What an awful display of batting we have had from the Indian batting unit in their Super 8 curtain raiser against South Africa. India’s batting issues were exposed in today’s game after being covered by individual brilliance during the group stages. The Men in Blue cannot go the distance and something has to change and the change has to come before the ship sinks.

South Africa came good in both the bowling and batting department. It seemed as if they were playing to take revenge against India for the defeat in the last World Cup final. Despite losing early wickets, their middle order batsmen managed to revive their innings and took South Africa to 187/7 at the end of 20 overs.

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Meanwhile, the Indian batters couldn’t sustain the pace and heat of the Proteas. They were just not prepared and were shocked about what stuck them. After winning four games in a row, India now look like an ordinary beatable side. Indian team has been reduced to 5 down for a mere score of 51 runs against the Proteas. 

Let us take a look at how fans and netizens have reacted to India’s batting performance so far.

A lot of fans have questioned Abhishek Sharma’s selection despite his unsatisfactory performances. Some users have also labelled him to be a ‘blind slogger’. Fans also believe that India’s batting lineup has been exposed against a quality side like South Africa.

Some users have urged Suryakumar Yadav and Washington Sundar to take it deep and slowly build a partnership which is the need of the hour.

Netizens have lashed out on the selection of Tilak Varma who has been very disappointing at the World Cup so far and why he was preferred over Axar Patel. Fans believe his slow style of play and low strike rate is killing India’s momentum in such high voltage games.