***Official*** India in South Africa 2021-22

[artvandalay]

Not bumrahs match is it? Get thakur in to see if he can make something happen.

 

[Spark]

bumrah serving up more half volleys in this game than he has in two tours of australia put together

 

[Arachnodouche]

Will cut Bumrah some slack but this will go down as a pretty glaring failure in his short career. Been very impatient.

 

[artvandalay]

Will cut Bumrah some slack but this will go down as a pretty glaring failure in his short career. Been very impatient.

He's had a few of those in important matches tbh.

 

[Spark]

zero pressure being exerted on the batsmen right now.

 

[Teja.]

Will cut Bumrah some slack but this will go down as a pretty glaring failure in his short career. Been very impatient.

We're a bowler short for the entire match in an away test. Bowling hasn't been great but I'm willing to cut them some slack for this match. 10v11 away from home is extremely tough to win.

 

[Calm_profit]

Bring Ashwin.

 

[Spark]

yikes

 

[silentstriker]

Not smart at all from Shami. Short balls after that ball on his pads. SA was waiting for it.

 

[cnerd123]

Wasn't that bad a ball, good shot by RvdD. He's batted well.

India really lost this when they only scored 200 in the first innings. Thakur bowled out of his skin to keep us in it. We really should have scored 300+. We scored 266 in the 2nd dig in tougher conditions. It was always possible to bat in this game, we just missed out.

Bowlers definitely seem a bit tired, but with a bit more rest and scoreboard pressure it might have looked very different.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Yeah, bowling filth now. Pitch was tailor-made for sticking to good lengths and waiting for mistakes to happen.

 

[silentstriker]

Wheels are officially off.

 

[cnerd123]

Nightmare over from Shami

 

[Calm_profit]

RVd playing an innings like Joe Burns played against India last year.

 

[Daemon]

So ****ing impatient. They’re trying way too hard. This is over.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Heh four wheels in four different directions it seems

 

[Spark]

Not smart at all from Shami. Short balls after that ball on his pads. SA was waiting for it.

captain didn't help by putting out The Worst Fielding Position In The Game and encouraging shami to bounce him

 

[artvandalay]

All the momentum with saf. Don't think even saf can choke this away.

 

[Spark]

Heh four wheels in four different directions it seems

not quite time for my favourite google image search but not far off it yet imo. but thakur has to come on, like, now.

 

[Niall]

Crazy to say, but on reflection India should have let Rahane captain , Rahul has lost the plot sadly.