<p>For a debutante, George Linde’s performance in the third Test against India here has been reasonably good so far. The left-arm spinner’s effort of 4/133 can be misleading. Linde, replacing South Africa’s lead spinner Keshav Maharaj, bowled stump-to-stump for the most part of his 31 overs and his wickets included centurion Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Ravindra Jadeja.</p>.<p>In the spin department, Linde became Faf du Plessis’ only hope as Dane Piedt continued to be poor. However, Linde didn’t finish his innings without learning tough lessons. Tail-ender Umesh Yadav was ruthless against him, smashing him for five sixes.</p>.<p>“I learnt that consistency is important. I got it wrong on the leg side yesterday. Today I was a lot better. I was trying to bowl middle and off. Against India, you don’t want to get it wrong on the leg side. However, in the end, I learnt the lesson of consistency when he (Umesh) went after me. So yes, my debut has been about a lot of lessons, ” Linde told reporters after Sunday's play.</p>.<p>The 27-year-old said that he is still coming to terms with his Test debut. “I didn’t expect to play this Test match, first of all. I didn’t expect to play a Test match this year. When I got a call-up, luckily, I got a few days to just settle into everything. If someone had told me I would take four wickets on my debut, I would have taken it any time of the year,” he said.</p>.<p>Linde rued that a tough chance of Rohit off his bowling was put down on the opening day. “He played really well. He just gave us one chance. It was a difficult one. And after that, he didn’t give us another opportunity. It was a good knock,” he said.</p>
<p>For a debutante, George Linde’s performance in the third Test against India here has been reasonably good so far. The left-arm spinner’s effort of 4/133 can be misleading. Linde, replacing South Africa’s lead spinner Keshav Maharaj, bowled stump-to-stump for the most part of his 31 overs and his wickets included centurion Ajinkya Rahane, Wriddhiman Saha and Ravindra Jadeja.</p>.<p>In the spin department, Linde became Faf du Plessis’ only hope as Dane Piedt continued to be poor. However, Linde didn’t finish his innings without learning tough lessons. Tail-ender Umesh Yadav was ruthless against him, smashing him for five sixes.</p>.<p>“I learnt that consistency is important. I got it wrong on the leg side yesterday. Today I was a lot better. I was trying to bowl middle and off. Against India, you don’t want to get it wrong on the leg side. However, in the end, I learnt the lesson of consistency when he (Umesh) went after me. So yes, my debut has been about a lot of lessons, ” Linde told reporters after Sunday's play.</p>.<p>The 27-year-old said that he is still coming to terms with his Test debut. “I didn’t expect to play this Test match, first of all. I didn’t expect to play a Test match this year. When I got a call-up, luckily, I got a few days to just settle into everything. If someone had told me I would take four wickets on my debut, I would have taken it any time of the year,” he said.</p>.<p>Linde rued that a tough chance of Rohit off his bowling was put down on the opening day. “He played really well. He just gave us one chance. It was a difficult one. And after that, he didn’t give us another opportunity. It was a good knock,” he said.</p>
