The 'chokers' have no one else but themselves to blame for their current predicament.Fact of the matter is 'top favourites' tag has put enermous pressure on them and are unable to live upto that epectations.That explains the sense of insecurity they have developed the way they went about collecting Gary Kirten,Hussey,Alan Donald,Graem Smith...in the dressing rooms....exhibiting the nervousness in playing India.Losing the toss saw further dip in their confidence making them go defensive in their bowling attack.Except for Imran Tahir rest of the bowling was ordinary and the big total of 300 only further added to the pressure.Let there be no doubt that this particular SA side w/o all-rounders like Kallis,Klusener...is certainly not the best SA side that could be expected to achieve something that their better predecessors earlier failed to.On the other hand teams like Aus,NZ and India are playing exceptional cricket making the job of SA all the more difficult.Proteas have their immidiate acid test in their match against WI with a rejuvenated Chris Gayle and it is not going to be easy.As with India this match again is going to be a 50-50 affair and should they wilt under pressure as they did against India it could mark the beginning of the end of WC dream.
Re: SA UNDER PRESSURE COULD LOSE 50-50 MATCH AGAINST WI
by wcpak on Feb 26, 2015 09:27 PM
Sir Damodaran,at least once in a way, can you try to write only two lines? :-)
