That now they claim that they could trouble India in their own backyard is indeed some consolation for the Proteas. Some gain saying this. It's just oncoming ODI morale booster for them....anyway, he will not be here for the grind, thankfully.
Before series he said we have trashed so many countries in their grounds and we will do same with india. now he is happy that he troubled india in indian grounds
Re: How openions change
by IndiaStrong on Feb 19, 2010 11:01 AM
He should feel happy that he could trouble kids like Vijay or Badri nath. India missed best players like Dravid, Yuwaraj and Lakshman in Nagpur test and SA was helped by rain and absence of Zaheer in Kolkata. I would say South Africa should be very content with this result.
Re: How openions change
by IndiaStrong on Feb 19, 2010 11:01 AM
He should feel happy that he could trouble kids like Vijay or Badri nath. India missed best players like Dravid, Yuwaraj and Lakshman in Nagpur test and SA was helped by rain and absence of Zaheer in Kolkata. I would say South Africa should be very content with this result.
revealed the future status of Indian test cricket. Without the classies like Sachin, Dravid, VVS etc. any team can trouble Indians in the future days, to come. We saw that in the first one in which Dravid, VVS was not played. It is very difficult to find the replacement for them.
Re: The performance of South Africa
by jeevan on Feb 19, 2010 11:01 AM
Dont agree with you.. IF you trace the starting phase of these greats, every one had difficulties.. So, lets hope the same will happen with Badri, Vijay, karthik, Raina, Kohli.
Re: The performance of South Africa
by spring on Feb 19, 2010 11:07 AM
you are living in past glory. give up punk. have faith..young players will replace dravid, laxman and sachin. if you go by your theory, you should stop watching cricket as soon as sachin, david and laxman retried from cricket.
hey smith wen u won the 1st test, u said we deserver to b no.1 in rankings,but the fact is u and ur co. especially ABD were over confident after the 1st test.
and the fact is U guys deserve to be on NO.2 spot. Without dravid and Yuvraj, u got beaten easily,just think how it wud be if both were tere.
Dale steyn,where ur speed went in 2nd test & u're lucky tat Yuvraj is not in ODI's.
Re: don't be overconfident
by rohit kaushik on Feb 19, 2010 10:56 AM
also rain almost saved their fate,but it was only the hard work of indians ,which stunned proteas,also they could loose the match if rain was nt happened..
Smith is very muchwrong. SA never trouble the Indians. Only it has to be said that the young gungs of the new look Indian team in the 1st test fared badly. In the 2nd with the arrival of VVS there was total transformation. So a full Indian team is unbeatable anywhere in the World & so rightly India is the No.1 team i Test.
Re: Smith u r wrong
by sivaji theboss on Feb 19, 2010 11:06 AM
just like bhajji who was very much wrong when he predicted 5-2 ODIseries vict0ry against aussies
Re: Smith u r wrong
by sivaji theboss on Feb 19, 2010 11:04 AM
yes just like we have been beating every opponenet in theri own backyard for last 15 years.lol.unbeatable for last 15 years.lol
Re: Smith u r wrong
by spring on Feb 19, 2010 10:52 AM
india always have problem in adjusting to different cricket format. if you see any series in last 2-3 years,india struggle for the first one day or test matches. they take time to adjust.
