*Official* India in South Africa

[vcs]

Don't stink up this thread please, I was enjoying it here after the tripe that's gone round recently

Post more then.

 

[Jono]

Little South African girl:

"This is going to be an epic day"

 

[Xuhaib]

If Veru gets going watch SA panic afterall they are the kings in choking.

 

[biased indian]

Nobody's telling you how to post, someone just happened to make a valid observation that I agree with.

and what was that ?

 

[Zinzan]

Should be a fascinating last day. Judging from Harby's figures, the pitch is clearly suitable to spin, but will there be much in it for the Steyn, Morkel & co?

 

[Zinzan]

and what was that ?

lol, time to put this one to bed. If you want to see, I suggest you read through the thread

 

[Teja.]

Today, I'd hate to lose far more than I'd love to win. Coming back from the first test and drawing the series will be a huge moral victory anyway and losing 2-1 again would mean no improvement from 06/07. We should not take any risk, IMHO.

 

[hazsa19]

What time does play start?

 

[Arjun]

If so many of you are so keen on getting rid of Ishant, who's your choice as a replacement? There appear to be none at present. In fact, Sree's a worse choice than Ishant, with virtually no cure to his extravagance. Beyond that. the best you have is Irfan, Vinay Kumar, by a long shot Pankaj Singh and a laughable bunch. Irfan's out of favour (and struggling with injury), Vinay's out of favour, Pankaj may be out of his depth here and the rest, ironically, is where the selectors often look. Would you replace Ishant with any of them? It doesn't seem a good idea.

 

[ankitj]

A team is #1 if it is #1 on the ICC ranking charts. Deal with it, you haters

 

[Teja.]

If so many of you are so keen on getting rid of Ishant, who's your choice as a replacement? There appear to be none at present. In fact, Sree's a worse choice than Ishant, with virtually no cure to his extravagance. Beyond that. the best you have is Irfan, Vinay Kumar, by a long shot Pankaj Singh and a laughable bunch. Irfan's out of favour (and struggling with injury), Vinay's out of favour, Pankaj may be out of his depth here and the rest, ironically, is where the selectors often look. Would you replace Ishant with any of them? It doesn't seem a good idea.

Praveen Kumar. The question is not whether he's test-level atm or not but rather whether he's better than Ishant or not. The answer is a clear yes, IMO.

 

[Zinzan]

Today, I'd hate to lose far more than I'd love to win. Coming back from the first test and drawing the series will be a huge moral victory anyway and losing 2-1 again would mean no improvement from 06/07. We should not take any risk, IMHO.

Still have to play reasonably naturally though. India are lucky to have a batsman like Sehwag in this situation, because if things go his way he's one of the few bats in the world who could actually win a game like this on day 5. If there was no Sehwag, I'd certainly only rate India a chance to draw at best.

 

[Xuhaib]

my cable was showing NEO cricket yesterday so caught highlights of an Indian domestic game this Pankhaj Singh dude looked very good the much hyped up Chahar is a standard Indian pacer barely bowled above 120.

 

[Jono]

Sree fined for kicking the boundary rope?

After all the **** he does, this is what he is fined for?

Sree has suddenly "cleaned his hair" to "look more like a fast bowler" and "grow up"

Fine him for being a **** tbh

 

[honestbharani]

What's with these South Africans appealing confidently when there is no nick and not when there is one?

Even more baffling is the fact that Smith and Steyn got away with this one when Sreesanth didn't. Both were equally bad, in my book.

 

[vcs]

Sree fined for kicking the boundary rope?

After all the **** he does, this is what he is fined for?

Sree has suddenly "cleaned his hair" to "look more like a fast bowler" and "grow up"

Fine him for being a **** tbh

Sreesanth should pay a fine for existing TBH.

 

[Jono]

my cable was showing NEO cricket yesterday so caught highlights of an Indian domestic game this Pankhaj Singh dude looked very good the much hyped up Chahar is a standard Indian pacer barely bowled above 120.

Pankaj is a good prospect. Selectors giving him mixed signals is very annoying.

 

[Jono]

Wow, someone must have given Sree heaps of ****. He's very apologetic and saying he wants to completely change into a "silent killer".

Sounding like a dickhead

 

[Zinzan]

Out of interest, who are the sky commentators covering this match? Every stream I find has the budget ten cricket mob (or whoever they are).

 

[Teja.]

Worst people tbh.