India Wins Shortest Test Match in History Amid Controversy Over Pitch
South Africa's Coach Criticizes Pitch, While India's Rohit Sharma Defends It
- India and South Africa played the shortest Test match in history, lasting just 107 overs, with India emerging victorious.
- South Africa's coach, Shukri Conrad, criticized the pitch at Newlands, stating that it required 'more luck than skill' to play on and that it undermined the values of Test cricket.
- India's Rohit Sharma defended the pitch, arguing that players come to Test cricket to challenge themselves and that criticism of Indian pitches should cease.
- Former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag praised India's fast bowlers, Mohammed Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah, for their performances in the match.
- Ravi Shastri, legendary Indian cricketer, called the two-match series a 'waste of time' and suggested that India should refuse to play any two-match Test series in the future.