Guwahati: As India fell into serious trouble in the second Test match against South Africa in Guwahati on Monday, Washington Sundar expressed cautious optimism, stating that the team must "stay positive" despite giving up a huge first-innings deficit. “Got to stay positive in life. You never know what will happen,” Sundar said when asked about India’s chances after a difficult Day 3.
India's innings was further derailed when captain Rishabh Pant and wicketkeeper-batter Dhruv Jurel fell while attempting aggressive strokes against left-arm quick Marco Jansen. However, Sundar believed that blaming the collapse solely on those decisions would be unjust.
“On another day, both those shots would have gone into the stands, and all of us would have appreciated and clapped. That’s how it is,” he said at the post-day media interaction.
“Sometimes you just have to back their plans and their skill sets as well, given the fact that they have shown a lot of proof and evidence in the past as well. Obviously, execution didn’t go the way we wanted,” he added. IANS
Scoreboard
South Africa: 1st innings - 489
India: 1st innings
Yashasvi Jaiswal c Jansen b Harmer 58
KL Rahul c Markram b Maharaj 22
Sai Sudharsan c Rickelton b Harmer 15
Dhruv Jurel c Maharaj b Jansen 0
*Rishabh Pant c Verreynne b Jansen 7
Ravindra Jadeja c Harmer b Jansen 6
Nitish Kumar Reddy c Markram b Jansen 10
Washington Sundar c Markram b Harmer48
Kuldeep Yadav c Markram b Jansen 19
Jasprit Bumrah c Verreynne b Jansen 5
Mohammed Siraj not out 2
Extras: 9; Total: 201-10 (83.5)
FOW:Rahul (65-1, 21.3), Jaiswal (95-2, 32.2), Sudharsan (96-3, 34.3), Jurel (102-4, 35.3), Pant (105-5, 37.2), Reddy (119-6, 41.4), Jadeja (122-7, 43.3), Sundar (194-8, 78.1), Yadav (194-9, 81.5), Bumrah (201-10, 83.5)
Bowling
Marco Jansen 19.5 5 48 6
Wiaan Mulder 10 5 14 0
Keshav Maharaj 15 1 39 1
Simon Harmer 27 6 64 3
Aiden Markram 10 1 26 0
Senuran Muthusamy2 0 2 0
South Africa: 2nd innings
Ryan Rickelton not out 13
Aiden Markram not out 12
Extras: 1; Total: 26-0 (8)
Bowling
Jasprit Bumrah 3 0 13 0
Mohammed Siraj 3 1 8 0
Ravindra Jadeja 1 0 2 0
Kuldeep Yadav 1 0 2 0
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