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

[Spark]

I guess it's just not gonna be hitting unless it's kneeroll or below.

 

[GotSpin]

Ergghhhh

 

[Shri]

Ffs ****. Don't miss a straight one.

 

[Daemon]

Vijay needs to stop this across movement though. He's not Smith.

I get that he's trying to cover the stumps so he can leave with more confidence, but he's ending up playing at things he wouldn't normally need to like how he got out in the first innings, simply because he's so far across. It's also fairly obvious now that the SA quicks are targeting the pads so he can't even leave everything in fear of the one that comes back in.

 

[harsh.ag]

Can you stop flashing ffs Vijay

 

[oblongballs]

Very good bowling from the Indians but in these conditions, with the ball moving and there still being pace and bounce in the pitch, can the Indian batsmen hold on? There is a lot of time and a lot of talent. A couple of fifties and consistent scores from the others and India can walk this.

 

[StephenZA]

I guess it's just not gonna be hitting unless it's kneeroll or below.

He was actually further forward than I realised... thought he was hit on the crease,

 

[Firebreaker]

No interest in this match at all

 

[centurymaker]

Vijay has turned into ****

Walking wicket.

 

[Shri]

Yeah I am more concerned about Vijay nicking off than Dhawan now. Pull your head in ffs.

 

[GotSpin]

Tried his best to get out though

 

[Firebreaker]

What a waste of space Steyn is.Would have been better to play someone like Paterson

 

[OverratedSanity]

Vijay wtf are you doing.

 

[harsh.ag]

Hope Vijay can find a comfort zone. Standing outside the crease is helping wrt lbw. But Daemon's right about his coming across the stumps bringing him into unfamiliar territory wrt playing shots outside off.

 

[Gob]

Vijay wtf are you doing.

Trying to get a leather jacket

 

[stephen]

This is why winning in Australia is much harder than South Africa or England. The pitches in Australia are flat as a pancake and need 140+ kph bowlers that only South Africa and Australia have (bowlers who can do that on a regular basis without sacrificing line and length). The reason India did well in the early/mid 2000s in Australia is that we had Sachin/Dravid/VVS who used to eat up the Aussie bowlers on flat tracks such that our bowlers had 500 runs to defend and even then we lost most matches winning only the odd one (Adelaide, Perth) although we were generally quite competitive.

Don't forget that in those tests they dodged playing Warne (suspension) and McGrath (injury). That helped a lot.

 

[harsh.ag]

No interest in this match at all

Gtfo then

 

[Firebreaker]

Tbh Dhawan is making himself look like idiot

 

[weldone]

What a waste of space Steyn is.Would have been better to play someone like Paterson

Who will come in his place in 2nd test? Bavuma, Phehlukwayo or Morris?

 

[stephen]

And come on SA, we need to feed the narrative that India are bad travelers.