Actually Gambhir played quite well which is what makes Virat useless lower down the order. He can't come in and slog straight away. So Raina might be useful down at 7. 310-320 at max can be reached now unless Dhoni goes berserk. Which is a good but not quite a convincing score with the bowlers we have.
But whats noticeable is the pitch is slowing down so it won't be easy for SA to chase this score down.
70 off 75 batting exclusively in the middle overs is more than good enough.
This is Yusuf's, Kohli's, and Yuvraj's fault, not Gambhir's.
Gambhir was crap! It was just an innings to play himself into form and secure his spot for a few more matches. The way he struggled to push the scoring, he is a waste of space if Sehwag and Tendulkar bat for a good number of overs.
Can't bat 50 overs yet again and not even 300 after such a good start.
Hope relies on our bowlers now.
Just because you supported them, The played like a Pakistan batting team in last 10 overs :Pmay be i was the first Pakistani to support India in this match what the hell they have done?
cricketing Nehra!! go and die!! have something that humans have and called brain!!
Give Dhoni strike
Just because you supported them, The played like a Pakistan batting team in last 10 overs :P
You're right.
It's Gambhir's fault our 4 through 11 scored a combined 28 runs.
Gambhir was bull crap, I SAY IT ABSOLUTE BULL CRAP!!! His inability to keep things moving was a major cause for this collapse. Sachin's eye for milestones (getting nervous on nearing 100) cost us momentum, and this is what has happened.
Steyn was hammered at the beginning, and its ugly that we gave him 5 wkts on a platter. Bull crap! Dhoni takes a single first ball and gives Nehra and Munaf the chance to face the grenades. IDIOT! Poor captaincy, poor batting in the end. We deserve to lose this well.