India down under
By vineshv
@vineshv (49)
India
December 22, 2010 10:48am CST
Except for sachins 50th century , indian team had a forgettable outing in the first test match against south africa.
It is time now to re group and plan for the second match . Indians will be definitely under pressure because of their number one spot . A series lose can hurt badly here .
We might see few changes this time . Raina's position will be in definite danger. we might also see few changes in the pace bowling department .
Toss will also be very importanat atleast for regaining confidence.
Only positive point will be the fact that we have faced similar situation in the past on foreign pitches and had managed to pull it back.
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2 responses
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
23 Dec 10
Actually apart from Sachin's 50th Century, I would also count the fact that the team fought back in the second innings as a positive. Of course, they played so badly in the first innings with bat and ball that they were so far out of the game that they could not come back. I think they should take some bold decision and drop Raina and bring in Pujara and then Zaheer's coming back to the team would also help.
Cheers!
Ram
@pratik87 (1927)
• India
22 Dec 10
yes there was nothing much to write home about from this test match except sachin tendulkar's century. sehwag got a good start in the second innings but threw it away when he should have been looking to play a long innings. the bowling was not at all inspiring and fielding began to dip as south Africa began to pile on the runs. India has to put on a much better performance specially in the bowling department in order to level the series in the second test match.
