posted Apr 13, 2008

India return the compliment and beats SA in 3 days

Well played India expecially as SA won the toss and batted first

Sehwag is very underestimated as an off spinner and has some major scalps. I knew India would win the moment Sehwag bowled Smith round his legs. A bit of deja vu as Gilchrist was bowled by Sehwag round his legs at Perth

Dhoni is a bold and positive captain but he should thank his tailenders for extending the lead to 60 to atone Dhoni's mad charge that opened the gate for SA in India first innings

Ganguly should be man of the match

And yes SC, Dhoni has tremendous beginner's luck as a skipper

Some relief as India retains ICC No 2 ranking in Tests, and now a tough tour of Sri Lanka

And well played SA!

They are growing as a team and will be hard to beat, and a headache for Eng and Aus - good luck to them

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posted Apr 13, 2008

Well deserved win for India.

Ganguly and Laxman showed how to bat on this pitch.

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posted Apr 13, 2008

SA thrashed India by an innings and beat them in SA

no return, I guess.

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posted Apr 13, 2008

Those who moan about the pitch ought to see only ODIs

Test cricket is about testing your skill and ability mental and physical in all conditions

Indians gave a flat pitch a green pitch and a spinning pitch Result 1-1

All credit to SA they were the better team in the series

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posted Apr 13, 2008

I suppose it is a credit to the Indians that they offered SA a green pitch in the last test. When did SA ever offer a pitch that suited the rival team better?

Here, Smitty was even lucky winning the toss and not having to bat last on a pitch that would suit bowlers from the first day. He can't moan about the pitch or his luck.

The current SA team has a very strong pace attack. They are not missing Pollock at all. The real test though is Australia. South Africa's record against Australia has been pathetic at best. Hope they can perform better in their next series vs Aus.

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posted Apr 13, 2008

Yes

The rest of the year will see a buildup to SA clash against Aus

Aus have a tour of WI and India and it will not be easy for gthem, as i suspect SA wil have a good time in England

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posted Apr 13, 2008

Well said Medium-pacer.

I wish we have a pace attack like SAffers.

Despite the win for India, SA posted a real threat till th last innings where they batted negatively.

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posted Apr 13, 2008

Extactly Senthil, I can understand Smith and Kallis batting slowly but De V and Boucher should have taken on some stroke play as they had lost too many wickets for too few runs, Prince was blocking at one end and it needed only a couple of 50 partnerships for SA to apply gthe screws. SA blew a good opportunity for a historicseries victory.

Free strokeplay play the ball not tghe pitch as Thorpe said, that is what saved India Ganguly and Laxman the strokeplay even Yuvraj and Dhoni contributed.

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posted Apr 13, 2008

i dont wish we had the attack of SA as we have our own World class bowlers who adapted and bowled well in the conditions which is what its about, not how good you can be on bouncey wickets.

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posted Apr 13, 2008

Congratulations to Indian fans, sounded like a hell of a day!

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