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

[Spark]

Yeah this looks like it could be a loooong day

 

[Shri]

How can one drop bhuvi after the last test performance?

Lol I am done. **** these idiots. Sack Kohli asap.

 

[Starfighter]

India's selections are a bit... eh. Dropping Bhuvi is absolutely crazy.

 

[harsh.ag]

Kohli really does deserve to see his side lose by an innings here. Not that he will learn anything.

 

[OverratedSanity]

I don't buy that Saha is injured. They've always looked for ways to drop Bhuvi and saha so this is hardly a surprise.

 

[Spark]

India's selections are a bit... eh. Dropping Bhuvi is absolutely crazy.

I'm struggling to think of a worse selection decision in recent times

 

[OverratedSanity]

I don't mind Ishant tbh. He'll do OK. But even when they get a selection right they screw it up by replacing the wrong guy.

 

[Rasimione]

I'm struggling to think of a worse selection decision in recent times

Unadkat has played a test In South Africa....

 

[Spark]

I don't mind Ishant tbh. He'll do OK. But even when they get a selection right they screw it up by replacing the wrong guy.

Yeah Ishant is fine. But there's no way in high heaven Shami or Bumrah should be playing over Bhuvi in that case.

Rare that my instant reaction to seeing an XI is

 

[SeamUp]

Parthiv just seems to have been around forever with that little baby face.

 

[vcs]

Poor start serves them right. Bhuvi had them 3 down for **** all in the last game.

 

[Spark]

Unadkat has played a test In South Africa....

stretching it to call that recent. i mean like in the last few months.

 

[StephenZA]

Poor start serves them right. Bhuvi had them 3 down for **** all in the last game.

He may be looking at this pitch and saying, thank god I did not get selected...

 

[vcs]

Pandya bowling already.

This is going to be a long day.

 

[Shri]

Described to me as "family friend" by my parents, I think I've figured out it's my second cousin though.

Yeah I am sure some of my distant relatives are embarrassed to call me family too.

 

[vcs]

He may be looking at this pitch and saying, thank god I did not get selected...

Is it a belter?

 

[Burner]

The pitch looks a road, right up India's alley. Hope it does something later on though, would be disappointing if it stays a road after the wonderful Newlands test.

 

[SeamUp]

He may be looking at this pitch and saying, thank god I did not get selected...

I'm starting to think pace through the air or bounce will be a fast bowlers best friend here. Only those 2.

Day 4 & 5 there may be cracks though especially with the heat even with covering of grass.

 

[StephenZA]

Is it a belter?

It is dry grass, touch of movement, but still slow. By tomorrow under this heat it will be faster and bounce a bit more.... by day 4 it will be cracking and probably spinning.

 

[Shri]

The pitch looks a road, right up India's alley. Hope it does something later on though, would be disappointing if it stays a road after the wonderful Newlands test.

We are making it look like a road. Watch the pitch change when the better SA bowlers have a bowl.