*Official* India in South Africa

[R_D]

So excited for this to start.

Missed most of yesterdays play.. would have been heartbreaking after having South Africa 6 down.

Lets hope Sehwag gets going... quick fire 50 is all we need from him.

 

[ankitj]

Stop it Teja

 

[Arjun]

Praveen Kumar. The question is not whether he's test-level atm or not but rather whether he's better than Ishant or not. The answer is a clear yes, IMO.

Praveen Kumar is just another medium-pacer. Would you consider him as a prospect to keep for a period of five years in the Test side? Ishant looked the part, until he fell away so much. Praveen may end up in the same state as Ishant a lot sooner, and even his lower-order runs may not save him.

 

[Zinzan]

Still haven't seen that delivery, looks like an absolute screamer

 

[Jono]

Out of interest, who are the sky commentators covering this match? Every stream I find has the budget ten cricket mob (or whoever they are).

By commentators do you mean in studio analysts?

Because all channels are using the South African Supersport Stream.

 

[Arjun]

Pankaj is a good prospect. Selectors giving him mixed signals is very annoying.

Pankaj is massive, has loads of (mostly Ranji Plate) experience and chips the wickets regularly, but, like so many others, he's only medium pace. He hasn't faced too much of India's top domestic cricketers yet. Will he last in the national team over a long term? It seems unlikely.

 

[GotSpin]

Worst people tbh.

I actually reckon there's a better picture of Kallis similar to this one from the West Indies against Roach

 

[Teja.]

Praveen Kumar is just another medium-pacer. Would you consider him as a prospect to keep for a period of five years in the Test side? Ishant looked the part, until he fell away so much. Praveen may end up in the same state as Ishant a lot sooner, and even his lower-order runs may not save him.

Ishant atm is a bowler who is extremely expensive with both the new ball and the old ball in most matches and when he does bowl well, Takes only a tail wicket or two. I expect PK to bowl well with the new ball or keep it tighter than Ishant at the very least. Anyone who doesn't give away 35 runs of their opening spell with the new ball will do tbh.

 

[Teja.]

Still haven't seen that delivery, looks like an absolute screamer

YouTube - Sreesanth best bouncing wicket

 

[Teja.]

While we're at it,

YouTube - Sreesanth takes wickets in two consecutive deliveries. India Vs South Africa 3rd Test at Cape Town

Both the bouncer and the one to Prince are better than any Steyn bowled in the series, IMHO.

 

[Prince EWS]

Pankaj is a good prospect. Selectors giving him mixed signals is very annoying.

Of all the bowlers who should probably be given a chance ahead of Sharma (and Unadkat, lol), Pankaj is probably the oddest case. They put him in the squad, and never played him. Then he got dropped - his drink-carrying must've been unacceptable - and was surpassed by several other mostly random bowlers, despite performing well domestically the whole time. Did he piss in Dhoni's Gatorade or something? It's not even like he bowls slow mediums.

 

[0RI0N]

[K] ingKallis,
[A] wesome
[L] egend
[L] ashes
ndian
___s
btw Prince EWS, I'm at Newlands, sitting at the Oaks.
U mirin' ?

 

[Cevno]

Pankaj is massive, has loads of (mostly Ranji Plate) experience and chips the wickets regularly, but, like so many others, he's only medium pace. He hasn't faced too much of India's top domestic cricketers yet. Will he last in the national team over a long term? It seems unlikely.

You are talking as if the players in the first team currently are express pace.

And as far as pace is concerned would you swap Zaheer for Mohammad Sami due to pace?

 

[Cevno]

Of all the bowlers who should probably be given a chance ahead of Sharma (and Unadkat, lol), Pankaj is probably the oddest case. They put him in the squad, and never played him. Then he got dropped - his drink-carrying must've been unacceptable - and was surpassed by several other mostly random bowlers, despite performing well domestically the whole time. Did he piss in Dhoni's Gatorade or something? It's not even like he bowls slow mediums.

 

[Spark]

Post more then.

Haha I thought a few people would be tired of me by now

 

[vcs]

Hey, look who's back.

 

[Jono]

[K] ingKallis,
[A] wesome
[L] egend
[L] ashes
ndian
___s
btw Prince EWS, I'm at Newlands, sitting at the Oaks.
U mirin' ?

Lol look who conveniently shows their face.

What a gloryhunter hack you are.

 

[Cevno]

Even more baffling is the fact that Smith and Steyn got away with this one when Sreesanth didn't. Both were equally bad, in my book.

Sreesanth got fined for kicking the rope,not for the appeal.

 

[Zinzan]

YouTube - Sreesanth best bouncing wicket

Cracking delivery that. Shame the commentary is out of sync

 

[Zinzan]

Sehwag's due, a player of his class is never far from runs, have a funny feeling things may go his way today