Alright the Proteas have had the larger part of the glory in the first test but a bad news has disrupted their momentum. Dale Steyn, the leader of South Africa’s pace attack had to be taken to the Hospital for a scan.
Dale Steyn was making a comeback to test cricket after an year and he was right on the money from ball one. But on the second day of the Cape Town Test he had to walk off the field leaving his over between. After he walked off leaving his over in between, the stalwart pacer had to be rushed to the hospital for a scan.
Dale Steyn has bruised his heel and has been taken to the hospital for a scan and this update was given by the official social media account of Cricket South Africa. Cricket South Africa will furnish the further updates as and when they get it.
Initially it seemed like as if Dale Steyn has an issue with his shoe and that’s why he walked off. But later he did not come out for long and wasn’t seen on the field even after the tea break. Then later people got to the actual issue through the update posted by Cricket South Africa.
If Dale Steyn doesn’t comeback even in the second innings then it might be a big leverage to India but at the same time a major loss for the hosts since Dale Steyn is the spearhead of the South African pace attack.
The Cape Town Test has been pretty exciting so far with two innings coming to an end in first two days. After the hosts managed only 286 in the first innings, Indian top order stumbled too and India’s batting looked like a big havoc.
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India managed 209, courtesy Hardik Pandya who played a brave knock of 93 and took the counter attack to the opposition. By the end of the second day’s play South Africa was leading by 142 runs and were 2 down for 65 by stumps on day 2. After being amazing with the bat, Hardik showed his bowling skills and picked up both the wickets.
