Follow us

SA vs IND | Twitter in splits as Wanderers resorts to coaching Proteas in wake of another shameful collapse

no image

BySportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

12733
no image

South Africa have a way of finding special moments to drop the ball in grandstand fashion and their fanbase seems to have gotten accustomed to the fact. After a remarkable batting collapse in the much anticipated annual Pink ODI, the crowd at Wanderers took it upon themselves to train the batters.

‌South Africa's batting unit crashed and burned scandalously in Johannesburg on Sunday as they barely managed to scrape past three figures against an inexperienced Indian bowling attack in the first of three ODIs. Facing a pace attack that had seven combined wickets ODI wickets to its name ahead of the encounter, the Proteas awarded five scalps to Arshdeep Singh and four to Avesh Khan with the result a foregone conclusion within the first hour of play. By the time the ground started to fill up, there was little left to see except the remains of a spineless South African effort but the crowd made sure they got their money's worth with some inane entertainment in the stands.
 
With the scorecard reading 101/8, Kuldeep Yadav worked his wizardry to bamboozle debutant tailender Nandre Burger's meek defence in the 25th over but the leg break managed to miss the willow by a whisker on its way to the wicket-keeper. The cameras immediately panned to a member of the crowd, evidently spearheading the entertainment in his section of the stadium, promptly getting to his feet and shadowing a front foot defence to teach the youngster how to keep the threats at bay.
It did not do Burger much good as hiss tumps were eventually disturbed by the veteran a few overs later but the crowd was quick to get behind the action with cheers and laughter as were the commentators and Twitterati.   

Coach from the crowd

Lol

Brilliant spell

Fifer

Next level bowling

Please retire

The captian

HAppy to see

First fifer

Four for them

Comments

Leave a comment

0 Comments

read previousWATCH, BPL | Umpiring debacle sees Mahedi given out in lieu of batting partner Nurul's field obstruction
The Bangladesh Premier League has been a hotbed of controversy ever since its inception and the latest season has only seen its reputation grow worse. The incompetence reached new limits on Thursday when Nurul Hasan was adjudged as having obstructed the field but remained not out.
AUS vs PAK | Twitter reacts as piece of paper gives Aussies more trouble than Pakistan batsmenread next
Test cricket is supposed to be the differentiating factor between good and great players. While the Aussies have figured out how to deal with cricket, a piece of paper gave them more issues at the Optus stadium than what the Pakistan players managed in nearly four days of cricket.

You may also like

no image
AUS vs PAK | Twitter reacts as piece of paper gives Aussies more trouble than Pakistan batsmen
Sun, Dec 17, 2023 01:18 PM
no image
Report | Rishabh Pant may be ready for England Tests but BCCI likely to exercise caution
Sat, Dec 16, 2023 04:33 PM
no image
AUS vs PAK | Twitter and Perth boo World Cup hero Head's success for denying Lyon elusive 500th scalp
Sat, Dec 16, 2023 01:15 PM
no image
SA vs IND | Mohammed Shami ruled out with injury, Deepak Chahar and Rahul Dravid to miss ODIs
Sat, Dec 16, 2023 11:28 AM
View non-AMP page