South Africa coach Ottis Gibson maintained that the ball that hit Dean Elgar was from a length spot and that the pitch shouldn’t have behaved like that on a third day. However, there was some debate about the pitch of the ball, with replays showing that it was pitched eight metres from the crease. (India vs South Africa Day 3 highlights | Scorecard)“Dean went forward and the ball took off from a length. READ | India vs South Africa 3rd Test: Why ICC umpires stopped play on Day 3 at Wanderers“Before you go on about India batting twice on the same pitch, yes they did. Gibson also said the controversy over the pitch will not cloud their batsmen’s approach towards trying to win this Test.

Source: Hindustan Times January 27, 2018 03:45 UTC