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India under the captaincy of full-time skipper Rohit Sharma is currently locking horns with Australia in the first of the four-match Test series at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Dominating on day 1, the hosts bundled up Pat Cummins’ men only on the score of 177 runs courtesy of Ravindra Jadeja’s excellent five-wicket haul in his comeback match.
Meanwhile, the star South African wrist spinner Tabraiz Shami has come up with one-line praise for Rohit Sharma-led team India for giving a reality check to the Aussies in Indian conditions.
“Playing against India in India is no easy task,” tweeted Shamsi almost at the end of the first day’s play between India and Australia.
Here’s what Shamsi tweeted for India:
Playing against India in India is no easy task 🙈
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) February 9, 2023
Subsequently, a user happened to question Shamsi on South African spinners not being effective in Asian conditions, especially the subcontinent.
“Why are you guys not half as effective as their spinners on those conditions? I'm just curious, especially given that their seamers are effective in our conditions,” asked the user in the first comment of Shamsi’s tweet.
Why are you guys not half as effective as their spinners on those conditions?
— Khandiies (@karabomakhanda_) February 9, 2023
I'm just curious, especially given that their seemers are effective in our conditions
“They are brought up playing spin in those conditions so naturally their batsmen can survive good balls for longer. Naturally, our batsmen grow up playing on faster wickets therefore our batsmen manage to survive longer against good deliveries from seamers from Asian countries,” replied the 32-year-old Proteas cricketer.
They are brought up playing spin in those conditions so naturally their batsmen can survive good balls for longer....
— Tabraiz Shamsi (@shamsi90) February 9, 2023
Naturally our batsmen grow up playing on faster wickets therefore our batsmen manage to survive longer against good deliveries from seamers from Asian countries
Coming back to the ongoing first Test in Nagpur between India and Australia, the former has currently scored 134 runs for the loss of two wickets in 43.2 overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma and Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara are there in the middle on the individual scores of 81 and 6 runs respectively.
Recently, the first day’s night watchman Ravichandran Ashwin fell prey to debutant Todd Murphy in an LBW on the individual score of 23 runs with two boundaries.