“Guys aren’t very patient these days.” Jacques Kallis discusses the debate surrounding the Newlands pitch.

At Newlands in Cape Town, the second Test between India and South Africa was completed in just five sessions. The surface has received a lot of criticism from previous cricket players when it was reported to be the shortest Test ever played in terms of balls. But India’s captain, Rohit Sharma, stated that they didn’t mind playing in these kinds of circumstances and that they expected the international media to stay closed when their side played on the subcontinent in conditions that were conducive to spin.

Remarkably, in the first innings, South Africa was bowled out for 55 runs, but in the second innings, India lost six wickets for no runs. While Aiden Markram, the match’s first batsman, scored an incredible century in the third inning, no other hitter was able to provide him with any help. It wasn’t an easy surface to bat on, but in the end, the visiting team won the match by seven wickets. Jacques Kallis, a former cricket player, said that players these days lack patience and play aggressively in order to get out. The match could have gone longer, in his opinion, if the cricket players had taken some time to calm down in the center.

The guys aren’t as patient as they once were; therefore, I believe something has changed. In the past, guys would ride out any movement on the pitch and get through that phase. But these days, guys want to hit their way out. Accordingly, it is an entirely new style of playing,” Jacques Kallis told PTI.

It was inconsistent bounce and sideways movement, not rapidity of wicket, in my opinion. Jacques Kallis

In addition, the illustrious South African batsman Jacques Kallis claimed that inconsistent bounce and sideways movement defeated the batters in the second Test of the series. He emphasized that batting on an uneven pitch is difficult and mentioned that India had outperformed the Proteas in the game.

The inconsistent bounce and sideways movement were more likely to be the cause than the wicket’s pace. The instant you get an uneven bounce, it gets really tricky (for batsmen). He continued, “I’m disappointed that things turned out that way, but India simply outdid us.