Nothings gone right for Indians, neither the team selection,batting performances, bowling performances and fielding. India plays well they field well, when they don’t fielding is perhaps the worst hit. The team is bludgeon by injuries,the top batsmen is busy nursing a groin, the top bowlers is edged out coz of a bad ankle, the up coming bowler is labeled injured, Kumble may break down, atleast a last minute fitness test was passed, Sreesanth hasn’t had muc bowling in tests, RP is coming of injury. Pathan is already blunted out.
It was a startling performance.
Talk of sublime to the ridiculous. The Indian performances between the test matches/consecutive test innings were a distant dream they were as distant as Chennai is from Ahemdabad and summer is from winter. They bat well on batting pitch and the application was missing, not lasting even a session, Greame Smith might be thinking that he is still in Bangladesh. The delivery which got Dravid was a peach, no shame getting out to that, while Laxman was foxed by Ntini, he trusted the pitch, but I imagine Ntini understood the pitch better and the ball hit top of the off stump, another India batsman was bowled, Sehwag inside edge.
The bowled did not end here, ganguly lso got out, seeing his dismissal I, LMAO. It was highly comic, well there were some fours as well, but those boundaries would have please the bowlers much more than the batsmen.
Why is this happening?
Well Safs had a good tour of Bangladesh. There is nothing like match practice. I say that any team coming to play in the sub continent should play in Bangladesh first. The batsmen get back to run making ways and even if bowlers are not quiet there in terms of rhythm and confidence, a few freebie Bangla wickets add to the confidence. I mean even if there aren’t free the wont hammer u for runs when u end up bowling for 4 session giving 150 runs for a few morsel in terms of wickets.
While the Indians had decent ODI performances, those players are missing. One bowler in test match wont win you test match provided you aren’t Shane Warne or Muralitharan. Indian think tank missed a few clues in the jamboree of some good ODI performances in Australia and hype of IPL happen to undermine preparation for Tests.
But I don’t think India batsmen can lay bricks and draw test matches, The last match which India drew was against England, by the way rain and bad light only happen to assist India and England were just a wicket away from a test match win. Rahul Dravid can do a job provided people can bat around him.
Kaif can happily be part of the dressing room but I don’t imagine him palying in the eleven, not that he is capable of it, but I don’t think he is a favourite to be chosen. I still have doubts for Yuvraj’s capability as a batsmen.
Five bowlers seven wickets.
Back your strengths, Safs did it and perhaps will take away this match and I fear the series as well. Nothing has gone Kumble’s way, playing a bastemn short India skittle out in first session of the first day. The bowlers have been trailing for more than five sessions and only have got seven wickets, knowing Indian often find hard to cleam the the tail enders wicket it looks a long haul.
Even if India match Safs score and may be overhaul their score with over 150 runs lead, which is like asking to run a Marathon backwards, then too I don’t imagine Indian bowlers having enough to scythe through.
Second day of a test, Safs should win.
If Safs don’t win and India do something dramatic, as dramatic as Sehwag’s second triple century in as many innings, then it would be perhaps the greatest comeback after Eden Gardens test in which India came back from the back door to find Aussies surprised, despised and went on to win the series.
Ifs and thens.
If Safs win it they should go on to win the series. Ifs India bats well then too India is the most likeliest to lose the match. If India draws it though, courtesy the weather they will win the series. I heard it rained in Ahd. Ifs India does make a third innings big score, who will play and who will defend he score.
Get out of the ifs loop.
Safs should win it from here.
1.4.08
Cricket: Safs grind a draw.
I had few inhibitions coming into this series some of them have come true while for some there are two more test matches to go. I imagine that coming true sooner rather than latter. It was a batting paradise. The batsmen proved it by scoring a few runs, perhaps they should have score a few more.
The Safs were coming into this series following a series of practice matches played in Bangladesh. The batting clicked well bowlers found much needed rhythm and the team in all may have had a good field trip. Indian bowlers namely captain Kumble, Mr. Insane Sreesanth, checkered Bhajji and recuperating R.P. Singh had any bowl in a Test Match for nearly 3 months. I would have never imagined walking into the park and take 20 Saf wickets.
Spills of catches, runs and woeful bowling.
If you compare the bowling to last leg of Aussie tour to latest bowling show then its better u find something else to do. Indian bowlers should have had a few tough matches. They were bowling Agarkar like lines and were being beaten black and blue. There seemed there was only one plan to display how not to bowl technique. Once the batsmen is set Kumble’s potency looks a bit waning while Bhajji deceives to flatter me. But surprisingly he took a fifer, never mind the runs. He would have been pleased to take kallis out. It’s a big wicket. It seems all Kallis can do is pad up and see cricket, poor soul hardly scored anything against India in this match.
Inda out of ordinary fielding did not help any chances of taking a few quick wickets, as a result the Safs scored freely. Man get Zak back, come Zaheer get in there. I think a batsmen can sacrificed for playing Piyush Chawla. One should let the leggie get in. I mean Safs don’t play spin all that well. If they do then Chawla will learn to bowl to people who are slowly graduating to play spin. Kallis, Boucher and Smith can play spin well coz they use their bats and brains while playing slow form of bowling.
Its he who roared as a thunder and let it rip.
