South Africa v India tests - Jan 2018

[Dr Cricket]

TBH india would be please Steyn bowling, probably the easiest bowler the batsman will face today.

[Dr Cricket]

Good comment from Holding there, seems like Steyn not having a good seam position at the moment.

[meninblue]

76 balls wasted by Chet. What a performance. Shows how the county stint has helped him.

Hope he gets past Faf (104) and ABD (84).

Faced 85 now. Well done. Hope the final target is also achieved.

[Dr Cricket]

would prefer pujara getting 50 or 75 or 100 runs being the target than the number of balls.
really at the moment runs is more important than the number of balls pujara faced.

[meninblue]

76/4 at Lunch. Still trailing by 210 runs. Spectacular session relatively in all aspects as compared to what happened in last hour yesterday.

[mikesiva]

Pujara 26 not out

A lot depends on him....

[Dr Cricket]

decent session for india, happy with the way india batted really.
didn't gift any wickets.
the only bad side is that Ashwin batting at 6 but at least he is still at the crease I suppose.
hopefully india can have another 2-3 session with the bat.

[meninblue]

Agree with all the praise Chet is getting in analysis. No complaints innings.

[Dr Cricket]

Kohli been having a shocker with his selection and thinking process.
india might be missing kumble this year since you really need someone to keep kohli in check sometimes and not have a yes man in charge.
thankfully pandya bowled well because ashwin batting at 6 makes pandya selection baffling really.

[Dr Cricket]

pujara gone first ball after lunch.
bad wicket to lose.
gifted the wicket as well, lost concentration after lunch.
india will have to do well to get within 50 runs of SA now.

would prefer if ashwin, pandya and the lower order start being agressive in a control manner.
would prefer if they score quick runs rather than playing dot ball at the moment, india will lose the game if they only score 120 odd.

[meninblue]

Big fish gone.

Well played Chet. It was wonderful to see the fight against such a high quality attack bowling well on such a wicket with such an attacking field. The best batsman this innings for us.

81/5. The lead is now definite for Saffers. I expect it to be a massive 150 runs for this pitch.

[mikesiva]

Philander is a wicket taking machine!

[Dr Cricket]

steyn gets pandya, but pandya reviews straight away.

[Dr Cricket]

and pandya survives.

[Dr Cricket]

pandya getting squared up a lot here.