Sunil Gavaskar Surprised To Dean Elgar’s Choice to Bat After India Thrashes SA for 55 in 2nd Test

Sunil Gavaskar Surprised To Dean Elgar’s Choice to Bat: After the humiliating loss against South Africa and listening to the criticisms, India Came back with Stunning to the Newlands Cricket Ground in Capetown.

And won the Day 1 match against South Africa as SA scored the very lowest score of 55 runs on Day 1 of the 2nd test which is the winner-deciding series. On January 3rd still, the match was going on already India was leading by the runs.

And Sunil Gavaskar questioned Dean Elgar’s decision to bat first in the 2nd test of Day 1.

‘I Was a Bit Surprised By What Happened’: Sunil Gavaskar on Dean Elgar’s Decision

In the Second Test of Day 1 which is going on at Newlands Cricket Stadium, in Capetown, South Africa was defeated by Indian bowlers with the very lowest score.

Mohammad Siraj took the career-best 6/15 wickets and even other bowlers took two wickets each. South African batters suffered due to bad shot selection. The highest score of South Africa is 15 from the Wicketkeeper batter Kyle Verryenne.

After seeing the South African Skipper’s decision to bat first, Sunil Gavaskar was surprised by the decision and questioned Elgar’s decision in Cape Town after scoring the lowest of 55 runs.

Former Indian Cricketer and great batter Sunil Gavaskar, speaking to Starsports said that,

“Well, I tell you what I was a bit surprised by what happened. Because a lot of times, captains and coaches make a deal about what the pitch is gonna be.

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I think you’ve also got to look at the psychology of the Indian team, having been defeated in three days, having batted so poorly in the second innings, and gonna be batting first on a fresh pitch would have been just a little bit defensive.

And I have thought that South Africans with the fast bowlers that they have in their lineup could look to take advantage of the fact that they have not played any cricket in between and therefore put them in.”

He concluded by recalling the past situation that happened a few years ago in Australia.

“Something similar happened in Australia two years ago, Australia dismissed India for 36. The next Test was played in Melbourne, where the grass on the pitch was three millimeters more than the one at Adelaide.

Australia batted first. India dismissed them for 190 and got back in the game and they came into the bat on Day two. Here, it’s not Day Two.

The pitch had eased up considerably, so the psychology would have been. I mean, if I was the captain, I would have said No, I’m going to try and take advantage of the fact that they are not certain I’d like to insert India in.”