South Africa beat India in 3rd ODI by 18 runs

[battler]

Teams
India: (probable) 1 Rohit Sharma, 2 Shikhar Dhawan, 3 Ajinkya Rahane 4 Virat Kohli, 5 MS Dhoni (capt, wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Axar Patel, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Mohit Sharma, 11 Umesh Yadav

South Africa: (probable) 1 Quinton de Kock (wk), 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis (capt), 4 AB de Villiers (capt), 5 JP Duminy, 6 Farhaan Behardien, 7 David Miller/Chris Morris, 8 Dale Steyn, 9 Morne Morkel, 10 Kagiso Rabada, 11 Imran Tahir

 

[battler]

SA win the toss and bat first.
One change in the Indian team is Mishra comes in for Yadav.
SA is unchanged.

 

[MRSN]

That's good for SA that they are batting first..less chance for a choke..

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[marlonbrowndo]

Glad SA is batting first. I want to see their batting in full flow

 

[battler]

This pitch is a total patta, SA really should be looking at 400 here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

That's good for SA that they are batting first..less chance for a choke..

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They choke with ball too. World cup 2015 semi final?

 

[battler]

Glad SA is batting first. I want to see their batting in full flow

If India were batting, then you could have seen Rohit in full flow and possibly another double hundred

 

[marlonbrowndo]

If India were batting, then you could have seen Rohit in full flow and possibly another double hundred

True but i just like the sa batting lineup

 

[Abhilash93]

When was the last time Rajkot hosted an international match?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Why is india going with six batsmen and 2 trundlers

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Devilliers batting at 5. He should bat at 4!! Miller is fine at 6

 

[Sandeep]

Miller opening! Interesting!!

 

[Indian_Supporter]

Amla Bhai dropped?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Dhoni and his weird fields

 

[Abhilash93]

Miller to open, Amla pushed down at 3.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amla Bhai dropped?

Nope hell bat at 3. Miller is opening to regain form

 

[Sandeep]

Dhoni and his weird fields

Very interesting actually. 3 fielders on leg side for QDK and Bhuvi is bowling on the leg..

 

[Indian_Supporter]

Nope hell bat at 3. Miller is opening to regain form

Ok. Maybe they are trying to exploit the mandatory powerplay with Miller

 

[Justcrazy]

Miller opening

 

[jusarrived]

SA have got it right , moving Amla down , but with the wrong player . I think it should be Russouw instead of Miller . Does make their opening more scary .

 

[Strike Rate]

Can't watch the match on TV because star sports not available but cricinfo says Miller opening? Is it a typo or he is really opening?

What exactly happened to the talk of ABD opening that was going on before a couple of months. Miller is a bad choice as an opener.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

They choke with ball too. World cup 2015 semi final?

Hardly a choke, not every single loss is a choke you know.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Hardly a choke, not every single loss is a choke you know.

Haha i know mate dont mind. Every team has a tag associated with them. Eg india and their trundlers. Pakistan and their batting collapses. Thus whenever south africa lose people call it a choke only as a joke

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Nice and steady start. Qdk ********* incoming...

 

[axl100mph]

Hardly a choke, not every single loss is a choke you know.

dont tell me. what about all those elementary fielding lapses, dropped catches by guys like ab n faf?

 

[axl100mph]

If India were batting, then you could have seen Rohit in full flow and possibly another double hundred

was hoping to see rohit bat but wll hv to see these borng saffers now.
chalo atleast de cock is good to watch

 

[jusarrived]

dont tell me. what about all those elementary fielding lapses, dropped catches by guys like ab n faf?

Every team does that when they lose , its not just SA . SA have choked quite a few big matches , but not all the time . if you look at the last 2 matches , Indias first match was bigger choke than what SA did in the second match

 

[Justcrazy]

30 / 0

5 overs

 

[WC-Passion]

Going good for SA so far:

South Africa 30/0 (5 ov)

Quinton De Kock 15(19)

David Miller 13(11)

 

[axl100mph]

Every team does that when they lose , its not just SA . SA have choked quite a few big matches , but not all the time . if you look at the last 2 matches , Indias first match was bigger choke than what SA did in the second match

i was referring to the semi final.
saffers r great in bilterals

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Gavaskar should stop with the shot yaar. It was only funny when wasim akram said it

 

[axl100mph]

Gavaskar should stop with the shot yaar. It was only funny when wasim akram said it

shaun pollock did

 

[#GreenRoars]

Woow Milli is opening, brave move

 

[axl100mph]

some really cringeworthy ads

 

[Zeshan547]

On this pitch and fast outfield even 400 is not a safe score. But don't think at this stage SA realise this.

