Ashwell Prince passes shocking remarks amid pitch controversy in SA vs IND 2nd Test

South Africa vs India 2nd and final Test is currently under at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town. Day 1 of the match saw 23 wickets fall as the hosts were bowled out for 55 runs with Mohammed Siraj picking up 6 wickets. In reply, the Men in Blue also got bowled out for 153 runs as they collapsed from 153/4 to 153 all out. In the 2nd Proteas innings, they lost three wickets at the end of Day 1. The pitch which was earlier reported as the batting paradise has behaved unusually. 

The host batting mentor Ashwell Prince believes that something is not usual with the pitch. The former opener praised India's bowling attack, especially Siraj. He said that conditions were greatly in favour of the bowlers. Siraj took a career-best six for 15 in the first innings and this was his third five-wicket haul in the traditional format of the game. 

The day saw the host's lowest first innings score in almost 92 years since they were bowled out for 36 and 45 by Australia on a rain-affected pitch in Melbourne in February 1932 and this was also the lowest in a Test against India. The Men in Blue will be hoping to restrict the Proteas as early as possible. 

I've never seen the pitch that quick on day one: Ashwell Prince

Price said after the Day 1 play, "I've never seen the pitch that quick on day one. As a batter, you don't mind pace in the wicket if the bounce is consistent but the bounce was a little bit inconsistent. You expect a bit of seam movement on day one but seam movement with inconsistent bounce is a different situation." 

"Sometimes it happens that a great bowling line-up bowls out a team cheaply but if both batting line-ups can't bat there's something wrong. There was a bit of grass on the pitch but the tendency at Newlands is for it to take spin later on so it made sense to bat. I don't think anyone could have foreseen how the pitch would play."