Former Indian pace bowler Ashish Nehra has discussed Team India bowlers’ performance on Day 4 of the first test against South Africa. He stated that Indian bowlers did exceptionally well as well.

After getting a target of 305 runs, South Africa captain Dean Elgar and Rassie van der Dussen batted well for more than 22 overs. However, on the final ball of the day, Jasprit Bumrah’s perfect yorker removed nightwatchman Keshav Maharaj and helped his side as well.

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Ashish Nehra said with Cricbuzz: “As soon as Rassie Van der Dussen was dismissed, Indian bowlers were seen bowling yorkers as well. They knew that the day was about to end, and India still had quite a few runs in their bag. They rightfully did all the experiments at the end of the day. Everything has its time and Indian bowlers know this very well.”

“Even if Bumrah wouldn’t have got those wickets in the end, his recovery and see him bowling long spells was a big plus for me. Bumrah and Shami are the X-factor for India whenever playing outside Asia,” Nehra again shared. “You can never say that the ‘n’ number of overs will be fine. Anything can happen in this game. Maybe India didn’t manage to get any wickets in the morning session and can get 3 wickets in 5 overs as well. So, cricket can show every color.”

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The veteran speedster was confident about the Team India’s bowling unit.

“Leave tomorrow’s forecast for tomorrow, just control the controllables. However, I’d say keeping the weather forecast in mind that somewhere near 40 overs should be enough for India to pick up the remaining six wickets,” Ashish Nehra concluded.