India Tour of South Africa

[prath92]

First Test XI

South Africa: Elgar, Markram, Amla, de Villiers, du Plessis, de Kock, Philander, Maharaj, Steyn, Rabada, Morkel

India: Dhawan, Vijay, Pujara, Kohli, Rohit, Saha, Pandya, Ashwin, Shami, Bhuvi, Bumrah

 

[prath92]

Bhuvaneshwar Kumar gets Elgar, Markram, Amla in 3 overs.

 

[Moby]

Pandya

Could be a real masterstroke that.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Typical India. Start on fire and then just let SA dump all over them. I'll never forget that Karachi test match where we had Pakistan 0-3 and 39-6 only to lose the test match by something like 300 runs.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

First Test XI

South Africa: Elgar, Markram, Amla, de Villiers, du Plessis, de Kock, Philander, Maharaj, Steyn, Rabada, Morkel

India: Dhawan, Vijay, Pujara, Kohli, Rohit, Saha, Pandya, Ashwin, Shami, Bhuvi, Bumrah

Wait, where's Rahane?

 

[prath92]

Wait, where's Rahane?

Dropped. Form is the only reason I can think of since his performances in the SL tests weren’t great

 

[TheGame]

India in not playing at home shocker

 

[TheGame]

First Test XI

South Africa: Elgar, Markram, Amla, de Villiers, du Plessis, de Kock, Philander, Maharaj, Steyn, Rabada, Morkel

India: Dhawan, Vijay, Pujara, Kohli, Rohit, Saha, Pandya, Ashwin, Shami, Bhuvi, Bumrah

Looks a very good SA pace attack.

 

[prath92]

Looks a very good SA pace attack.

Yup exceptional attack.

 

[kotha]

Dropped. Form is the only reason I can think of since his performances in the SL tests weren’t great

We dropped him for Pandya?! Or is it Rohit?

I would feel so much better having Rahane in the team..

Excited for this tour,been so long we have played outside India other than Sri Lanka.. At the same time after the recent Dharmasala ODi, I'm just fearing the worst in terms of our batting..

 

[Skills]

Dropped. Form is the only reason I can think of since his performances in the SL tests weren’t great

Apparently sharma is also a big favourite of Kohlis.

 

[Skills]

India vs South Africa with Anuskha Sharma sideshow

 

[MDFC Manager]

The initiative has been lost. Not once, but twice. Our bowling attack is weak.

 

[KM]

The initiative has been lost. Not once, but twice. Our bowling attack is weak.

Let's wait for them to bowl to properly see at the pitch.

 

[MJJ]

Typical India. Start on fire and then just let SA dump all over them. I'll never forget that Karachi test match where we had Pakistan 0-3 and 39-6 only to lose the test match by something like 300 runs.

 

[prath92]

I’m scared this will end up like how pak got SA 250 all out abd then got bowled out for 49

I Went there

 

[MDFC Manager]

About 10 overs for us to have tonight then? Should be fun...

 

[Skills]

Probably not a bad score 286. Can't wait to see Steyn

 

[prath92]

286 all out.

 

[Akshay]

Allowed about 30-40 more runs than should have, but not too bad. Now we'll get to see the real character of this track.

 

[MJJ]

I’m scared this will end up like how pak got SA 250 all out abd then got bowled out for 49

I Went there

Thats us every three matches, it doesnt hurt anymore. You get used to batting collapses.

Good bowling effort by India.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Hilarious review that

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Hilarious review that

It swung away... I dont understand how the commentators didnt even see that. Pollock was talking about it coming back enough. Great review though.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

Or the time we had New Zealand 85-5 and they got 600. India are a pain to watch away from home. I cant imagine a more frustrating team in any sport, let alone cricket.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Poor shot Vijay. Should really have held on.

 

[MJJ]

Or the time we had New Zealand 85-5 and they got 600. India are a pain to watch away from home. I cant imagine a more frustrating team in any sport, let alone cricket.

When did that happen?

Excuse me? You can say that when your team starts specialising in losing a game that they should easily be winning in a session, multiple times.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Oh man, looking at the replays... Really poor shot to be playing.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Oh man, looking at the replays... Really poor shot to be playing.

I was talking about Vijay, and Dhawan does one better

@Di Maria's angel here we go..

 

[KM]

feck off Shikhar Dhawan.

 

[KM]

Or the time we had New Zealand 85-5 and they got 600. India are a pain to watch away from home. I cant imagine a more frustrating team in any sport, let alone cricket.

That was genuinely awful. We even had a test match last time when we toured SA where we went from a certain win to depending upon bad light to force a draw.

 

[Akshay]

This isn't the pitch, this is just us.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Just looking at Steyn's stats. Incredible.

 

[KM]

This isn't the pitch, this is just us.

Yup both horrible shots. The pitch has been okay.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

That was genuinely awful. We even had a test match last time when we toured SA where we went from a certain win to depending upon bad light to force a draw.

@MJJ Jo'Burg 2014. We were 260-2 or thereabouts leading SA by 350. We ended up stumbling to 350-10 and they nearly chased the 400+ we set them.

Three years ago at Adelaide, 250-2 chasing 360, ended up being bowled out for 320.

Trent Bridge 2014. England 200-7. Ended up with 500.

These are just from memory. I can find many more lol.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Yup both horrible shots. The pitch has been okay.

Yup, not too different to some day 1 Indian pitches. Will have to see how much bounce morkel can extract though.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

feck off Shikhar Dhawan.

Poor mans Sehwag @MDFC Manager.

Expect more from Vijay but have no expectations of Dhawan.

 

[Di Maria's angel]

feck.

 

[KM]

It was a first good hour lads.

 

[MDFC Manager]

Will have to see how much bounce morkel can extract though.

I should shut up.

 

[MDFC Manager]

FYI, the next batsman is Pandya