Cuplrits of Test 1

[Guest Hiten.]

So that now South Africa have delivered our 3rd and only innings defeat on the Indian soil (surprisingly previous 2 were too by SA and in the last decade itself :wall:). RSA Innings: - Ishant Sharma, Bhajji. Clearly none of these bowlers gave the support that was needed after Zak provided two early breakthroughs including the BIGGEST FISH in RSA batting line up after Kallis. Not only did these two bowl bad but could not manage to clog the run flow. - Half chances not being taken. Badri did miss Amla's catch and that without any doubt cost India VERY heavily. - Negative captaincy from Dhoni. On Day 2, Bhajji was asked to drop darts rather than trying to give a loop to the ball. There were rough patches that could've been exploited. - Zak failed on day 2. There were talks about him being the master of reverse swing in the Indian conditions but he clearly was missing from action and that hurt India because he was the only one who looked like getting wickets. India Innings 1: - Sehwag. Yes, he scored a beautiful century and all, but he had no business playing risky shots considering India had lost SRT and GG for almost nothing. He could afford to play such shots when you have RSD and VVS in your line up. Even he himself admits that it was a rash shot which triggered India's collapse. Had he stayed in for the entire day we might have actually been talking about an easy draw here. - The less we talk about other batsmen the better. India Innings 2: - Again Sehwag :wall:. FFS! There was no need for him to go for such flashy strokes when he knows that GG had departed who was the main link in our previous 'draw out of the mouth of a defeat' scenarios. - Vijay. Had we not been troubled by main batsmans' injuries; I think he might have been kicked out of the team for playing one of the most dumbest shots ever. RSA wanted him to sweep out of the rough where the ball was GUARANTEED to have an uneven bounce. A lone fielder placed on the boundary for that sweep and Vijay was back in the hut after looking untouchable :mad: I did not see our batting after Badri's departure and I am not too aware of other rash shots played or not by our batsmen. Please feel free to add yours.

[Cricketics]

I have to agree, I was really frustrated when Sehwag got out. Had he batted for another session, he would have himself piled about 70 runs and along with that some pwns on the other end would have added about 130 runs between them and taken us out of the follow on. Bowling was just crap. We were lucky to get the intial break through when Zaheer was bowling really really well. After that Zaheer too lost his line. On day 2 Harbhajan in particular bowled well but wasn't good enough to register a saf collapse which would have put India's chances on the game a little better. Saf piled over 550+ and form there on, we were playing catch up.

[sm332]

I have to agree, I was really frustrated when Sehwag got out. Had he batted for another session, he would have himself piled about 70 runs and along with that some pwns on the other end would have added about 130 runs between them and taken us out of the follow on. Bowling was just crap. We were lucky to get the intial break through when Zaheer was bowling really really well. After that Zaheer too lost his line. On day2 Harbhajan in particular bowled well but wasn't good enough to register a saf collapse which would have put India's chances on the game a little better. Saf piled over 550+ and form there on, we were playing catch up.

both the bowling and the batting was quite lackluster. In any case, I hope we are able to rebound back strongly. It wouldnt be the first time that India is under the cosh after game 1. We have been slow starters historically but have more often than not fought back (at least at home)

[achilles]

They bowled better than us, that too twice. We can't expect Zak "the Savior" to rescue us all the time. Its beyond logic to see a woefully out of form Ishant still playing in the hope of maybe getting lucky with a few wickets. I agree with the general sentiment here that Tyagi should've got the nod over Ishant.

[Karan114]

Yeah, pretty much agree with the list in the OP. I think the Sehwag dismissal was especially crucial. He and Badrinath had put some pressure on SA for the first time, if Sehwag had carried on they would have gone even more on the defensive and there was every chance of India avoiding the follow on, and from there the game would have been entirely different. That's not to excuse the bowlers or other culprits or anything, just commenting on how important that partnership could have been.

[sm332]

They bowled better than us' date=' that too twice. We can't expect Zak "the Savior" to rescue us all the time. Its beyond logic to see a woefully out of form Ishant still playing in the hope of maybe getting lucky with a few wickets. I agree with the general sentiment here that Tyagi should've got the nod over Ishant.[/quote'] I think Ishant's 'form' in Bangladesh may have led ppl to believe that perhaps he was on the road to recovering form. It seems like we will have Sree in the next game - would be interesting to see if the spin dept sees changes.

[vvvslaxman]

Sachin played a lame sweep shot right after he got to his 100. When they (Vijay and Sachin) had the option of padding up all day they just succumbed to their strategy.

