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

[ajdude]

**** that's a good catch.

 

[indiaholic]

21-16-9-3

 

[indiaholic]

ASHWIN!!!!!

zzz

 

[cnerd123]

**** that's a good catch.

Saha WAG.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Well done India - that is turning into quite a decent side they've got there. Bad luck South Africa - incredibly gutsy and skilful performance.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Well that was quick.

3-0

 

[cnerd123]

Hahahaha AshWIN does it with a straight ball. Magnificent.

3-0

 

[OverratedSanity]

Can you guys finally leave Saha alone for a while now? Ffs.

 

[social]

Adelaide was a road, Oz had 3 bowlers and SA had a huge amount of luck

Unfortunately, it convinced some people that blocking everything is the right course of action

News flash: if you allow international quality bowlers to just bowl at you for hour after hour in conditions that suit them, eventually you get a ball with your name on it

With the odd exception, it's been proven to be the case for more than a hundred years

This was mind-numbingly stupid from SA and they got what they deserved

 

[OverratedSanity]

Can someone post a gif of the Yadav yorker to Abbott.

 

[Cabinet96]

I like that the run rate just finished below 1.

 

[cnerd123]

Can someone post a gif of the Yadav yorker to Abbott.

Cricingif dont have it. I wanted to see it

 

[Cabinet96]

Adelaide was a road, Oz had 3 bowlers and SA had a huge amount of luck

Unfortunately, it convinced some people that blocking everything is the right course of action

News flash: if you allow international quality bowlers to just bowl at you for hour after hour in conditions that suit them, eventually you get a ball with your name on it

With the odd exception, it's been proven to be the case for more than a hundred years

This was mind-numbingly stupid from SA and they got what they deserved

Yet with this approach they batted nearly twice as long as their previous best effort in the series.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Adelaide was a road, Oz had 3 bowlers and SA had a huge amount of luck

Unfortunately, it convinced some people that blocking everything is the right course of action

News flash: if you allow international quality bowlers to just bowl at you for hour after hour in conditions that suit them, eventually you get a ball with your name on it

With the odd exception, it's been proven to be the case for more than a hundred years

This was mind-numbingly stupid from SA and they got what they deserved

Wut. SA have proved this approach works time and time and time again in the last 3 years.

 

[Dissector]

So how does this series rank among India wins ? If someone had told me 3-0 before the series I would have called it India's best win since 2001. I think Steyn's injury knocks it down a few notches and there is the inevitable feeling after a big win that the opponents weren't quite up to the mark. Still a superb effort. I think I would rate this SA team a bit above the Australian team that lost 4-0 so this is probably India best performance since we lost the no.1 ranking.

 

[cnerd123]

Yet with this approach they batted nearly twice as long as their previous best effort in the series.

Social doesn't grasp the concept that playing shots = taking risks = possibility of being dismissed

The way SA played was perfect. Completely risk free, forced the bowlers to produce something unplayable to dismiss them (Elgar the exception).

 

[dfrinku]

Adelaide was a road, Oz had 3 bowlers and SA had a huge amount of luck

Unfortunately, it convinced some people that blocking everything is the right course of action

News flash: if you allow international quality bowlers to just bowl at you for hour after hour in conditions that suit them, eventually you get a ball with your name on it

With the odd exception, it's been proven to be the case for more than a hundred years

This was mind-numbingly stupid from SA and they got what they deserved

Do you mean universal respect from the entire cricketing community? I agree that they deserve that.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Wish SA had actually turned up before the final day of the series though. Disappointing series in that it was such a lopsided contest.

 

[dfrinku]

It would have been such an interesting series if this happened in the first or second match. Or if there was another 4 match series immediately following this. The way SA batted before this innings was really poor. I'm not suggesting that stonewalling every innings would have been the answer but their mindset would have changed and the "demons in the pitch" might have been downplayed by the media and in the batsman's minds. A very interesting series.

 

[Shri]

There are articles going around saluting Ashwin for scoring a half century while his parents were missing in Chennai. Not sure why they are hyping it up. It is no big deal. Power and network was down in the city for the past 4 days with no one able to contact anyone there till it came back up today. I was not able to contact my parents as well but I will have to do my work here. Cannot have that as an excuse.

What excuse? Try harder to be edgier.