'A bowling attack that can pick 20 wickets anywhere in the world' - Sachin Tendulkar congratulates Team India after Centurion heist

The Indian team created history on the fifth day of the Boxing Day Test against South Africa by winning the match by 113 runs. The Indian bowlers, particularly the pacers, played a huge role in this win as the four speedsters shared 18 wickets among themselves. Mohammed Shami was the pick of the bowlers as he picked a fifer in the first innings and then got three more in the second.

Ravichandran Ashwin, who was playing an overseas Test match after the World Test Championship final, picked two wickets in the second innings. Jasprit Bumrah picked two wickets in the first innings followed by three wickets in the second. KL Rahul, who made 123 runs in the first inning, became only the second Indian opener to hit a ton in South Africa. He also won the Player of the Match award.

Sachin Tendulkar congratulated the Indian team on this win through a tweet from his official account. He lauded the Indian bowlers and went on to say that they have the ability to take 20 wickets in any part of the world.

“Superb bowling by an attack that can pick 20 wickets in a Test match anywhere in the world. Congratulations to #TeamIndia on a convincing victory!,” Sachin wrote.

Indian bowlers will be a threat for the Proteas batters – South African captain Dean Elgar

During the post-match virtual press conference, South African captain Dean Elgar accepted that Shami posed some issues to the right-handed batters. He further mentioned that Bumrah is someone who ran in with high energy and challenged the batters. Elgar acknowledged that India has a well-balanced bowling attack and that the South African batters will have to be very mindful of while facing.

“Yeah, I think, Shami obviously posed some issues for our right-hand batters. Obviously, his wickets in the first innings reflect on that. And I would say Bumrah also, he is someone that’s always running with energy, high energy, irrespective of if he’s going for runs or not,” Elgar said.

“So he’s always going to challenge you as a batter You’ve got to be very mindful of facing both of them but saying that they’re quite a well-balanced attack at the moment now,” he added.