The great Sunil Gavaskar feels Cheteshwar Pujara and Ajinkya Rahane have repaid the trust they have shown in him, it is easy to be enthused by young talent, but the team should continue to show faith in their senior players, as long as they “do badly”. Not getting out”.
After a poor show, the under-fire duo of Pujara and Rahane did well with the bat, scoring a half-century in India’s second innings of the second Test.
“The team has supported him because of the experience and what he has done in the past. He believed that he would do well and he did,” Gavaskar said on Star Sports.
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“Sometimes we can be a little tough on some of our senior players because you have these exciting young players waiting for you and we all want to see them get a little exposure.
But as long as these senior players are playing well and not getting out badly, I think we should show faith in them.”
India were without the services of regular skipper Virat Kohli, who was ruled out of the Test minutes before the toss due to a lower back cramp.
“It’s amazing, this is the first time India has lost a Test match in which Virat Kohli hasn’t played. They drew once in Sydney but otherwise they always won.
Despite Rahane and Pujara’s innings, India could not control South Africa’s batsmen, especially captain Dean Elgar, who leveled the hosts 1-1 in the series here on Thursday.
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Gavaskar was not impressed with the field placement of stand-in captain KL Rahul. He also criticized the Indian fielding.
I thought giving Dean Elgar a single at the start of the innings was making life a little easier for him.
“Elgar is not the hooker of the ball so there is no point in keeping two men in the deep. He was taking singles quite comfortably.
Indian fielding could have been just that fast. But otherwise, it was the South Africans who won the game. I don’t think Indians have lost it, South Africa who have won this match,” Gavaskar said.
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