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Captain Kohli Rues Lack of Partnership

Faf du Plessis was happy how his team responded during tough periods

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India captain Virat Kohli blamed losing wickets in a heap as one of the biggest reasons for their 72-run defeat against South Africa in the first Test in Cape Town on Monday.

It was a great effort but we needed someone to get a 75 or 80. 20s or 30s were not enough. They were a bowler short (Dale Steyn) but they pitched the balls in the right areas and bowled their hearts out. We need to rectify our mistakes also
Virat Kohli

Not having a single big partnership except Bhuvneshwar Kumar-Hardik Pandya's 99 for 8th wicket in the first innings is something to worry about for the team.

This game is all about partnerships, and crucial runs, and they did better. The bowlers learnt pretty quickly and did well in the second innings. We are still feeling good about how we went about this Test match
Virat Kohli
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He was all praise for Pandya, whose 93 was a face-saver in the first innings.

“We believe in Pandya. He always wants to do well, even away from home. He showed a lot of character and the knock was brilliant,” said the Indian captain.

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Virat’s counterpart Faf du Plessis was happy how his team responded during tough periods in the Test Match.

Every single time in this Test, we had to stand up in tough periods. The way we responded was brilliant. Even with them getting to a decent start, we stuck to our guns
Faf du Plessis

"I thought 270 was par but Pandya then took risks and it came off. Once again, the bowlers stepped up. The plan was to try and get 200 runs and have a lead of 350 and have a crack at them,” said Du Plessis

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Du Plessis mentioned that they were surprised how much the ball was doing. It was like a day one pitch.

The former Chennai Super Kings batsman is happy that they have been able to put opposition under pressure first up.

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