 

[Ozymandiasza]

Woow Milli is opening, brave move

Apparently, fortune favours the brave. Suppose we will see.

 

[axl100mph]

On this pitch and fast outfield even 400 is not a safe score. But don't think at this stage SA realise this.

is it u urself in that profile pic?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

is it u urself in that profile pic?

Mine is me

 

[axl100mph]

Mine is me

tell me more

 

[axl100mph]

Apparently, fortune favours the brave. Suppose we will see.

if only pak can be brave enough to open with

 

[marlonbrowndo]

if only pak can be brave enough to open with

Been my wish for a long time. Akmal and azhar

 

[axl100mph]

de kock plays like me in terms of style n backlift

 

[Zeshan547]

is it u urself in that profile pic?

hell yeah Sir. Is it cool?

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Good shots from dekock. I can predict a big total here

 

[Justcrazy]

up

 

[#GreenRoars]

Sending Miller as an opener helping SA much

 

[marlonbrowndo]

If shehzad was playing even on this pitcg wed had 30 runs right now

 

[#GreenRoars]

Bhaji the wicket taker is on now

 

[battler]

was hoping to see rohit bat but wll hv to see these borng saffers now.
chalo atleast de cock is good to watch

Don't worry AB isn't too boring either

 

[axl100mph]

hell yeah Sir. Is it cool?

will be proud of it

 

[desi_launda]

Bhaji the wicket taker is on now

Bhajji the wicket taker??

 

[Justcrazy]

54 / 0

9 overs

 

[Zeshan547]

Saffers doing just ok, but on this road of pitch and lightening fast outfield they should have target atleast 80 of first 10, but good thing is they still have all wickets in hand.

 

[axl100mph]

ab is boring tbh
no elegance or oomph abut his batting.
plus, he bats too low

 

[axl100mph]

If shehzad was playing even on this pitcg wed had 30 runs right now

this would hv been an ideal pitch for him. would hv done well here

 

[marlonbrowndo]

And i thought pakistani ads were bad

 

[#GreenRoars]

SA going really good

 

[#GreenRoars]

Bhajji the wicket taker??

Whenever he comes, he take wicket honestly.

 

[axl100mph]

bhajjjjjjjjjjjjan, naa maar watttey

 

[Justcrazy]

65 . 0

12 overs

 

[axl100mph]

miller is mediocre, dont understand the hype

 

[Justcrazy]

Miller

 

[#GreenRoars]

So far SA doing good job.

 

[axl100mph]

So far SA doing good job.

kitni baar likhega lala

 

[axl100mph]

'm' for miller
'm' for mediocre
proved again

 

[axl100mph]

his holiness enters the field

 

[axl100mph]

chucker is blatantly chucking

 

[jusarrived]

This puts a lot of pressure on Amla though , I cant see him playing useful knocks outside the power plays . The average and strike rate will drop

 

[Justcrazy]

Harbhajan action is not that clean

 

[axl100mph]

Harbhajan action is not that clean

eureka, u just made a discovery

 

[axl100mph]

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] [MENTION=107807]Pete Rose[/MENTION]
hv a look at his action n tell me if i was conspiring

 

[Justcrazy]

84 / 1

17 overs

 

[desi_launda]

Amla bhai
Lovely ball by Mishra

 

[Indian_Supporter]

Amla Bhai out

 

[Abhilash93]

Classic legbreak by Mishra. Spun past the outside edge of Amla & beat him all ends up.

 

[Sandeep]

Bhai gone now

 

[#GreenRoars]

Bhajji the wicket taker??

I told you na he is wicket taker.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

Amla gone

 

[Indian_Supporter]

BTW Amla Bhai got out stumping in both games against spinners. Probably not that great against spinners? [MENTION=129948]Bilal7[/MENTION] [MENTION=135445]Strike Rate[/MENTION]

 

[#GreenRoars]

Amla needs a kick out of the team