pitch, not far from the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Rahul said that four years ago, “the surface was slow before accelerating and then slowing down. He also said that South African cricket history shows that the new ball plays a big role.
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South African fast bowlers have taken 664 wickets at 28.10 in Centurion; The visiting fast bowlers have taken 245 wickets at 37.88. India’s fast bowlers are at the receiving end with 15 wickets at an average of 50.40.
Rahul also revealed yesterday that there was a good reason to arrive early at Centurion and that he was in for some intense practice sessions so that players like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Ishant Sharma and Umesh Yadav can get used to the conditions. And make sure what lengths they have to bowl.
Speaking to News18.com, former South Africa captain Ali Bakker said: “The first two Tests are to be played at Centurion, which is about 5000 feet above sea level and Wanderers, Johannesburg which is about 6000 feet above sea level. The rarefied atmosphere at these two Test grounds and the bouncy pitches at Wanderers and Super Sport Park generally favor the fast bowlers. The current Indian team has the best pace attack I have seen in the last thirty years. So India will start as strong contenders for the first two Tests.”
Bakar’s remarks should be music to the ears of Indian fans. Obviously, Bacher who is a keen observer of the game played around the world, recognizes the potential of Bumrah (101 wickets), Shami (195), Siraj (33), Sharma (311 wickets) and Yadav (157), Which he did brilliantly. Seen in Australia and England.
The current Indian pace pack has been molded by Virat Kohli over the past four years with the captain firm in his belief that only fast bowlers can help a team compete and win in overseas conditions. During the press conference, Rahul emphasized the merits of the fast bowling strategy which has been so successful in Australia and England.
Indian fast bowlers have had a lot of success on South African pitches. The home team’s fast bowlers have always had the edge, but although leg-spinner Anil Kumble tops the chart with 45 wickets in 12 Tests, the pacers led by Javagal Srinath (43 wickets) have taken 220 wickets at 33.29. Srinath was followed by Zaheer Khan (30), S. There are Sreesanth (27), Shami (21), Sharma (20), Venkatesh Prasad (17), Bumrah (14) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (10).
The opening new ball pairing of Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar took 17 wickets in four Tests at a very economical run rate of 2.23 in 1992, but on the next tour in 1996, Srinath and Prasad doubled the number of 35 wickets in three Tests. did more than 3.49 per over.
The individual skill and drive of the Karnataka pair resulted in South Africa being restricted to 235 and 259 in the 1996 First Test at Kingsmead, Durban, but India still lost by 328 runs, were bowled out for 100 and 66.
The fast and fast bowlers took advantage of the cloud cover over Kingsmead; Srinath (5 wickets) and Prasad (10 wickets). Allan Donald and Shaun Pollock dismissed 14 Indian batsmen for South Africa.
At the conclusion of the Test, captain Cronje told his reporter: “If India had two more like Srinath and Prasad, the Test would have been a close one.” India’s third seamer at Kingsmead was David Johnson who took 2 for 52 in the first innings. Doda Ganesh played the second and third Tests in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
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But easily the best Indian new ball combination became Zaheer Khan and Sreesanth, who took 50 wickets on the Rainbow Nation tour in 2006-07 and 2010-11.
India lost the previous tour of South Africa 1–2, and victory at the Wanderers was dictated by brilliant performances from Bumrah (5/54 in the first innings) and Shami (5/28 in the second innings). India’s pace attack took twenty wickets with Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar. India’s fifth seamer was Hardik Pandya, who is now cooling his heels at home. In fact all 40 wickets in Tests were taken by fast bowlers, with Indian batsmen Rabada, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Ngidi and Andile falling at the hands of Lucky Phehlukwayo.
South Africa’s spinners have featured 31 Indian batsmen in 20 Tests at home, with the fast bowlers scoring 310 runs. Indian spinners have scored 88 runs; Kumble (45) and Harbhajan Singh (18) totaled 63. The numbers are very clear, South Africa is a place for fast bowlers and people like them.
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