India's Tour to South Africa, 2013

[Deleted_User_1]

Zaheer was a disappointment to some extent. Gives too many boundary balls.

Frankly I was not impressed with him. Very few probing deliveries.

[NareshK]

Great bowling effort on second day. Would have liked to see the tail add some 20-30 runs but it was never going to be easy. Gotta wrap them up quickly and score 200 to give us a fighting chance. Chasing anything close to 250 will be a tough task on this pitch.

[rkt.india]

Frankly I was not impressed with him. Very few probing deliveries.

Too inconsistent as well.

[youngindia]

actually ashwin is probably the best no 8 around.. what is missing is our best pace bowlers/prospects are hopeless with the bat....cannot even add a cameo like steyn or morkel..I frankly don't see any solution in sight in the near future in these conditions.

[MCcricket]

I agree Zak did bowl a lot of overs but not the same intensity or pace, but bowled ok not great , he can be here for a year until the away tours and retire, be our bowling coach, we need to groom, Suyal, Anwar, Aniket and then look at Pankaj, Pandey, Shukla, Aaron as our bowling pool, except Shami all other bowlers just played out and did not bowl with any pace or intensity in last 13 overs.

[GautiMaan]

Drop Vijay,play Karthik.When the frontline pacers are tired,Karthik can keep wickets and Dhoni can bowl ,he will be a greater asset this way:nice:

[Lord]

Why fear when Sir is there :--D

[Lord]

If you are not counting the 300*s on cement tracks,internationally I have seen Pathan play better cameos at both test and ODI level...I will back Irfan than Jaddu with the 50 needed from 23 balls kind of situations. Fielding I agree....it's a no contest. Bowling Irfan is better than Jaddu,Infact with him able to open the bowling,he brings more balance then Jaddu can.

yeah only he gets to bat on cement tracks in Ranjis:giggle:

[Crookbond]

Gillespie - Steve Waugh, Kolkata 2001 After Harbhajan hat trick, Australia were like 250odd for 7 and went on to make 445. :wall: Gillespie was given NOT OUT of a clear edge of Venkatesh Prasad early in his innings though Moin Khan Asia Cup 1998 - 45/6 and then they went on to make 200+ score. Same match of the Tendulkar-Akhtar run out which we lost :facepalm:

[skindia]

1 wicket away from 100:finger:

[skindia]

:hatsoff:

[velu]

Philander included in Team R.I.S.S as a batsmen :cantstop:

[maniac]

Job Done :bow:

[Lord]

Gillespie - Steve Waugh, Kolkata 2001 After Harbhajan hat trick, Australia were like 250odd for 7 and went on to make 445. :wall: Gillespie was given NOT OUT of a clear edge of Venkatesh Prasad early in his innings though Moin Khan Asia Cup 1998 - 45/6 and then they went on to make 200+ score. Same match of the Tendulkar-Akhtar run out which we lost :facepalm:

Karachin test 2006 too

[King Tendulkar]

Zaheer was a disappointment to some extent. Gives too many boundary balls.

You joking. Was magnificent

[Cricketics]

Zaheer was a disappointment to some extent. Gives too many boundary balls.

Frankly I was not impressed with him. Very few probing deliveries.

Will get better as he plays. It was his first international outing, and may be he was trying too much like he was during his comeback for Mumbai on Indian pitches. He knows that he has to keep it simple line in South Africa, and he should come out more consistent. As the game progressed he did get little better and continued bowling some odd bad balls. But if you haven't watched the game ball to ball like I did, you won't realize that he did bowl some exceptional overs. Check out the repeat telecast if you can find, there was some brilliant tactical bowling. Still remains my first choice bowler of India.

[cowboysfan]

you guys are expecting too much from old man Zak,,he is not a spearhead anymore.

[King Tendulkar]

I have no idea why people saying zak bowled poorly. Insanity Bowled supeb and was crucial in bowling them out. Looked as good as in peak. Complete control of ball, swinging both ways, reversing like a mofo.. And of course the brillinat mind, set up smith beautifully for example 2 out swingers and then indipper to snare him lbw You mofos are so ungrateful. Total genius this bloke and was masterful in 1st innings

[King Tendulkar]

Just checked scorecard to confirm. Yep took 4 wickets as I remebered, just in case had been dreaming his bowling

[Yoda-esque]

I have no idea why people saying zak bowled poorly. Insanity Bowled supeb and was crucial in bowling them out. Looked as good as in peak. Complete control of ball, swinging both ways, reversing like a mofo.. And of course the brillinat mind, set up smith beautifully for example 2 out swingers and then indipper to snare him lbw You mofos are so ungrateful. Total genius this bloke and was masterful in 1st innings

But but he was not bowling in the 140s like Yadav na