Although India will be remiss in not reminding Simon Taufel of his howlers on Day 3.
England has all the running to do over the next two days while India has to play the patience game - keep theirs and work on the Poms'.
And it is imperative for Sreesanth to come to the party.
With the wicket getting more uneven, India cannot afford for its bowlers to ease on the pressure and let the Poms get a look in.
With 240 runs to play with and 6 sessions to go and Rahul Dravid displaying rare flair and imagination in the 16 overs that India were on the field, I will be surprised if India fails to wrap up the game by the end of the day's play tomorrow.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Test 2 Day 3 - So far, so good
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I wish Tendulkar had bowled that last over instead of Sreesanth.
I don't think winning will be as easy. India's bowling when performing normally is no better than England's was in India's first batting innings here. Indeed, India have no one like Tremlett who can control an end (they did, but he didn't make this tour).
Kumble is the key. He needs his first wicket early in the day. That will get him going, even if the wicket doesn't do a great deal.
It will be a hard graft no doubt Kartikeya. But India will do itself no favors if they leak runs from one end instead of building pressure from both ends.
There is enough time in this game to force a result. India will do well to not rush things tomorrow.
A lot depends on how the new ball bowlers today morning begin who in all probability would be Zaheer and Singh rather than inconsistent Sreesanth.
Its a tough situation for Indian pace attack that it has to deal with inconsistent pacemen. After a great series in SA, Sreesanth should have been the king of the pack, but he treads on dangerous fragilities and that might cost India a very good chance to win the Test and go 1 up in the series.
superunknown,
Will Sreesanth's waywardness cost India this test and the series? Doubt it.
But all the same, it is imperative from India's view point and for Sreesanths sake that he gets a semblance of form going.
Cheers
Yeah agree to it that form of Santh might not cost the Test and the series, but some point of time Dravid would need the 4th bowler to fire in after the long spells of Zaheer, RPSingh and Ganguly (short stints would do him good).
Anil would be having a long day ahead, no doubt. But Dravid would need Santh to fire too and take a few wkts when the other bowlers would be tired too.
Some one got to talk to Santh for his ridiculous ways. Even when he was batting on non-striker end, he was doing all those antics a specialist batsman does and then Zaheer had to have a word with him to stop doing this.
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