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

Daemon

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Really good over first up from Elgar.

faaark, first false shot I've seen from Vijay for ages
 
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Daemon said:
Really good over first up from Elgar.

faaark, first false shot I've seen from Vijay for ages
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I don't even think it was a false shot, the ball literally shot off through the rough and spun, staying low in the process.
 
StephenZA

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I can't see Morkel or Rabada bowling again in this innings! I`m just surprised that Elgar keeps getting first chance ahead of both Tahir and Duminy, must be some plan but can`t see it yet.
 
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Maybe im clutching at straws here, but the nice thing about this pitch is the turn is consistent, so south africa might find it easier to bat here then in mohali, where some would turn and some wouldnt
 
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Contra said:
You made comments about under prepared spinning Indian pitches, which is equally baseless and false, that's my point.
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I commented that this pitch was under-prepared, worse than Mohali... which appears is the general consensus by most of the pundits and watches. I expected better pitches from this Indian tour, better competition between bat and ball.

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Maybe im clutching at straws here, but the nice thing about this pitch is the turn is consistent, so south africa might find it easier to bat here then in mohali, where some would turn and some wouldnt
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Possibly, but Indian spinners have much better variation so not much hope...


There goes the first wicket to the world class spin of Elgar!
 
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I commented that this pitch was under-prepared, worse than Mohali... which appears is the general consensus by most of the pundits and watches. I expected better pitches from this Indian tour, better competition between bat and ball.
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Its just a simple case of people getting use to India shelling out roads towards the end of 2000's so opposition teams got a false sense of security that they could do well in India. Thankfully we finally decided to provide true Indian pitches and now everyone's throwing their toys out.

Also there is perfectly good competition between bat and ball, the quality batsmen have stepped up and scored, the rest have fallen.
 
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Its just a simple case of people getting use to India shelling out roads towards the end of 2000's so opposition teams got a false sense of security that they could do well in India. Thankfully we finally decided to provide true Indian pitches and now everyone's throwing their toys out.
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Maybe this is true, but I still don't think its a good test cricket wicket... and I personally don't see it helping India test cricket team improve, in the long run.

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Also there is perfectly good competition between bat and ball, the quality batsmen have stepped up and scored, the rest have fallen.
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40 wickets in 3 days of the Mohali test, sorry I don't consider that good balance. Bengaluru was a better wicket, SA just batted like sh*t...
 
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