A couple of days before the second Test, a group of young boys from a township just outside Pretoria would burst into an evil chortle every time a South Africa batsman would get hit by a racing delivery from a tall well-built young pacer. But they would not play him, they will pick Chris Morris in place of Dale Steyn, they would groan. The animated young fans were just a few of the many locals who wanted 21-year-old Lungi Ngidi to play the second Test. And as Ngidi kept troubling the South African top-order batsmen at the training session, their voices became stronger and chuckles louder. Maybe, the decision-makers in the South African dressing room, like the black kids, were impressed by what they saw. Ngidi would unexpectedly get into the playing XI.