Image: India struggled again in the second Test against South Africa / © ESPNcricinfo
It is always the lower order batsmen troubling the Indian bowlers in a Test match. And it happened again in the Test match between India and South Africa, which was being played at Guwahati. India managed to put South Africa at 246 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.
But after that, their lower order troubled the Indian bowlers to a great extent. Senuran Muthusamy smashed a century and Marco Jansen scored a terrific 93-run knock, which helped South Africa to gain an upper hand in the game. With the Indian bowlers being absolutely rattled at their home ground, memes have also taken over on Twitter.
The Indian team had made two changes in their line-up for the second Test. They had replaced Axar Patel and brought Nitish Kumar Reddy to the line-up, as an extra pace bowling option. But Nitish didn’t get many opportunities to bowl for the team in this game, as he bowled just four overs.
A meme has been created to determine the facts of the bowling strategies by the team. It said that what is the point of having Nitish Kumar Reddy as the third bowling option. Despite having him in the line-up, Bumrah and Siraj had bowled 32 overs each, as Reddy bowled just 4 overs.
Jacques Kallis has been one of the finest all-rounders in the Test format. With the ball, he used to take quick wickets, and with the bat, he also used to score runs at a rapid pace. Ever since his retirement, the South African team never had an all-rounder of such type, who could deliver with both bat and ball.
But now it seems that the team has another Jacques Kallis, only when they play against India under Gautam Gambhir. Marco Jansen played a fine knock of 93 runs in the game, as he also dominated with the ball in the first game. With this, a meme says that Marco Jansen is just Jacques Kallis, when he plays against India coached by Gambhir.
The Indian bowlers have been known to take quick wickets when it comes down the order. But it has not been like it was since the last home series against New Zealand. Senuran Muthusamy also played a fine knock against India in the second Test at Guwahati.
He has now been the second batsman to score a century in India while batting at number seven. Earlier, this was done way back by Quinton de Kock, and now another South African batsman has joined this list. This record was just posted to show the downfall of the Indian team in the Test format.
Whenever India’s top order batsmen failed to score runs, Ravindra Jadeja was there to score. He has even scored centuries for the team in the SENA countries, troubling their bowlers to a great extent. And this had kept the Indian fans happy, watching their batsman in the lower order smash runs.
But India definitely didn’t like watching another team’s all-rounder dismantling their bowlers. A Twitter user created a meme to show how the Karma came back to the Indian team in the form of Senuran Muthusamy. Now the Indian team would know how other teams feel when Jadeja bats for long.
In the first Test, the South African spinners gave a tough time to the Indian team. They were able to take wickets quickly and even restricted the team’s rate of scoring runs. Eventually, India suffered a loss in the first Test but came prepared with the bat for the next game. However, South African spinners decided to play a different game.
This time, they were able to take the game away from the Indian team. But not with the ball, with the bat, as Senuran Muthusamy went on to score a century for the team. The Indian team prepared how they should face spinners but they did not prepare on how they should face the spinners.
A meme can also define how the Indian fans had spent their weekend. And this was created by a famous Twitter page, as it showed how the fans were able to do two tasks at the same time. On Saturday, the Ashes went to its Day 2, and the test match between India and South Africa also had to begin.
The majority of the fans were able to multitask, by keeping themselves updated with both of the games. This is how Saturday went for the Indian fans, watching The Ashes on one device, and India vs South Africa on the other. It also shows that men can multitask when it is needed the most.
In World Cup history, the Indian fans do remember the 2011 World Cup final match. Gautam Gambhir and MS Dhoni played crucial roles for the Indian team, as they went on to score in the 90s. Gambhir went on to score 97 runs, while Dhoni remained not out at 91, but ended up getting the POTM award.
Gambhir also talked about not receiving the credit of the team’s final win. To this, a Twitter user created a meme on Gambhir, by swapping his image with Rajnikanth. The meme said when Gautam Gambhir realises that the Indian number starts with +91 but not with +97.
These days, the cricket fans have started to rely more on Twitter when it comes to the cricket news. But this could also go bad for them, as the pages could end up providing them with different news. This scenario was perfectly explained by a Twitter page, using a meme with posts of two different popular pages.
One of them said that Kuldeep Yadav won’t be available to play in the South Africa ODI series. And the other said that Kuldeep Yadav will be available to play for India in the ODI series. Now this has confused the fans, as they wonder whether Kuldeep Yadav will be playing for the team in the next series.
When the Test match between India and South Africa finished within three days, the experts were not happy with it. They had criticised the Indian management, pitch curators, and a lot more. But this also happened when Australia and England faced each other in the first Test at Perth.
The Test match between Australia and England finished in just two days, with 19 wickets falling on just day one. But the experts were a lot happy watching this game, they gave the best possible reviews on the same. To this, a Twitter page has created a meme portraying how the experts react when a Test in India gets finished within three days and a Test in Australia finishes in two days.
The Indian team had a tough time against South Africa for the first two days of the game. But it was not just the bowlers who were exhausted by the South African batsmen. It was also the Indian fans, who got bored by watching their team field for a long time. Amidst all this, it was time for the cameraman to capture the fans reaction.
On the camera, two fans were captured being bored and exhausted, as one of them laid down on the other. It was clear that they weren’t happy with the type of performances put down by the Indian team in the Test match. And this was also the honest reaction by all the Indian fans watching their bowlers suffer for two days straight.
Fans have watched three games over the last few days. And this includes the Test series between India and South Africa, The Ashes, and the series between West Indies and New Zealand. Comparing the broadcasts of all of them, they have found out that the quality of streams of the Indian games have not been good.
To this, a Twitter page has created a meme targeting the rising AQI levels within the country. It showed the different streaming qualities at different AQI levels for a clear comparison. With this, it might have also targeted the richest cricket board tag which has been put on the BCCI.
In the last one year, the Indian team had a terrible downfall in the Test format. They have lost four of their last six Tests, and also stand a less chance of winning in this game. To this, a Twitter user decided to showcase the team’s downfall which has been possible with some changes in the captain and coach.
On one hand, the era when Virat Kohli was captain and Ravi Shastri was the coach was shown, with a muscular build. And on the other side, a weak build is shown to determine the Indian team when it is currently under Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, and Gautam Gambhir as the Head Coach.