*Official* India in South Africa

[Jono]

Poor Tsostobe. Really feel for him in this innings.

 

[Turbinator]

So what are the chances of rain the next 2 days?

We could quite possibly win this, but let's give South Africa a second life here.

 

[Contra]

30% chance of showers both tommorow and the day after.

 

[smash84]

So what are the chances of rain the next 2 days?

We could quite possibly win this, but let's give South Africa a second life here.

 

[Prince EWS]

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Indian fans UMADkat?
Yeah UMADkat

I have to say that even though this was a troll, I really laughed at UMADkat. Still am tbh.

 

[Dissector]

Unfortunately rain is a mixed blessing for India unless it comes in huge amounts. It will consume some overs but also make batting more difficult. Nevertheless I am hoping for rain just to annoy PEWS and Jono.

 

[Contra]

Unfortunately rain is a mixed blessing for India unless it comes in huge amounts. It will consume some overs but also make batting more difficult. Nevertheless I am hoping for rain just to annoy PEWS and Jono.

Yeah I hope the rain comes late in the day and not mid-way

We will need rain to wash out at least a good 50-60 overs and bat really well to have a realistic chance at saving the match. Still unlikely though.

 

[Dissector]

India will really miss Pujara. I could really see him hitting a gritty 50 to keep the fight on perhaps in a big partership with Bhaji or Dhoni. Raina will of course do his usual deer-in-headlights act when confronted with decent pace bowling so it all depends on the big three. Two of them will have to score massive hundreds at least. Barely possible but not likely.

 

[Contra]

Ideal scenario would be for Ishant and Dravid to get a 30-40 run partnership and get through that opening spell by Steyn and Morkel. Then Sach comes in and we have a big partnership. Maybe get Laxman to chip in with a 70-80 odd (hopefully more but unlikely). And depending on where we are in the match by then let Raina just have a go at SA and try to get a 40-50 odd and the rest of the day gets washed by rain.

The chances of all that happening are extremely low though haha..

 

[M0rphin3]

Yeah I hope the rain comes late in the day and not mid-way

We will need rain to wash out at least a good 50-60 overs and bat really well to have a realistic chance at saving the match. Still unlikely though.

Yeah and dampen the pitch and make things easy for SA

Batting 2 days is pretty much realistic if you ask me, pitch is pretty good for batting now. And will get better.

 

[taipan1]

Weather permitting the game will be over by tea tomorrow.

Unless SRT plays one of those big 200 match saving innings he is famous for.

 

[Dissector]

I think the ideal scenario would be two straight days of rain. Or perhaps 12 days.

 

[Contra]

Yeah and dampen the pitch and make things easy for SA

Batting 2 days is pretty much realistic if you ask me, pitch is pretty good for batting now. And will get better.

If the rain comes a little before tea and stays for the rest of the day I wouldn't mind it tbh. All this stuff happening is unlikely though

Going back to being a pessismist now

 

[chicane]

Nah. Batting out two days is far more likely than surviving afer a bit of rain (AGAIN)

Unless of course the match is washed out.

 

[taipan1]

This could be heading for an unlikely draw. SA seem clueless in second innings recently.

Ta red, on the ball as always

 

[taipan1]

Comms suggesting Harris did Sehwag in the flight, but I think that's quite a charitable reading for the (non)twirler.

Nah, SA closed down the runs after tea. Starved Sehwag. The result was oh so predictable.

 

[marc71178]

Other than the dumbass fanboys - of which you have plenty on this forum - I don't think anyone really considers them #1 in the world.

I do, been getting results too frequently for anyone else to be legitimate claimants for the title IMO (as shown by them building quite a lead in the ranking table)

That said, I think it is fairly close between them, England, SA and Australia and all of the 4 should beat each other in home conditions, although I'd expect all of the match-ups to be relatively close.

 

[Cevno]

Nah. Batting out two days is far more likely than surviving afer a bit of rain (AGAIN)

Unless of course the match is washed out.

Agreed.

Little bit of rain and then play would make the pitch more difficult to play only like the first day.

 

[Dissector]

Personally I think India is the no.1 team, a position they consolidated by beating Australia 2-0 while SA failed to beat Pakistan. However if SA wins this series they probably deserve the no.1 spot.

 

[M0rphin3]

If the rain comes a little before tea and stays for the rest of the day I wouldn't mind it tbh. All this stuff happening is unlikely though

Going back to being a pessismist now

Well then SA will get to bowl in overcast conditions. As I said the best thing to hope for is good sunshine and pitch getting drier. Unless Steyn gets some reverse (unlikely) draw is on cards.