New Delhi. Captain Rohit Sharma, who arrived in South Africa for the first time with the dream of winning the Test series, got a big setback in the Centurion Test. The hosts registered a one-sided win in just 3 days and took an unassailable 1-0 lead in the series. India managed to score 245 runs in the first innings and only 131 runs in the second innings. South Africa scored 408 runs in the first innings and managed to take a huge lead of 163 runs. The team won by an innings and 32 runs due to lethal bowling.
The Indian team’s persistent hope of winning the Test series in South Africa once again has been left unfulfilled. India lost the first match of the two-match Test series due to poor batting conditions. Captain Rohit Sharma failed miserably in this match. Scored 5 runs in the first innings and could not even open the account in the second innings. After the team’s humiliating defeat, the captain looked extremely disappointed.
Rohit Sharma got a shock
Indian captain Rohit Sharma, who was playing in the match for the first time since the loss in the ICC ODI World Cup final, suffered yet another disappointing defeat. He boasted of the victory even a day before the start of the match. The skipper said that he wants to achieve the kind of success that no Indian captain has been able to achieve on South African soil. The Centurion Test defeat left this dream unfulfilled.
What did Rohit say after the defeat?
The captain said after the defeat that his team failed to perform as a team. Rohit said, Our game was not one that would lead to victory. When asked to bat first, we did not play according to the conditions. KL Rahul batted well but we did not get off to a good start in the second innings as well. If we have to win the Test match, the whole team has to come together and perform well. We couldn’t do it.
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Tags: India vs South Africa, Rohit Sharma
First published: December 28, 2023, 22:38 IST