***Official*** India in South Africa 2021-22

[Apex Predator]

One of the reason we struggle to find batsmen that can build big innings is that the pitches in SA are generally pretty tough and the batsmen don't get enough opportunity to do this. It is nice to see that we have had a string of big scores coming out of the FC system, even if some of it may be a drop in quality due to the new structure. The quality batsmen are still mostly scoring the runs.

Pitches against England & to an extent even SL in 2020 were fine. Faf scored 199. I remember Sibley Crawley & Pope smashing tons. Those were batting beauties. Only recently India Pakistan series in SA have been tough for batting.

 

[Apex Predator]

Really don't know the purpose of ODIs on this tour. T20Is should not have been rescheduled. These ODIs if I am not wrong are also not part of super league.
Anyways strongest Indian XI
Ruturaj
Kishan (wk)
Kohli
Shreyas
Rahul
Venky Iyer
Axar
Chahar
Saini
Ashwin/Chahal
Prasidh Krishna/Bumrah

 

[Heboric]

Is QDK back for the white ball part ?
I am sure after the first diaper change he has to do he will be running back

 

[wpdavid]

SA the first team to win a 3 match series while not reaching 250

Stats - South Africa first team to win a three-match Test series without scoring 250

Also, India's rare loss after taking a 1-0 lead, and a very dry series for spin

www.espncricinfo.com

Good in some way and bad in other ways. Heard Polly mention maybe they should ease back on the pitches a bit to give batters more of a chance

Some statistic that one, even if it is slightly misleading as they would have twice passed 250 when comfortably chasing low 200s targets. And I'm not surprised to see that the two closest series both took place in the 19th century.

fwiw I'm with those in favour of relatively sporting tracks. And this series did feature two teams' whose bowling is significantly better than their batting.

 

[wpdavid]

Is QDK back for the white ball part ?
I am sure after the first diaper change he has to do he will be running back

You beat me to it. I was going to politely ask who was scheduled to replace him after the first match.

 

[Heboric]

Some statistic that one, even if it is slightly misleading as they would have twice passed 250 when comfortably chasing low 200s targets.

true

 

[Heboric]

You beat me to it. I was going to politely ask who was scheduled to replace him after the first match.

Kyle Verreynne again I guess, he is in the squad

 

[artvandalay]

The batting is obviously a big factor but considering that this turned into the bowling shootout that everyone predicted it would be this is where the series was won/lost imo.


Saf pacers are undoubtedly taller but Thakur doesn't even use bounce to get wickets where he got more bounce than both Shami and Bumrah. Most of the wickets that fell for us were due to this while it seemed like we were using a strategy that would usually work in less bouncier places like England or the subcontinent in a place where it obviously wouldn't be optimum. I would be interested to see how this compares to our performance in 2018 here.

 

[Heboric]

The batting is obviously a big factor but considering that this turned into the bowling shootout that everyone predicted it would be this is where the series was won/lost imo.
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Saf pacers are undoubtedly taller but Thakur doesn't even use bounce to get wickets where he got more bounce than both Shami and Bumrah. Most of the wickets that fell for us were due to this while it seemed like we were using a strategy that would usually work in less bouncier places like England or the subcontinent in a place where it obviously wouldn't be optimum. I would be interested to see how this compares to our performance in 2018 here.

Remember though Duanne Olivier was rather ineffective

 

[artvandalay]

Remember though Duanne Olivier was rather ineffective

That was this test, I'm sure these numbers won't be wildly different in the previous test too where he did have some impact.

 

[_00_deathscar]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1481665997211844617

Shri isn't being fully serious.

Based on the trajectory there, that looks out, if not clipping at worst.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Based on the trajectory there, that looks out, if not clipping at worst.

It is honestly up there as one of the oddest hawkeyes Ive seen considering it's hit low-ish on the kneeroll and his stride while long isnt even actually that long because his back foot is welllll within his crease. Surprising it wasnt clipping for sure. Not sure its shocking enough to cry conspiracy though.

 

[_00_deathscar]

It is honestly up there as one of the oddest hawkeyes Ive seen considering it's hit low-ish on the kneeroll and his stride while long isnt even actually that long because his back foot is welllll within his crease. Surprising it wasnt clipping for sure. Not sure its shocking enough to cry conspiracy though.

Maybe they were still pissed about the Agarwal decision in the first test? Hawkeye's been wonky all series - it's not necessarily conspiracy but something was seriously dodgy (and I mean that in a something ****ed up, rather than cheating) with the feed/images etc.

 

[trundler]

It is honestly up there as one of the oddest hawkeyes Ive seen considering it's hit low-ish on the kneeroll and his stride while long isnt even actually that long because his back foot is welllll within his crease. Surprising it wasnt clipping for sure. Not sure its shocking enough to cry conspiracy though.

Oh so now we agree Hawkeye ****s up sometimes

 

[honestbharani]

Oh so now we agree Hawkeye ****s up sometimes

With bounce for spinners, yes. Not line.

 

[Tom Flint]

Based on the trajectory there, that looks out, if not clipping at worst.

Clipping is still out

 

[WpGuy]

Kyle Verreynne again I guess, he is in the squad

Averages 40 in odi cricket as a pure batsmen he may play with de kock.

 

[WpGuy]

Remember though Duanne Olivier was rather ineffective

he took zero wickets?

 

[_00_deathscar]

Clipping is still out

Out or not (because that's umpire's call) I don't see how Hawkeye generated that that was going over by a distance.

 

[Bahnz]

Kohli's totally blaming the broadcaster for that.

There are no restrictions to crowd photography in pro cricket. People can and do take incredibly sophisticated cameras to modern sports nowadays. I have now doubt that home team broadcasters are continually on the lookout for extra spice, colour and controversy. But to say that the Saffer ones are doing this tactically is paranoia imo. What they are good at and I have mixed feelings about it is finding scantily clad spectators in the crowd.

hah, yeah it’s always been notable how much time the SA camera operators spend perving on attractive young women in the crowd.