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South Africa already lost their first wicket and for all the supporters who claim to give toss to the visiting players, the only way it will be a fair game will be if India pick the entire bowling line up with part time bowlers.  Tongue

I think the only option left with South Africa is to recall Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers to the test squad. These two players retired from the international cricket many years back and the South Africans haven't been able to replace them yet. Also, remember that de Villiers retired at the age of 33 and back then I was thinking that he had at least 4-5 years left.

In my opinion, the most significant question that can be asked is whether South Africa can avoid follow on or not. And I don't think that they will be able to score another 288 runs before they lose the remaining 8 wickets. A lot will depend on whether they will be able to avoid it or not. If they follows on, then there is no chance that they could save this match. It is going to be 3-0 for India. 
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Well, if you remove someone from the captaincy in Pakistan, its better to remove him from the team otherwise there are chances of politics and grouping within the team. In other countries like India, Dhoni can play under Virat etc but i do not think Pakistan team has such mentality.  Sad
Well obviously not a good practice for cricket. If a team can not play as a unit then they are meant to go through the situation Pakistan team is going now.
I am not criticizing or questioning any of the action that take against him but for me it really looked odd and felt it was really harsh. You take away everything from a player just because the team did not well under his captaincy.
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Why Sarfraz does not come into your mind ?

Your mind need a bit of brain washing.   Tongue
You made me real confuse LOL
Are you saying to have him in mind because he got sack recently? Well honestly speaking they should have let him continue in the main squad. May be he would feel less pressure and could perform well.

Well, if you remove someone from the captaincy in Pakistan, its better to remove him from the team otherwise there are chances of politics and grouping within the team. In other countries like India, Dhoni can play under Virat etc but i do not think Pakistan team has such mentality.  Sad
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Already South Africa has lost the 2 wickets for 9 runs so it shows the current status of the South African team. I think they will not going to cross 200 runs mark so I hope the Indian team will be going to win the match with innings.
It looks like if India bats it will be a batting pitch and when ever South Africa bats it turns to a bowling friendly wicket  Cheesy. I hope a couple of players play a long innings for South Africa if not we will see a complete change over in the team for the next series as none of the players are batting well.

I think the season is the main culprit here. A bit of rainy season with clouds can hamper all the play after 4. However we these days do sometimes see use of floods light to ensure play resumes until the stoppage time. Maybe rain is due tonight which is why we are seeing some clouds. As far as i can see Ranchi's weather forecast there is sort of an overcast situation.
I was watching the South African innings and i could not see any rain but the stadium was getting darker and hence the match is stopped, not sure about the location as it looks like it is a different climate than the usual tropical climate in India and if time is lost because of this and if South Africa could play a long innings then they could draw the match and rescue their face.
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India 497/ 9 declare

South Africa missed the opportunity to wrap up Indian innings cheaply  Now tough time for them at least first 20 overs and we still have 35+ overs to go.

@JSRAW Rohit Sharma is an absolute classic player, and it’s always fun to see him play the way he’s playing in this test match series. Umesh Yadav scored vital extra runs which will help team India put further pressure on South Africa. I feel South Africa will loose this match too, as they have already lost 2 wickets for 9 runs and tomorrow Indians bowlers will be able to quickly bowl them out and enforce follow on.
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South Africa is struggling as they already lost a couple of wickets and luckily for them the match is stopped due to bad light, why is there a bad light in the area they are playing as we usually hear rain stopping the play most of time in India and this is the first time i am hearing bad light has stopped play hours before the scheduled stoppage and if there is rain in the next day and the entire day is washed out then South Africa can draw the match other than that i do not see a chance for them to prevent this defeat.
I think the season is the main culprit here. A bit of rainy season with clouds can hamper all the play after 4. However we these days do sometimes see use of floods light to ensure play resumes until the stoppage time. Maybe rain is due tonight which is why we are seeing some clouds. As far as i can see Ranchi's weather forecast there is sort of an overcast situation.
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South Africa is struggling as they already lost a couple of wickets and luckily for them the match is stopped due to bad light, why is there a bad light in the area they are playing as we usually hear rain stopping the play most of time in India and this is the first time i am hearing bad light has stopped play hours before the scheduled stoppage and if there is rain in the next day and the entire day is washed out then South Africa can draw the match other than that i do not see a chance for them to prevent this defeat.

Already South Africa has lost the 2 wickets for 9 runs so it shows the current status of the South African team. I think they will not going to cross 200 runs mark so I hope the Indian team will be going to win the match with innings.
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South Africa is struggling as they already lost a couple of wickets and luckily for them the match is stopped due to bad light, why is there a bad light in the area they are playing as we usually hear rain stopping the play most of time in India and this is the first time i am hearing bad light has stopped play hours before the scheduled stoppage and if there is rain in the next day and the entire day is washed out then South Africa can draw the match other than that i do not see a chance for them to prevent this defeat.
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Rohit Sharma 6 sixes in his 255 balls inning
Umesh Yadav 5 sixes in his 10 balls inning  Grin
Umesh Yadav showed his power and he might be auditioning for the opening slot for India in the upcoming T20 world cup, If Sunil Narine could open the batting for his team then why no Umesh Yadav  Cheesy.

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South Africa missed the opportunity to wrap up Indian innings cheaply  Now tough time for them at least first 20 overs and we still have 35+ overs to go.
A decent score but with Sharma scoring a double century and Rahane scoring a century the rest of the team could manage only 170 runs and that too with the contribution of tail end players. South Africa already lost their first wicket and for all the supporters who claim to give toss to the visiting players, the only way it will be a fair game will be if India pick the entire bowling line up with part time bowlers.  Tongue
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Why Sarfraz does not come into your mind ?

