South Africa made history by winning their ODI series against India 2-3, claiming their first-ever ODI series win on Indian soil. We knew India would come hard at the top and to restrict them to five runs an over in the first 10 was unbelievable.
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“Our fast bowlers can swing the ball, but they can’t push the batsmen onto the back foot”, Dhoni said post match.
AARON PHANGISO: 6 – Also played one game, in Chennai. It was a complete performance with the bat and the ball… “However, if my Indian Premier League (IPL) contract was upgraded, I might reconsider my stand”. They have done a great job…
“It was great team effort in all the games”. He was having cramps on his leg and was exhausted. “It looked a pretty flat wicket and needed to generate energy to the ball”. I’ll never forget it. Looking forward to meet my boy and tell him all the stories. Even SA’s total of 438/4 – spot the magic number – was just another detail in a picture that kept getting bigger. He came at a hard time and then settled down to hold the innings together. “I won’t really count (it as) a bad performance, it was so bad you can’t really count it”, he added. He was there in the team and then he lost out… Now he has been playing so well. The hosts were not able to play 50 overs and were all out at 224. I’m still the same guy and keep the feet on my ground and enjoy my cricket. “Keeping the interest of cricket fans in mind, the BJP should now plan an operation to bring De Villiers to India”, a BCCI member told our Mocktale reporter.
“From my experience I can say that a good coach is one who can treat you as a friend, who can be a guide for the team”. I can only be thankful and blessed with the opportunities I have had in my life.
Our focus was not on trying to find the weaknesses of the Indians. Before the Rajkot ODI, he had stressed how he wanted to bat longer, to bat better, to build a more substantial innings.
The 22-yearold assembled a good relationship with du Plessis, who arrived on after Hashim Amla was trapped for 23, whilst the batsmen combined of 154 runs for a second -wicket stand.
“We have been struggling with the seaming all-rounder”. We’ve got an incredible culture in our team and we respect each other.
While there has been a strong movement for his removal, there’s also a groundswell of support from others for the 34-year-old skipper who led his cricket-crazy country to the 50-over World Cup, the World Twenty20 and the Champions Trophy on the trot.
All the seamers had a fantastic series. Rabada proved his potential to bowl in the death overs and will be the one to watch out for in the high-voltage clash.
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If the batsmen score big, bowlers were going down and couldn’t take wickets. All the bowlers bowled well. Dhoni, who quit from Test cricket past year, has been unable to show the instincts that had helped him outsmart the opposition with clever bowling changes and field placements. Years from now when we have evolved beyond such elementary language, the definition of the word freak will probably reference AB de Villiers. But injury is part of the sport… Dhoni tried different things for he knew the toss was crucial in the venues where the matches were played. Since you fail to do what we handsomely did, and managed to give away 438 runs in one game in the process, it is time for you learn…learn how to beat South Africa at home. It will be a challenging series. Theres no reason why we cant win the Test series, but it will be tough.
