South Africa thrashed India by an innings defeat. A result any team would have dreamed of playing in India. They were breath-taking in their bowling department.
Let us concentrate on team South Africa; what they did differently. They came here with proper planning. They understood the conditions in India with their previous visits. They converted these data into information. They used the reverse swing into good effect. We will understand the effort they put into it by just looking at the red colour on their pants. Their pants got that colour because they are trying their best in every way to keep one side of the ball shining so that they may get reverse swing later.
The attitude of South Africans especially Dale Steyn was amazing. Their decision to force the follow on India was risky. But they knew what they were doing. They kept their bowling simple; kept the batsmen guessing with varying their length. Graeme Smith was very good in his captaincy. He supported his bowlers with good field positioning.
What’s wrong with team India? Do we deserve test no. 1 ranking? Watch out for my next post on these.
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