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Yes, but he pretty much undoes everything positive with selection blunders. The thing I don't understand now is how can you leave someone like Bhuvi out when bowlers on both sides are getting the ball to move quite a lot for the first 25-30 overs. Bhuvi can swing it both ways and his accuracy is...

So if SA had won the toss and Ind was in this situation and Morne Morkel and Rabada were coming around the wicket to our batsman and banging it into the pitch on a short length would you be claiming it is a lack of sportsmanship? "win by all costs", isn't this a sport? I don't think trying to...

I'm just going to say if the match had to be cancelled, it should have been done after SA finished their 1st innings. To even think about it after letting Ind bat on it for the 2nd innings is senseless. There is no issue of sportsmanship here, the pitch was prepared with instructions from SA and...

Yeah well maybe they should learn how to create proper pitches then. As for cancelling the match, India already batted twice on it and showed if you actually apply yourself and take a few blows, you can score. Cancelling a match after 75% of the match is over would be absolutely ridiculous. Also...

Dean Elgar over reacted because his technique has issues and he also got hit on the bottom grille of the helmet so I don't understand why he had to take his helmet off and create drama.

I'm pretty sure if SA won the toss and we were in this position right now, they would not be complaining and there would be no talk about the pitch being dangerous and acting like you got your head taken off by a bouncer from a short of a length delivery.

If we can win this, this will set an example for what is to follow with Eng and Aus. Who cares about the series trophy that'll go to SA, what's important for us is to prove we can play on any pitch and win going forward.

Yeah, if this was in India this would be breaking news everywhere, but here they made a pitch with "pace and bounce" and don't have the stomach for a fight??? What happened to their claim of settling a score with us of "3-0" all of a sudden? This would be an Indian win on the toughest pitch in...

To be honest our tail effectively consists of everyone except for Kohli. They get the head, it's all done. Also, going by Kohli's press conference after the loss, do you guys think he realizes he made a mistake in the selection by leaving Rahane out? I think he does because he seemed frustrated...

I actually support the idea that he should have said something like, "we have not played like a #1 ranked side should have played, and to be the best you need to be able to perform in all conditions". I don't believe we are the best because how can you even say that, if you say something like...

The one thing that I fail to understand is why are the legends not helping our batsman. What is Gavaskar doing, Tendulkar, Laxman, Ganguly. Why can they not be assisting our batsman or providing advice and share their experiences? How busy can they be that they can't offer to help ? Ravi Shastri...

Dhoni had the batsman but he didn't have the bowlers. Kohli has the bowlers but the batsman have not applied themselves at all. It's a shame that no one else can follow Kohli's example from the first innings.

I'm trying to hope we at least make it to a 100, 150 might be a bit too much.

So the track doesn't suit any other batsman? Just Kohli? Their bowlers were getting reverse swing and movement with the pace and height they can bowl with. It definitely wasn't easy and I wouldn't say the track suited him, yes it did have less movement than the last test but why didn't anyone...

He didn't say to just keep running when there's a miscommunication with your partner. I think that was more Pujara's fault, him and Vijay need to have better communication. That's not what Kohli meant by intent, and he showed what he meant by intent today. He put bad balls away and also some...

Everything depends on how long Kohli lasts at the crease. They're going to come hard at him and if he can show the same patience he did today which was really impressive then anything can be possible. I was really impressed with the way he left deliveries today and he hasn't scored an actual...

He will realize going forward that you can't drop Rahane. He still needs to learn a few of these things and hopefully he learns.

He is not an idiot, he actually got a 100 against SA when they had bowlers like Pollock. He's right when he said that because Kohli needs to lead from the front and he didn't do that in the last match, if he played the team could have easily won.

I'm not sure why Kohli's definition of intent is being so criticized. He's right, you can't keep just blocking all day and look to spend 30-40 overs at the crease not doing anything cause there will eventually be a ball that gets you out in these conditions, unless you're Rahul Dravid who can do...

I think Rahul will come in for Dhawan, but we're also hearing Parthiv Patel? He's a short guy, how's he going to collect balls behind the stumps that come up at head height? Saha is taller than him. I'm not really sure about this, what are they actually thinking? Also, he's known as an opener...