The second Test saw India clinch an eight-wicket victory in the shortest red-ball cricket game. The International Cricket Council (ICC) deemed the pitch "unsatisfactory."
After the completion of the India vs South Africa series, former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar pointed out skipper Rohit Sharma's mistakes while leading the visitors and said that once one loses a moment, then they lose the game.
Shardul Thakur was dropped from the playing XI for the second Test at Cape Town due to his poor performance in the first Test of the series where he was able to pick only one wicket in his spell of 19 overs where he conceded 101 runs.
After the second Test between India and South Africa ended in two days, former India cricketer, Aakash Chopra on his YouTube channel said that "a bad pitch should be called bad, whether it is ours or someone else's."
The second Test at Newlands, saw India claiming a seven-wicket win with a total of 642 deliveries bowled in both innings. The Test was the shortest in the history of red-ball cricket, eclipsing the previous shortest involving Australia and South Africa in 1932 in Melbourne (656).
India skipper Rohit Sharma called out the International Cricket Council (ICC) as well as the match referees over the standard of rating pitches after the second Test between India and South Africa ended inside two days on Thursday.
Star speedster Jasprit Bumrah established himself as one of the most successful Test bowlers for India in overseas conditions following the visitors' seven-wicket victory against South Africa in the second Test on Thursday.
India's star speedster Jasprit Bumrah talked about his experience of playing in the shortest Test in the history of cricket following the visitor's seven-wicket victory against South Africa on Thursday.
India skipper Rohit Sharma had some special words in store for his counterpart Dean Elgar who played his final game of his international career during the visitors' seven-wicket victory against South Africa on Thursday.
The second Test between South Africa and India saw the shortest red ball cricket played between two teams in terms of a number of balls bowled on Thursday.