Johannesburg [South Africa]: Former South African batter Herschelle Gibbs took a jab at Proteas' out-of-form skipper Aiden Markram, suggesting that he should be "carrying drinks" during the final two T20Is of the four-match home series against India.
Following a promising start to his T20I career, Aiden Markram has experienced a dip in performance in T20Is this year, failing to smash even a single fifty. In 16 matches, he has made 212 runs at a poor average of 15.14 and a strike rate of 116.48, with the best score of 46.
The third T20I of the four-match series between India and South Africa will take place at Centurion on Wednesday. The series is currently level at 1-1. India had won the first T20I by 61 runs. But the Proteas bounced back to win the next low-scoring match by three wickets despite Varun Chakravarthy's five-wicket haul.
Taking to X, Gibbs expressed that the final two matches should be "high-scoring affairs" and it is anybody's series at the moment.
"I think India will feel they should be 2 up in the current T20 series v Proteas but the last 2 games should be high-scoring affairs. Anybody's series at this stage," posted Gibbs.
Responding to one of the questions posed by a user asking him what should be the ideal top six in the batting line-up for the next two games, Gibbs bluntly responded, "For starters, Markram can carry drinks."
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