Just a week and a half after South African coach Shukri Conrad said he wanted India to ‘growl’, he clarified his intention and regretted his choice of words to convey a completely different mindset. However, he also said that this has made the India vs South Africa series spicy.
After South Africa’s promising performances in the two Test matches, some of their coach’s unflattering comments towards the Indian team made him look like a villain in the context of the game. But after the ODI defeat, the coach chose to clarify what his words meant but did not choose to apologise.
Had this not been made clear, the issue could have been blown out of proportion, especially given BCCI’s influence in world cricket, which Cricket South Africa (CSA) had observed as early as 2013.
The South African coach regretted his choice of words, “I could have chosen a better word.”
After the defeat in the ODI series, although South Africa were not eliminated, coach Shukri Conrad finally decided to clarify his choice of words when he had earlier claimed that they wanted to thrash the Indians.
The word “grovel” is one of the most offensive words and is associated with hateful words like “slavery” and “racism.” In cricket, the term is found associated with ruthless bullying, as England captain Tony Greig was the first to use it against the West Indies in 1976, leading to the creation of the West Indies Killing Machine, i.e. their lethal fast bowling deck.
“It was never my intention to cause any ill will or to not be polite about anything,” Conrad said at a press conference in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. “On reflection, I could have chosen a better wording, because it left it open for people to have their own context.
“My only intention was that India should spend a lot of time [in the field] And make it really difficult for them. I have to be careful what word I use here now because it can also change the context!” he added.
On his ruthless tone used during the Guwahati press conference, Conrad said, “It might have added spice to the ODI series.”
He took a leaf out of what Conrad had said earlier during the Guwahati Test and claimed that his choice of words may have come across as wrong, but his intention was only to spice up the contest.
“It’s really a pity,” Conrad continued Saturday. “Maybe what it did was spice up the ODI series and especially [India] If won, the T20 series will become even bigger. [spicy],
“The unfortunate thing is that despite the noise that word has caused, I still think it’s a perfectly good English word. But that leaves it open to a lot of interpretations.”
Temba Bavuma claimed, “We wanted to make it more exciting today.”
Quinton de Kock’s opening century, which was his seventh against India, went in vain as Prasidh Krishna and then Kuldeep Yadav left the Protea batsmen in a bind as India were set a target of just 271 runs. With a strong Indian batting unit and the dew factor being in favour, it looked easy for the Men in Blue batsmen.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had scored very few runs in the series, finally got his eye on the ball and despite a struggling start against left-hander Marco Jansen, he held on and then scored an unbeaten first century to lead India to a big 9-wicket win along with half-centuries from the experienced Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
“We wanted to make it more exciting today,” Bavuma told the host broadcaster. “From a batting point of view, we didn’t have enough runs. Under lights it becomes easier, and we should have been smarter – we gifted wickets.”
He further said that although South Africa lost the series, they took away many positives from the series. The captain believed that his team had grown up and despite India being such a strong team, South Africa managed to put them under pressure on several occasions in the series. ,I think if there were 10 boxes, we ticked six or seven of them,” Bavuma concluded.
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South African coach regrets his choice of words, but has no intention of apologizing over ‘grovel’ comment
Just a week and a half after South African coach Shukri Conrad said he wanted India to ‘growl’, he clarified his intention and regretted his choice of words to convey a completely different mindset. However, he also said that this has made the India vs South Africa series spicy.
After South Africa’s promising performances in the two Test matches, some of their coach’s unflattering comments towards the Indian team made him look like a villain in the context of the game. But after the ODI defeat, the coach chose to clarify what his words meant but did not choose to apologise.
Had this not been made clear, the issue could have been blown out of proportion, especially given BCCI’s influence in world cricket, which Cricket South Africa (CSA) had observed as early as 2013.
The South African coach regretted his choice of words, “I could have chosen a better word.”
After the defeat in the ODI series, although South Africa were not eliminated, coach Shukri Conrad finally decided to clarify his choice of words when he had earlier claimed that they wanted to thrash the Indians.
The word “grovel” is one of the most offensive words and is associated with hateful words like “slavery” and “racism.” In cricket, the term is found associated with ruthless bullying, as England captain Tony Greig was the first to use it against the West Indies in 1976, leading to the creation of the West Indies Killing Machine, i.e. their lethal fast bowling deck.
“It was never my intention to cause any ill will or to not be polite about anything,” Conrad said at a press conference in Visakhapatnam on Saturday. “On reflection, I could have chosen a better wording, because it left it open for people to have their own context.
“My only intention was that India should spend a lot of time [in the field] And make it really difficult for them. I have to be careful what word I use here now because it can also change the context!” he added.
On his ruthless tone used during the Guwahati press conference, Conrad said, “It might have added spice to the ODI series.”
He took a leaf out of what Conrad had said earlier during the Guwahati Test and claimed that his choice of words may have come across as wrong, but his intention was only to spice up the contest.
“It’s really a pity,” Conrad continued Saturday. “Maybe what it did was spice up the ODI series and especially [India] If won, the T20 series will become even bigger. [spicy],
“The unfortunate thing is that despite the noise that word has caused, I still think it’s a perfectly good English word. But that leaves it open to a lot of interpretations.”
Temba Bavuma claimed, “We wanted to make it more exciting today.”
Quinton de Kock’s opening century, which was his seventh against India, went in vain as Prasidh Krishna and then Kuldeep Yadav left the Protea batsmen in a bind as India were set a target of just 271 runs. With a strong Indian batting unit and the dew factor being in favour, it looked easy for the Men in Blue batsmen.
Yashasvi Jaiswal, who had scored very few runs in the series, finally got his eye on the ball and despite a struggling start against left-hander Marco Jansen, he held on and then scored an unbeaten first century to lead India to a big 9-wicket win along with half-centuries from the experienced Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli.
“We wanted to make it more exciting today,” Bavuma told the host broadcaster. “From a batting point of view, we didn’t have enough runs. Under lights it becomes easier, and we should have been smarter – we gifted wickets.”
He further said that although South Africa lost the series, they took away many positives from the series. The captain believed that his team had grown up and despite India being such a strong team, South Africa managed to put them under pressure on several occasions in the series. ,I think if there were 10 boxes, we ticked six or seven of them,” Bavuma concluded.
Also read: Gautam Gambhir breaks silence on the future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma; Ruturaj Gaikwad and Yashasvi Jaiswal urged…
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