David Bedingham discusses his favorite Indian players When I had a bad game, I switched to Kohli’s or Sharma’s technique.”
David Bedingham discusses his favorite Indian players
South African batsman David Bedingham has identified Indian stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as his favorites.
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He also claimed that as a child, he modeled his technique after Jacques Kallis and Herschelle Gibbs, but when it failed, he attempted to imitate Kohli and Rohit.
Bedingham, 29, scored 56 off 87 balls on his Test debut at SuperSport Park in Centurion, an innings that included seven fours and two sixes. He shared a century partnership for the fourth wicket with Dean Elgar (185).
Speaking ahead of the second Test against India at Newlands in Cape Town, the Proteas player discussed the effect of school seniors Kallis and Gibbs, as well as Indian stars Kohli and Rohit, on his batting approach.
Bedingham had played 87 first-class matches before making his Test debut, accumulating 6,047 runs at an average of 49.56 with 18 hundreds and 23 fifties.
Bedingham had played 87 first-class matches before making his Test debut, accumulating 6,047 runs at an average of 49.56 with 18 hundreds and 23 fifties.
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Bedingham has been named to the South African Test team for the forthcoming New Zealand trip, despite the fact that most of the major players will be competing in the SA20.
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Bedingham has played 55 T20s so far, scoring 1014 runs with a strike rate of 128.84 and an average of 20.28.