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

[GRAB]

Wait, Amla is a WP adoptee... Didn't help him much today.

Duminy striking the ball nicely so far...

 

[SeamUp]

It seems like only yesterday SA teams were filled with WP boys and they would perform for the Newlands faithful.

Come on JP. Let's go !

Wait, Amla is a WP adoptee... Didn't help him much today.

Duminy striking the ball nicely so far...

Nah, never counted him and Steyn. They hardly played.

Well, JP looking really good... so to Markram.

Spin to come though.

 

[SeamUp]

Tough ask for our newbies against the quality of these wrist spinners.

Klaasen is generally uncomplicated. If anything that is what will give him his best chance to score runs against these guys.

EDIT : There he goes already.

 

[GRAB]

I'm not sure extravagant sweeping is the percentage shot...

 

[SeamUp]

Well played JP.

Need a big 100 though really.

 

[Arachnodouche]

What riches to strike, twin leggies with at least eight-fifteen years of playing ahead. For all the wickets Ashwin and Jadeja have taken in India over the years, nothing has inspired as much joy and optimism as watching these two in tandem. If we had any sense, we would *always* play at least one of them, preferably Kuldeep, in all formats.

 

[SeamUp]

This is all too predictable.

 

[SeamUp]

Zondo & Miller both debuted for the Dolphins whilst schoolboys.

Played lots of cricket together since teenagers..

Only positive I can come up with.

 

[Arachnodouche]

What does Cullinan have to say about these events? I'm sure he's reminded of a few nightmares of his own.

 

[StephenZA]

This is all too predictable.

Pretty much.....

 

[harsh.ag]

The Kuldeep delivery to Markram was a beaut.

Also, one of Markram's pulls today was breathtaking.

 

[StephenZA]

The Kuldeep delivery to Markram was a beaut.

Also, one of Markram's pulls today was breathtaking.

It was a great ball.... can see both Markrams talent and his inexperience.

 

[ankitj]

This is becoming quite predictable now...!

 

[GRAB]

Um, we can't get them off the spinners clearly; so shouldn't Pandya be fetching?

 

[Arachnodouche]

Should've sent Amla down the order seeing how he's their best player against spin.

 

[harsh.ag]

One thing I genuinely don't like about the modern game is the inflexibility of the batting orders.

 

[Bahseph]

Baptism by fire for the newer players. I actually don't mind this. Atleast this way we can really test the resolve of our fringe players instead of dominating bilaterals and dissapointing in the big matches. India been too good.

 

[Arachnodouche]

One thing I genuinely don't like about the modern game is the inflexibility of the batting orders.

Yeah, for all the gloating over analysis and thinktanks, this would have been an actual tactical decision as opposed to the Hail Mary promotion of sloggers up the order.

 

[vcs]

Pretty brutal kicking, this. SA's younger players will hopefully learn a lot from it.

This is the first time India have played so well in ODIs in SA, they have competed in Tests in the past but usually got smashed in bilateral ODIs even with Sachin, Ganguly etc. in the team. Obviously playing against a weakened team helps, but these legspinners have added a new dimension.

 

[StephenZA]

Definitely wanted to bowl first so that they bowlers could get a full quota of overs....