Friday, January 05, 2007

Even Stevens but India misses Bhajji !!

Dravid definitely missed a trick by not going along with one additional spinner and Munaf proved how one can get rusty in a matter of weeks, by being a comical fielder (he was no great shakes of a fielder to start with in anycase but he was atrocious y'day and the rest of the ground fileding was horrendous too); but, he somehow hung on to the all important Kallis' catch. India gifted too many runs to the lower middle order of Boucher and Pollack and this might prove to be decisive in the context of the whole match. Because of this largesse (with AK being totally ineffective since he is no big turner of the ball on a Shane Warne kind of wicket), India ended up with a lead which should have looked 100+. Anyway, Indian batsmen will have to take the initiative now and I guess Viru will open in the 2nd innings. A quick fire 40-50 from him can set the tone and in case he messes up again, their backs will be against the wall and a target in the region of 200-250 can be got by SA even in the last day pitch.

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