WATCH: Marco Jansen sledges KL Rahul after brutal thrashing in 1st Test match

South Africa and India are currently meeting for the first test match of India’s tour of South Africa. In the two-match test series, India will try their level best to register the first series win in South Africa. While the other side will attempt to continue their streak. In the first innings of day one, South Africa Africa’s bowler Marco Jansen was seen sledging India’s star wicket-keeper batsman KL Rahul. 

The incident took place at the beginning of the 45th over of the first innings as Jansen tried to break KL Rahul’s concentration, who became the only leading player in the squad for the first innings. KL Rahul’s reaction to the sledging was when the hearts of the fans as the batter remained calm and did not lose his school on the South African pacer. 

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Rohit Sharma on KL Rahul’s role as Wicketkeeper for India in red ball cricket

“Every cricketer has to go through some kind of transformation or take a different role in their career. There are hardly a few cricketers who have stuck to the same position and played that role throughout their careers in that position. I felt the way he kept playing in the World Cup; it was quite pleasing. He is really working hard and he himself is quite keen to take up that role as well,” Rohit Sharma said, in the pre-match press conference before the 1st Test Match.

“He bats and understands the game really well and is an experienced player. So, he knows exactly what is required at different stages of the game, which gives us a solid balance. But I am not sure how long he wants to keep but as of now, he’s quite keen to take that role,” added Rohit.

SA vs IND First Test Playing XI 

South Africa Playing XI: Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram, Tony de Zorzi, Temba Bavuma(c), Keegan Petersen, David Bedingham, Kyle Verreynne(w), Marco Jansen, Gerald Coetzee, Kagiso Rabada, Nandre Burger

India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Ravichandran Ashwin, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Prasidh Krishna