IND VS SA TEST; Michael Vaughan on Team India’s defeat in Centurion. Former England captain’s take on India: Michael Vaughan said after the defeat to Africa – There is a lot of talent but the team could not win any trophy
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India had to face defeat in the final against Australia in the World Cup.
India lost by an innings and 32 runs in the first Test played in Centurion on the South Africa tour. With this, Team India’s dream of playing its first Test match in South Africa was shattered.
After the Indian team’s defeat in the first Test against South Africa, former England captain Michael Vaughan said on Friday that the Indian cricket team has not been able to achieve results as per its talent and current ability. Vaughan said that India could not win any ICC trophy in the last decade, due to which its performance was poor.
Vaughan during the second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Melbourne, a question from former Australian batsman Mark Walk in a discussion on a sports channel made you wonder what happened to the world’s least-achieving team in terms of India. ? Is one of? Responding to this, Vaughan said that in recent times mostly nothing has been won. I think their team is an underachieving team. They don’t win anything. When was the last time they won a tournament? With the talent he has, he should have achieved more.
Vaughan admitted that India’s effort in the series win in Australia was excellent, but it failed to perform well in the World Cup final. He said, two wins in Australia in 2018-19 and 2020-21 which is fantastic. But in the last few World Cups they have been nowhere, in the last few T20 World Cups they have been nowhere?
These days, Michael Vaughan is commentating for a sports channel in the Test series between Australia and Pakistan.
It feels like the first test match
In the first Test match played in Centurion, India had to face defeat by an innings and 32 runs. In this match, South Africa won the toss and invited India to bat first. Team India scored 245 runs in the first innings. KL Rahul scored 101 runs in 137 balls with the help of 14 fours and 4 sixes.
The most successful batsman for South Africa was Khiso Rabada, he took 5 wickets. In reply, South Africa scored 408 runs in its first innings and got a huge lead of 163 runs. Dean Elgar faced 287 balls and scored 185 runs, which included 28 wickets. Whereas Marco Yanson scored 84 runs with the help of 11 and one six.
In the first innings for India, the explosive batsman took four wickets and Mohammad Siraj took two wickets. Then the second innings in India was made only on 131 wickets. Only Virat Kohli could perform brilliantly for India in the second innings. Kohli scored 76 runs on 82 runs with the help of 12 runs and a six. For South Africa, Nandre Berger took four wickets and Marco Jansson took three wickets.