***Official*** India in South Africa 2021-22

[Dissector]

Good over by Ashwin after the big disappointment. And good move to bring Bumrah back now. This is probably the crucial passage of play.

 

[silentstriker]

Another loss coming up due to intransigence. The batting lineup is bad, just plain not very good. They needed to have dropped several players a while ago and give other people a chance. Secondly, given the bad and brittle nature of the batting lineup, they need an extra batsman every match and only need to go in with four bowlers. If your extra batsman can bowl a few, that’s great, but it is a rarity to have the 500 run vs 550 run games these days so pick the best four bowlers and work on YOUR WEAKNESS - which is clearly terrible and consistently terrible batting. Over the course of a series, you need to have a lot of bowlers and rotate them but for any individual game, just go in with four.

Hopefully this loss will mean some wholesale changes. This was India’s best chance to win in South Africa since readmission. Who knows what it will be the next time India tour.

 

[Member Berry]

first false stroke by Peterson?

 

[OverratedSanity]

After seeing that Elgar LBW hawkeye of ball bouncing over leg stump: Umpire Erasmus shakes his head and says "that is impossible." Ashwin comes close to the stump pic and chirps something on the lines of "You should find better ways to win Supersport," taking a dig at the ball-tracking technology of the host broadcaster.

Damn. So ashwin blames the tech and not the umpires. So he can't be pulled up for dissent.

Truly the Brain!

 

[anil1405]

KP on fire ffs.

 

[Arachnodouche]

After seeing that Elgar LBW hawkeye of ball bouncing over leg stump: Umpire Erasmus shakes his head and says "that is impossible." Ashwin comes close to the stump pic and chirps something on the lines of "You should find better ways to win Supersport," taking a dig at the ball-tracking technology of the host broadcaster.

A better way of not losing would be avoiding fishing outside off like a dumbass.

 

[subshakerz]

Damn. So ashwin blames the tech and not the umpires. So he can't be pulled up for dissent.

Truly the Brain!

I thought Kohli made a comment like 'its the country versus our team' or something like that

 

[cnerd123]

Damn. So ashwin blames the tech and not the umpires. So he can't be pulled up for dissent.

Truly the Brain!

Not even blaming the tech. Blaming the broadcasters for misusing the tech heh.

Supersport did bust the Aussies over Sandpaper gate, so they have history of getting more involved in the game than your regular broadcaster...

 

[Member Berry]

god, the constant chatter is starting to get unseemly. comes across more as petulance than trying to actually affect the game positively.

 

[eroticfishcake]

KP quietly playing a gem here... 29 runs @65

 

[anil1405]

Still going on about the broadcasters. ?

 

[OverratedSanity]

I thought Kohli made a comment like 'its the country versus our team' or something like that

Lmao hope he did that's hilarious

 

[Arachnodouche]

I thought Kohli made a comment like 'its the country versus our team' or something like that

lmao very Sunny Deol of him if true

 

[Member Berry]

Ashwin's bowling really well, if only everyone would just shut up and let his brain do the talking.

 

[cnerd123]

SA have just batted and caught better tbh. I think we've broadly bowled well but naturally their attack has been better suited to the conditions. We needed to outbat them, which didn't happen, and seems like we either haven't placed our catching fielders well or just haven't had much luck with ball going to hand.

Keegan and Jansen are massive finds.

 

[Arachnodouche]

god, the constant chatter is starting to get unseemly. comes across more as petulance than trying to actually affect the game positively.

yeah I really don't like Pant trying to jolt the batsmen when they're calling for a quick single. Obvious what he's doing and should be talked to sternly about.

 

[subshakerz]

Jansen a good candidate for man of the series.

 

[Shri]

Still going on about the broadcasters. ?

these protea ****s would never win without their tv coverage team cheating on their behalf

 

[OverratedSanity]

India wasting two ATG performances from Thakur and pant in consecutive games. Pathetic from the rest.

 

[subshakerz]

SA with just the right mix of aggression and defense. The key is not to get stuck in a shell and they have resisted that. They've been really good at not letting the odd jaffa faze them.