Delhi: South African star all -rounder Vian Mulder recently played a tremendous innings of 367* runs while batting brilliantly in the second Test match against Zimbabwe. However, when he was just 33 runs away from the record of the historic 400 runs of Brian Lara, he decided to declare the innings at lunch. However, South Africa won the match by an innings and 236 runs. But there was a debate in the cricket world whether the Mulder should have played for the record.

Mulder’s big disclosure

According to the latest news, Mulder revealed that former West Indies batsman Brian Lara now talked to him. Lara advised him that such opportunities do not come again and again and if they reach such a situation again in future, then they should try their best to make a record. Lara also said that the records are made only to break and the Mulder should target more than 400 runs.

South African all -rounder statement after the match

After the match, the acting captain of South Africa had said that he took the decision to declare the innings for two main reasons. First, he felt that the team had scored enough runs to win and it was necessary to give more time to the bowlers. Second, he decided not to play further, respecting Brian Lara’s record. Prior to this decision, he also consulted coach Shukri Konrad.

Gayle expressed resentment

However, former West Indies explosive batsman Chris Gayle also expressed displeasure over this. Gayle believes that Mulder lost a golden opportunity to create history. He said that such opportunities do not come every day and the Mulder should have completely redeemed it.

Significantly, the cricket world is divided about this decision of Vian Mulder, where some experts and fans consider it a courageous and selfless decision taken in the interest of the team, while many believe that the Mulder has lost a golden opportunity to break a historic record, which does not come again and again.