SA batsmen didn't know whether to go forward or bckward against India pacers: Gavaskar

Legendary India opener Sunil Gavaskar praised India's speedsters Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav's lethal spells during the ongoing third Test which left the South African batsmen struggled to negotiate.

While Dean Elgar suffered from concussion, unable to evade an Umesh Yadav bouncer, the likes of Zubayr Hamza, Temba Bavuma wee beaten by sheer pace and the length that they bowled.

"Mohammed Shami and Umesh Yadav both had kept the situation under pressure with their bowling which meant the cricketers weren't getting runs easily," Gavaskar said on Star Sports.

"Another thing, between the fifth and sixth wicket the playing they have done from a little ahead of good length because from there you can trick the cricketers as they don't know where to play forward or backward."