India Tour of South Africa - 2018

[Vijay Krish]

@Pranab, Bro I guess now everyone will realise Saha's silent contribution. Yup Saha is slightly better than MS with fast bowlers but no one can ever match MSD keeping against spinners But even against pace MSD has always been up there with international standards. I'm only talking about his wicket keeping skills which was always overshadowed by his batting and captaincy.

 

[Sai Jai]

Day 1: Tea Break - South Africa opt to bat

RSA - 182/2 (56.0 Ovs)
CRR: 3.25

Amla* 35(77)
de Villiers 16(26)

Last wkt: Aiden Markram c Parthiv Patel b Ashwin 94(150)

 

[Vijay Krish]

@Shantanu Upadhyay Wonder why Naman Ojha was not considered as a back up to Saha. He is a better batsman than Parthiv and Karthik too. I totally forgot about him. Anyways all of Saha, Parthiv, Karthik and Naman fall under the same age category. So now selectors need to groom someone like Pant, Ishaan or Sanju for the future. For more than a decade MSD didnt make anyone look for another option but now in a couple of years at max India need a wicket keeper batsmen in all formats.

 

[Shivraj]

Update from BCCI on Shami: "Mohammed Shami had a mild headache. He went back to the dressing room for some treatment. He is fit and fine now."

 

[Shivraj]

may be huge parthership going to built between Amla and ABD

 

[Sai Jai]

Update from BCCI on Shami: "Mohammed Shami had a mild headache. He went back to the dressing room for some treatment. He is fit and fine now."

Wondering how shami is playing continuesly 2nd test there u go :dodgy:

 

[Vishnu777]

SA is going to post a huge total it seems!

 

[Shivraj]

RSA 199/3 (63.0 Ovs)
CRR: 3.16
Day 1: 3rd Session - South Africa opt to bat

Last Wkt: de Villiers 20 (48)

 

[Vishnu777]

de Villiers b Ishant 20(48) [4s-2]

SA - 203/3

 

[Sarkar]

what a poor team selection !!

why ishant is still in Indian squad, look at his stats.... 80 test matches, and only abt 200 odd wickets
rahane is not playing, either...

and d only guy who pick wickets, bhuvi is out of d team....

d only gud thing is that a player named, LUNGI is playing for SA team.

So that he can get ABD :blush:

It's better for Bhuvi that he is out of the team as this pitch is not for him, there is no lateral movement so SA will easily put his every ball in boundary as he is much slower