Big suprise, they were giving Ganguly absolute hell after he got hit on day 2 and during his struggles with the short ball the commentators had a very negative and biased attitude towards him.Haha, the commentators are so desperately wanting Smith to appeal for Ganguly timed out.
Ravi Shastri said:Wasim Jaffer getting a jaffa.
It was not the umpire's fault that the South Africans did not appeal. That said, it was really stupid ofRobin Jackman is the biggest idiot I've ever seen in the commentary box. He's literally bull****ting his way now to demand that Ganguly should've been timed out.
The umpires messed up, FFS.
It was the umpire's fault that they didn't inform India of the situation with Tendulkar early enough. I have a feeling India had already settled it with the third umpire before they sent Ganguly out. Doubt they would risk something like that. SA probably knew about the umpires allowing it too, hence them not appealing. Jackman was a jackass nevertheless.It was not the umpire's fault that the South Africans did not appeal. That said, it was really stupid of
a) The Indians to send in Ganguly risking him being timed out instead of a tail ender.
b) The South Africans not appealing to get the wicket.
Even if it had worked out, it would have been through luck and I wouldn't call it a genius move. Sehwag batted like **** and that's exactly what I expected from him, unfortunately.Look, sending Sehwag in to open was either going to be a genius move, or a failure. I didn't like it when I saw him out there, but at least it showed we wanted to win the game.
But he batted like a dick, and it shouldn't have happened. They should have backed Karthik. If Karthik and Jaffer got a 50 partnership or so, then send Sehwag out at 3.
My whole point was India has a 40 run cushion. I do not think there is reason to panic really.Pratyush, this is what happens when you send Sehwag to open.
That's a pretty big assumption, "everything was sorted out behind the scenes", doesn't sound convincing at all. SA should have appealed.It was the umpire's fault that they didn't inform India of the situation with Tendulkar early enough. I have a feeling India had already settled it with the third umpire before they sent Ganguly out. Doubt they would risk something like that. SA probably knew about the umpires allowing it too, hence them not appealing. Jackman was a jackass nevertheless.
I'm assuming that because Smith is pretty ruthless out there and I'm sure he would've appealed if he knew had a chance for a free wicket.That's a pretty big assumption, "everything was sorted out behind the scenes", doesn't sound convincing at all. SA should have appealed.