Legendary batter Sunil Gavaskar wasn’t overly happy with the tactics Team India employed during the fourth day of their third Test against South Africa at the Newlands in Cape Town. The game was nicely poised ahead of the penultimate day as the Proteas needed 111 runs to win with eight wickets in hand.

But the hosts made light work of the run-chase as they tracked down the target in 63.3 overs. Keegan Petersen became the Player of the Match for scoring vital half-centuries in both innings. He also got the Player of the Series award.

“It was a mystery to me why Shardul Thakur and Jasprit Bumrah did not bowl after lunch. It was almost as if India had decided that they are not going to win this,” Gavaskar was quoted as saying.

“The field placements there were for Ashwin was not right… There were singles available easily. Five fielders were in the deep. Let the batters take a chance. That is your only opportunity to get them out,” he stated.

Gavaskar, in the meantime, had words of praises for the Proteas for showing a great amount of character on a difficult surface to bat on at the Newlands.

“The pitches weren’t the best for batting but the application shown by the South Africans in Johannesburg, the application shown by them in this Test as well has been praiseworthy. That showed the character of the team,” Gavaskar added.

England fast bowler Stuart Broad was a tad agitated during the second day’s play of the fifth and final Ashes Test against Australia at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart. During the 63rd over of the first innings, the 35-year-old pulled out of his run-up after reaching the bowling crease. The camera that was behind the left-handed batter, Mitchell Starc, distracted him to a large extent.

The camera generally hovers around the boundary and it acted as a big distraction for Broad, England’s second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket after James Anderson. “Stop moving the robot,” yelled Broad a.