Group E - England, India, New Zealand, South Africa

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Gambhir played a horrible shot and gave his wicket

 

[aditya123]

33/3 now.
On our way out of the tourney !
Bye bye India!

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

You forget one thing, it was Karthik who won for India last time when India faced Saffers during India tour to South Africa he might play a great knock today and he know pressure is on him, this might be the day for him

Taking my words back, Karthik went on 0 and Shewag also goes now , India lost their 3rd wicket and score is 33

 

[manee]

Inda 33/3 now, Gambhir, Karthik and Sehwag gone. India in trouble here but all is not lost since Uthappa, Rohit Sharma and Dhoni are all extremely capable.

 

[Adarsh]

Funny how the three Indian batsmen have failed to do in 5 overs what Yuvraj did last night. What a difference a day makes, eh ?

 

[SaiSrini]

Inda 33/3 now, Gambhir, Karthik and Sehwag gone. India in trouble here but all is not lost since Uthappa, Rohit Sharma and Dhoni are all extremely capable.

South Africa wont let up easily and that too in Kingsmead.

It was a huge blow to lose Yuvraj. That I feel effectively sealed it for India. Unless a miracle happens, I see SA thumping us badly here.

I hope the all rounders Irfan and Joginder come good today. They are extremely crucial if India are to fight in this match.

 

[AbBh]

The game is practically over now, unless Uthappa and Dhoni play extremely well.

 

[surendar]

Funny how the three Indian batsmen have failed to do in 5 overs what Yuvraj did last night. What a difference a day makes, eh ?

The difference is the quality pace attack. I always rate SA's bowling as Top quality even ahead of Aussies. Well, I expected this to happen to India anyways. Even if India scores 200, SA are going to get that with ease.

Lets see how India fights back or just give it away.. And its always a bad decision to send Karthik at no 3.. Oh, don't straight away start blaming Dhoni for this.. Even Dravid has been doing the same mistake. Karthik is a finisher when comes to ODIs.

 

[SaiSrini]

Uthappa and Sharma cant be too cautious here. This is Twenty20 and runs are important. they at least got to get the singles going and keep the current run rate close to 6 runs per over.

The difference is the quality pace attack. I always rate SA's bowling as Top quality even ahead of Aussies. Well, I expected this to happen to India anyways. Even if India scores 200, SA are going to get that with ease.

Lets see how India fights back or just give it away.. And its always a bad decision to send Karthik at no 3.. Oh, don't straight away start blaming Dhoni for this.. Even Dravid has been doing the same mistake. Karthik is a finisher when comes to ODIs.

Not really. If India can get to 150 or something like that, we might have a game on our hands. I heard the commentator saying that the pitch has a lot of grass in it and there was a hint of swing for the faster bowlers.

Edit: SIX from Uthappa!!!! Keep going Robin. We need a similar innings to what you played against Pakistan.

 

[surendar]

SM Pollock 4-0-17-2

wow, he is just a legend :hpraise Inspite of his age, he manages to maintain his quality throughout his career. Its never easy to bowl so consistently at this age. Indian pace bowlers need to learn a lots(especially consistency and body language) from this legend.

I heard the commentator saying that the pitch has a lot of grass in it and there was a hint of swing for the faster bowlers.

Indian Faster bowlers? nah, i don't trust them Some minute hopes on Irfan though. ( Are there any faster bowlers first? )India must be missing Chawla very much too.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

It was looking that, Utthapa and Rohit can get along but now Utthapa is out, India is some kind of trouble

 

[SaiSrini]

Now Dhoni has to come in and stick onto the wicket like a true captain. Cant let wickets fall quickly. Rohit Sharma shows some decent signs but Dhoni got to go along till the end with Rohit, Pathan, Joginder giving good support.

Indian Faster bowlers? nah, i don't trust them Some minute hopes on Irfan though. ( Are there any faster bowlers first? )India must be missing Chawla very much too.

I believe in them. Pressure match, India got to go into the semis. I believe we could defend well (not necessarily successfully!) if we get a decent total (140-150).

Edit: Final 5 overs have started and Dhoni and Sharma are well settled now. Time to go for broke! Dont care if these guys get out in the process. Pathan and Joginder are there too. Bhajji can hit a few blows. Come on India! Smash it now.

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Saffers need these two qucik to put more pressure on India

 

[SaiSrini]

Good partnership, more acceleration needed.

We want 150+ guys!

Edit: Sharma batting superbly here. Great shots! He is vindicating my faith on him (Touchwood).

Oh two dot balls on the trot! Thats horrible in this situation. Go for everything guys! We need 150+

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Dhoni gone, though its little bit late