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Hello and welcome to the daily round-up of all the major stories doing the r in the cricketing world today.
First up is Virat Kohli snapping at a reporter over aggressive Kane Williamson send-off, followed by the return of Faf du Plessis to the ODI fold for the India series. Kiwis skipper Williamson expressed his satisfaction over an emphatic series win over the world's top Test side while Kohli backed his players after a back-to-back poor outing in the series.
And lastly, the Indian captain accepted the shortcomings of the batsmen throughout the series and expected them to learn from their mistakes.
Here is a look at all those stories in detail.
#1 Virat Kohli snaps at reporter
Indian captain Virat Kohli snapped at a reporter after being questioned over his aggressive send-off for Kiwis captain Kane Williamson, which was also directed towards the crowd.
Talking at the post-match presser after losing the Test series 2-0, Kohli was swamped with questions about India's defeat. However, talking on the topic of the controversial issue of his verbal spat irked the Indian skipper. The reporter was at the receiving end of Kohli's honest explanation.
Here's what happened at the post-match press conference:
Reporter
Virat, what’s your reaction to your behaviour on the field, swearing at Williamson when he got out, swearing at the crowd. As an Indian captain, don’t you think you should set a better example on the field?
Virat Kohli
What do you think?
Reporter
I asked you the question?
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Virat Kohli
I am asking you the answer.
Reporter
You need to set better examples.
Virat Kohli: You need to find out exactly what happened and come up with better questions. You can’t come here with half questions or half details of what happened. And also, if you want to create controversy, this is not the right place. I had spoken to the match referee and he had no issues with what happened. Thank you.
Full article: New Zealand vs India 2020: Virat Kohli snaps at reporter over Kane Williamson sendoff
#2 Faf du Plessis makes return to ODI squad for India series
Former South Africa skipper Faf du Plessis made a return to the ODI fold as CSA announced a 15-man squad to tour India for the three-match series. Du Plessis, who gave up the captaincy in all forms recently, was selected to give solidity to the inexperienced South African middle-order.
Rassie van der Dussen was also named in the squad while George Linde got his first call-up. With Kagiso Rabada ruled out of the series due to a groin injury, Lungi Ngidi will be Quinton de Kock's go-to pacer.
South Africa squad
Quinton de Kock (C & WK), Temba Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen, Faf du Plessis, Kyle Verreynne, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Jon-Jon Smuts, Andile Phehlukwayo, Lungi Ngidi, Lutho Sipamla, Beuran Hendricks, Anrich Nortje, George Linde, Keshav Maharaj.
Full article: India vs South Africa 2020: Proteas announce ODI squad; Faf du Plessis makes his return
#3 Kane Williamson satisfied with series victory
Kiwis skipper Kane Williamson expressed his satisfaction after a convincing series whitewash of the number one Test team in the world. Speaking to the reporters, Williamson sounded pleased with the all-round domination by the home team in all departments of the game to emerge triumphant.
Williamson specifically mentioned the crucial contribution of Kyle Jamieson in his debut series as he ripped apart a strong Indian batting line-up through his pace and bounce.
“A fantastic series from outside and the way the guys stuck in. India are a world-class side and to beat them is quite satisfying.”
“Jamieson’s a very exciting talent, and contributed incredibly well with both bat and ball in both games. He’s tall and gets bounce which is very helpful in these conditions.”
“The runs he scored in the backend of both games were very valuable. Great progress for him.”
Full article: New Zealand vs India 2020: Quite satisfying to beat 'world-class' India, reveals Kane Williamson
#4 Kohli backs Pant, Rahane and Pujara after loss
Indian captain Virat Kohli backed his underperformers Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane, and Cheteshwar Pujara after a convincing defeat at the hands of the Black Caps. Speaking to the reporters, Kohli explained that all three were impactful players who had the potential to change the game single-handedly.
Kohli cited Pujara's heroic contribution in their historic Test series triumph in Australia and stated that it was a one-off poor outing for the entire middle-order and that they will bounce back in future tours.
“We have given a lot of chances to Rishabh, you need to figure out when is the right time to give someone a chance. I don’t see anyone taking their place for granted in this team, no one here has come in thinking that I am going to play every game.
“Rishabh has worked very hard behind the scenes, so we thought of giving him a chance in this series. We thought he will come good in this series, but as a collective unit, we did not show a good batting performance.”
“Firstly, Rahane is one of those players who has been solid for us in Test cricket. It is about impact performances and he has played some crucial knocks. You also have to figure out as to how many guys average more than 40 in your team. Few games here and there if you don’t score runs, doesn’t mean you are a bad player. There are no issues there.”
“In the Australia series, Pujara was the standout player. You cannot single out anyone. We have an aim of scoring big runs, it can happen with everyone scoring 50 or 60 or with one guy scoring 150 as Pujara did in Australia. In our team, we work as a collective unit.”
Full article: New Zealand vs India 2020: Virat Kohli backs Rishabh Pant, Ajinkya Rahane and Cheteshwar Pujara after Christchurch loss
#5 Kohli accepts batsmen didn't do enough
Skipper Virat Kohli stressed on the 'delicate balance' between learning from mistakes and not dwelling on them too much after suffering second back-to-back Test defeat at the hands of New Zealand. Kohli stated that the batsman batted well in patches but that shouldn't be an excuse and accepted that batting collapses were the main reason India fell short in the series.
He explained that the bowlers were up to the mark in terms of execution but the batsman failed repeatedly to give them a score to fight for.
“I think it was a matter of not having enough intent in the first game. We played well in the first innings here with the bat. It was a combination of us not having the right kind of execution and New Zealand playing well."
"Batsmen didn’t do enough for the bowlers to attack. It’s disappointing as a side when the batsmen don’t back up the effort of the bowlers.”
“We need to go back, understand what went wrong and move forward. We are not a side that thinks about the result of the toss. We are not going to take excuses from this tour, just the learning."
In the ODIs it was good to see the youngsters stepping up with Rohit not being available and me not getting runs. We need to accept we were not good enough, take it on the chin and move on.”
Full article: New Zealand vs India 2020: Virat Kohli accepts batsmen didn't do enough
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