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South Africa close 35/1 at stumps after bowling India out for 202 on Day 1 at the Wanderers

Rahul what have you done?? This is Rohit type brainfade dismissal :rabada2
 
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They were trying short balls against KL for long.
He scored a boundary earlier on short ball from Rabada which he should've left.
Couldn't control this time either.
 
Theres literally no point in playing Ashwin at te Wanderers of all places. We need another batsman and 4 quicks. Thrashing coming up.
 
Gee whiz Rahul....thrown away , what a pathetic stroke, handed it back to them

C'mon Rishabh and ash, Shardul and the rest , just attack and get us to a good score
 
This is same scenario like 4th test in England but lord Thakur somehow managed to post 190 .
 
Once again Pant misses out partnership with a Top Order batsman just when he was tightening his defense! Now again his attacking instincts might come out soon...
 
Two fielders at boundary and then you play that shot. Clear brain fade shot from KL
 
so far Ash has peeled off two ripping shots, the fab on drive and the rasping cover drive
 
Ashwin,jadeja, Washington looked far more assured in their batting than pujara rahaane and kohli for past two years..
 
Thanos said:
Two fielders at boundary and then you play that shot. Clear brain fade shot from KL
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Story of his career so far. No wonder he doesn't even average 40 in test cricket despite playing so many tests.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Theres literally no point in playing Ashwin at te Wanderers of all places. We need another batsman and 4 quicks. Thrashing coming up.
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He is far better utility player than Rahane & Pujara. Why not replace both of them with better batsmen rather than Ashwin who contributes both in bowling and batting?
 
MP2011 said:
He is far better utility player than Rahane & Pujara. Why not replace both of them with better batsmen rather than Ashwin who contributes both in bowling and batting?
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True. Iyer and Vihari are the obvious choices. Gill and Washi are in the pipeline, injured but both will get their chance. Other that these who are the new young lads who should be in the fray?
yashsvi Jaiswal? Dev dutt Padikkal? or R R Gaikwad ? or are these guys only IPL worthy?
Who are the big scorers on the Ranji scene?
Jinks and Che Pu are rapidly turning out to be the Bhuvi of the ODI team, another dude who is useless, bowls 120kmph pop gun floaters and gets thrashed day in and out yet somehow always finds himself inour ODI team.
all he has also done is hold up the development of a young paceman for the last 5 years or so, someone like Mavi or kamlesh nagarkot or kartik tyagi etc, any one care to name any young up coming pacemen?
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
True. Iyer and Vihari are the obvious choices. Gill and Washi are in the pipeline, injured but both will get their chance. Other that these who are the new young lads who should be in the fray?
yashsvi Jaiswal? Dev dutt Padikkal? or R R Gaikwad ? or are these guys only IPL worthy?
Who are the big scorers on the Ranji scene?
Jinks and Che Pu are rapidly turning out to be the Bhuvi of the ODI team, another dude who is useless, bowls 120kmph pop gun floaters and gets thrashed day in and out yet somehow always finds himself inour ODI team.
all he has also done is hold up the development of a young paceman for the last 5 years or so, someone like Mavi or kamlesh nagarkot or kartik tyagi etc, any one care to name any young up coming pacemen?
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Vihari doesn't seem to be good enough for this level.

I think time has come to give guys like Padikkal, Gaikwad and Jaiswal chances rather than burdening the team with these no hopers.

As for Bhuvi, correct assessment. He is good for nothing now. Should've been chucked long ago but then we love to play people basis their past reputations.
 
Its tea.

Both sessions have been won by SA so far. Lets see how this pans out when SA bat.
 
Both session went south africa way ..In last session if lndia looses all its five wickets for another 100 runs then technically all 3 sessions for SA and day belongs to India considering the pitch??? ..That's oxymoron
 
Varun said:
I'll give him a 10-test run at #5 from here. He has been unfairly treated I'd say.
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Yeah, considering Kohli, Rahane and Pujara being freeloaders in the team for last 2 years at least, Vihari should get to play more tests before being binned.

However whatever I've seen of Vihari, he doesn't seem to have it in him to succeed at this level, international cricket is different kettle of fish than A tours and FC cricket.
 
