Indian tour of South Africa, December-January 2010/11

[Adarsh]

Without Zak I can't see us winning the first match. The bowling lacks any spear head.

 

[AkshayS]

Still some 15 hours left, We can just hope that Zaheer plays.
But since the WC is near, he can't risk his body too and it's a test match. He will have to play for 5 days.

I think India's lineup tomorrow won't have him resulting in 1-0 lead by SA.

 

[deepuparayil]

No need to worry about our bowling Ishant,Sreesanth and Yadav are more than enough for this pitch.

 

[SaiSrini]

No need to worry about our bowling Ishant,Sreesanth and Yadav are more than enough for this pitch.

Most likely, it will be Unadkat, not Yadav. They will have him for the variety of a left armer since the other two are right armers. I think this will be a very challenging and good debut for either of them because they are facing a very strong team in their own home conditions, and the good thing is, the pitches will not be flat and will be responsive to their bowling. But Zaheer's absence will be a blow. Hope India can recover from it well. Its our batting I am worried about.

SaiSrini added 2 Minutes and 43 Seconds later...

No man everything going to be exact opposite in SA. Our bowlers are gonna do really well and our batsmen are going to be struggling. SA pitches has great carry, so the reaction time of our batsmen needed to be a lot faster than usual.
Also they need to be worry about the higher bounce they are unfamiliar with.

If our batsmen adapt to the conditions well,we are surely gonna win.

True. Our bowlers are gonna look good here in SA, while the focus will be on how our batsmen cope with the conditions and pitches. If there is seam movement, we are surely going to be in trouble because seam movement unsettles us almost always. Bounce and pace is not an issue, but that along with movement is.

 

[Params7]

This is going to be competitive as hell I feel. I'm getting a feeling SA won't lose at home Can't wait for it to start.

 

[pcfan123]

Yea too bad the timings are awful here

 

[McLOVIN]

Yea too bad the timings are awful here

What's the start time for us?

McLOVIN added 1 Minutes and 4 Seconds later...

6 hrs to go, so around 8 pm for me. Even the ashes will start at 7. I was liking it when it started at 4.

 

[pcfan123]

the Ashes start at 8:30 pm and the India test at 2:30 am here

 

[McLOVIN]

2:30?? damn, I didn't know we were that far away. I thought it be like 12:30 for you. well that shux

 

[TruSachFan]

Ashes at 7 pm and India SAF at 3:30. There's a lot of rain in Joburg right now, so I predict the first session will be washed out so no point in me waking up early.

 

[pcfan123]

more like no point in staying up that late

 

[TruSachFan]

more like no point in staying up that late

yeah that too

 

[SaiSrini]

Starts at 3:30am for me. Might miss the first day since the weather is predicted to be very bad. There's a good chance of Centurion being the draw test, with showers predicted on Sunday and Monday too (i.e. Day 4 and Day 5). India will be lucky to get away with a draw at Centurion. Will have given enough acclimatisation of the conditions, Zaheer's injury could be gone and we would have had match practice (the real practice of playing in a test). I wont mind that!

 

[aditya123]

What is the weather like out there at the moment? Can`t wait for the start and if it gets rained off, would ruin the excitement,

 

[aditya123]

Game might start in an hour or so, says Cricinfo. Lets hope we get decent amount of play today.