South Africa's tour of India - October/December 2015

[War]

Yeah more like "real turning IND pitch", which implied that the pitch was a real spin friendly wicket, which it wasn't. So to repost, since we are being fussy about 'exact words' -

The assertion you made that it was a great turning pitch "real turning IND pitch" is overstating things. There was not one wicket lost to the ball suddenly jumping off a good length and hitting the gloves, not one wicket lost to a ball keeping low. People if anything kept playing for the turn which wasn't there, and either edged straight deliveries or left balls alone expecting turn which then crashed into the their stumps (Amla, Du Plesis), or just playing rash shots, like Mishra or Steyn.

I agree with you pretty much. All I'd say is how serious a turner this pitch was is a matter of perception pretty much, but it was a normal a IND turner as I could remember - since I don't think IND would have balanced their side in such a way to picked 3 spinners on it.

 

[AliB]

India's Top 5 (All the Grade A players are below Grade B players)

Name(Country)|Mat|Inns|NO|Runs|HS|Ave|BF|SR|100s|50s|0s|4s|6s
RG Sharma (India) |17 |17 |1 | 815 |150 |50.93 |854 |95.43 |3 |4 |2 |75 |23
S Dhawan (India)| 20| 20| 0 | 745 |137| 37.25| 872| 85.43| 2| 4| 0| 91| 9
AM Rahane (India)| 21| 20| 2| 722 |87| 40.11| 907| 79.60| 0| 6| 1| 67| 8
MS Dhoni (India)| 20| 17| 3| 640 |92* |45.71| 737| 86.83| 0| 4| 0| 50| 11
V Kohli (India)| 20| 20| 3| 623 |138| 36.64| 773| 80.59| 2|1|0| 44| 8

 

[PokerAce]

Just to add some background to the series.

 

[Abhil]

No the pitch was good our batting sucked. If we can't bat on our home pitch then that's pretty sad. We should have just scored 400 in the first innings and won easily. Instead we had to have our bowlers do the whole job for us. Lack of application and patience was why SA was in the match till the end. Kohli needs to step up with the bat and show more responsibility as a captain, he played out the first hour nicely on day 3 and then went for an unnecessary cover drive which was pretty tough to play on this type of a pitch and he got a nick. What happened afterwards? 8 wickets for like 39 runs, India all out.

Yeah you are right.But Kohli is just not good enough to be a captian.We have very bad batting lineup.Most of the guys are t20 .Only Rahane comes out as a strong player who is cut out for test as well as odi and t20.Vijay also showed some class.Other were just like come and go.

 

[War]

South Africa openers central to solving batting puzzle | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

The underlying problem with SA team balance at the moment @stefan @Markkkkk @Rudolph

"South Africa do not have another opener in the squad they can consider in this series and the openers back home who have done well domestically - Stephen Cook and Andrew Puttick - have been bypassed by the selectors."

 

[Markkkkk]

THATS WHAT I SAID

But for real, give me a seat in the selection panel, and we'll stop SA being the overated team we are today!

 

[PokerAce]

THATS WHAT I SAID

But for real, give me a seat in the selection panel, and we'll stop SA being the overated team we are today!

No SA are not over-rated. 10 years of unbeaten away series runs doesn't equal over-rated by any means.

 

[stefan]

Not overrated but could be better with some better selection, but most teams could say the same.

 

[zwarrior]

"I am not a nice guy on the field. I want to win games, so I will do whatever it takes for us to win games," de Villiers.

1-0 down adds more pressure than 100th Test: de Villiers | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[stefan]

Philander out of the series after rolling his ankle in a game of football...Abbot replaces him.

 

[zwarrior]

Will Duminy be available ?

 

[PokerAce]

Philander ruled out of series with ankle injury | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo

If Duminy is available then this could actually perhaps help SA get a more balanced side. Rabada and Steyn can lead the pace attack, while Tahir can then get support of both Duminy and Elgar.

 

[stefan]

Both Duminy and M.Morkel have been declared fit. Steyn needs to pass a fitness test tomorrow, did bowl in in practice thought so looks promising.

 

[zwarrior]

It's raining in Bangalore since a week. It didn't rain today. Hopefully, the pitch will be proper and we get 5 days play. Thinking to go to stadium on Sunday.

 

[Aalay]

Gurkeerat, latest piece in India's five-bowler jigsaw | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo