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*Official* South Africa in India, Sep/Oct 2019
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It gets harder to dislodge set batsmen as the ball gets older.
artvandalay
State Vice-Captain
Sincerely hope this is just a passing phase and not a backslide Into zimbok level status from the saffers. Game can't afford another team just dying out and falling into a decline they can't get out of.
Starfighter
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
You'd just have to have a run out in this situation.
It would help if India weren't so bloody good. Shed that excess baggage, adopt the maximum-of-one-good-batsman strategy of every other team and watch the close results roll in.
MrPrez
International Debutant
Slight overreaction, lol.
We're in the awkward no-man's-land part of a rebuild. Lost Steyn, AB, Amla, and our big prospects are a season or two before being ready, realistically.
TheJammyTurtle
U19 Cricketer
De Bruyn should go for it here if he wants to start the series v England.Got nothing to lose really
weldone
Hall of Fame Member
Right after Kusal Perera's heroics I sensed there's something rotten in SA's test setup (not taking any credit away from Perera). This series has been their lowest point since readmission surely. What a fast fall! They were one of the top teams till about 1-2 years ago!
Noumenon
U19 Vice-Captain
Not nearly as much as a strong India
h_hurricane
International Vice-Captain
This game is only played by 5-6 competitive teams. The last thing it needs is one of the historically competitive teams to fall out.
India beat England in a similarly convincing manner. Likewise every other team but Australia. And this is a considerably more battle hardened team than the one that played England. RSA is going through a transition, but this India team could have the same result against almost anyone at this point.
silentstriker
The Wheel is Forever
Yeah I think it’s unfair to be so down on SA. India are virtually unbeatable at home right now. Plus with all to be retirements and new players in SA, I think it’s just a matter of time. SA haven’t played well, but I would put this down to more India being close to an ATG home side at this moment than SA being terrible.
Chrish
International Debutant
What bothers me is a complete lack of dot balls from SA Batman. I mean whenever I see the SA scorecard, it was either 10-2 or 32-3. I see no defensive tactics from openers- middle order trying blunt the shine from the new ball, making it easier to score later.
Remember those old days where Kallis used to play at SR of 30-40s completely grinding out the Indian bowlers and SA won the series.
Remember those old days where Kallis used to play at SR of 30-40s completely grinding out the Indian bowlers and SA won the series.
_00_deathscar
International Regular
While I agree on the whole, this group of Indian bowlers is considerably better than any group Kallis faced - if not individually, then at least the way they hunt in packs.