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

[vcs]

Does Steyn have a runner?

 

[vcs]

OMG.. we've done it.

This time we can't blame our bowlers. Given ourselves a chance here

 

[StephenZA]

Does Steyn have a runner?

Not allowed.....

Let see what happens after lunch. Hopefully the pitch does not flatten out.

 

[Black_Warrior]

OMG.. we've done it.

This time we can't blame our bowlers. Given ourselves a chance here

All of India's famous victories in South Africa/Aus have come on the back of bowlers.

 

[GotSpin]

If the pitch doesn't flatten out suddenly 200 could be enough.

 

[cnerd123]

Game on.

 

[Black_Warrior]

Not allowed.....

Let see what happens after lunch. Hopefully the pitch does not flatten out.

Whats the rule on runners now? Wasn't Steyn's injury one caused during the match?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Let's do this, ****s. Take us home, Kohli.

 

[Shri]

Went to have dinner expecting the tail to wag. This is a surprise. All depends on Vijay. Maybe just aak Dhawan to slog since he's not going to survive here either way.

 

[Motorwada]

Hopefully it bakes a bit more during lunch. But good effort nonetheless. Thought we were down and out on day 1.

 

[StephenZA]

Whats the rule on runners now? Wasn't Steyn's injury one caused during the match?

Doesn't matter.... I believe the rule is now: no runners allowed. Full stop.

 

[vcs]

207 could certainly be enough but I'd only put it 55-45 in favour of RSA at this stage. Of course, an early wicket or two will make incredibly hard.

 

[Woodster]

India have got to fancy this chase, even if the pitch is doing a bit, they need a clear strategy of how they're going to go about chasing this down, individual plans and a fair bit of luck will probably be needed aswell.

 

[jimmy101]

This match > all five Ashes tests.

As far as the excitement factor goes anyway.

 

[StephenZA]

Will the Indian batsmen be cautious or attacking... be interesting.

 

[TT Boy]

That Pandya drop looking pretty bad right now....

That and Markram’s shot yesterday evening.

Great response from India today. Not many ordinary dismissals, pitch is misbehaving but 207 is gettable if they can start well.

 

[Black_Warrior]

AB did not get a hundred and later when people (who have not watched this match) check the scores, they won't see anything special about this match and the ridiculous notion 'AB is overrated test batsman' will continue. Guy has looked a class above any other batsman in this match across both sides

 

[OverratedSanity]

A quickfire 40-50 from Dhawan would be good.

 

[Bahseph]

Yeah this is setting up to be a cracking match. Still slightly in SA's favour but not by much. How screwed would we be without AB?

 

[StephenZA]

So with Steyns injury I'm pretty confident Bavuma (maybe Morris) is playing next match.