Dhonis first test defeat under his captaincy.gambhir,dhoni,harbhajan all failed!

I think after such a magnificent run, Gambhir was bound to have one bad game. Unfortunately, it happened when the original Wall was missing from the team, so there was no one to stabilize the innings. This is the reason why I had felt that Gambhir should have been sent one down and Vijay should have been sent to open in the first place. Again the importance of Dravid in the Indian team has been underlined and the selectors would do well to identify a good successor for him. Similarly, we need to unearth a match-winning leg spinner from somewhere and that is going to be paramount for India's success. I do not think Bhajji can lead the spin bowling department. He can be a good second spinner, but not the first spinner in the team. Cheers! Ram

you know,the main problem is that we do not have quality fast bowler.Again our batsman are also accustomed to play spin and medium pacers.But when it comes for good fast bowlers,they becomes zero.Bowlers like zaheer and ishant was unable to get the reverse swing,but steyn and morkel get it in the beginning itself

the kind of situation team india is in at the moment i dont think india will be able to win the next test and keep the top position..its like an uphill task for our team.... gambhir who was in the best form scored only 13 runs and dhoni another concistent performer failed...there was no dravid,lsxman,yuvraj and i think they can never be replaced by these players..why the hell was riddhiman saha played for?? the managemnet should have to go back to the drawing board and chalk out the right team otherwise india will loose the top spot

yes we can win next match if we prepare a turning pitch . i dont think we can win if we prepare flat pitch . south africa have strong batting and bowling and only turning pitch will do the trick .this is first defeat for dhoni and was expected from the first ball bowled. with saha and below par harbajan we cant win any test match for sure

hi yes,this is really very sad day for Indians... In the first innings sehawag and second innings master sachin give some relief to Indians. i think in this match gambir,dhoni... don't play seriously,that impact shows on our rank. master blaster's innings is really so so good...this is only one issue we talk about match .... i like master's innings ...... But anyway in the next match we will definitely win....and we continued the first rank also.... thanking you have a nice day

its a sad day for all indian cricket fans since we have lost the first test match with south africa . nothing went well for india in this match starting from the toss . i think we missed dravid and laxman in these times since they are the big match players . the debutants cant replace them and the important players like dhoni,gambhir and bhaji dint do their job. let them put this defeat and prepare for the next one . the return of laxman will strenghten the middle order but we have to play a well as a whole unit to get . the lack of partnerships in the 1 test match shouldnt be there . lets us pray that india wins the 2 test and maintains the number 1 status in test rankings