Before India,the rock stars of cricket world, came to South Africa India is world No.1 in tests as per ICC ranking but everybody has doubts of Indian domination in away matches. Frankly speaking, though India is numero 1 by big margin in ranking, it is still the underdog in the current series.Even if India draws one of the 2 test matches in this series it can still hang on to 1st place.
Though Batting line up is superb for India, the weak link is definitely bowling.With Zaheer being injured, its a no match for likes of Kallis and Amlas.Last time when India toured SA Sreesanth was pick of the bowlers. The way he moved the ball in the first test was amazing. I think SA was folded out for 76 at that time.Never mind, we lost the next two matches to hand over the series to safaris.
So coming to the first test match, India has already folded out for 136 and safaris have already got a lead of 230.As Arun Lal would say, there is no coming back from this hole.It seems most likely that India would be behind by at least 400 by the time they start their second innings with 2 days to play.Still as an India fan, I hope they can save the match like gambhir did in NZ or another Dravid-Laxman partnership.
Though India batting flopped it is still ok they can turn around the form in no time,where as, Indian seamers not being able to take a single wicket on a seaming wicket is unacceptable. I hope sreesanth bowls like he bowled last time in SA and Ishant comes back in form like he did with NZ.Lets see what happens on 3rd day.
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