India really did well against SA in the second test match. Bhajji came to party mishra picked up wickets at right time, Zaheer was as always accurate and causing trouvle and Sharma bowled with some energy.
All happened in one test and all bowlers performed well especially on the last day of the match when Zaheer got injured at crucial time and still other 3 bowlers bowled well to get India home. Mishra's ball which went very near to outside edge in last test match took edges this time and he really started collapse by taking Smith on his first ball of second innings. Zaheer as usual was accurate and bowled very well in first innings. Sharma actually rose to occasion when India almost had gave up because of 200 run partnership of Amla and Petersen he bowled lot bouncers at Amla which unsettled him and at last he tried something which he should not have and lost his wicket which triggered collapse of SA in first innings which brought India back into match. Bhajji bowled fine spell to take out three of SA's main batsmen.
Sehwag came with all guns blazing and tore apart SA attack. Gambhir looked set for big innings but unfortunately Sehwag ran him out but still Sachin, Laxman and Dhoni ensured that India bats only once. SA attack bowled well but when Steyn failed to generate any movement then other bowlers were not as effective as they were in Nagpur. Specially Paul Harris looked helpless against Sehwag and tried some negative tactics by bowling outside leg stump which received punishment from Umpires. Critics said that Harris had plan for Indians in first test in Ngapur but I think he could execute plan when India was under pressure of huge total and Steyn was looking ominous. He failed to take responsibility of taking wickets when faster bowlers failed to do so which only underrlined that rating him better than Indian spinners was mistake.
I think media should not criticize Team India heavily for one defeat. India gave good performances with ball and bat but failed in fielding department. This needs to be improved. Amal should have been taken on 46, he caused lot of trouble for India on last day and almost drew match single handedly. Thank god it did not happen else M Vijay would have mocked by media.But anyway kudos to Amla for his fine innings. The calm with which he played was unbelievable which even Ravi Shastri called superhuman. He is the biggest positive for SA from this series.
I am happy that India has won and hope that it will continue to perform well in future.Cheers to team India.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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