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*Official* India in South Africa

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
Zaltzman previews the series in his own style

Favourite line for me when talking of the 6 Indians with higher batting averages in SA than over their career:

"Vikram Rathour, who qualifies only by having been marginally less useless in his two games in South Africa (averaging 16) than he was in his four other Tests (10.83, figures which one assumes he does not have immortalised in a commemorative tapestry above his bed)"
 

r3alist

U19 Cricketer
sehwag simply is not steyns match, how can a limited one dimensional player like sehwag cause major issues for steyn unless conditions are in his favour?
 

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
Early days obviously but Dravid looking a bit vulnerable IMO. In the last couple of years I definitely think you can tell which Dravid has shown up pretty early - when he's struggling for form he tends to get too far across his stumps which makes himself vulnerable to both playing at deliveries he doesn't need to and getting hit on the pads in front. Even on that on-drive he just played, his head had completely fallen over to the off side. Dravid in his glory days moved his feet back and forward a lot further - his trigger movement across gets him into trouble a bit these days.
 

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