WATCH: Ravi Ashwin bamboozles Quinton de Kock with an unplayable delivery in Pune

Dixit Bhargav | 12/10/2019
WATCH: Ravi Ashwin bamboozles Quinton de Kock with an unplayable delivery in Pune

Ravi Ashwin bamboozles Quinton de Kock: The Indian off-spinner bowled a near-unplayable delivery to the South African wicket-keeper batsman.

During the third day of the second Test of the ongoing South Africa’s tour of India in Pune, India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin gave India a crucial breakthrough by dismissing South Africa wicket-keeper batsman Quinton de Kock a few overs before lunch.

It all happened on the last delivery of the 38th over when Ashwin’s delivery pitched on the middle-stump but turned sharply to hit the top of off-stumps. Completely bamboozled by what happened with him, de Kock remained in an unconvinced state expecting India wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha’s gloves dislodging the bails.

Coming in to bat at No. 7 in the 22nd over, de Kock ended up scoring 31 (48) with the help of seven fours. de Kock shared an impressive 75-run partnership for the sixth wicket with captain Faf du Plessis.

While the pair played really well, South Africa needed more from their batting unit especially after the hosts have posted 601/5 dec. in 156.3 overs. At lunch on Day 3, South Africa are reeling at 136/6 in 42 overs. Having scored a half-century, du Plessis is currently batting alongside all-rounder Senuran Muthusamy.

While it was Ashwin’s first wicket, India have been bolstered by the performance of their fast bowlers in Umesh Yadav and Mohammed Shami who have taken three and two wickets respectively.

Ravi Ashwin bamboozles Quinton de Kock

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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