Don't stay home: Sunil Gavaskar suggests perfect plan for Team India's 'next big series'

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Rohit Sharma-led Indian cricket Team managed to tie the Test series against South Africa, after beating the hosts at Cape Town's Newlands Cricket Ground in the second Test by 7 wickets. Despite the manner Newlands pitch behaved across the four sessions in two days, Indian pacers – Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, and Mukesh Kumar – destroyed South Africa's dangerous batting order, which led the Test match over in just 5 sessions.

This is the shortest Test match in the history of cricket with the result of only 642 balls delivered. India vs South Africa 2nd Test match breaks the 1932 record of 656 balls when Australia defeated South Africa.

With the possibility that India may have lost the match and the series, considering the poor Indian batting show which also includes India's performance at the Centurion Test, legendary Sunil Gavaskar has urged the India captain and the team management to organize a few practice games whenever they tour SENA Nations. ALSO READ: India vs South Africa 2nd Test match was shortest in history of Test cricket; breaks several unwanted records India is scheduled to travel to Australia for a four-Test series featuring the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in 2024-end and Gavaskar has stressed the importance of practice matches, citing a busy year in Test cricket ahead in 2024 for India.

"The defeat in Centurion is pretty much a pattern for Indian teams touring the SENA countries, where they lose the first Test of the series and then play catch-up for the remainder of the series. The next big series overseas is exactly a year away in Australia, and if India needs to keep the winning momentum of the previous two tours there, then the planning must start now.