New Delhi. The Indian team had to land at the Wanderers ground in Johannesburg without their regular captain Virat Kohli. Virat Kohli was out of the second test due to injury. In such a situation, KL Rahul captained the team. However, India lost in this match and the series reached a draw. The reason for this defeat was told by KL Rahul in the post match presentation. He said that we were short by 50 to 60 runs in the first innings.
KL Rahul, who captained Team India in the Johannesburg Test match, said, “Every Test match we play, we want to win, we go on the field and compete hard, but South Africa played really well and they deserved this win. We were looking to get on the field today, try and do something special, 122 runs to save, the ball was going down and sometimes on the pitch, we had a good chance, but their batsmen Played really well.”
He added, “If I can say harshly, the total of 202 in the first innings was at least 50-60 runs short, we should have scored more runs and put pressure on them. Shardul (Thakur) has been fantastic for us. , He has won us a lot of matches, he bowled well in the first innings and gave us chances even today. He has been a great player for us (on Pujara and Rahane), has always worked for us over the years, but he has been criticized recently. But we believe Pujara and Rahane are our best middle-order players.”
Captain KL Rahul further said, “It will give them (Pujara and Rahane) confidence and motivate them to do better in the next Test. Virat is feeling better than before, he is fielding a little and thinks he can Will be fine. With Siraj we need to keep an eye on him in the nets. It is difficult to come back immediately from hamstring problem but we have good bench strength in Umesh and Ishant. That’s what we expect when we come here “Well, every Test will be competitive and challenging, we will play better after this disappointing loss. Looking forward to Cape Town and the third Test.”
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