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Battered India need to sort out problems
L Nandan
Johannesburg, Jan 14 (PTI) Thrashed in the first game in
Durban, India would hope to put up a far more inspired display
as they go into the second cricket one-dayer against South
Africa here on Saturday with a few problems to sort out in
both the bowling and batting departments.
The Indians did well by drawing the Test series 1-1 and
then winning the only T20 game on Sunday, but the humiliating
135-run defeat in the first match came as a big blow for the
visitors who have to regroup before its too late.
Already plagued by injuries to key players, nothing
seemed to have gone right for Indian captian Mahendra Singh
Dhoni and his men in Durban as both the batting and bowling
left much to be desired.
The Indians have a track record of not doing too well in
the first match on tours and Dhoni and his men will be looking
to bounce back and level the five-match series 1-1 at the New
Wanderers ground which is likely to aid the pace bowlers.
Already missing key players such as Virender Sehwag and
Gautam Gambhir, the injury list has only grown longer with
paceman Praveen Kumar also returning home because of an
injury.
Paceman S Sreesanth is also recovering from an elbow
injury, which forced him to sit out of the first match, and it
remains to be seen whether the Kerala speedster is fit enough
to take the field on the morrow.
Batting has been India's strength but the top order
collapsed like a pack of cards to be reduced to 43 for four in
the first match, and the team could never really recover from
that jolt.
Sachin Tendulkar, returning to the Indian one-day fold
after close to a year, has a big role to play and the champion
batsman has to take up the responsibility of giving India a
competitive total on the board.
The Indian line-up has a number of young but talented
players such as Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and
Suresh Raina but they have to fire when it matters most.
Kohli was the only batsman to score a half century in the
last game unlike the South Africans who had three batsmen
coming up with substantial contributions. The failure to build
partnerships made India's chase all the more difficult.
For the off-colour Yuvraj Singh, it is the final chance
to convince the selectors that he is the same destructive
force which won India many a matches before the stunning slump
in form. MORE PTI
Johannesburg, Jan 14 (PTI) Thrashed in the first game in
Durban, India would hope to put up a far more inspired display
as they go into the second cricket one-dayer against South
Africa here on Saturday with a few problems to sort out in
both the bowling and batting departments.
The Indians did well by drawing the Test series 1-1 and
then winning the only T20 game on Sunday, but the humiliating
135-run defeat in the first match came as a big blow for the
visitors who have to regroup before its too late.
Already plagued by injuries to key players, nothing
seemed to have gone right for Indian captian Mahendra Singh
Dhoni and his men in Durban as both the batting and bowling
left much to be desired.
The Indians have a track record of not doing too well in
the first match on tours and Dhoni and his men will be looking
to bounce back and level the five-match series 1-1 at the New
Wanderers ground which is likely to aid the pace bowlers.
Already missing key players such as Virender Sehwag and
Gautam Gambhir, the injury list has only grown longer with
paceman Praveen Kumar also returning home because of an
injury.
Paceman S Sreesanth is also recovering from an elbow
injury, which forced him to sit out of the first match, and it
remains to be seen whether the Kerala speedster is fit enough
to take the field on the morrow.
Batting has been India's strength but the top order
collapsed like a pack of cards to be reduced to 43 for four in
the first match, and the team could never really recover from
that jolt.
Sachin Tendulkar, returning to the Indian one-day fold
after close to a year, has a big role to play and the champion
batsman has to take up the responsibility of giving India a
competitive total on the board.
The Indian line-up has a number of young but talented
players such as Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and
Suresh Raina but they have to fire when it matters most.
Kohli was the only batsman to score a half century in the
last game unlike the South Africans who had three batsmen
coming up with substantial contributions. The failure to build
partnerships made India's chase all the more difficult.
For the off-colour Yuvraj Singh, it is the final chance
to convince the selectors that he is the same destructive
force which won India many a matches before the stunning slump
in form. MORE PTI
