Cricket Update: India vs South Africa series creating a buzz
India is all set to take on the mighty South Africans on the 16th of this month in their first Test at the Centurion. While many might argue whether this is perhaps the best Indian side to ever face the Proteas, others might say that the Indians
are being pushed too much.
India has had a busy year, and such a tough series just before the World Cup just might prove counterproductive. There are fears that playing against the South Africans leaves less time for the Indians to acclimate for the 2011 World Cup.
Pakistan’s former left-arm fast bowler http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 shouldn’t have had such a busy calendar before the World Cup and playing against the mighty Proteas may take the winning edge away from the Indians when they go into the World Cup. He
said, “No matter how good the players' form is, the South Africa series will end just a couple of weeks before the World Cup and that is little too close. Although, they may not be tired physically because it's their job to play cricket but it will certainly
take a mental toll on Indian cricketers. Any series that involved three Tests, one T20 and five ODIs is quite tiring and there is a great risk of injuries.”
The Indians last week further enforced their domination in the cricket world by defeating http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 5-0 in a series. Such a trashing victory over the Kiwis has proved that the current Indian side is the mightiest outfit the country has seen in the last
twenty years.
India is currently ranked number one in Test cricket, the spot which they claimed after over throwing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746. Without a doubt the Indians are on a rampage and their next target in line are the Afrikaans.
However, there are some voices in India suggesting that the national team should have arranged a warm-up match before going against the hosts. But instead the Indians chose to have practice sessions in the nets.
It seems like pre-series rhetoric has become an integral part of international cricket and just like the Ashes this series is attracting a lot of that. The first blood was drawn by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757’s former captain Kepler Wessels who said, “You can have as many
net sessions as you like, it isn’t going to make any difference. The only thing that matters is game time, and I’m surprised the Indians didn’t organize a tour game instead.”
The Indian skipper http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahendra-Singh-Dhoni-c73820, on the other hand, believes that the team has had a good practice session in the nets on Monday and they now feel well acclimated to the South African conditions. It is believed that the reason why the Indian management
chose to have sessions in the nets rather than a practice match is because team India’s head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gary-Kirsten-c58527 wanted to work on special areas of the team and that would have only been possible in the nets.
Kirsten is a veteran South African left handed batsman who opened the batting for his national side and there is definitely no one else better qualified than him to make his Indian side accustomed to the playing conditions in the African continent. The way
the Indians have been impressively playing over the past two years this is perhaps the best moment in their cricketing history to defeat the Proteas in South Africa in nearly seventeen years since South Africa’s readmission in International Cricket.
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