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PREVIEW - Clash between ‘Bazball’ and South African seamers sets up intriguing showdown
MANCHESTER, England : Despite suffering an innings defeat in the opening match, England do not plan to deviate from their new attacking approach when they host South Africa in the second test at Old Trafford from Thursday.
2nd Test: Clash between 'Bazball' and South African seamers sets up intriguing showdown
England will be hoping the toss and conditions go their way after being on the backfoot from the start of the first Test at Lord's and eventually capitulating inside three days. They were undone by an impressive South African attack with four seamers rolling over the English batting order and spinner Keshav Maharaj taking a couple of wickets at the top of the innings to boot.
Maharaj hopes South Africa have struck psychological blow against England
Old Trafford on Thursday. Maharaj was one of the mainstays of a victory by an innings and 12 runs at Lord's that has put South Africa 1-0 up in the three-Test series. "I'd like to think so," he said in answer to a question about whether South Africa had struck a psychological blow with the emphatic nature of their win, completed inside three days.
Maharaj hopes S.Africa have struck psychological blow against England
MANCHESTER, England : South Africa spinner Keshav Maharaj hopes his side's first test win over England week has dented home morale ahead of the second clash, which begins at Old Trafford on Thursday.
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India must continue with their aggressive batting approach: Ravi Shastri
India's conservative approach at the start of the innings had contributed to their early exit from the T20 World Cup last year. The tournament was Shastri's last assignment as India head coach.
If Virat Kohli gets a fifty in the very first game, mouths will be shut for the rest of the tournament: Ravi Shastri
Ravi Shastri has claimed that if talismanic India batter Virat Kohli gets a fifty in the side's match against Pakistan in the Asia Cup on August 28, then the mouths of critics will be quiet for the rest of the tournament. If he features in India's Asia Cup opener against Pakistan, dubbed as the 'greatest rivalry' in cricketing world, it will also mark Kohli's 100th T20I appearance. Kohli returns to the Indian team for the Asia Cup in T20I format, having last featured for the national team during the tour of England in July. He was then rested for white-ball tour of West Indies and ODIs against Zimbabwe. Kohli has been in a prolonged lean patch, having not scored a century in international cricket since November 2019.