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...
It’s do or die time for India if they want to avoid a rare home series loss to go with a dethroning as the world’s No. 1 Test team in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, which starts on Sunday.They did it in 2008 - South Africa was 1-0 going into the final Test and lost it inside three days. This time there is a lot more at stake, however, not least of which the small matt...
After India’s dismal showing in the 1st innings, I was sure a lot of talk over blogs would be the inability of India’s batting to perform in South Africa and the need to play some warm-up games before the so called final frontier.
But, BCCI didn’t even ask for them, which I find absurd. Many bloggers are of the view, that warm-up games are over-rated after all. I personally feel, even if i...
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Everyone knows India is ranked 1 in ICC’s Test rankings closely followed by South Africa at 2nd position. Most bloggers have stated that Indian batsmen must last throughout the series in order to give them a good chance to conquer this African country. I personally feel, with Jacques Kallis, AB De Villiers and Hashim Amla being in the form of their lives, bowlers will hav...
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