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

[Gnske]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1742545771185000903

Truly the most losing-est team of ""winners"" ever to defile this sport

 

[kykweer.proteas]

Send in Maharaj to pinch hit and open, give him something to do.

 

[Stefan9]

We still have to bat, but that was funny.

But yes this pitch will be probably be labelled poor. Although there are stories going around about dodgy WP administration goings on.

Aren't WP currently under administration? Read something like that recently.

 

[OverratedSanity]

That's a bit of a shocking collapse. India have too big a lead thought.

I legitimately think India won't chase anything above 50 odd on this

 

[Niall]

Send in Maharaj to pinch hit and open, give him something to do.

**** it if that's the SA attitude, Iyer may as well open the bowling as not sure what else he can do this test.

 

[howitzer]

Pick an XI with bumrah at 8 siraj at 9 and then shocked Pikachu when this happens.

Yeah a rabbit and three ferrets really doesn't work.

 

[Heboric]

Aren't WP currently under administration? Read something like that recently.

There is an article on Sports24, but its behind a paywall

 

[BazBall21]

SA back in it if they can just find a 50+ run partnership between the top 3.

 

[Aidan11]

Has the extra half hour ever been requested on day1?

 

[Shri]

 

[OverratedSanity]

I don't really know how many more tests we need to lose with a stubborn insistence on playing 5 bowlers and completely ****ing the batting depth.

Well I'm so shocked that this happened guys.

This ridiculous dogmatic adherence to the five bowler combination on low scoring pitches has destroyed India's chances in countless tests.

 

[HouHsiaoHsien]

In how much time is SA coming to bat again?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

In how much time is SA coming to bat again?

More than the time taken for India to lose their last 6 wickets.

 

[Kirkut]

Great way to throw the advantage.

This Indian team is similar to the Pakistani team of early 2000s, always counting on the bowlers to do the job.

 

[Aidan11]

Runs!

 

[King Kane]

A 98 run lead for India is still pretty good in the context of this test, they could even win by an innings with how quickly wickets are falling in this test.

 

[Andyhere]

6 ducks and still scored 98 more than the opposition

 

[howitzer]

Runs!

I'd forgotten they were a thing.

 

[Socerer 01]

6 ducks and still scored 98 more than the opposition

are you Sanju Manju shitposting here

 

[Spark]

Well I'm so shocked that this happened guys.

This ridiculous dogmatic adherence to the five bowler combination on low scoring pitches has destroyed India's chances in countless tests.

Are they going to bring that combination down here? Surely they can't? It's just comically brittle especially with Bumrah who is a #10 at best batting at sixth drop.