It was meant to happen and has finally happened as South Africa Whitewash India 2-0 in their Indian tour. The Indian team’s performance showed that under Gautam Gambhir and the selectors, this team is not going anywhere up. Two home series and both of the series are lost, first to New Zealand and now South Africa, Whitewash India 2-0 as they win in India after 25 years. This is surely humiliating as a fan to watch.
This is India’s biggest Test defeat in terms of runs. South Africa defeated India by 408 runs in the second test match. Gautam Gambhir, as the coach, surely needs to do something now. If the board decides, then maybe it is time we say goodbye to him as a coach. Two series home series and whitewashed in both, surely not acceptable for a team like India.
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South Africa Whitewash India 2-0 as they win in India after 25 years
India started the final day of the test match on 27/2 with night watchman Kuldeep Yadav and Sai Sudharsan at the crease. The Indian team lost Kuldeep Yadav first and then Dhruv Jurel in the same over. Senuran Muthusamy got the wicket of both players. India’s 5th wicket fell on 58 as it was Harmer who got the better of the Indian captain, Rishabh Pant.
Sai Sudharsan was the next player in line to depart as the Indian team was 95/6, and from here on, the hopes were over, and we were nearing a whitewash, and it was just a matter of moments before it would happen. Harmer was everywhere on the pitch as he picked up batters and got a total of six wickets in the game. The last two wickets of the Indian batters were taken by Keshav Maharaj in the same over, and Indian lost the series 2-0.
Marco Jansen was the player of the match in the second test as he had shown an all-rounder performance on the pitch for the South African team. At the same time, Simon Harmer was the Player of the Series as he picked up a total of 17 wickets in the series, with nine of them coming in the second test match.