Well,so India the team India is still on the top of the world in test rankings. But one thing is that most of the critics and players commented that(donno which category bagladeshi captian M.r.Shakeebul will come :D) India do not deserve the top spot.
They said that their bowling is weak.Batting is not consistent.Without dravid Safaris would easily defeat Men In Blue(of course they are men in white for tests :D)
Even I also feared the same after the first test on seeing our batting and bowling.Except sehwag no one tried to bat well in first innings of the first test.But the full credit must be given to the proteas for their damn good bowling.And even their courage in playing the pacers on the spin favouring pitches of India must be appriciated first and the pacers didn't let down the expectations of management and captian. Steyn bowled some stupendous deliveries to the relatively kids of test cricket,Murali and Saha(And just see the reply of the first test first innings esp. the ball which Murali got out.Murali was searching for the ball!!!!) And in the second innings we saw the God's batting again with our SRT(Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar) hitting century and bad that sehwag dismissed for low score in second innings.And of course Indians lost the match by Innings and 6 runs! And kudos to Amla for playing like the wall Dravid.Donno how come he played so well when all the Indian batsmen were trying so hard to hit runs.And Amla was awarded with MOM trophy.
And then came the second test to the Cricketing God's own playground the EDEN.And laxman also returned to the team for playing in his favourite ground.But once again the same story repeated for Indians as Amla again trashed Indian bowlers for runs and at ne stage SAF stood at 220/1.But things changed dramatacally and they lost another 8 wickets before the play was called off on the first day and they were all out for relatively low score. Harbhajan again came handy taking wickets at his fav ground.(Good that he finally came to form.).Indian batsmen showed agian why they were the best in the world with 100s from Viru,SRT,Laxman,Dhoni.And I think most of you know how SAF fought well with Amla once again fighting for his team(and rain Gods also playing their part).And finally they were all out in penultimate over of the test and losing the match by Innings and 53 runs.
And the highlights of this series:
1)Steyn,who got 10 wickets in first test got only 1 in second that too conceding 120 odd runs :D
2)SAF team right from the start of the seires kept on saying that they have plans for restrcting sehwag and sehwag who don't believe in plans showed how planless hitting would hurt.(Well here it reminds me of a telugu movie dialogue:orey meeku kottalante plans geensu kavali.Manaki avanni telavadu.tikka tikka ga kottestarai!I donno the exact version the dialogue but this is the meaning which you wil get)
3)Well neither proteas nor Indians won the test series but only one man won the series Hashim Amla.
4)And God of Cricket again showed his class with centuries in both the test taking the total toll to 47
5)Bhajji's and Very Very Special's lucky ground proved to be lucky agian!
6)Dhoni's record of not losing a single match was broken :(
7)Indians won by innings and 53 runs while Saf won by Innings and 6 runs only(Now you decide who won with more authority :D)
This test series clearly showed the bowling weakness of India.The bowling level was below the standards.And I think South Africans had once agian showed their bowling skills. And many of you might have one doubt now!Why will they be best bowlers when they conceded 650 odd runs in one innings???But I think they haven't conceded but rather it would be correct if you say that Indians grabbed and taken runs from them. This test series became a stage for the battle between Supernatural Batting skills and Damn Good bowling skills.
Whatever it may be we are STILL ON TOP!!!!! Go India Go! :D This test series gave the real spirit and entertainement of test cricket.
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