Well slam bang thank you ma’am. You cant bat an eyelid when he bats. You better don’t coz it’s a roller coaster ride. There is certain sense of eccentricity I related to Virender Viru Sehwag. One can just imagine 4 months back he was surprisingly chosen to a plane in Australia. He smashed a beautiful hundred before this test in the second Indian innings. I associated the same eccentricity with Lara. At least for know people will take Bradman, Lara and Sehwag in the same breath. They are the only batsmen who have scored two triple centuries. I back Sehwag to whack another one. I wont be surprised if he does. It was good to see him play straight. There are a few batsmen who look to be in great touch if they are playing well down the ground. Sehwag’s body language means business. He smashed Safs in double quick time. One has to look at his innings to imagine more than run a all triple century.
Viru has to make the good times count. If he is standing he will blunt a very sharp seam attack that the Safs have. I feared Steyn but then I think Steyn now fears Viru.
Counting down 10,000
If one has 10,000 in each form of cricket, (ODI and Tests) then you have to be good. Rahul Dravid has certainly walked out of Tendulkar’s ominous shadow. His form decides whether India wins or looses series that are played abroad, not that he is not good at home. Its just that he play a bit better away from home. I don’t mind saying that he is better then Ponting. While Ponting in tests had an advantage of having two very solid and run scoring openers, Dravid often does repairing job and then score runs. Its not against Ponting. Often Ponting will plunder runs and off late he had plundered lot of runs but rahul dravid has adapted wel to both forms of the game and he proved to be a very good support to Viru. He calmly rotated strike, often held one end up that helped Viru score runs rather then defending. Viru ensured that partnership was rocketing along, meanwhile Dravid shrewdly rotated strike and aul Harris fell to the mercy of Viru. I think the century score by Dravid would be one of those pressure free centuries. He had the best view in the house when Viru was batting. I imagine him egging Viru for one more smash hit to the fence.
Safs batsmen everything to gain.
They are match fit, often people struggle in sub continent with the typical summers. But their performances have exceeded because they did well in Bangladesh. Indian bowling will not add to their nightmares. There would be change provided Zaks to come back on Safs.
It was a rare, which one will remember for batsmen’s triumph.
The Safs were coming into this series following a series of practice matches played in Bangladesh. The batting clicked well bowlers found much needed rhythm and the team in all may have had a good field trip. Indian bowlers namely captain Kumble, Mr. Insane Sreesanth, checkered Bhajji and recuperating R.P. Singh had any bowl in a Test Match for nearly 3 months. I would have never imagined walking into the park and take 20 Saf wickets.
Spills of catches, runs and woeful bowling.
If you compare the bowling to last leg of Aussie tour to latest bowling show then its better u find something else to do. Indian bowlers should have had a few tough matches. They were bowling Agarkar like lines and were being beaten black and blue. There seemed there was only one plan to display how not to bowl technique. Once the batsmen is set Kumble’s potency looks a bit waning while Bhajji deceives to flatter me. But surprisingly he took a fifer, never mind the runs. He would have been pleased to take kallis out. It’s a big wicket. It seems all Kallis can do is pad up and see cricket, poor soul hardly scored anything against India in this match.
Inda out of ordinary fielding did not help any chances of taking a few quick wickets, as a result the Safs scored freely. Man get Zak back, come Zaheer get in there. I think a batsmen can sacrificed for playing Piyush Chawla. One should let the leggie get in. I mean Safs don’t play spin all that well. If they do then Chawla will learn to bowl to people who are slowly graduating to play spin. Kallis, Boucher and Smith can play spin well coz they use their bats and brains while playing slow form of bowling.
Its he who roared as a thunder and let it rip.
Well slam bang thank you ma’am. You cant bat an eyelid when he bats. You better don’t coz it’s a roller coaster ride. There is certain sense of eccentricity I related to Virender Viru Sehwag. One can just imagine 4 months back he was surprisingly chosen to a plane in Australia. He smashed a beautiful hundred before this test in the second Indian innings. I associated the same eccentricity with Lara. At least for know people will take Bradman, Lara and Sehwag in the same breath. They are the only batsmen who have scored two triple centuries. I back Sehwag to whack another one. I wont be surprised if he does. It was good to see him play straight. There are a few batsmen who look to be in great touch if they are playing well down the ground. Sehwag’s body language means business. He smashed Safs in double quick time. One has to look at his innings to imagine more than run a all triple century.
Viru has to make the good times count. If he is standing he will blunt a very sharp seam attack that the Safs have. I feared Steyn but then I think Steyn now fears Viru.
Counting down 10,000
If one has 10,000 in each form of cricket, (ODI and Tests) then you have to be good. Rahul Dravid has certainly walked out of Tendulkar’s ominous shadow. His form decides whether India wins or looses series that are played abroad, not that he is not good at home. Its just that he play a bit better away from home. I don’t mind saying that he is better then Ponting. While Ponting in tests had an advantage of having two very solid and run scoring openers, Dravid often does repairing job and then score runs. Its not against Ponting. Often Ponting will plunder runs and off late he had plundered lot of runs but rahul dravid has adapted wel to both forms of the game and he proved to be a very good support to Viru. He calmly rotated strike, often held one end up that helped Viru score runs rather then defending. Viru ensured that partnership was rocketing along, meanwhile Dravid shrewdly rotated strike and aul Harris fell to the mercy of Viru. I think the century score by Dravid would be one of those pressure free centuries. He had the best view in the house when Viru was batting. I imagine him egging Viru for one more smash hit to the fence.
Safs batsmen everything to gain.
They are match fit, often people struggle in sub continent with the typical summers. But their performances have exceeded because they did well in Bangladesh. Indian bowling will not add to their nightmares. There would be change provided Zaks to come back on Safs.
It was a rare, which one will remember for batsmen’s triumph.
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