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***Official*** India Tour of South Africa, 2023/24

Starfighter

Starfighter

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OverratedSanity said:
Siraj hasn't really kicked on tbh. He's not bad but he doesn't put together a full 2-3 spells in a row where he's on the money. His opening spell yesterday was great but he's been pretty meh since then. Think this was the case earlier too but was hidden when bumrah and shami were firing. The depth when one of shami/bumrah go out injured just isn't there.
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He's been disappointing for sure. I thought he had the potential to be better than Shami sort of level, but he's gotten stuck around that 30 average. It'll be interesting to see if he can get things together more as he's nearly 30.

Probably take wickets against us though.
 
Starfighter

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Spark said:
I remember Shami for the first few years of his career being dangerous but really scattergun (which is not at all what he's like these days)
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Funny thinking about how Shami's career has progressed and how good he is currently. If he was Australian he wouldn't have even had a career as he's only 5'8" and probably would have got warned off fast bowling in his teens. While his record here is average I think it shows how different cricketing conditions and cultures can affect things.
 
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Spark said:
I remember Shami for the first few years of his career being dangerous but really scattergun (which is not at all what he's like these days)
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Kinda. On his first tours of SA and NZ, I thought he was one of the few bright spots in our side where despite not putting up good numbers, he looked far more likely to threaten the edge than Ishant/old man Zaheer. He had a terrible tour of Australia where he went for loads but he was crippled by Dhoni setting some of the most baffling fields I've ever seen. By 2016, where he was class against England at home on dead pitches, he'd established himself as our best quick.

Apart from Siraj, none of the other new quicks have shown any sort of promise at all imo.
 
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honestbharani said:
Shami would have helped but the guy we are really missing here is Ishant.

Even the 2021 Umesh would have been good here. :(
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Yes. Ishant had the bounce to make SA uncomfy and in that 2018 phase was really turning the screws.

However, I am just wondering why India haven't really come up with a plan to combat Elgar since he denied them last series. They are still attacking his body or sliding it away from him.
 
honestbharani

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I dont think this side planned much for this series at all. Really think Rohit should have sat this out as its obvious he is still not ok after the loss.
 
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