77. The ‘Centurion Fortress’ captured: Review of the 1st Test ft. South Africa vs India

Welcome to Episode 77 of Never on the Backfoot Podcast. This is me Neha Shetty and I’m so glad to have you all listening in. After a long break, we’re finally back and what an exciting test match we got to witness. This Indian team became only the third team after England and Australia to win a Test match in Centurion since 1995. What a glorious win! This episode will cover the day-wise highlights, match report, KL Rahul’s glorious form, Pujara’s batting struggles and a fantastic opening batters conundrum, India’s impressive pace attack. We also focus on South Africa’s lack of big totals and collapses, Quinton de Kock’s retirement, loss of crucial WTC points for Team India, major takeaways, India’s ODI Squad announcement. The podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Anchor, Overcast and a lot of other platforms and so please do spread the word. Also, feel free to share your thoughts and suggestions for the already published episodes and recommendations for future topics. Do check out @neveronthebackfoot on Instagram and @neverontheback1 on Twitter for the latest facts, trivia, quizzes, terminology, retweets, fresh tweets and a lot more coming up this cricket season. Stay safe and take care, listeners 💛