Team India might have gone for a pale draw but Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has resorted to mind games ahead of the second cricket Test against South Africa on Boxing Day.
Team India might have gone for a pale draw but Indian batsman Cheteshwar Pujara has resorted to mind games ahead of the second cricket Test against South Africa on Boxing Day. He said that the visitors had more positives to take from the epic drawn first Test and would like to “build on the gains” from that match.
Speaking to the Press ahead of the game, Pujara said, “If we consider the last match, we have had more positives than South Africa. We batted first when the ball was doing a bit and we batted well. When they batted in the first innings, there wasn’t much help from the track, still we came back with our bowling.”
He further added, “In the second innings, they had the opportunity to bat in better conditions. On the last day, we were expecting some more movement from the cracks but it didn’t happen. They were lucky enough to survive.
So by going by the batsmen’s quotes, it clearly denotes that MS Dhoni wants to go for the ‘kill’. Durban has not been a happy hunting ground for Smith and his Proteas who last won a Test here in 2008 against the West Indies. With the Indian batsmen withstanding the South African onslaught, it’s hard to play down India’s chances in the 2nd Test match.
