***Official*** South Africa in India 2015

[StephenZA]

Ball does not look like its going to get above knee level this match!

 

[OverratedSanity]

Well that was absolutely dreadful from Dhawan

loose shot

That was lame Dhawan

It was a short wide delivery tbf. You should be trying to get a four. He just didn't do it well.

 

[Contra]

Mohali's generally like this, I remember the 2010 pitch against Aus and it barely bounced at the start of the match.

 

[Daemon]

It was a short wide delivery tbf. You should be trying to get a four. He just didn't do it well.

Not a dreadful choice, but you gotta say that early on with the angle away from you, not a wise choice.

 

[StephenZA]

It was a short wide delivery tbf. You should be trying to get a four. He just didn't do it well.

He has two days to get 4`s does not have to get one in the first over.... just leave the ball alone. Not that I mind that much!

 

[harsh.ag]

YESSSSSSSSSS OMG OMG I love this line up, Bhuvi > Aaron but man this is my dream line up, Ishant being back next game would be ideal too. Please Pujara at 3 and Rahane at 5.

Batting lineup definitely is the ideal long term one. But Umesh + Aaron could be really bad. Guess they won't bowl much if it's a square turner.

Very interesting.

Aaron and Yadav to be used in short pacey burst, while the spinners do the bulk of the work.

Jadeja/Mishra/Ashwin is a decent lower order, should contribute some runs.
Pujara at 3 and Rahane at 5 and no Rohit

And a debut for Rabada, with Tahir playing. Philander batting at 7 makes this a rather long tail -tho Harmer and Rabada can bat.

Should be a verrryyy interesting test.

Perfect XI. Bhuvi would generally be preferred but he seemed very jaded by the end of the ODI series. Yadav and Aaron, on the other hand, should be raring to go. The 3 spinners will be bowling the bulk of the overs, so Yadav and Aaron can bowl short, fast bursts.

Yessssssssssssss indeed! Great selection! Dhawan such an idiot though!

 

[Contra]

haha loved that to Philander

 

[Contra]

Mohali is such a bittersweet venue, great results oriented pitches but barely any crowds.

 

[Daemon]

Awesome, the ball isn't swinging for Steyn as much anymore. Vijay WAG, only got tempted 2-3 times.

 

[Contra]

that almost snuck through

 

[StephenZA]

Philander bowling well, think he will do well on this pitch!

 

[Prince EWS]

Interesting that RSA went for 5 bowlers with two spinners, an ideadat was shot down by all posters except PEWS here when I first expressed it.

Yeah once Duminy and Morkel were out I definitely would've gone this lineup (well, I'd have picked Piedt ahead of Tahir, but this balance anyway). If only Duminy was out I probably would've gone with four bowlers, but the bowling lineup just would've been too inexperienced to go with only four bowlers once Morkel was ruled out too, IMO.

 

[Niall]

Morkel injured guys?

 

[StephenZA]

Morkel injured guys?

Yes

 

[Prince EWS]

Morkel injured guys?

Yeah, ankle injury I think. He missed the last two ODIs with it as well. He got through five overs in the two-day practice game last week but he's obviously still not completely right with it.

 

[Daemon]

Harmer doesn't look like much trouble even though I think he bowled quite a nice first over. Is he accurate?

 

[cnerd123]

FFS Dhawan. Nicking off first over.

Pujara at 3 a good call.

 

[Prince EWS]

Harmer doesn't look like much trouble even though I think he bowled quite a nice first over. Is he accurate?

Accuracy isn't his main strength but he's not usually loose. Probably about Lyon standard accuracy to give you a comparison, even though they're quite different bowlers in most other areas.

 

[StephenZA]

That was closer than I originally thought!

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

That was closer than I originally thought!

very close indeed but guessing umpire had impact in mind