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***Official*** India Tour of South Africa, 2023/24
- Thread starter SillyCowCorner1
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Socerer 01
International Captain
where those Mukesh haters @
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Very decent first over by Mukesh.
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I mean, if they're bowled out soon , the conditions will barely have had time to change for India's batting. So it might not matter much.
Calm_profit
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Glad to see Siraj back in form.
Silver Silva
International Regular
In good bowling conditions it makes no sense to weaken your batting, SA getting what they deserve.
Spark
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Won't matter if they've only put on 50. The mental shock of it alone could be enough to see them spray it all over.
Or maybe they match India's bowling, in which case today could become extremely funny
ashley bach
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That must be the biggest cheer for a team fifty in history.
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Capetown 2011 vibes
Bahseph
International Debutant
Elgar and Bavuma aside, over the last four years the rest of the batting is much of muchness. There really aren't any stand out young guns or steely vets. Bedingham has the best pedigree from any batting debutant in ages for SA. The blokes on that NZ tour have loads to play for because every position is up for grabs in that top 7 bar Bavuma IMHO.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Thala picked him as successor for a reason.
Spark
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Imagine if Steyn hadn't bopped a few sixes that afternoon and SA had actually been made to follow on
Owzat
U19 Captain
don't believe sense comes into cricket, sides play almost a set line up or 'balance' even though the 'balance' isn't
can be too much 'faith' in capabilities of middle and lower order batting, England at the World Cup might have had a line up if not Ali, Curran, Woakes, Rashid, Topley then similar in terms of all bar Topley can bat but in ODIs I wouldn't be expecting more than maybe 10-15 runs usual and 20-30 cameo sometimes max
Ali and Curran aren't such good, or even for me remotely good enough, bowlers that the 20-30 runs they might bring balances the bowling which could be 1 or 0 for 50-60 (Ali) or worse, and when batting even if say 240/4 or 5 you want support for any remaining batsman and partnerships which the 10-15 don't really bring, more regular wicket fall
that tail looks painfully long, Maharaj and Rabada can bat but saffers don't seem to have much depth these days, not that the 8-11 should be digging you out of holes when the top order are 34/5, that's a write off, but had it been say 160/5 then that's when a little more depth of batting helps a little - not at the expense of bowling, but how many bowlers are sooooooooooo good you can afford to not take batting into account or stick 3-4 in the side.....?
Smudge
Hall of Fame Member
I was quietly impressed by the South African crowd there. I didn't think they were capable of ironic cheers.
capt_Luffy
Cricketer Of The Year
Welp, now just a steady score could basically guarantee India a win