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***Official*** India in South Africa 2017/18

StephenZA

StephenZA

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OverratedSanity said:
Hahahaha no. That's Pune day 1 and 2 easily.

Let the Australian tail wag by allowing Umesh to chase a 5fer, and then played a rubbish shot to start a collapse. All time bad day which will never be topped no matter what he does.
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Thats sounds like a dare... is that a dare? Does Kohli read cricketweb?
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

International Coach
Black_Warrior said:
Yeah possible. Not sure how many tests this quartet will play though. Teams rarely play 5 bowlers these days.
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The tough thing we got to plan for moving fwd is we've actually found a quality spinner now.

I can see horses for courses selections happening.
 
OverratedSanity

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Black_Warrior said:
I think it was during the 2016 season. Either the away WI series or the home NZ series that followed.
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He also got dropped in the 4th test in Australia. And most egregiously in the SL tour for the first two tests in 2015. Came in for the decider and promptly won the series basically off his own bat.
 
Black_Warrior

Black_Warrior

Cricketer Of The Year
OverratedSanity said:
He also got dropped in the 4th test in Australia. And most egregiously in the SL tour for the first two tests in 2015. Came in for the decider and promptly won the series basically off his own bat.
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When was it when he dropped Pujara and said something about his strike rate and how they want people to score faster or something like that.
 
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Ricky Bobby

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This is probably the strongest bowling attack SA have fielded since their 're -admission to test cricket. India have never been tested with a 4man pace attack of this caliber on any of their previous tours to SA. The commentary from the great Michael Holding was also excellent....Any of u duds out there that want to learn the difference between a good and GREAT team/cricketer listen to what Mikey Holding has to say.
 
StephenZA

StephenZA

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SeamUp said:
The tough thing we got to plan for moving fwd is we've actually found a quality spinner now.

I can see horses for courses selections happening.
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We cannot drop Maharaj been too good in to many different conditions... I can see us changing from 6 to 7 bats based on opposition. Maybe not risk only playing 6 batsmen against Australian attack but ok against Indian attack. But that only works while de Villiers continues to play. I`m happy with this team selection in most conditions, with Philander, Maharaj, Rabada a good enough 7/8/9, if not the strongest. After the Aus series though we face much weaker opposition for the rest of the year and I expect more of a 'rotation' policy!
 
Black_Warrior

Black_Warrior

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StephenZA said:
We cannot drop Maharaj been too good in to many different conditions... I can see us changing from 6 to 7 bats based on opposition. Maybe not risk only playing 6 batsmen against Australian attack but ok against Indian attack. But that only works while de Villiers continues to play. I`m happy with this team selection in most conditions, with Philander, Maharaj, Rabada a good enough 7/8/9, if not the strongest. After the Aus series though we face much weaker opposition for the rest of the year and I expect more of a 'rotation' policy!
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Who else does South Africa have in the FTP after the Australia series? I know Pakistan is touring for the home series in December but anyone else in between?
 
SeamUp

SeamUp

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StephenZA said:
We cannot drop Maharaj been too good in to many different conditions... I can see us changing from 6 to 7 bats based on opposition. Maybe not risk only playing 6 batsmen against Australian attack but ok against Indian attack. But that only works while de Villiers continues to play. I`m happy with this team selection in most conditions, with Philander, Maharaj, Rabada a good enough 7/8/9, if not the strongest. After the Aus series though we face much weaker opposition for the rest of the year and I expect more of a 'rotation' policy!
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I think they may go 7/4 split with an all pace attack at the Wanderers. They seem to like doing that. Think the England test matches on the last 2 tours. We also did it vs SRL last summer.

But I agree. I think there will be times they go 7 batsman with 3 quicks and a spinner too.

Nice problems to have.
 
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morgieb

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OverratedSanity said:
He also got dropped in the 4th test in Australia. And most egregiously in the SL tour for the first two tests in 2015. Came in for the decider and promptly won the series basically off his own bat.
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What was funniest about the Sydney dropping was that he was dropped for Suresh Raina :laugh:
 
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Tec15

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StephenZA said:
We cannot drop Maharaj been too good in to many different conditions... I can see us changing from 6 to 7 bats based on opposition. Maybe not risk only playing 6 batsmen against Australian attack but ok against Indian attack. But that only works while de Villiers continues to play. I`m happy with this team selection in most conditions, with Philander, Maharaj, Rabada a good enough 7/8/9, if not the strongest. After the Aus series though we face much weaker opposition for the rest of the year and I expect more of a 'rotation' policy!
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Injuries will probably result in a natural rotation policy. We should be thankful that they are all fit and savour it while it lats.
 
Gob

Gob

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Dropping Ajinkay Rahane on a lively pitch to face arguably the greatest South African attack ever was such a smart move.
 
Burner

Burner

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Come on, is there any reasonable justification for selecting Bumrah over Yadav or Ishant? It amazes me how something like that would happen. The Rahane decision I guess I could understand but I think that is downright stupid as well.
 
CricAddict

CricAddict

International Coach
No shame in getting out for a low score to this bowling line up. One of the AT greatest ever. The wi quartet didn't have a good spinner. So which attack competes the current 5 in SA? Two attacks come to my mind.
Wasim Waqar Akhtar Saqlain and Mushtaq
McGrath Gillespie Lee and Warne
 
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