The curator at the Captain Roop Singh Stadium in Gwalior has promised another track full of runs.
Match coverage by Supersport 2 starts at 10:30
The series opener in Jaipur shouldn’t have got so close. Ashish Nehra should have been bowled off the penultimate ball of the innings. India’s total, as a result of that freakish incident – when the ball deflected off the stumps – should have been four runs less. India’s bowlers shouldn’t have allowed the South African tail to put their specialist batsmen to shame. A more conclusive camera angle/replay would have determined whether Sachin Tendulkar legitimately saved the boundary in the final over. All these significant incidents proved the difference between an Indian win and any other result.
The South Africans would no doubt have debated these ifs and buts after that game. Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell scripted a near-Houdini act but it couldn’t hide what was otherwise an unflattering batting performance, Jacques Kallis excepted. It was puzzling why they omitted their in-form player Hashim Amla – not the most well-known limited-overs player around but one who adds glue to the top order. South Africa missed him and could sacrifice one of the openers for him. They have to get their combination right because another defeat will render the series lost and the final ODI a dead rubber.
India won the first game by one run. The game was in the balance until the last ball. Heroic batting by Dale Steyn and Wayne Parnell brought South Africa back into the game after they looked well and truly beaten. One can only wish for another humdinger, and hopefully South Africa can win this game to keep the 3 match series alive.
Match played at Gwalior
Teams
India squad
MS Dhoni*†, R Ashwin, RA Jadeja, KD Karthik, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Mishra, AM Nayar, A Nehra, YK Pathan, SK Raina, V Sehwag, S Sreesanth, SR Tendulkar, S Tyagi
South Africa squad
JH Kallis*, HM Amla, LL Bosman, J Botha, MV Boucher†, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, HH Gibbs, CK Langeveldt, JA Morkel, M Morkel, WD Parnell, AN Petersen, DW Steyn, LL Tsotsobe, RE van der Merwe
Go boytjies !!!!
You can do it…
Vandag moet hulle hulle nou regreuk, die topkolwers moet hulle ding doen en Dale Steyn moet paaltjies kry….heeehaaa India you are going down today!!!!
Agg, one dayers are just for fun. 90% of games can go either way, bounce of the ball stuff.
I just enjoy 1-dayers, win or lose, scream lungs out, chew nails, but in the end, I just enjoy the spectacle, win or lose.
Ja asb. tog, WEN die klomp curry munchers!
Dit was nie rassisties nie, regtig.
Are we going to win and all… all and all… 3 bags of samoosas full…
Puma, you are the cricket correspontent…. 😆
We will leave this place in your capable hands.
we better win and all and all……….kan net nie weer verloor nie DAMMIT
Morning everyone, Carol today going to be very busy. Going to two meetings one in the morning and the other late this afternoon. So hoping not to miss too much of the crici but probably will.
Why are you still at home? Day off?
Morning Puma, hows life treating you?
7 – Morning Tripps, Yip really don’t want us to lose by ONE point again.
Agree with Hokaai, Tests are way better and the real thing, but this is still a competition the odi’s and there is a skill to winning these shorter versions of the game.
Go Proteas.
9 – Tripps very well and you?
Fine fine…..still one dayers are exciting and I know my standards may be a wee bit high but I feel that all my teams that I support MUST win ALL the time 🙂
Hope Amla starts today.
12 – Tripps, hahahaha. I feel the same always want the teams I support to win. Just tooooooooooooo competitive wea are 😉
typo meant we not wea 🙄
Yep think it would be good for him to start, maybe him and Bosman to Open……then one can bring on Kallis and Gibbs, should be a good batting line up, that is why I was so pissed after the first game, really our top order were pathetic!!! how can they expect a 9 and 10 batsman to do it and they almost did, if the top order had done their bit we would have beaten them comfortably!!!!
14 think it has to do with our SA diets of braaivleis, rugby sunny skies etc etc etc…..all part of being South African 😆
Toss, 2.00 pm: Kallis has called heads, it’s a tail. Dhoni says India will bat and hope the dew won’t be too heavy in the evening while his spinners are bowling.
India win the toss a choose to bat first.
17 – Tripps 😀
morning everyone
heres hoping the bloody blommetjies perform better today!!
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Halloooo Ash, ja nee, hulle moet hulle vandag soos bokke gedra en nie blerrie blommetjies nie!!!!
tripples @ 22
jeez lyk my allie witmense het deesdae pools
nettie cullerts wat nog vrek vannie hitte!!
The Indian With One Testicle
There once was an Indian who had only one testicle
and whose given name was ‘Onestone’. He hated that
name and asked everyone not to call him Onestone.
After years and years of torment, Onestone finally
cracked and said,’ If anyone calls me Onestone
again I will kill them!’
The word got around and nobody called
him that any more.
Then one day a young woman named Blue Bird
forgot and said, ‘Good morning, Onestone.’ He
jumped up, grabbed her and took her deep into
the forest where he made love to her all day and
all night. He made love to her all the next day,
until Blue Bird died from exhaustion.
The word got around that Onestone meant what
he promised he would do. Years went by and no
one dared call him by his given name until A woman
named Yellow Bird returned to the village after being
away. Yellow Bird , who wasBlue Bird’s cousin, was
overjoyed when she saw Onestone. She hugged him
and said, ‘Good to see you, Onestone.’
Onestone grabbed her, took her deep into the forest,
then he made love to her all day, made love to her all
night, made love to her all the next day, made love to
her all the next night, butYellow Bird wouldn’t die!
Why ???
OH, come on… take a guess !!!
Think about it !!!
Everyone knows…
You can’t kill Two Birds
with OneStone!!!
tripples
wel as hulle hulle soes disas gedra en nie soes daai stink afrikaner oppi bloubul trui nie
sallit oek al bietere gan!!
here we go
India 0/0 (0.1 ov)
hahahaha Ash maar as mens kan dan kan mens mos, so by the way ek het net een van daai swembaddens met die frames by die huis hehehehe
sehwag dropped AGAIN!!!
ok, difficult chance … but still!!
tripples @ 27
dan beter jy nie vir gbs oornooi nie
hy gaan daai hele blerrie ding volsit!!
26 dis van die Disa dra dat die briesies as ballerinas gedoop is!!!!!! die stink afrikaner oppi bloubul trui soos jy dit noem is ‘n baie meer geharde blom soos ons kan sien, hy vrek nie maklik nie 🙂
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