Plan has flaws. The pitch is supporting fast bowling not spinning. Spinners wont be effective except maybe Ajmal. Its a fast bowling pitch so we should have more attacking with our quicks.
You're half-right.
The pitches in South Africa help the fast bowlers while the ball is hard, for the first 18-20 overs.
After that it is a hard slog until the second new ball, because there is little reverse swing (see my thread about Johannesburg's conditions) and little deviation off the pitch.
So overs 20-80 consist of the quick bowlers sticking to a very tight line and length and trying to tempt the batsmen into poor shots. But you don't blast people out with pace at Johannesburg after the first hour with the new ball.
Adil or Irfan's bounce will be a virtue from overs 20-80, but their lack of pace won't matter at all so long as they are very, very strict in their line and length.
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