Donald said, “It’s not an easy place to combat. We see that every day in South Africa, the ball does nip around more than it does in Australia or England.”
The Indian cricket team got off to a horrific start to the ongoing two-game Test series against South Africa. Taking on the Proteas, the Indian team faced an embarrassing inning and a 32-run defeat in the first Test of the series.
It was the batting attack of the Indian cricket team that could not get off to the best start and failed to go big across the two innings. Only KL Rahul and Virat Kohli showed some resilience, but the rest of the batters could not amount to much as the game progressed. Seeing the side’s performance, former South African cricketer Allan Donald came forward to talk about how tough it is for overseas batters to bat in South Africa and how only Sachin Tendulkar was able to put up a challenge in such conditions.
Allan Donald said, “It’s not an easy place to combat. We see that every day in South Africa, the ball does nip around more than it does in Australia or England. If your footwork isn’t 100 percent, then you are in trouble.”
He further added, “The only person I know who played us well was Tendulkar, who triggered (had a trigger movement) while batting in South Africa rather than stand on middle-stump. He pressed forward and left the ball amazingly well.”
