*Official* South Africa in India, Sep/Oct 2019

[srbhkshk]

Ouch, that will hurt. Hope he is fine.

 

[MrPrez]

Wake me up in 5 years, thanks.

 

[h_hurricane]

Only 3 asian bowlers have taken more than 150 wickets at a strike rate below 50. Mohammed Shami is one of them at this moment.

Before mean reversion happens....

 

[Flametree]

De Kock has had two really good balls in this game.

SA batsmen have been poor this series but our fast bowlers haven't been anywhere near as good as India's too which is a concern. Considering their best fast bowler isn't even playing.

Folk have forgotten about Kumar as well - will he ever be back in contention?. Arguably on away tracks India's best seam line-up is Kumar, Ishant and Bumrah, so this is kind of their second string doing the damage here.

 

[harsh.ag]

Good thing India aren't playing at home in 2020. It's only interesting when they are away.

 

[vcs]

Shami is ahead of Ishant for me, in the pecking order.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Shami is ahead of Ishant for me, in the pecking order.

Bumrah and shami are locks to play in any conditions. Can shuffle the rest.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Folk have forgotten about Kumar as well - will he ever be back in contention?. Arguably on away tracks India's best seam line-up is Kumar, Ishant and Bumrah, so this is kind of their second string doing the damage here.

Team management have made it clear he will only be an odi option from hereon out. Stupid, but it is what it is.

 

[harsh.ag]

Elgar

 

[StephenZA]

I don’t know whether to be sad or not at not being able to watch this morning.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Folk have forgotten about Kumar as well - will he ever be back in contention?. Arguably on away tracks India's best seam line-up is Kumar, Ishant and Bumrah, so this is kind of their second string doing the damage here.

He just doesn’t take enough wickets, although he ha a low average. Can see why he’s primarily used for ODIs.

 

[_00_deathscar]

I don’t know whether to be sad or not at not being able to watch this morning.

I think what you should be sad about is that there won’t be anything to watch tomorrow morning...

 

[Gnske]

RIP Deano

Won't be the last time he gets skulled.

 

[duffer]

Feet doing nothing there

 

[harsh.ag]

Plays 3 spinners - Pacers take out 6 batsmen in the last innings

 

[h_hurricane]

Isn't Elgar going to get a concussion sub ?

 

[silentstriker]

Isn't Elgar going to get a concussion sub ?

He is. They’ve named Theunis de Bruyn as the sub per the comms.

 

[SeamUp]

Isn't Elgar going to get a concussion sub ?

"Theunis de Bruyn"

 

[Starfighter]

I expect effectively getting another batsman to extend the game by two, maybe three overs.

 

[silentstriker]

South Africa’s combined score is just now the same as Rohit Sharma’s...