Following his side’s ODI series loss to India, South Africa head coach Shukri Conrad reflected on the usage of “grovel” word during the second Guwahati Test, saying that it was “never his intention to cause malice”, and he could have “chosen a better word”.

Conrad, while speaking about not declaring early in their second innings despite already having a healthy lead heading into it and giving India a massive 549-run target, Conrad had said that the team wanted to make the Indian team “really grovel” and “completely bat them out of the game”. While they indeed lived up to this message as a unit, giving India their biggest Test loss by 408 runs, Conrad’s remarks did not go well with several fans and people in the cricketing fraternity.

The term “grovel” was first used by England’s Tony Gre

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