South Africa vs India | 1st Test | Johannesburg | Day 1 | 18-12-2013

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Philly smashed for :4 by movies into the 90's

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Kohli is a natural stroke maker. He is the best ODI bat going around these days. He rarely gets tied down even while struggling. I would not normally expect to see Kohli make 20 off 75 - he will either get out quickly if it is not his day or score big and fast. So you can't compare the scoring rates of different players. Indian strategy looked good to me until that unfortunate run out.

Indian batsmen did not get a practice match here, and ODIs don't give good practice for a test match. So Indian batsmen did well by being careful and patient, if they had gone down 6/80 now in the name of being aggressive, they would be in deep trouble in the test already.

I'm not saying they batted badly. Far from it. I'm just saying that we need to bat exceptionally if we are going to win especially with our weak bowling attack. Scoreboard pressure is the only way Saffers may lose this.

 

[Sandeep]

Just, just!

 

[Mr Consistent]

kohli into 90's

 

[liaqat]

Great bating from the beast ..

totally in control now

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Steyn vs Kohli

 

[Stark]

Cricinfo:

Sidhant Goel: "At the end of 57 overs, Steyn and Philander had the EXACT same figures, 16 overs, 2 maidens, 38 runs, 1 wicket, 78 dot balls, 5 fours and no sixes hit off their bowling, and an economy rate of 2.37! Talk about coincidences!!"

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Left Left and Left ......

 

[Mark42]

Dont jinx guys! let him play.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Morkel comes back .... man! this attack is relentless ...

 

[liaqat]

Dont jinx guys! let him play.

This guy is beyond jinxing believe me we have tried

 

[Mark42]

This guy is beyond jinxing believe me we have tried

Last time he got out on 99.

someone was counting runs left

 

[Dark Magician]

Geez Tahir looks like a hack eh.

He is a hack. He and krezja are the same kinda bowlers.

 

[Sandeep]

Test of temperament and endurance for Kohli..

 

[Mr Consistent]

again maiden

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

71 overs done ....

Outside off leave it .... patience test

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Steyn is just an absolute freak. 18 overs in a total of 61 overs.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

1 more maiden by Rahane

 

[Sandeep]

71 overs done ....

Outside off leave it .... Patience test

62..

 

[Mr Consistent]

again madien

 

[Mr Consistent]

moves to 94

 

[Abhilash]

Dumminy and kallis i think!!

 

[Ims1]

Steyn is just an absolute freak. 18 overs in a total of 61 overs.

smith over doing it .
VK 98 not out .....

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Duminy comes on to bowl ... and runs

 

[battler]

Kohli moves to 98 now.

 

[Sledger]

Century to Kohli.

 

[Ims1]

100 yessssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss

 

[Sandeep]

Well done

Future Captain for sure!

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

100 for

Watta playa

 

[battler]

Kohli gets the 100
What an innings!!

 

[Mr Consistent]

:4 by kohli

 

[Nikhil_cric]

smith over doing it .
VK 98 not out .....

Smith usually lets Steyn decide for himself.

 

[Mr Consistent]

kohli get his 5th ton well played

 

[battler]

He has to concentrate now,and not be satisfied,now comes the testing time for

 

[IndianWillow]

Kohli 100!!

 

[Ims1]

Can we get to 350 ?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Please don't throw it away now virat. We need you to bat as long as possible.

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

100 @ SR of 72

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

Need 50 more from to get past 250 mark

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Need 50 more from to get past 250 mark

We need 350 at the very least.

 

[Mr Consistent]

maiden

 

[majiz]

Kohli would replace kp in my world xi now

 

[OZGOD]

Great knock from Kohli

 

[kaayal]

Well done kohli.now go for the kill.

 

[BillyM]

Whoa... Kohli. Take a bow

 

[Sandeep]

I would go on and say this knock was the first meaningful one from him in tests. He has held the young batting line up together. Certainly is a leader..

 

[amax]

hopefully SA are into Indian tail before 2nd new ball, tail cannot survive new ball on this pitch and will collapse quickly. Go SA!!

 

[dravid the wall]

well done kohli... great knock under pressure..

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Steyn going off the field. Not good at all for SA.

 

[Imran_m]

Well Played Kohli but I was more impressed with Pujara possesses great composure

 

[battler]

South africa please bring tahir on!

 

[battler]

200 up for India!

 

[dravid the wall]

yeah unlucky he got run out

 

[Electron]

It's a good batting surface now. Pujara will feel hard done here by

 

[trogger]

Great knock from kohli, guess the only real mark against him in his test career so far is he hasn't gone on to a big ton but pitch looks like a good one to make a huge hundred.

 

[Electron]

Tahir throws the usual crap again... :4

 

[Robbie]

Cracks have widened now. Pitch is doing something.

 

[Mr Consistent]

kohli hammered sir thir

 

[AamchiMumbaikar]

highest score in TEST cricket .... 17 overs left

7 more overs for the new ball

 

[Imran_m]

It's great to see Indians putting Imran Tahir in his place after Pakistan made him look like the second coming of Shane Warne

 

[waleed88]

Why is that a Virat Kohli's 100 gets soo much media attention on cricinfo. But when Asad Shafiq or Khurram Manzoor got a 100 against Southafrica ( the latter on a debut). There was no coverage on that at all.

 

[trogger]

Why is that a Virat Kohli's 100 gets soo much media attention on cricinfo. But when Asad Shafiq or Khurram Manzoor got a 100 against Southafrica ( the latter on a debut). There was no coverage on that at all.

You know why, it's not some conspiracy against pakistan it's just economics if you run a major cricket site you would be nuts not to aim your content at the indian market.

 

[Glory Of '09]

Great innings this innings shows his class.

 

[Justcrazy]

where the posters who said India will be gone within 100 ???

 

[Justcrazy]

again showing his class here

 

[ghalib]

Thanks, ICC for the 90 overs rule. Imran Tahir and Duminy bowl the majority of remaining overs or Smith sits out the next game

 

[ChaudrySaab]

Kohli playing a beauty!

 

[Justcrazy]

Partnership 64 runs.

 

[Electron]

Got away with 1st fulltoss... second one goes for :4 Poor bowling by Tahir

 

[ChaudrySaab]

Tahir shown his place, thank you India!.

 

[waleed88]

You know why, it's not some conspiracy against pakistan it's just economics if you run a major cricket site you would be nuts not to aim your content at the indian market.

Yea well honestly its unfair, coz considering none of the talent that pakistan has on display ever gets promoted enough to get into the category of emerging player of the year, or other relevant awards for the youngsters. Taking nothing away from Virat it was a very good innings. Not something a Pakistan batsman ever achieved. Except probably Younis Khan

 

[battler]

Kohli no no no

 

[Hitman]

Lucky Kallis!

 

[Justcrazy]

India showing how to Tahir , Pakistan should see this.

 

[sohaib anwer]

Kohli u beauty!!!!!!!

 

[waleed88]

While talents like Junaid Khan and Mohammad Irfan are really under appreciated. Shami makes airwaves as the next Kapil Dev with his bowling performance against a minnow team like West Indies

 

[Hitman]

Kohli threw his wicket away. Never mind, one learns from mistakes. Hopefully he learns from his mistake today.

 

[Nuekboi]

Oh boy, Kohli succumbs to friendly banter from Kallis. Key time to get a key wicket, just a bit before the new ball

 

[HASHAM2]

Kohli No No
What a Class player he is Love watching him Bat

Now India can get all out Under-300

 

[trogger]

Yea well honestly its unfair,

life ain't ever been fair mate, better get used to it or you're going to spending the rest of your life getting upset about something (or everything).