SA defeated India convincingly in the first test match. They have been the best overseas team against India for sometime now. It's not about the defeat that the Indian Cricket fans would be disappointed about but the way the team lost and the margin of defeat(Innings and 6 runs). The defeat definitely showed the ability(rather lack of ability) of the Indian batsmen against quality fast bowling and the quality of the bowling attack between the two teams; It also provided a good overview of the bench strength that India possess in the absence of Test Stalwarts like Dravid and VVS. As mentioned in my previous post, the team selection was defensive(if not a blunder) and they had to settle for Saha because Rohit Sharma(missed a definite chance of Test Debut)the stand by batsman also injured himself during net practice playing some other game(soccer or kho-kho).
How many times Indian players get themselves injured playing sports other than cricket during net practice? Yuvraj Singh injured his knee playing kho-kho few years back and has never been the same fielder that he was years back and could never ever recover. Instead of learning from the mistakes, players still commit the same mistakes.
How good are the ICC Test Rankings? How can a number one test team lose to the number two team by an innings and six runs at their own backyard? Smith claims that SA deserve to be number one and not India.
Kris Srikkanth has mentioned that he is ready to take the blame for the team selection but the changes made to the team for the second test are not justified at all.
Why were the cricketers selected in the first place and why were they dropped?
Dinesh Karthik for Saha -(Exclusion of Saha doesn't make sense because Saha was primarily selected as backup for MS Dhoni not tested for his wicket keeping skills, Karthik's included for the second test because he scored couple of centuries in his two innings in Duleep trophy final)
Sreesanth for Sudeep Tyagi(If they wanted to include Sreesanth, they should have dropped Ishant and not at the expense of Sudeep who wasn't even given a chance)
and Raina for Mithun (Raina still has issues facing short pitch stuff and has been included at the cost of Mithun who didn't even get his chance)
Indian cricket fans still think that India can square the series @ Eden Gardens where as our senior cricketers skip practice. Let's wait for the Valentine's day to look at the team that India would field for the second test and obviously follow the test and wait for the result.
Cheers
Vishal
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