Sunil Gavaskar agreed with Gautam Gambhir's assessment that there were no demons in the Eden Gardens pitch and blasted the Indian batters for their horror show in the first Test against the South Africa National Cricket Team.
The surface was excessively bowling-friendly as it turned from the very first day and had an uneven bounce, which made life hell for the batters. South Africa scored 159 and 153 in their two innings, while India scored 189 in the first innings and got a target of 124 runs to chase.
Sunil Gavaskar agreed with Gautam Gambhir and said that 124 should have been chased by the Indian batters at any cost.
“A lot of people are talking about what the pitch was doing, but if you had a look at what Simon Harmer was doing in an over, how many of his deliveries were turning? He was mixing it up really well. He bowled straight and got the odd one to turn,” he added.
I fully agree with Gautam Gambhir that there was nothing wrong with the pitch - Sunil Gavaskar
“So, it was not a vicious turning pitch. It was a pitch on which you needed to bat as if you were playing a five-day Test, not a 50-over match or a Twenty20 where, after three dot balls, you try to play a break-out-of-jail shot. That’s the issue. One hundred and twenty-four should have been chased with at least five wickets in hand with the kind of batting line-up India had,” he said.
The Indian batters had the example of Temba Bavuma - Sunil Gavaskar
The batting legend further said that the Indian batters displayed poor technique and temperament, which resulted in their loss.
Sunil Gavaskar also lauded Temba Bavuma, who was the only half-centurion in the innings, and said that the Indian batters should have learned from him.
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