2 wickets in to overs India 30/2
India Tour of South Africa
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Philander to Vijay... has there ever been a more obvious wicket? He looked like he could get him out all day.
Need a Captain's knock here..
True, but in these conditions Philander is arguably 2nd best (Anderson being no1) in the world
Well it's proving more entertainment than the Ashes already! Enjoyed watching quite a bit of this over the weekend and as a neutral I'm glad it's in the balance, those early wickets have really given India something to think about.
Key wicket of Pujara
Unplayable ball to Pujara.
Kohli needs an innings here or in upcoming tests in SA to prove he is not a flat track bully.
Fantastic test match.
Feed lost on Indian TV. fecks sake.
This.
Kohli vs Morkel scares the shit of out me. He's the exact type of bowler that you need to have against Kohli.
Everywhere I think. Sky sports feed also went down.
Poor shot on that wicket - shame, he was playing well.
Yeah. What a crap way to get out.
After settling down well too.
Saha in with Rohit
Why review that, it was plump
Feck was that. Terrible shot and catch attempt.
Wow what a drop
It's Rohit Sharma, what do you expect 
The joys of a good test match 
Terrible shot.
Thats the game. Hopefully the last of Rohit in the test matches.
Still might be too much.
One can only hope
Quite a feat to lose by hundred runs when target is 208.
One can only hope
Actually Dhawan needs to go too. Horrendous opener. Rahul and Rahane needed.
Rohit and Dhawan needs to feck off.
To a side a bowler down.
I was gonna say Dhawan too.
Dhawan isn't going anywhere. They will look for a left/right combo. Vijay might make way for Rahul.
I seriously doubt we'll get a better opportunity than this on a South African tour anytime soon.
Horrible batting performance. Same problem coming back to bite us, whenever we tour our batsmen forgets how to bat and go under shell. Best chance to lead the series and now it will be extremely difficult to bounce back.
The match was lost in first innings. This day pitch is unplayable really. Nothing much the batsmen can do.
It is, but we're making a difficult situation impossible by being so circumspect. Better to have tried to play more positively, you either lose big or you put pressure back on SA.
Yup, we had them 12/3 and 142-5 and inexcusably let them double their tally. Then our batting when the pitch was at it's flattest was horrendous. I said this on the first page, this is a typical Indian performance. A little reminiscent of the Auckland Test match a few years back - flatter wicket. IIRC, NZ got 500. We got 200. Bowled em out for 100. Lost by 60 runs. Too little, too late.
Pujara said we could chase 350
Winning Test matches away from home seems to be harder than ever. India are turning a reasonable looking chase in to a train wreck. Test cricket is starting to get very predictable and surely it's only a matter of time before they bring in uncontested tosses like they have in the County Championship.
This won't solve it but it will be a good start.
This won't solve it but it will be a good start.
This has been an excellent test match, with the result in doubt up until about 90 minutes ago.
Hardly an arguement for a full revamp
Our shot selection even this innings has been horrendous to say the least. Either we defend/defend or just play silly shots to get out. Mentality is one reason we throw away matches.