[Cricketics]

Sachin played a lame sweep shot right after he got to his 100. When they (Vijay and Sachin) had the option of padding up all day they just succumbed to their strategy.

What lame shot dude. the ball was pitched on leg and was pretty short and had to be whacked away for four. You can't play a defensive shot to that particular delivery all the time. He was just unlucky that he got out on it.

[sm332]

Sachin played a lame sweep shot right after he got to his 100. When they (Vijay and Sachin) had the option of padding up all day they just succumbed to their strategy.

yeah that was dispiriting ... it was so obvious that they were preying on patience. I can accept Sehwag falling for that since his threshold for boredom is very low. But vijay and SRT could have decided to just eat up balls .... the real achievement would have been playnig out 100s of balls to eat up time. But c'est la vie, this team has had a fantastic run - it had to end at some stage.

[achilles]

I think Ishant's 'form' in Bangladesh may have led ppl to believe that perhaps he was on the road to recovering form. It seems like we will have Sree in the next game - would be interesting to see if the spin dept sees changes.

I think the selectors forgot that Ishant's "good" performances came against Bangladesh. I have no idea why we are still persisting with this guy. If height is the reason, its really absurd. Not every person with a 10inch dick does a porno.

[kabira]

^no ball was not short. It was not percentage shot. He tried it many times ad most of the times he missed it. He should have just continued using paddle sweeps or he could have used slog sweeps that he employed against Warne

[sm332]

why are mods editing my posts?

[urbestfriend]

So that now South Africa have delivered our 3rd and only innings defeat on the Indian soil (surprisingly previous 2 were too by SA and in the last decade itself ).

I dont have the data but I dont think you are right !

[urbestfriend]

Got you ! This is the third innings defeat in Indian soil in last 25 years !!

[saneindian]

Out of the 25 heaviest defeats for us at home, 7-8 of them have come in the last 10 years when we have had the best batting line up!

[Karan114]

If Zaheer had stuck around another couple of overs we could have avoided the innings defeat at least...oh well...

[Fontaine]

The biggest culprit was four freak injuries to Yuvraj, VVS, Dravid and then Rohit.

[ViruRulez]

So that now South Africa have delivered our 3rd and only innings defeat on the Indian soil (surprisingly previous 2 were too by SA and in the last decade itself :wall:). RSA Innings: - Ishant Sharma, Bhajji. Clearly none of these bowlers gave the support that was needed after Zak provided two early breakthroughs including the BIGGEST FISH in RSA batting line up after Kallis. Not only did these two bowl bad but could not manage to clog the run flow. - Half chances not being taken. Badri did miss Amla's catch and that without any doubt cost India VERY heavily. - Negative captaincy from Dhoni. On Day 2, Bhajji was asked to drop darts rather than trying to give a loop to the ball. There were rough patches that could've been exploited. - Zak failed on day 2. There were talks about him being the master of reverse swing in the Indian conditions but he clearly was missing from action and that hurt India because he was the only one who looked like getting wickets. India Innings 1: - Sehwag. Yes, he scored a beautiful century and all, but he had no business playing risky shots considering India had lost SRT and GG for almost nothing. He could afford to play such shots when you have RSD and VVS in your line up. Even he himself admits that it was a rash shot which triggered India's collapse. Had he stayed in for the entire day we might have actually been talking about an easy draw here. - The less we talk about other batsmen the better. India Innings 2: - Again Sehwag :wall:. FFS! There was no need for him to go for such flashy strokes when he knows that GG had departed who was the main link in our previous 'draw out of the mouth of a defeat' scenarios. - Vijay. Had we not been troubled by main batsmans' injuries; I think he might have been kicked out of the team for playing one of the most dumbest shots ever. RSA wanted him to sweep out of the rough where the ball was GUARANTEED to have an uneven bounce. A lone fielder placed on the boundary for that sweep and Vijay was back in the hut after looking untouchable :mad: I did not see our batting after Badri's departure and I am not too aware of other rash shots played or not by our batsmen. Please feel free to add yours.

Vijay also missed Amla's catch though a bit difficult one .. fielding was again pathetic even in this crunch match

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Selectors

[Laaloo]

Sehwag, Sachin and Vijay Sehwag for the ****ING atrocious shot OMFG What the hell was he thinking? Him and badri were going at a nice pace and the SAffers didn't look like getting a wicket. He already had 10 runs in the over, what was the reason to go for that shot? And sachin, he didn't learn anything from Vijay dismissal. :mad: