India in South Africa

[cricket_lover]

Agarkar's leaking runs...we would like that area to be strong, may be bring in Pathan, looks like SA are finding it tough against left-arm seamers.

 

[SaiSrini]

Yeah Right! It's his fault the batsmen couldn't cope with bounce. When are we going to stop looking for scapegoats.

Everyone applauded the experiments when India thrashed Sri-Lanka 5-1 in ODIs.

I didnt! It was a streaky success run for the team according to me!

SA 42/4. Gibbs is GONE!!

Is this true??? The Indian bowlers are seriously turning the screws on! What a lovely spell of bowling that was from Zaheer. I wish Dravid finishes off Zaheer's full quota now itself. Let him inflict the most damage now when he is in full flow and is going about it superbly. Finally, my favorite left arm bowler is back with a bang in this team! I just luv it!!!!

Edit: Good decision by Dravid to persist Zaheer! But SA have still players to get them out of trouble! India need to always be on the prowl!

By the way, thats a daring change the team has made to its lineup! Dinesh Karthick and Dhoni in the same team? That looks great! Dinesh Karthick is damn lucky to have this! Good that Sehwag is back. and Kumble too. Pathan, I expected him back. Because many think not including him in the first game lost us the game (ha ha!). :

Zaheer's figures so far

7-4-9-3

Wahhhhh..... Looks smashing to read esp. if you are supporting the bowler's country!

Amazing! Truly unbelievable! SA 76/6??

The commentators so often say how good a batting wicket this is! Still such a scorecard for SA??? I would be inclined to give all credit to the Indian bowlers, esp. Zaheer Khan! What a superb performance so far! But come on guys, keep it up! Shoot them out below 100! Give them back what they gave to us at Durban!

Anything less than 150 would be good for India to chase since this is a much easier wicket to bat on than Durban! It can be 200 also but considering India's form in batting, I wouldnt want them to concede anything over 150

 

[evertonfan]

What a fantastic counter-attack this is from South Africa and Kemp in particular; The Indians have no clue how to bowl against him.

 

[manee]

There is no way too, he hits everything

 

[evertonfan]

What an innings from Kemp; One of the best counter-attacking innings i've seen for a long time.

 

[nightprowler10]

I would say it was a pathetic performance by Indian bowlers to let RSA post such a total, but looking at how Pakistan fared against the Saffies in the CT, I think I'll keep my mouth shut

 

[ZoraxDoom]

India 7/2 after 6. Thank God I'm not an Indian fan

 

[jkartik]

Bravo India ! Bravo !! I am Proud of being an indian Fan :

pathetic performance and harbhajan,agarkar and pathan..
if it wasnt for zaheer khan and kumble, SA would have easily
posted a target of 350+ !
i mean..to let one team score 276 after 76/6 is out of my
thinking.

hmm...i saw many people saying dropping pathan was a big mistake...
seriously, is it ??

and now..look at our wonderful openers...
dravid and kaif will leave 100 balls and score 10 runs..
and then get out slogging or cheaply under pressure.

tbh..i feel tendulkar should be given a treatment similar to ganguly...
he hasnt played a historical/match-winning/memorable innings since
WC2003..atleast not to my recollection.
even if he did play an innings (so called silencing the critics),
he fails miserably in the coming 10 innings..
does anyone agree with me ? (i know there wont be many)

EDIT : YAY !! kaif gone..... :happy :

 

[Adarsh]

What's the y axis? It's not his average. And is this Tests or ODIs or mixed? I'm thinking it's Tests looking at some of the scores over 200. You can't mix both forms of the game as they're different. And what does the blue line represent?

 

[ZoraxDoom]

His return innings was a fabulous century, but that's all...
22/3 after 12.3. Karthik, a player who many think can't bat, is showing Sachin, Viru and Kaif how to be patient...
And WTF was he fielding?? India's best keeper, fielding? If you are gonna play both, let the better stand behind the stumps. Even then, Karthik impressed. Dhoni wouldn't have been so bad bowling. Take Irfan's runup, and with those massive arms, we may have the next Akhtar
26/3, Kaarthik hits a 4. Something Viru and Sachin couldn't do. : Kaif did it, and got out next ball.
Apparently, he stepped down the track and hit him for 4. What talent, what aggressive skill, and people feel he is useless and can't attack :
*Sigh*...

 

[manee]

C'mon India, Kartik doing well and I have faith in India to level the series.

EDIT: Where has your graph gone JK?

 

[jkartik]

What's the y axis? It's not his average. And is this Tests or ODIs or mixed? I'm thinking it's Tests looking at some of the scores over 200. You can't mix both forms of the game as they're different. And what does the blue line represent?

ah well...i removed it...didnt make much sense to me either

wow !! karthik hits 2 fours and a six
Dhoni eyes will be something like this =

 

[ZoraxDoom]

Another one for Karthik. And then a six!
*Sigh*
Why won't they just drop Dhoni already and let Karthik take the gloves. A better keeper, and a talented top order batsman. No slogger. No unorthodx technique. And younger.

 

[manee]

Hopefully Dhoni and Pathan can destory South Africa.

 

[ZoraxDoom]

RRR 6.79. Dravid gets a 4.
Only Karthik going beserk can save us now...

Karthik out to a ripper from Ntini
Now Dhoni in. I know he hit 183*, but I'm still pessimistic ...