India really fluffed a great chance yesterday

[SK_IH]

287 was a poor performance from bowlers,Bhuvi couldnt get the support he needed to get SA for a below par score.And I cannot condone that drop by Dhawan,the defeat margin is absolutely similar to what that drop was worth

 

[AmreekanDesi]

It was but not at point you are looking

 

it was lost when we went 3 down for 20 odd

[Laaloo]

Agreed

[SK_IH]

@AmreekanDesi i think the pitch wasnt that easy to bat,especially when you are not looking score ,AB is my man of the match

bowlers had to attack in pack and should ve performed the way they did in 2nd innings, we were a innings late unfortunately

Edited January 8, 2018 by SK_IH

[Trichromatic]

India got better batting conditions and still fell short by 72 shows how poor was batting.

 

Moreover most of the runs were scored by lower order players.

[chewy]

Hindsight, Shami didn’t show-up day 1

and India second innings, Kohli and Rohit getting out inside one over to nothing deliveries after having settled down at 70-3

[beetle]

It was out batting that let us down in  both innings.

Lets not blame the bowlers. 

They can't be expected to bowl well and bat well.

They took 20 wkts and did it with style.

[SK_IH]

1 minute ago, beetle said:

It was out batting that let us down in  both innings.

Lets not blame the bowlers. 

They can't be expected to bowl well and bat well.

They took 20 wkts and did it with style.

you are not getting the point,yes thre batsmen collapsed but that 1st innings effort put SA in complete command of the game ,historically our batsmen have struggled in SA and this wasnt a easy pitch anyways

[AmreekanDesi]

2 minutes ago, beetle said:

It was out batting that let us down in  both innings.

Lets not blame the bowlers. 

They can't be expected to bowl well and bat well.

They took 20 wkts and did it with style.

Lol if you take out batting contributions from our bowlers this might be an innings loss or somethhing

 

Cuz even when Pandya scored it was the bowlers who gave him great support

[Trichromatic]

1 minute ago, SK_IH said:

you are not getting the point,yes thre batsmen collapsed but that 1st innings effort put SA in complete command of the game ,historically our batsmen have struggled in SA and this wasnt a easy pitch anyways

Conditions which Indian batsmen got for batting were good enough to score 200-250 in both innings.

[SK_IH]

Just now, Trichromatic said:

Conditions which Indian batsmen got for batting were good enough to score 200-250 in both innings.

i am not sure about it 

[AmreekanDesi]

1 minute ago, Trichromatic said:

Conditions which Indian batsmen got for batting were good enough to score 200-250 in both innings.

And to add SA were a bowler shot as well...

[beetle]

4 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

you are not getting the point,yes thre batsmen collapsed but that 1st innings effort put SA in complete command of the game ,historically our batsmen have struggled in SA and this wasnt a easy pitch anyways

We can also say the first inning eff up by our batters was the reason .

[SK_IH]

Just now, beetle said:

We can also say the first inning eff up by our batters was the reason .

i think eventually we got to a score which was about par but we had given far too many already meaning we were too much behind in the game

[Trichromatic]

3 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

i am not sure about it 

Then watch the match. 

 

Pitch eases out as the time passes in a day in SA.

 

We never survived to take advantage of that. 

 

Who dropped catch - batsman (Dhawan)

Who scored runs - bowlers (Bhuvi, Ashwin, Pandya)

Who missed run out - batsman (Dhawan)

Who ran out a batsman - bowler (Ashwin)

 

286 on this track v 90-7 which one is worse performance. I will go with later one.

 

[Laaloo]

After playing xi was selected, Vijay was the main mujrim. Dhawan is hopeless so can't blame him. 

[Trichromatic]

3 minutes ago, SK_IH said:

i think eventually we got to a score which was about par but we had given far too many already meaning we were too much behind in the game

In both innings, lower order showed how important it was to survive and score runs in last session.

[CG]

Conditions which Indian batsmen got for batting were good enough to score 200-250 in both innings.

Pitch quickened up on day 2.It was slower on first day.Batting first is always a advantage.We bowled poorly batted poorly lack of practice.

[CG]

Then watch the match. 
 
Pitch eases out as the time passes in a day in SA.
 
We never survived to take advantage of that. 
 
Who dropped catch - batsman (Dhawan)
Who scored runs - bowlers (Bhuvi, Ashwin, Pandya)
Who missed run out - batsman (Dhawan)
Who ran out a batsman - bowler (Ashwin)
 
286 on this track v 90-7 which one is worse performance. I will go with later one.
 

Even Kohli dropped faf of Shami first innings like Rohit took Amla today's the match would have been diff.We need openers good slip fielder.Rahul Rahane must play on these pitches Ashwin is not needed.

[Shunya]

92/7 in 1st innings

82/7 in 2nd innings

 

Surely this is not sub 100 type pitch and that too with opposition short of their premier bowler. Its a test match, batsman have to play out and see off the new ball. Once the ball gets old, its easier to bat, but obviously nobody could do it.