he he he he,against South Africa, India's strategy should be to play all three spinners and two pacers preferably who bowl a little slower and have a better control over line and length like Bhuvi & Mohit.
(contd.)SA do have a formidable batting in likes of Hashim Amla, ABD … but they do afford lot of opportunity too in their shot making to get them out. One fellow who is very sticky type is JP Duminy who doesn’t give chances that easily. Perhaps Dhoni will prefer sticking with winning combo but a 3rd spinner in Axar Patel in place of Mohit Sharma can be the one change that could be considered.
Thanks to some dismal show by the Indians during the Aus tour including the tri-series only Aus and SA were supposed to be the top contenders to win the WC! But after the big win over Pakistan has that all changed ? May be it is too early to say but the amount of attention India is getting from SA is simply flattering indeed! Perhaps this time around the \'chokers\' do not want to take any chance and allow that slip between the cup and lip! Thus the urgent rushing in the services of likes of Kirsten, Hussey and Alan Donald clearly reflects some sort of nervousness on the SA camps making India look a strong opponent. Media report also suggest their special batting preparations against spin bowling in the nets. So as far as the match goes in spite of past WC record of 3-0 in favour of SA it is turning out to be a match of equals and whosoever plays well on that day wins. Thus the Indians who were low on confidence seem to have won the psychological round ahead of the match. Coming to the match, virtually the entire Indian batting has played a lot of the fierce SA pace bowling attack in the IPL. The amount of thrashing the Indians have given to both Dale Steyn and Morni Mporkel in the IPL should be enough to make them play the duo with confidence. Moreover in their first match against Zim the SA pace bowling attack was not all that effective. While complacency should be avoided but Indians need not get unnecessarily cowed down by imaginary fear of SA pace attack. SA d
1. dont lose early wickets,if set play long. 2.be alert, no run out from our batsmen 3. dont drop catches or miss stumping,runouts 4. dont panic at any stage specially at death. 5. play full 50 over 6. win toss , field first. try to restrict target below 300. its shall be 3-1 is khushi ke mauke par, phtake bhi zaroor phodenge.