IND vs SA 1st Test: Indian team won't even win the test series in South Africa, the reason behind it is that the Indian team lost the first test match of the 2 test match series only. Since the series is only two matches, even if the Indian team wins the second Test match, the series will be drawn, and Team India has lost the first match.
This test match was played between India and South Africa at the Centurion ground. In which South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. In which he dismissed India for only 245 runs and the South African team scored 408 runs. Dean Algarl alone became the player of the match with an innings of 185 runs. While Team India could score only 131 runs in the second innings and lost the match by an innings and 32 runs. Even in two innings, the Indian team could not score as much as South Africa in one innings, so it can also be said that this is a one-sided defeat for the Indian team. Let's look at 5 major reasons for India's defeat.
1. Poor performance by Rohit Sharma
The biggest reason for Team India's defeat has been Rohit Sharma's poor form. Rohit Sharma opened the batting, but the centurion was dismissed for just 5 in the first innings and 0 in the second innings of the Test match. This put a lot of pressure on the rest of the batsmen of Team India as young batsmen like Jaiswal and Shubman Gill who did not have much Test cricket experience.
2. Top order depends on youth
Team India has two young batsmen in its top order. Yashaswi Jaiswal, who is playing his second Test series, opens with Rohit Sharma. Shubman Gill, who does not have much experience in the Test format, bats at number-3. Shreyas Iyer, who has not played many Test matches outside India, also played at number-5. In such a situation, the overall lack of experience in the Indian batting order was evident, and the team also lacked specialist Test players like Pujara and Rahane.
3. Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja not being fit
Two very experienced and important players of Team India's Test team, Mohammad Shami and Ravindra Jadeja, could not play in this match due to injuries. Shami can change a match anytime on any pitch with his fast bowling and Shami was in great form in the World Cup. Ravindra Jadeja, on the other hand, has the ability to turn the match around with his bowling, batting and fielding, but nothing special can be expected from Ravichandran Ashwin, who is playing in his place, except bowling. Expectations cannot be made from Ashwin's bowling due to lack of help from the pitch, but compared to his fielding and batting, Jadeja could have contributed better to the team. Hence the fitness of these two big players was also the main reason for Team India's defeat.
4. Bad fielding
Team India's fielding in the Centurion Test match was also not match-winning. Looking at the fielders of Team India, it seemed that all were very tired and had no hope of victory. In this match, Team India fielded 108 overs but except for the first few overs, the fielders of the team looked tired throughout the innings.
5. Poor performance of Shardul and Hirshan
On the Centurion pitch, the Indian bowlers spent 408 runs to take 10 wickets, while the South African bowlers spent 376 runs on the same pitch and took India's 20 wickets. This shows that the Indian bowlers could not bowl well. Apart from Bumrah, none of the bowlers had the ability to take wickets. The debut match did not go well for the famous Krishna who played his first Test match. Shardul took just one wicket with 101 runs, while the legendary Krishna took just one wicket with 93 runs. This means that only these bowlers gave away 194 runs in 39 overs, which is considered a good score even in ODI format.
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