Brar meanwhile, showed Gambhir that he could be a trustworthy middle-overs operator, offering India greater flexibility with their combinations should South Africa present similar seaming conditions at next year’s World Cup. It is, of course, still early days, but if a four-pronged pace attack is the plan, with two of those spots likely occupied by Jasprit Bumrah and Arshdeep Singh, this game could well serve as one of the many auditions Brar will have to go through to convince the think tank. He might not have been as economical as Kamboj, but he too found ways to make the most of the surface, his short-pitched bowling earning two wickets.
