Back to square one in South Africa

[1983-2011]

Now everyone will forget about 4-0 whitewash in England and Australia and also 3-1 thrashing by England at home. We will be back to square after we get whitewashed 3-0 in South Africa and everyone will be calling for Fletcher and Dhoni's head.

[adi B]

2-1 loss at home

[trundlerNO1]

SA bowling>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>X1000 India bowling SA batting>>>>>>India, it not a HUGE difference as it is in bowling SA fielding >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>x100India I fully expect a whitewash

[rkt.india]

So are you expecting a win there?

[CG]

Now everyone will forget about 4-0 whitewash in England and Australia and also 3-1 thrashing by England at home. We will be back to square after we get whitewashed 3-0 in South Africa and everyone will be calling for Fletcher and Dhoni's head.

Thats Sports I am afraid.

[Crookbond]

For people calling this home win a "regular win", when was the last time we defeated a team so comprehensively even at home? Not only did we in 4 Test matches but we won them quite easily in the end. I mean we have struggled to win against decent sides at home even when we were the No.1 Test team for 18 months or so. Credit where it's due.

[saneindian]

So for a series that is 8 months away, are you asking the fans not to celebrate the Aussie whitewash? Are you calling this 4-0 a worthless, useless series win?

[CG]

For people calling this home win a "regular win"' date=' when was the last time we defeated a team so comprehensively even at home? Not only did we in 4 Test matches but we won them quite easily in the end. I mean we have struggled to win against decent sides at home even when we were the No.1 Test team for 18 months or so. Credit where it's due.[/quote'] We won 2-0 against australia if i rememeber right in a 2 match series last time.We rarely have played 4 match series against such a weak side.But credit where it is due we looked for this whitewash may be revenge for what happened in aus.

[Crookbond]

We won 2-0 against australia if i rememeber right in a 2 match series last time.We rarely have played 4 match series against such a weak side.But credit where it is due we looked for this whitewash may be revenge for what happened in aus.

Not just 4-0 but the manner of victories is impressive. That 2-0 you talked about had 1 Test match which could've gone either way. Forget 4 Test match series, we haven't even won 2-0 that often against weak teams like West Indies, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.

[CG]

Not just 4-0 but the manner of victories is impressive. That 2-0 you talked about had 1 Test match which could've gone either way. Forget 4 Test match series' date=' we haven't even won 2-0 that often against weak teams like West Indies, New Zealand and Zimbabwe.[/quote'] The pitches played a major part.I have watched some real pattas in every series.

[ShebbySB]

Now everyone will forget about 4-0 whitewash in England and Australia and also 3-1 thrashing by England at home. We will be back to square after we get whitewashed 3-0 in South Africa and everyone will be calling for Fletcher and Dhoni's head.

2-1 defeat it was......pls edit.

[King Tendulkar]

We will do ok in SA. We may not win series but wont get demoilished and be very competitive

[Crookbond]

The pitches played a major part.I have watched some real pattas in every series.

We had two pattas in this series as well - Hyderabad and Mohali. Mind you, Australia has had the best batting conditions for most part of the series.

[CG]

We had two pattas in this series as well - Hyderabad and Mohali. Mind you' date=' Australia has had the best batting conditions for most part of the series.[/quote'] Compared to those these are rank turners.

[yoda]

For SA, we need Yadav and Sree back. Bhuvi will do well there. Don't have much hopes for Varun Aaron or Shammi, Batting wise, other than Pujara and to a lesser extent Kohli, I don't expect anyone else to cross 50 on a consistent basis. So yea we will lose there and bad, but that doesn't take anything away from this 4-0.

[Number]

Our middle order is brittle as ever. Need to sort that out. SRT should go now. If we manage to score runs, we will be competitive.

[Crookbond]

Compared to those these are rank turners.

No - these aren't. In any case, since Australia had the pleasure of batting first in all 4 Test matches they had the better batting conditions and hence that argument is neutralized.

[CG]

No - these aren't. In any case' date=' since Australia had the pleasure of batting first in all 4 Test matches they had the better batting conditions and hence that argument is neutralized.[/quote'] They are .The commentators on start of almost every test said its day2 or 3 pitch and compared to some pitches like chennai against sa .These are way better.

[Deleted_User_1]

We will do ok in SA. We may not win series but wont get demoilished and be very competitive

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: That was comincal!

[Clarke]

Are you Paki or something ? Enjoy the moment!