Allan Donald in awe of Jasprit Bumrah after his maiden Test fifer

The Indian cricket team lost the Test series to South Africa 0-2. The team is now playing the third Test against the Proteas and is trying to heal the injured wound with a win. Although they didn’t post a huge target on the board in the first inning are in a commanding position in the match. On a track such as this, it is no easy to chase a total in excess of 200. Further, the Indian bowlers are in great form and will be looking to earn this match for the team.

While the batsmen have found life difficult on this tour the bowlers like they’ve already done will like to put their hand up and do the job for the team. In assisting conditions, the game is beautifully set up for India to win. Earlier in the first innings, they only let South Africa take a lead of seven runs that produced a chance for Virat Kohli & Co.

Chance to beat the Proteas

Jasprit Bumrah was highly impressive in the first innings. He caught the attention of one and all with his five-wicket haul. He bowled in some beautiful channels and was all over the Proteas batters. Bumrah bowled an absolute ripper to get rid of the South African skipper, Faf du Plessis. He also bagged the crucial wicket of Hashim Amla who was looking dangerous.

Allan Donald, who is fondly termed as the ‘white-lightening’ was mighty impressed with Bumrah’s performances. He took it to Twitter to praise the Indian pacer’s special spell. The maiden five-wicket haul in Tests is a memorable moment for any bowler and Bumrah had to work very hard for it.

Donald’s tweet:

@OfficialCSA @BCCI This is batting for your life on this service. Don’t mind seeing batters having to work harder for a change but this is ridiculous. India get a lead here of 180, boy that’s gonna be hard to chase. @Jaspritbumrah93 well bowled young man?

— Allan Donald (@AllanDonald33) January 25, 2018

Bumrah was thrilled to see this tweet. He thanked Donald for his kind words on Twitter.

Thank you so much ??

— Jasprit bumrah (@Jaspritbumrah93) January 25, 2018

Talks about the pitch at the Wanderers

The pitch at the Wanderers has been the talking point of this match. Many termed this very dangerous for the batsmen. Former South African captain Shaun Pollock also expressed his views on this pitch.

“If you’ve got deliveries behaving like this on day two of a Test match it can’t be judged a good surface,” expressed Pollock. “You go to India and get a surface like Nagpur where it turned too much. This can’t be judged a good surface because as a batsman you are never in,” he added.

Sunil Gavaskar, on the other hand, defended the pitch. He said, “You can get a very flat surface which is totally in favor of batsmen. This is a pitch which is totally in favor of bowlers.”