*Official* South Africa in India

[Uppercut]

Parnell was reversing it in the warmup.

That'll be really handy. South Africa shaping up pretty well here I reckon.

 

[Dissector]

Yeah I have a feeling the Indian batting is going to be shown up in Nagpur. I have never been convinced that Gambhir can make runs against top-quality pace bowling and this is probably the best pace attack he has ever faced. With injuries and age, the rest of the batting may not be so hot either. Hopefully even if we do lose in Nagpur we can get a turner in Calcutta and square the series.

 

[Jono]

Can't wait till Saturday.

 

[TT Boy]

Yeah I have a feeling the Indian batting is going to be shown up in Nagpur. I have never been convinced that Gambhir can make runs against top-quality pace bowling and this is probably the best pace attack he has ever faced. With injuries and age, the rest of the batting may not be so hot either. Hopefully even if we do lose in Nagpur we can get a turner in Calcutta and square the series.

Kepler Wessels speaking of the wicket today said it looks slow, low and will definitely aid the spinners.

South Africa praying for the toss and maybe some rain. Drawn series would probably be Graeme Smith’s finest achievement.

 

[Dissector]

You may be right. I was associating Nagpur with the notorious greentop against Australia in 2004 and the next match against England was also quite seam friendly with a 6-for by Hoggard. But this is a new stadium where India beat Australia with a bunch of wickets for the spinners on both sides.

 

[Sir Alex]

Yeah I have a feeling the Indian batting is going to be shown up in Nagpur. I have never been convinced that Gambhir can make runs against top-quality pace bowling and this is probably the best pace attack he has ever faced. With injuries and age, the rest of the batting may not be so hot either. Hopefully even if we do lose in Nagpur we can get a turner in Calcutta and square the series.

Yes, India will lose this series 0-2, and Nagpur by an innings.

 

[Uppercut]

Kepler Wessels speaking of the wicket today said it looks slow, low and will definitely aid the spinners.

South Africa praying for the toss and maybe some rain. Drawn series would probably be Graeme Smith’s finest achievement.

Finest achievement ever of finest achievement possible? He's done it before.

 

[Redbacks]

I'd guarantee Oz had a better bowler than the crap that passed for a spinner...

The Indian batsmen must still be dizzy given the way Krejza spun them out

 

[silentstriker]

The Indian batsmen must still be dizzy given the way Krejza spun them out

You mean for 750 runs while losing the match? Yea real dizzy.

 

[FBU]

The SA team I see playing

Prince, Smith, Amla, Kallis, de Villiers, Duminy, Boucher, Botha, Morkel, Steyn, Tsotsobe

 

[Uppercut]

Why is JP Duminy's place never called into question? Prince is a much, much better number 6. Why not get a real opener in, put Prince where he belongs and leave out the little dude?

 

[silentstriker]

Laxman might be out too...ugh.

 

[Sir Alex]

Laxman might be out too...ugh.

More dire considering the prospect of Rohit Sharma playing instead of him

 

[Pratters]

Can someone please sticky this already?

Yep agree &, done

Cheers Clapo.

Clapo, I didn't know much about you before you became a mod. Just wanted to say you are doing a great job!

 

[Pratters]

I'd go in with Botha. He's been a star with the bat and been consistent with the ball this season. Deserves a shot given that he can tweak it more than Harris.

Well, it's an Indian tour match tradition to go after opposition spinners and try to get them dropped so teams will go with four pace bowlers and then prepare a dustbowl.

I think SA should still go in with four seamers, but these tour matches are designed to make opposition spinners look bad..

You should pick your best XI. I would pick the extra seamer.

 

[ret]

I think Ind will win this series despite not being full strength!

 

[Pratters]

I think it will be 1-0 India or 1-1.

 

[social]

SA has superior batting and seam bowling so India's only chance is to play to where it has a strangth - spinning conditions

Anything other than that and it may be an SA win or but will probably be a draw

 

[silentstriker]

Six out of seven Indian top order batsman are averaging 50+ in the last 14 matches....but a bunch are out this time, so definitely spinning conditions are in order.

 

[NUFAN]

Why is JP Duminy's place never called into question? Prince is a much, much better number 6. Why not get a real opener in, put Prince where he belongs and leave out the little dude?

8 wickets at 21 against England would be the reason. But yeah, he is going to need to start making some more runs soon.