Having won the ODI series against South Africa, India’s selectors have decided to rest key players and do a little experimentation on the side for the final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Praveen Kumar are all getting rested, which means India are without seven of their first-choice team (if you include injuries to Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Si...
South Africa took control of the first Test against India in Nagpur on Saturday with stunning centuries from Jacques Kallis (159* off 290 balls) and Hashim Amla (115* off 225), ending the day on an imposing 291/2.It was a topsy-turvy old day for India, beginning badly with an injury to allrounder Rohit Sharma in the morning warm-up session which put him out of the Test. That left India with two de...
The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
Indian opener Virender Sehwag faced a bunch of short-pitched bowling from South Africa’s pacemen on Day 3 of the first Test between India and South Africa in Nagpur, but hardly touched any of it.When questioned by the Times of India about why he had left so much short bowling alone he replied: "I’m not a good puller or hooker".Which is nice to know. Straight from the horse’s mout...
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