India vs South Africa 2018

[Napolean]

As soon as I started watching, wickets started to tumble.
What a run out by Pandya! Single handedly swung the momentum of the game. Pandya is turning out to be a great find.
That being said, Kohli should have given second new ball to Shami. Ishant wasted 4 of his 6 balls - batsman just left them.

[Napolean]

Kohli is a very aggressive captain. All his selection changes vouch for that. Bhuvi's omission is looking stupid but the thinking behind that is that Bhuvi is a seam bowler who needs some help from conditions. At centurion, there isn't going to be any sideways movement rendering Bhuvi toothless. We needed someone to hit the deck hard like Ishant.
That is what team management thought.

I think that is a very brave decision. It won't backfire now because Ishant has already taken ABDV.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Bhuvi should have been retained, Bumrah is a bum in test matches. Zero accuracy and no line length. Shami is disappointing me with his bowling, i though he was a special bowler. Even Sanjay Bangar used to bowl with such great line and length. Shami and Bumrah are giving away free runs with overpitching or short balls. No chance of getting wickets.

Ishant is useful abroad on bouncy pitches, no issues on playing him.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

No-hit Sharma .. lappebaz can’t get a decent score even on a batting pitch.

Watch Daryl Cullinan explain how Nohit’s head falls over and bad technique means his leg gets in the way of his bat.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/video/clip?id=22058423

[28virgo]

Kohli had a few close LBW shaves as well.. Its another story that he was lucky to have survived those and Rohit didn't.. Lets not start writing Rohit's obituary just as yet. His technique has been praised by experts in the past. Even kohli's first inning dismissal had his technique being questioned .. Lets be positive and expect great things tomorrow. Kohli is nicely poised @ 85 and considering his conversion ratio, I expect a gritty 100 + from him. I noticed Pandya was being very cautious with his usual aggressive flair once in a while.. Hopefully he can take this opportunity and make something big out of it. All in all, Kohli and Vijay saved India the blushes. Still lots of hard work needs to be done...

On another note, what a brilliant performance by the Indian Under 19 team in action against Australia! Didn't know we had such an amazing bowling talent! The quicks were clocking 140+ speeds!! Nagarkoti, Porel and Mavi are great finds! Kudos to Rahul Dravid to hone such wonderful talent. Prithvi Shaw's 94 was a sight to behold. The praise from Ian Bishop comparing him to Tendulkar was

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[Napolean]

Yeah the bowlers at U19 level are exciting.
Coming to this test, it is very interestingly poised now. If Kohli and Pandya can score another 75, India will be within striking distance of winning this game. Any lead less than 40 will be manageable.

[28virgo]

Watching India Under 19 making mincemeat of Papua New Guinea ... PNG 64 all out!Mavi; Nagarkoti; Anukul Roy (5 for 14) ... These kids are special!!

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Originally Posted by Napolean

Yeah the bowlers at U19 level are exciting.
Coming to this test, it is very interestingly poised now. If Kohli and Pandya can score another 75, India will be within striking distance of winning this game. Any lead less than 40 will be manageable.

Lead was less than 40 but gave away some easy boundaries.

Pandya has become the butt of jokes on twitter with his dumb runout.

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Last edited by sarv_shaktimaan; January 15th, 2018 at 08:14 PM.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Bharat lagatar doosri shikast ki or tezi se kadam badhata hua.. I think we will wrap up at 150 max.

[28virgo]

shubh shubh bol mere Bhai!

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Originally Posted by 28virgo

shubh shubh bol mere Bhai!

If target was under 200 we had some chance. Pujara or another guy will bat till end and get a solid 60-70 knock, but rest will crumble around him. This has been the story on almost all foreign tours.

I so wish I have to eat my words.. but verrry tough for that to happen.

[Napolean]

it seems very tough to get anywhere close. Pitch is misbehaving and we need players to dig in. Pujara can do that. Apart from everyone else is a stroke player.

[sarv_shaktimaan]

[28virgo]

India shall win tomorrow and even the series!!

[sarv_shaktimaan]

Originally Posted by 28virgo

India shall win tomorrow and even the series!!

Are you serious? India scored 35 in 23 overs.. for the loss of 3 wickets? I don't think we will last 1 full session.

Indian batting hardly scores 250 on a dead batting pitch in India.