capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
The 1st innings was pretty ordinary. Kohli played an alright knock of 38 which had more potential (like usual), as did Iyer's 31; and Rahul played a great knock. Elgar also played an ATG innings. I remember people, especially commentators, talking about how Rahul's century was among India's finest there, and then we were hit by that Elgar innings. Overall, it was tough and bowler's friendly, both of those knocks were quality, especially Dean's one was career best. Kohli's came in the last innings and it legitimately looked like no one else knew to bat but him. Don't know if it was the pitch, bowlers or our batsmen; but it was very rough. That 76, I will say was probably a bit better than KL's ton. The 2nd match pitch though was nightmare fuel. Markram played his greatest innings ever, a truly ATG one. On those conditions, those 44 were very valuable, as he was the top scorer and once he got out, I believe 6 wickets fell in 2 runs. The 4th innings hardly matters.Didn't Rahul and Edgar get hundreds in one of those games? I didn't follow it live though I recall KL forced to have a bash to get to his century. Were conditions particularly nasty on either side of Elgar's innings? And he went big too didn't he.
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