The battle for the world’s number one ranking is on when India host South Africa in the first Test in Nagpur starting on Saturday.The odds are stacked heavily in India’s favour as all they need is a drawn series to win the $175,000 for being No. 1 on the 1st of April, but that doesn’t matter - South Africa play some of their best cricket when they’ve been written off.Not th...
It’s do or die time for India if they want to avoid a rare home series loss to go with a dethroning as the world’s No. 1 Test team in the second Test against South Africa in Kolkata, which starts on Sunday.They did it in 2008 - South Africa was 1-0 going into the final Test and lost it inside three days. This time there is a lot more at stake, however, not least of which the small matt...
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8 - Sachin Tendulkar (326 runs at 81.5): Looked the most comfortable (Indian) batsman in the Centurion Test, didn’t contribute to the Durban Test victory, and showed a batting masterclass at Cape Town. Points off for not farming strike at Centurion on the fifth day, an innings defeat could’ve been avoided at the very least.
8 - Zaheer Khan (10 wickets at 24....
It was the best of times, it was the best of times, to misquote my old mate Dickens. An innings victory against India on the subcontinent is about as special as it gets for a South African team.In thrashing India inside four days in the first Test in Nagpur, South Africa displayed a rare ruthlessness for which the hosts had no answer nor tonic.That ruthless streak was summed up by Graeme SmithR...
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