The Indian Test team led by Virat Kohli had to suffer a painful loss against South Africa in the recently-concluded three-match Test series. The series might have been a heartbreaking one for Indian cricket fans and followers but for neutral supporters there could have been nothing more action-packed than this Test series.
The three-match Test series had almost everything to offer, a viewer could have asked for. From results in Test matches to memorable comeback- everything was in the offing. But apart from those incidents there were some controversies as well.
A fresh fight
One such controversy had taken place on the third day of the third Test match between Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah and South Africa’s 21-year-old pacer Marco Jansen.
In the 55th over of India’s second innings Jansen and Bumrah were seen exchanging some words between them. The situation could have gone out of control but the umpires were prompt enough to intervene and end the verbal contest there.
While talking about this incident, former South Africa batsman Ashwell Prince praised the left-arm South African pacer as he “did not back down” and “did not think about the IPL.”
Playing for same team
It is important to mention, that both Bumrah and Jansen were part of Indian Premier League’s (IPL) Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise. Though Jansen was released by MI and the South African pacer will have to get a new team from the auction.
“One more thing I particularly enjoyed during #SAvIND series, the fact that #MarcoJansen didn’t back down once in the battle with Bumrah! He didn’t think about the IPL and how it might affect his relationships with people there. He put his country 1st, the way it should be,” Prince wrote on his Twitter profile.
Jansen had been in superb form in the Test series against India. He managed to pick up 19 wickets against India in the Test series.
The former South Africa opening batsman was happy with the way Jansen had put his “country first.”
“Well done kid, don’t ever change. You be you and if people can’t respect you for being you, being competitive, putting your country 1st. That’s their problem. Sport is about competing, not giving an inch and upholding the spirit of the game. Not about bank balances. #lesson2youth” Prince added.
