India National Cricket Team left-arm Arshdeep Singh did something really bizarre during the second T20I of the five-match series against the South Africa National Cricket Team.
Arshdeep Singh bowled seven wides in an over against the Proteas at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium, New Chandigarh, and this left the head coach Gautam Gambhir extremely angry.
Arshdeep Singh bowls 7 wides, hits a historic low
The left-arm pacer Arshdeep is playing a match against the Proteas at his home ground. He would have hoped to impress the home fans with his bowling performance, but the left-arm pacer has failed to do so.
Things further took an ugly turn for the pacer when he came to bowl the 11th over. He started off the over by conceding a six against Quinton de Kock, and then he bowled seven wides in the over.
The over went like: 6 Wd Wd 0 Wd Wd Wd Wd 1 2 1 Wd 1. It was the joint-most balls bowled in an over among full-member teams.
Most balls bowled in an over (Full member nation):
13 balls – Arshdeep Singh v SA, Today
13 balls – Naveen-ul-Haq v ZIM, Harare 2024
12 balls – Sisanda Magala v PAK, Johannesburg 2021
Meanwhile, the Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir was absolutely furious seeing Arshdeep bowl wides, and his reactions were caught on camera. Even the bowling coach Morne Morkel and batting coach Sitanshu Kotak were shocked seeing Arshdeep’s acts.
Watch: Gautam Gambhir EXPLODES as Arshdeep Singh bowls 7 wides
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Ottneil Baartman shines as South Africa beat India by 51 runs
Arshdeep Singh’s wides proved costly as South Africa piled up a huge score of 213/4 on the board and then won the match by 51 runs.
Ottneil Baartman, who bagged four wickets in the match, said after the match that they got help from the surface while bowling and made the most out of it. He elaborated:
“Nothing too fancy. I reckon the two frontline seamers set the tone for us up front and just allowed me to come in and do my thing. We acknowledged that there was something in the surface, so it was about keeping the ball in the surface and hopefully getting some purchase off the wicket. They (Jansen and Ngidi) are swing bowlers, so they try to swing the ball up front.
“Me and Lutho (Sipamla) are natural seam bowlers, so it worked for me today. Just tried to seam it up; maybe wobble seam, cross seam, and we can skid it a little bit, so we just kept it a touch fuller. The training camps are quick and fast, so you need to be warm all the time.
“Whenever the captain calls upon you, you have to be ready. When they set the tone the way they did, when you have teams three or four down in the powerplay, it’s difficult for them to come back from that. That just allows the backup bowlers to do their thing.”
