Zoom News : Jan 09, 2024, 08:20 PM
IND vs SA: The Indian cricket team has recently returned from the tour of South Africa. The tour ended with a two-match Test series. The second match of the series was played at Newlands Stadium, Cape Town. In this match, Team India won by 7 wickets. But this match ended within two days. After the match, Rohit Sharma had described this pitch as dangerous for the batsmen. Now ICC has also given its decision on this pitch. ICC's big action on Cape Town TestThe International Cricket Council is dissatisfied with the pitch used at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. ICC has given the pitch of this match an unsatisfactory rating. The decision, taken under the ICC pitch and outfield monitoring process, comes after Newlands hosted the shortest-ever Test match, with a total of 642 balls bowled.The match referee submitted this reportICC match referee Chris Broad submitted his report, which expressed concerns about the match officials and after evaluation, the Newlands pitch in Cape Town was deemed unsatisfactory. Broad said in his report that the Newlands pitch was very difficult to bat on. The ball bounced quickly and sometimes dangerously throughout the match, making shots difficult. The ball hit the gloves of many batsmen and many wickets also fell due to the strange bounce.23 wickets fell on the first day of the gameIn the match, Africa won the toss and decided to bat first. But Team India had bowled out South Africa for 55 runs in the first innings of the Cape Town Test match. For India, Siraj spent 15 runs in 9 overs and took 6 wickets. Whereas, Jasprit Bumrah and Mukesh Kumar got 2-2 wickets. In response, Team India also could not do much and was all out for 153 runs in its first innings. At the end of the first day's play at stumps, Africa had scored 62 runs for three wickets in their second innings. After this, the South African team scored 176 runs in its second innings and gave India a target of 79 runs to win. India achieved this target at the loss of 3 wickets.