Your mind need a bit of brain washing.   Tongue
You made me real confuse LOL
Are you saying to have him in mind because he got sack recently? Well honestly speaking they should have let him continue in the main squad. May be he would feel less pressure and could perform well.
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Old rules of Test + Pitches + Deadly bowlers then its different ball game. In modern cricket only handful of players comes into my mind such as Kohli, Smith, Williamson and in some extent Joe Root who are worthy to watch in Test . Warner comes in my mind too but he looked different batsman in recent time.

And when we talk about complete batsman in Modern era ( Test +ODI+ T-20) then Only Virat.

Why Sarfraz does not come into your mind ?

Your mind need a bit of brain washing.   Tongue
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But the damage is already done
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Not watching the match but from the scores online I can tell that South Africa is going to have an innings defeat again like the last one (if I am not wrong). This test series is already too boring to see one sided match LOL
Good luck to you guys in watching.
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Rohit Sharma 6 sixes in his 255 balls inning
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India 497/ 9 declare

South Africa missed the opportunity to wrap up Indian innings cheaply  Now tough time for them at least first 20 overs and we still have 35+ overs to go.
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South Africa picked three wickets and they have taken the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Rahane finally but the damage is already done and India scored over 400 runs and now Jadeja and Ashwin is in the crease and they both have centuries in Test cricket and if they are not able to pick those wickets then it will be another frustration session for the bowlers, i am impressed with the depth in Indian batting line up Shocked.
I think the batting depth is the thing which keeps India on such a great platform in the world cricket we are just never out of batsmen.
I disagree here. Legends are produced in every generation and I feel that every one of them are equally impressive irrespective of which generation they are from. Every one of them entertained us in some way or another and this is all that matters at the end of the day.
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Well i agree on bold part, That's why i always avoid comparing players from different era because its not logical. but having said that if we get into mental gymnastic with hypothetical scenario.

Old rules of Test + Pitches + Deadly bowlers then its different ball game. In modern cricket only handful of players comes into my mind such as Kohli, Smith, Williamson and in some extent Joe Root who are worthy to watch in Test . Warner comes in my mind too but he looked different batsman in recent time.

And when we talk about complete batsman in Modern era ( Test +ODI+ T-20) then Only Virat.
I think another thing that has changed a lot is maybe generation we people are generally more attracted towards the players whom we saw while getting out of our childhood. I mean when sometimes I see highlight of earlier matches I realize that batting was not that difficult at that time it was just that there were no computers so batsmen couldn't prepare their shots as homework by watching deliveries of their opponents which is clearly easier now.
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South Africa picked three wickets and they have taken the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Rahane finally but the damage is already done and India scored over 400 runs and now Jadeja and Ashwin is in the crease and they both have centuries in Test cricket and if they are not able to pick those wickets then it will be another frustration session for the bowlers, i am impressed with the depth in Indian batting line up Shocked.
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I disagree here. Legends are produced in every generation and I feel that every one of them are equally impressive irrespective of which generation they are from. Every one of them entertained us in some way or another and this is all that matters at the end of the day.
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Well i agree on bold part, That's why i always avoid comparing players from different era because its not logical. but having said that if we get into mental gymnastic with hypothetical scenario.

Old rules of Test + Pitches + Deadly bowlers then its different ball game. In modern cricket only handful of players comes into my mind such as Kohli, Smith, Williamson and in some extent Joe Root who are worthy to watch in Test . Warner comes in my mind too but he looked different batsman in recent time.

And when we talk about complete batsman in Modern era ( Test +ODI+ T-20) then Only Virat.
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Cool statistics. I always did know that the toss mattered to some extent, but never knew how much and this graph perfectly helped me understand which team is more dependent on the toss(Pakistan etc) and which team plays well irrespective of the toss result(India etc). Congratulations btw and welcome to the hero club JSRAW.

Its sin to compare this era batsmen to 90s generation, they were miles ahead of the recent crop.
I disagree here. Legends are produced in every generation and I feel that every one of them are equally impressive irrespective of which generation they are from. Every one of them entertained us in some way or another and this is all that matters at the end of the day.


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Its sin to compare this era batsmen to 90s generation, they were miles ahead of the recent crop. Not to mention bowling standard went down the drain. and if talk about 70s - 80s then its blasphemy.  
True, you cannot compare batsman of any generation but still Bradman is the best batsman ever considering his average of 99.9 when bowlers were dominating is ridiculous as no one come close to that.

Sir Bradman was beast but his critics can make a very solid argument about his record average of 99.94%. he played Test match in only 2 countries, its very simple but impressive argument, its fascinating for mental gymnastic.

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But considering that there might be chances of rain interference today and tomorrow based on the weather forecast at Ranchi and probably a drizzle on the last day, I'll be tempted to hope for a draw and bet on it if SA didn't lose 2+ wickets before the first 30-40 overs Grin
If there is a rain interruption in the next two days then it is a possibility that there will be a draw, now Rohit Sharma lost his wicket by trying to increase the strike rate and he scored his double century with a six and that resembles Virender Sehwag and all the commentators we talking about that because today is his birthday and he changed the way how Test openers should play cricket. Now with the new ball in hand South Africa can put pressure on the two new batsman in the crease and will see how things will go.
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Both Rohit and Rahane looked comfortable with the ball and have been scoring like crazy earlier today. I think they are execting rain interference in the match and looking for a big score as early as possible. Anybody expecting a draw?




I am looking to bet 5-10$ on a draw based on how it's going to end today.

If you have watched the last Test match, the situation was almost similar where Indian team scored big score in the first innings and SA failed to chase.
In the first test match also, South Africa team collapsed in the last innings.
So it will be a risk betting on the draw. Either bet on India or wait some more time until placing a bet.
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