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The Indian Cricket team will face a stern take a look at after they lock horns towards South Africa on the latter’s dwelling. While the Men in Blue have tasted success abroad, South Africa is one place the place they haven’t registered a series win up to now. Former Proteas star Jacques Kallis has opened up on the series.
The iconic all-rounder believes that the IND vs SA series will be a close one and one or two periods can determine the destiny of the groups. He additionally said that the Indian team is a good one but it is troublesome to beat South Africa at dwelling. “This is a good Indian team but South Africa is tough to beat in South Africa. Centurion will probably suit South Africa and Newlands will probably suit India. It will be a good series and it will come down to one or two sessions that one team might play better than the other. It would be a closely fought contest,” Kallis mentioned in an interview with PTI.
Not a giant fan of Impact rule: Kallis
The all-rounder additionally spoke on the participant substitutes and affect guidelines. In IPL, there is an affect participant rule, which was launched in 2023. Kallis mentioned that these guidelines play an element in all-rounder not getting developed. “It is a tough question to answer, all-rounders don’t come around every day. There aren’t many throughout the history.A lot of things, the amount of cricket that is played certainly plays a role. A few T20 competitions have substitutes (IPL) and I am not a big fan of that as it takes away the all-rounder out of your team. The teams that do not have good all-rounders are now playing with 12 men. I am not a huge fan of that,” he mentioned.
“There are a lot of little things that add up to why there aren’t too many all-rounders at the moment, as it is surprising as they add so much value to the game. But it’s a whole lot of little things coming together,” he added.