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

[OverratedSanity]

Man what a terrible shot by Kohli. Didnt even go hard at it.

 

[cnerd123]

There we go, Kohli nicks off on the cover drive.

Bright start for Rahane, would take 35 from him tbh. Just support Rahul, he's looking great.

 

[Spark]

Man what a terrible shot by Kohli. Didnt even go hard at it.

between this and root's shot today, which is the more predictable/stereotypical waste-a-start-when-set shot of the two

 

[StephenZA]

Number of balls that have dropped short on a Day 1 SA pitch is quite interesting.

 

[Apex Predator]

Typical Rahane 30-40 odd will be handy. I expect lord & Pant to provide some fireworks later on.

 

[Arachnodouche]

Good scorecard to wake up to, especially Rahul and Mayank doing well. Augurs well for the middle order; we can get rid of at least two guys and have multiple guys vying for their spots (Gill, Iyer, Vihari, hopefully Shaw).

 

[Arachnodouche]

well heck if that isn't just the classiest of backfoot drives from Rahane.

 

[Bolo.]

Number of balls that have dropped short on a Day 1 SA pitch is quite interesting.

Strange to see considering how Jansen has been generating lift occasionally at low pace.

Hope the pitch is not two paced, havent been watching long enough to tell.

 

[StephenZA]

Great ton well played.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Very good innings. Nice to have openers who dont suck for once.

 

[cnerd123]

Great knock. Quickly becoming India's most valuable batter.

 

[Apex Predator]

Well played Rahul.. Hopefully a match winning effort like Lord's test this year

 

[h_hurricane]

Superb knock. 6 of his 7 hundreds are scored abroad. Away track bully !

 

[honestbharani]

Been good batting but do expect the pitch to quicken up. Really think RSA being undercooked as far as tests go is gonna be pretty decisive, unless the weather decides to be decisive.

 

[Calm_profit]

Superb knock. 6 of his 7 hundreds are scored abroad. Away track bully !

I mean he has scored century at each country he played in.

 

[Bahseph]

Composed Hundred. Nice to see.

 

[OverratedSanity]

This is some really disingenuous talk on commentary implying how Rahul is a much better overseas batsman than at home going by 6 away hundreds vs 1 at home. How about showing averages lmao he averages 10 runs less outside India.

 

[StephenZA]

Been good batting but do expect the pitch to quicken up. Really think RSA being undercooked as far as tests go is gonna be pretty decisive, unless the weather decides to be decisive.

Weather not gonna play the part. I do think this may be a feather bed of a pitch. Time will tell. See how it breaks up.

 

[StephenZA]

This is some really disingenuous talk on commentary implying how Rahul is a much better overseas batsman than at home going by 6 away hundreds vs 1 at home. How about showing averages lmao he averages 10 runs less outside India.

Its Haysman just ignore...

 

[OverratedSanity]

It has looked surprisingly flat all day. Hope ashwin comes into this later.