The first Test match between India and South Africa ends in a dull draw. This match has been a high scoring one and only 25 dismissals were possible throughout the entire Test match.
SCORECARD: India vs South Africa, I Test, Chennai 2008
WELL-PREPARED PROTEAS
It seems that South Africans are well prepared for this tour. Their preparation is showing in their performance. They managed to play the Indian spinners very comfortably. Their openers provided quick start in both the innings. Amla and McKenzie were the standout performers for the visitors. Smith and Boucher also batted well.
PITCH
The typical Chennai pitch is a result oriented one. It would have enough bounce and pace for both batsmen and bowlers to exploit and assistance for the spinners. This time around the pitch is slower and lacked enough bounce. The un-seasonal rainfall before this Test match is attributed as the reason for the state of this pitch. I hope the next two matches will have resulted oriented pitches.
INDIAN BOWLING
Indian pace attack appeared somewhat incomplete even before going into this Test match. One is back after injury and another had only moderate success in the just concluded CB one-day tri-series. Munaf Patel would have been better choice than Sreesanth since he has the ability to use the older ball very well. Indian pacers were not able to provide early break-throughs. Kumble and Harbhajan were also not in great form. Indian bowlers should improve their effort to win this Test series.
SEHWAG JOINS ELITE CLUB
Sehwag becomes only the third batsman in Test cricket history to score two triple centuries. He joins an elite club along with Sir Don Bradman and Brian Charles Lara. His knock of 319 is the highest individual Test score for an Indian batsman surpassing his own knock of 309 against Pakistan at Multan in 2004. Congratulations to Sehwag!
‘THE WALL’ REACHES 10000 RUNS
Rahul Dravid becomes the sixth batsman in Cricket history to cross 10000 Test runs. He also becomes the third batsman to score 10000 runs in both Test and One-dayers, after Lara and Sachin. Congratulations to Rahul!
SCORECARD: India vs South Africa, I Test, Chennai 2008
WELL-PREPARED PROTEAS
It seems that South Africans are well prepared for this tour. Their preparation is showing in their performance. They managed to play the Indian spinners very comfortably. Their openers provided quick start in both the innings. Amla and McKenzie were the standout performers for the visitors. Smith and Boucher also batted well.
PITCH
The typical Chennai pitch is a result oriented one. It would have enough bounce and pace for both batsmen and bowlers to exploit and assistance for the spinners. This time around the pitch is slower and lacked enough bounce. The un-seasonal rainfall before this Test match is attributed as the reason for the state of this pitch. I hope the next two matches will have resulted oriented pitches.
INDIAN BOWLING
Indian pace attack appeared somewhat incomplete even before going into this Test match. One is back after injury and another had only moderate success in the just concluded CB one-day tri-series. Munaf Patel would have been better choice than Sreesanth since he has the ability to use the older ball very well. Indian pacers were not able to provide early break-throughs. Kumble and Harbhajan were also not in great form. Indian bowlers should improve their effort to win this Test series.
SEHWAG JOINS ELITE CLUB
Sehwag becomes only the third batsman in Test cricket history to score two triple centuries. He joins an elite club along with Sir Don Bradman and Brian Charles Lara. His knock of 319 is the highest individual Test score for an Indian batsman surpassing his own knock of 309 against Pakistan at Multan in 2004. Congratulations to Sehwag!
‘THE WALL’ REACHES 10000 RUNS
Rahul Dravid becomes the sixth batsman in Cricket history to cross 10000 Test runs. He also becomes the third batsman to score 10000 runs in both Test and One-dayers, after Lara and Sachin. Congratulations to Rahul!
1 comment:
Agree that our pace attack looked under done.
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