Mission SA. How can India topple them in the tests?

[hassan_113]

I hope they can do this. They've the batting to be competitive. I'm sure the bowling can hold up too. I would go for Rohit in tests as opener with Dhawan:- Rohit Dhawan Pujara Kohli Tendulkar Dhoni Jadeja Ashwin Bhuvi Ishant (who else is there- shami not ready yet) Yadav

[MCcricket]

I hope they can do this. They've the batting to be competitive. I'm sure the bowling can hold up too. I would go for Rohit in tests as opener with Dhawan:- Rohit Dhawan Pujara Kohli Tendulkar Dhoni Jadeja Ashwin Bhuvi Ishant (who else is there- shami not ready yet) Yadav

Rohit is not a bad idea as opener, need only one spinner not two there, Ishant ideally would not pick him, Pathan for Ashwin or Jadeja, Shami for Ishant , what do you mean not ready lol:sniffle:

[Nash]

we have good batting line up. In bowling department, spin is good but we are lacking one good fast bowler as I dont trust Ishant. Bhuvi might not be that effective in Test match either. Yadav is good but he lacking support from other end. We should try shami in place of Ishant or Bhuvi.

[hassan_113]

I like Shami but I don't think I would go for such an inexperienced test attack in SA. I wouldn't throw him into tests on debut. As much as I don't like Ishant, he has made some recent improvements and he needs to block one end up. I believe that three pacemen is enough for India. Pathan is past his best and at his pace, he will be cannon-fodder. Bhuvi, Ishant and Yadav with 2 spinners in Jaddu and Ashwin. Have Shami on the tour for sure and see how he does in the side games. Shami has to be given a chance to be playing in the first test in England next summer though: I wouldn't just thrust him into SA as India need one experienced paceman. Bhuvi is an intelligent bowler and will keep things tight and pick up wickets esp with the new ball.

[FischerTal]

this will be the lineup most probably Dhawan Vijay Pujara Tendulkar Kohli Karthik/Rohit/whoever does well in A tour Dhoni Ashwin Bhuvi Yadav Ishant/Shami/Kaul hopefully we can draw

[Trichromatic]

Our bowlers need to fluke in an inning or so and restrict SA around 100 to have any chance of winning the test.

[special K]

BCCI should demand India get to bat for three innings. If that happen India might have a chance of posting 400 combined.

[FischerTal]

BCCI should demand India get to bat for three innings. If that happen India might have a chance of posting 400 combined.

this is part of the therapy of losing to NZ :agree:

[Prakat]

^ you don't even have a dog in this fight but look here you are butthurt and seeking for consolation by trash-talking the team that walloped your lily-livered asses out of the finals. Whhat a loser

[FischerTal]

^ you don't even have a dog in this fight but look here you are butthurt and seeking for consolation by trash-talking the team that walloped your lily-livered asses out of the finals. Whhat a loser

this is what his psychologist told him to do. Let him heal :secret:

[SLICKR392]

this is part of the therapy of losing to NZ :agree:

When did Pak lost to NZ?

[FischerTal]

When did Pak lost to NZ?

jaisa desh waisa bhesh. he's in england right now, so he is english :poink:

[maniac]

BCCI should demand India get to bat for three innings. If that happen India might have a chance of posting 400 combined.

This is original South Africa we are talking about....You probably got confused...We will save the game talk during the India-South africa B(England series) SO till then shoo

[jf1gp_1]

last time when we visited SA both rohit and vijay only played the ODIs; there were discussions that rohit should have been in the test side but both looked miserable infact yousuf pathan won us a game or two out of nowhere

[FischerTal]

last time when we visited SA both rohit and vijay only played the ODIs; there were discussions that rohit should have been in the test side but both looked miserable infact yousuf pathan won us a game or two out of nowhere

:WTF: VIjay played in the 2nd test at Durban

[FischerTal]

i think gambhir is a must for this tour. his average is quite mind boggling in SA

[cowboysfan]

We have a chance to make some noise,we have got rid of all dead weight except sachin.if Sachin wants to play then he needs to play in the A tour,he hasnt played cricket in a while and his reflexes has already slowed down drastically.It would be utterely selfish if he becomes an albatross and keeps a young player out.

[vvvslaxman]

Our bowlers need to fluke in an inning or so and restrict SA around 100 to have any chance of winning the test.

Sreesanth had two such outings.. Hope someone can repeat that..We have up and coming bowlers. They all look like 2nd choice, 3rd choice bowlers.

[SLICKR392]

We need to dig deep into their batting order. Smith, Peterson, Amla, Kallis, Faf, AB & Duminy, not all are gonna fail, unless they choke .

[vvvslaxman]

We need to dig deep into their batting order. Smith' date=' Peterson, Amla, Kallis, Faf, AB & Duminy, not all are gonna fail, unless the choke.[/quote'] India's best chance is trigger a first innings collapse and use that collapse to choke them in the 2nd innings.