Varun said:
I'll give him a 10-test run at #5 from here. He has been unfairly treated I'd say.
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yah, i think he needs a reasonable run, and that sounds about right.
the massive problem is we donot seem to have young guys knocking down doors or uprooting trees desperate enough to get into our test team. dont think this is hapening in our ranji scene.
 
MP2011 said:
He is a mental midget.
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Don't know what to say.
SA bowlers were trying short balls all the way and fielders were at boundary in catching position. He knew all these and still played.
If Kohli had done the same, we would've called him arrogant and egoistic. KL played the shot and termed as mental midget.
We can't judge people by their body language which people do for Kohli usually.
Body language doesn't reflect actual character always.

Anyway, I think KL did his job as opener in both matches. It's the middle order we've problem with.
 
Pant has been really poor with bat since that ton against England in our home series.
 
Rishabh pant is a hack with his awful technique.
The more I see him the more I get convinced.
 
200 it will be and that's giving 50 runs first innings lead to the opposition:mv
 
Need to scrape our way to 180 at least somehow.
 
That's why it pays to have a proper batting line up rather than this ragtag bunch.
 
SA winning here will set up the series very well for the final test. But SA would have to score some runs. Bowlers are doing their job so far.
 
MP2011 said:
He is far better utility player than Rahane & Pujara. Why not replace both of them with better batsmen rather than Ashwin who contributes both in bowling and batting?
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Ashwin was pretty ineffective with the ball at Centurion. At least when it mattered. Pujara and Rahane especially need to be replaced but 4 +6+1 is the way to go here.
 
Thakur little success got in his head , should be replace by umesh in next test .
 
What was that shot from Thakur?

Catching practice for the fielder.

Horrible.
 
Only consolation is India's gun attack could do similar to the south African batting line up.
 
Weakest batting lineup from India in 21st century. Sticking to pujara and rahane for so long especially the latter is mind boggling
 
Those who give credit of our bowling prowess to Kohli, should also credit him for creating the most pathetic batting line-up in international cricket.
 
Hopefully Washi Sundar develops into a useful M O bat and useful spinner.
His being a LH batsman would be a wonderful asset to have in an otherwise Right hand dominated lineup.
Other than Pant and jads we donot have any other LHB
Meanwhile Ash playing some wonderful shots, go ash!
 
Not only Thakur is pathetic on the field, he has a bulging waistline too, shows his priorities.
 
MP2011 said:
Those who give credit of our bowling prowess to Kohli, should also credit him for creating the most pathetic batting line-up in international cricket.
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C'mon mate, he did'nt 'create' the most pathetic batting line up in intl cricket. exactly this time last year we were cheering on Che pu and jinks. Its nhot his fault that they are out of form.
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
C'mon mate, he did'nt 'create' the most pathetic batting line up in intl cricket. exactly this time last year we were cheering on Che pu and jinks. Its nhot his fault that they are out of form.
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Just like he didn't create our bowling line up!
 
South Africa losing the plot with the ball here.

Great counter-attack by Ashwin.
 
CrIc_Mystique said:
Its nhot his fault that they are out of form.
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And enough with this out of form excuse. If he wanted, he could've binned them long back. That he couldn't because he himself is equally pathetic with bat as these 2. No other reason.
 
Shami, another guy who throws away his wicket. all he needed to do was hold one end and let Ash score at the other end, but good catch by KG
Hope jazz boom does that , Ash gets a well deserved 50 and we hopefully top 200
with Siraj -he has only one shot. the move away to leg and heave ho for the tall timber and hope for the best shot...will be fun when he comes on, high on the entertainment value.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
Ashwin was pretty ineffective with the ball at Centurion. At least when it mattered. Pujara and Rahane especially need to be replaced but 4 +6+1 is the way to go here.
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Ashwin any day over that overrated Thakur!
 
Last pair which can score some runs. Siraj with his showing all 3 stumps style will get out in 5 balls max.
 
Won't be pretty for SA bats either.

Who was saying this pitch is low and slow or that SA attack is pedestrian?
 
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