The curator at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior has promised another track full of runs.
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The series opener in Jaipur shouldn’t have got so close. Ashish Nehra should have been bowled off the penultimate ball of the innings. India’s total, as a result of that freakish incident – when the ball deflected off the stumps – should have been four runs less. India’s bowlers shouldn’t have allowed the South African tail to put their specialist batsmen to shame. A more conclusive camera angle/replay would have determined whether Sachin Tendulkar legitimately saved the boundary in the final over. All these significant incidents proved the difference between an Indian win and any other result.
The South Africans would no doubt have debated these ifs and buts after that game. Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell scripted a near-Houdini act but it couldn’t hide what was otherwise an unflattering batting performance, Jacques Kallis excepted. It was puzzling why they omitted their in-form player Hashim Amla – not the most well-known limited-overs player around but one who adds glue to the top order. South Africa missed him and could sacrifice one of the openers for him. They have to get their combination right because another defeat will render the series lost and the final ODI a dead rubber.
India won the first game by one run. The game was in the balance until the last ball. Heroic batting by Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell brought South Africa back into the game after they looked well and truly beaten. One can only wish for another humdinger, and hopefully South Africa can win this game to keep the 3 match series alive.
Match played at Gwalior
Teams
India squad
MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Mishra, AM Nayar, A Nehra, YK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, S Sreesanth, SR Tendulkar, S Tyagi
South Africa squad
JH Kallis*, HM Amla, LL Bosman, J Botha, MV Boucher†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, HH Gibbs, CK Langeveldt, JA Morkel, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AN Petersen, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe, RE van der Merwe
Wicket !!!
Told you….
Clap-clap.. Pathan out
Tendulkar moer ons fattup
Hy’s nou al op 178
We must get Tendulkar soon, and draw back to prevent a realy HUGE score…
Tendulkar on 180 !
8 Overs oor… ons het klaar ‘n mooooooooooooosa score om voor te gaan
I just hope our guys at least try and actually go for it…
None of this block it and take the singles stuff, scoring 4 an over…
Rather go down fighting then !!! 👿
Tripple Nelson…wicket maybe ? 😆
Naah.. 🙁 Dammit !!!
This realy seems to be a flat wicket, a belter for batting…
They are killing us now !!!
Even Dhoni getting in on the act now…
360/3…There goes my score… 🙁
Nee kyk, hulle flok ons nou goed op!
Tendulkar on 199…
Don’t want to see what he is going to do once he get the 200 🙁
Toemaar Dhoni doen dit sommer klaar !!!
Hulle gaan dig by 400 draai
Dhoni het al klaar oor 50
Dhoni 52 not out from 29 balls…
Tendulkar has just scored the first ever double century in ODI…
Congratulations !!!!
Take a bow !!!
WHAT A PERFORMANCE …..
India’s 400 is up
401/3 na 50 overs…
Hoe gaan die manne uitkom ?
Julle sal moet moer kerels !!!!
blouste @ 83
well i watched part of the game during my lunch
when he was in the 130’s, i suspected that he might just get there
congrats sachin … well done!!
Flok, ons sal moet bat uit die boonste rakke!
Indeed Ash…well done !!!
I get the impression the ground is not too big, so 4’s and 6’s really come into play
Baie geluk aan die verlepte blommetjies … al is dit nou omdat die rekords teen julle opgestel word (Tendulkar se 200). Hou ons nie ook die rekord vir enigste span wat al 2 keer 400 lopies teen ons gekry het nie ?
Kom ons kyk of hul nou nog ‘n rekord kan opstel: eerste span wat met 200 lopies verloor in ‘n ODI.
Sterkte Proteas, ek glo jul kan !
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