David Bedingham went to the same school as Jacques Kallis, whom he loved to watch. He also admired another South African great Herschelle Gibbs, but it was two Indian batters he looked up to for technique, especially after a bad game.
Bedingham, who made a fine debut for South Africa against India in the first Test at Centurion, revealed how watching Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma helped him as a teenager. “When I was 15, or 18, I was definitely trying to mould my technique on theirs,” he said. “If I had a bad game, I would change my technique to try to copy Kohli’s style, and if I failed again I would try Rohit’s.”
He is delighted that he is now playing against Kohli and Rohit. “Having watched them and now having this chance to play against them is special,” said Bedingham, who is looking forward to the second Test at home.
