IND vs SA 2nd Test: 5 flaws that hurt Team India’s cause in Guwahati!
Updated On: 27 November, 2025 09:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Rohan Koli
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Questionable selection
Team India’s selection during the series was inconsistent, lacking strategic clarity. The tendency to favour all-rounders over dedicated Test specialists has come under severe criticism. This led to an inconsistent batting order, weakening the quality and depth that specialists provide. Playing pace-bowling all-rounder Nitish Kumar Reddy in Guwahati was a wrong move given he barely bowled in the second Test, delivering only 10 overs in the game and batted at No. 7 and No. 9, scoring 10 and 0, respectively.
Batters lacking patience
The series also highlighted a lack of patience and application by India’s batters. In the second Test, on a pitch described as a “road” by Kuldeep Yadav, India were bundled out for 201 in reply to SA’s 489, largely due to poor shot selection possibly rising from an unwillingness to play a long innings. The wrist-spinner, batting at No. 9, showed how it’s done by surviving 134 balls in the first innings. India batters consistently failed to build big partnerships, losing wickets in quick clusters — from 95-1 to 122-7 — in the second Test. Similarly, the team collapsed from 109-2 to 189 all out in the first innings at Eden Gardens.
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