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Sanjay Manjrekar on India’s missed chance to beat South Africa in Test
India capped off their two-match Test series against South Africa on a blistering note after registering an outright victory in the second game a few days back at Cape Town. India had already been deprived of the chance of winning the series after suffering a huge defeat by an innings and 32-run in the first match. India bounced back strongly but it was too late to win the series. Meanwhile, former Indian cricket Sanjay Manjrekar enunciated that this was the most beatable South African team.
“If I am the coach or the captain, I would look at it as a regret. If you look at the past and the teams India had to beat in South Africa, they were tough teams. This was the most beatable South African team. Dean Elgar’s 185 prevented India from actually creating history. Said it before as well that there was no point of a three-match ODI series between the T20Is and the Test with it not even being an ODI World Cup year,” Manjrekar said on ESPNCricinfo.
Manjrekar said that South Africa would have lost the first game if Dean Elgar wouldn’t have played a remarkable knock of 185 runs in the first innings.
“Imagine this South African team without Dean Elgar. They would have lost the first Test. They do not give that much importance to Test cricket as well so I do not think the future is rosy. The bowling was not impressive too. I understand Dean Elgar’s decision to bat first because the sun was out and the pitch was tricky,” he said.
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