With the beginning of the fifth day’s play at the SuperSport Park in Centurion, India has lost its fourth wicket in form of Cheteshwar Pujara when they came out to chase down the total of 287 in fourth innings against South Africa.
The massive task already became all the more difficult with the dismissal of the skipper Virat Kohli early in the chase. With the visitors down in the series, it is a huge ask for India and former Indian stalwarts Virender Sehwag and VVS Laxman have differing viewpoints on the approach.
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Sehwag shared an image of a clip from Bollywood blockbuster ‘Lagaan’, starring Aamir Khan on Twitter, in which dark clouds began to collect towards the end of the movie indicating rain is a much-needed spoiler for India.
Cheteshwar Pujara and Parthiv Patel started the Indian innings on Day 5 on Wednesday with an aim at chasing down the 287 run target, but with both of them going back to the pavilion, India’s chances are in the Centurion Test are reduced further.
India has already lost KL Rahul (4), Murali Vijay (9) and Kohli (5) on Day 4 with debutante Lungi Ngidi picking up two wickets including the prized wicket of the Indian captain.
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On the other hand, VVS Laxman suggested India keep small targets to reach as the day progresses. His tweet read, “Test cricket gives you an opportunity to showcase your true character and comeback.Its a challenging task for India and I am sure they will exhibit a lot of self-belief & fight.Have small targets in mind and try to achieve it. My best wishes #SAvIND”.
Team India now only have Rohit Sharma and Hardik Pandya as recognized batsmen on the crease to chase down the target if they want to keep their hopes alive in the series.
Here are the tweets:
Test cricket gives you an opportunity to showcase your true character and comeback.Its a challenging task for India and I am sure they will exhibit lot of self belief & fight.Have small targets in mind and try to achieve it. My best wishes #SAvIND
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281) January 17, 2018
India have to hope for this today in Centurion ! pic.twitter.com/IBbOWnvGrp
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) January 17, 2018
