Stuff you will read and hear in the next few days...

[Watson87]

Only Dravid ad SRT looked like they belonged to this level. Everyone else seemed like nervous wreck! Viru should be seriously reprimanded for a useless shot like that.

Bhajji looked confident with the bat till he dropped his bat:haha:

[fineleg]

Thud! Kaboom! Thud! We beat Aus 2-0 and hopes started going high for the Ind-SA series, and we said "bring it on! SA, bring it on". THUD! Chris Martin gave us a scare, yet NZ are such minnows that we still managed 1-0 against them in 3-Test series. We said "Sreesanth is hitting 140, and Ishant in 3rd Test is BACK TO FORM!" - Bring it on SAffers - we excite. Well, the BUBBLE has burst. Kaboom! Will India win a SINGLE test in South Africa in this series? (with or without ZK)?

[hari504504]

Bhajji looked confident with the bat till he dropped his bat:haha:

yeah. They should start sending him a little higher - he is turning out to be a revelation. A mini sehwag !

[hari504504]

Depends on if we can make a "Perth" out of the Trampoline they are definitely preparing for us at Kingsmead.

[Sachin=GOD]

The batting fails in 1 innings and people are already writing off the Indian team for the entire series -Thud!

[Laaloo]

:cantstop:

[Andy]

Leave aside ZAK, Last time we played here our bowlers all were bowling well apart from the 3rd seamer. Here we dont have anyone bowling well.We batted better too.

[coffee_rules]

Yes if we win toss and put 500 on board.

[fineleg]

Yes if we win toss and put 500 on board.

Even if we win toss, are we going to put up 500 on board? And then are we gonna take 20 SA wickets at Durban or Cape Town? Bottomline: Do we look like winning a SINGLE Test in SA or we just gonna get white-washed or blue-washed or something?

[Sid]

no,not with this losers attitude and body language that our side displayed in the field today

[Andy]

Bottom Line we CAN make 500 runs, But we CANNOT take 20 wickets.

[fineleg]

Bottom Line we CAN make 500 runs' date=' But we CANNOT take 20 wickets.[/quote'] And if 3 pacers (without ZK) cannot take 20 wickets in good lively pitches of South Africa, what does that say of the future of Indian bowling and Indian cricket when the likes of Zaheer Khan retire? The bench-strength for our pace bowling is the worst in the world? Even bloody Bangladesh has medium-pacers (and arguably, spinners for that matter) who are better. Thats shocking!!!

[gaurav92]

We don't have a bowling Powerhouse :(

[Andy]

And if 3 pacers (without ZK) cannot take 20 wickets in good lively pitches of South Africa, what does that say of the future of Indian bowling and Indian cricket when the likes of Zaheer Khan retire? The bench-strength for our pace bowling is the worst in the world? Even bloody Bangladesh has medium-pacers (and arguably, spinners for that matter) who are better. Thats shocking!!!

Talents are Being wasted, I dont know who is responsible for this. But when Ishant, Munaf, RP, Irfan Came in they were much better bowlers than what they are now after several years of cricket. And you expect a Young bowler to develop his skills and quality over the years and Improve. Shockingly we have few examples of how bowlers detoriated to Club Level trundlers.

[Sachin=GOD]

Talents are Being wasted' date=' I dont know who is responsible for this. But when Ishant, Munaf, RP Came in they were much better bowlers than what they are now after several years of cricket. And you expect a Young bowler to develop his skills and quality over the years and Improve. Shockingly we have few examples of how bowlers detoriated to Club Level trundlers.[/quote'] I think the problem is that there are too many experts who tell these young bowlers too many different things to try out (best example is Irfan Pathan)

[Andy]

I think the problem is that there are too many experts who tell these young bowlers too many different things to try out (best example is Irfan Pathan)

I dont think its Some expert who has told him to do differnt things, he himself decided to Slow down on Pace and concentrate on Line and Length. If that was not the case he wouldnt have been saying Pace doesnt matter bla bla. My ****, if pace doesnt matter then how did morkel did so well and better than Ishant despite both bowled similar lengths.

[Deleted_User_1]

No. It will be a 0-2 or 0-3 whitewash for India! kaboom!

[Guest Hiten.]

Cant you compile all our vents in one thread ? There is no need to open a thread for every passing thought of yours in such dire situation :dontknow:.

[Ramzz]

Bhajji looked confident with the bat till he dropped his bat:haha:

That is nice to see from Bhajji. One question...did they try bowling short to him to soften him up or were they just bowling full?

[King Tendulkar]

finey on a roll here. Always seems to be on a roll when india not doing well! Seems to be enjoying this a bit to much