"Why We So Scared...": South Africa Great Spices Up Cape Town Pitch Talk After Rohit Sharma's "We All Saw What Happened" Statement

India registered a series-levelling seven-wicket victory against South Africa in the shortest game ever played in Test history. The match could not last for even two days despite both the sides coming to bat twice on the surface of Newlands, Cape Town -- the venue for the game. With the pitch offering additional bounce to pacers, all the batters, barring Virat Kohli and Aiden Markram, failed to impress. South Africa were bundled out for 55 runs in the first session while India were bowled out for 153 in reply.

In their second innings, South Africa could post only 176, setting a 79-run target for the guests, which they achieved in 12 overs.

This made it the shortest Test match-ever (in terms of ball bowled) with a result. However, the pitch caught the attention of critics and questions were raised over the nature of the surface as the game ended in the second session of the second day.

South Africa great Dale Steyn also slammed the curators for preparing such a pitch.

"Why we so scared of cracks? Think Sydney, Perth. Cracks so wide you can park a car inside them, and yet they always get to days 4 and 5! Pointless a test being over so fast you don't even see a hint of a crack. Pitches deteriorate over the days, let it happen. Two day tests are not Test matches," wrote Steyn on X, formerly Twitter.

Why we so scared of cracks?
Think Sydney, Perth. Cracks so wide you can park a car inside them, and yet they always get to days 4 and 5! Pointless a test being over so fast you don't even see a hint of a crack.
Pitches deteriorate over the days, let it happen. Two day tests are...

This came after Rohit Sharma's interesting analysis on the pitch.

"We all saw what happened in this Test match and how the pitch played. I honestly