Yuvi has been brilliant in this match
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The comedy run outs by RSA...it's like they want to help India win the series...heheheh
Rohit sharma, again proving the selectors wrong for not choosing him WC Squad 
patel out now. kohli looks like a quality player. think south africa got too much runs for india to chase
Good catch by Smith.
49-3
49-3
top catch it was, seems that the game is going away from india
If we can score at 6 for the next 10-12 overs without losing more than a wicket, we'll be in it.
I dislike supporting Kohli, but he's here to stay. Quality player..
ffs
Raina playing himself out of the world cup 11
Rain. Pheew
Rain. Pheew
why? India is surely way behind in terms of the D/L...more than 25 overs have been played, RSA will be given the victory, if they can't get out there again.
Oh right sorry 31 overs up. Well then, Rain
Well we're not going to win this anyway imo.
Oh right sorry 31 overs up. Well then, Rain
Well we're not going to win this anyway imo.
hehe...yeah you lot were done and dusted as soon as Dhoni got out for such a small score, and Pathan getting out looked to be the final nail in the coffin.
Shame for young Kohli, looked set for a century.
Yeah I really want the rain to stop just for Kohli to get his century. He deserves it. Great knock!
To be fair we're without our three leading batsmen - Sehwag, Gambhir and Sachin. So the bowlers have to make up for that loss.
Game called off. RSA win by 48 runs.
Kohli has been absolute brilliant and has edged out Raina in Starting XI, as Yusuf is a confirmed starter now.
Btw, I might have mentioned this before, but I've played cricket with Kohli before as he is my mate's second cousin
Btw, I might have mentioned this before, but I've played cricket with Kohli before as he is my mate's second cousin
Raina loses out to Kohli at the moment, but when you have a direct comparison between Raina and Pathan, I would pick Raina. Pathan's a big hitter, but Raina's capable of scoring very fast too.
Shouldn't forget that the world cup is in the sub-continent. Raina's one of the best flat track bullies around.
Shouldn't forget that the world cup is in the sub-continent. Raina's one of the best flat track bullies around.
Yes, but Pathan gives you guys, something of another spinning option in the middle order. Not sure if Raina does the same or not?
Raina isn't a bad bowler at all, tbh and we could always Yuvraj as the 5th spinner, as a pure bowler I rate him higher than Pathan.
Best thing about ODIs is Amla can bat only 50 overs..
Shocking collapse by RSA....even if they didn't power through and get a lot of runs, they should have saved the wickets, it would have meant a bigger D/L target for India.
250/9 from 46 overs translated to 268 run target in 46 overs, save 2 wickets(run outs in the last over) and it would have been another 12-15 runs....
Should be a fun chase to watch.
250/9 from 46 overs translated to 268 run target in 46 overs, save 2 wickets(run outs in the last over) and it would have been another 12-15 runs....
Should be a fun chase to watch.
feck
Gutted
South Africa win. Great innings from Pathan, another very good match between these two in a really enjoyable series.
It's been one cracking series. Incredible knock from Pathan.
He is but on current form I'd have Pathan. Though you should have both in the team tbh. Pathan in his current form can win you games single handedly.
Can't have both if you have Kohli in there. Unless you leave Yuvraj out in favour of Raina -- which I'd never do. Yuvraj's our 2nd best ODI player(and one of the best in the world) when on form. He's been rubbish for awhile now, but I'd still back him.
Yesterday, I saw some comments on the Guardian blogs doing a statsguru analysis of Yuvraj vs Michael Yardy. Do people even watch cricket?
Yesterday, I saw some comments on the Guardian blogs doing a statsguru analysis of Yuvraj vs Michael Yardy. Do people even watch cricket?
As good as Kohli's been, if Gambhir comes back, I'd rather have an in-form Raina ahead of Kohli. Raina was sensational for the past 2 years, it's a shame his dip in form has come now.
Yuvi vs Yardi??? That's just nuts. I know Yuvi is a key player for you but I'd actually consider dropping him if he can't find his form asap in the group stages as you have guys capable of doing his job and who are in form. Raina might miss out though with Pathan's form.
Pathan on local tracks this World Cup...hide your women and children.
Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Kohli, Dhoni, Pathan- That's quite an amazing batting lineup
And the perpetually out of form Dhoni as well who if he gets back in form would be brilliant.
However lets hope Sehwag Sachin and Gambhir get back to fitness. Yuvraj is still not as good as he was imo.
I forgot Dhoni tbh.
What a innings by Pathan. Sad to see the top order fail. We played without a lot of big players in this series and played really well.
Am not to sure on Stats but i think Pathan played 33 dot players, that is just an amazing stat.
Once again Hashim Amla keeps on getting runs, what a great innings by him, the contrast with the two 100s.
Morkel stats for the ODI series were just awesome
No way can we leave Pathan out of our starting line up for the world cup. Kohli should get in, but i see him as a player who can play a long innings in terms of batting through whilst Raina and Yuvi are the big hitters. If Kohli gets in, its got to be either Yuvi or Raina dropped but i dont see Kohli batting at 4th and that why i would think he might be left out.
Am not to sure on Stats but i think Pathan played 33 dot players, that is just an amazing stat.
Once again Hashim Amla keeps on getting runs, what a great innings by him, the contrast with the two 100s.
Morkel stats for the ODI series were just awesome
No way can we leave Pathan out of our starting line up for the world cup. Kohli should get in, but i see him as a player who can play a long innings in terms of batting through whilst Raina and Yuvi are the big hitters. If Kohli gets in, its got to be either Yuvi or Raina dropped but i dont see Kohli batting at 4th and that why i would think he might be left out.