Former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock analyzed Yashasvi Jaiswal’s dismissal after Day 4 of the Proteas’ ongoing Guwahati Test against India. The southpaw lost his wicket playing the cut shot off left-arm pacer Marco Jansen’s bowling in the final session. Ad The Indian opener scored 13 runs off 20 balls before departing. His dismissal put the home team under tremendous pressure as they are after a daunting 549-run target. Pollock remarked that Jaiswal’s failures in the series may have been due to being underprepared. He opined that the 23-year-old might not have practised a lot for fast bowling, expecting spin-friendly pitches at home. The cricketer-turned-commentator pointed out that when he was well-prepared for pace, he ended up playing a 161-run knock in Perth against Australia last year. He said during a discussion on Cricbuzz: Ad Trending “I think it could be a prep thing, if we’re brutally honest, because I saw him play an unbelievable innings on a real bouncy surface in Perth. That’s a tough place to bat. We’ve just seen an example of it (Ashes). Both teams get mowed down because of the excessive bounce there. And he dealt with it, got out in the first innings, but then came back and got a wonderful hundred the second time around. Ad “So, preparation-wise for that Test match, how many short-pitched deliveries did he deal with? What game plan did he come up with? I remember him ramping some shots over the keeper, and he was brilliant. Coming to this series, he was probably thinking spin-friendly surfaces, I’m not going to have to deal with that kind of bowling. So, that’s why he might have been caught a little bit unawares.” Ad Jaiswal was the top performer with the bat for his team in their first innings of the ongoing Test, scoring 58 runs off 97 balls. He finished the series with 83 runs across four innings at an average of 20. 75. Notably, the youngster was dismissed by Jansen thrice in four innings. “That’s been the biggest surprise” Shaun Pollock on the home team’s ordinary batting in IND vs SA 2025 2nd Test India’s batting let them down in their first innings in Guwahati. The hosts were bowled out for 201 in response to South Africa’s 489-run total. The visitors declared at 260/5 in the subsequent essay, setting Rishabh Pant and Co. a massive target of 549. Ad Shaun Pollock remarked that the team’s lack of fight in the contest has been the biggest surprise for him. He said in the same video: “It hasn’t been a great batting display by India again just in that short period. South Africa have just bossed this game. I keep thinking that somewhere India are going to bounce back, but unfortunately for them, they haven’t been able to do so. I think that’s been the biggest surprise.” The Rishabh Pant-led side finished on 27/2 at stumps on Day 4. Sai Sudharsan (2* off 25 balls) and nightwatch Kuldeep Yadav (4* off 22 balls) remained unbeaten. × Feedback Why did you not like this content? Clickbait / Misleading Factually Incorrect Hateful or Abusive Baseless Opinion Too Many Ads Other Was this article helpful? Thank You for feedback Follow IPL Auction 2025 Live Updates, News & Biddings at Sportskeeda. Get the fastest updates on Mega-Auction and cricket news Edited by Aditya Suketu Desai.
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