AB de Villiers, the former batting sensation from South Africa, is dissatisfied that the current series between India and South Africa only included two Test matches. Only two Tests were played between the Proteas and India, and the series ended in a 1-1 tie.
De Villiers recognised the need for Cricket South Africa to guarantee the financial viability of the SA20 competition. But he also thinks that in order to protect Test cricket, further precautions are needed. He said on his YouTube channel, “I am not happy with the fact that there’s not a third Test. You have to blame the T20 cricket going around the world for that. I don’t know exactly whom to blame but I definitely sense something is wrong. If you want to see all the teams compete and see who is the best Test team in the world, something has to change.”
“It was a pretty stock-standard wicket in my opinion” : AB de Villiers
Given that the game concluded in just over two days, there has been intense examination of the surface for the second Test involving South Africa and India in Cape Town. Based on the number of overs bowled, it happened to be the shortest Test match in the long history of the sport.
The former batter spoke about the first session, AB de Villiers felt that the pitch gets easier to bat on. Regarding this, he said, “It (Cape Town) was a pretty stock-standard wicket in my opinion. I remember jumping around there on Day 1. If you can just get through the first session on Day 1, it gets easier. If you see the players who were playing their shots and not hanging around, they were the ones doing well.”
He added, “I remember Ben Stokes scoring a double hundred there. I myself scored some hundreds there. You can’t allow bowlers like Philander, Bumrah, Siraj, Rabada to keep bowling on off-stump.”
