Need 148 off 107,having three more to walk back to the dressing room.Zaheer Khan swinging the blade like a katana for watever he can manage.This is the Indian team in the 1st ODI of the MTN series in Durban,SA.Synopsis:bouncy fast track and the rest is just simple enuf to paint vivid.But I hav got nothing else to do,so.
Oh!and Raina walks back.
The number one test team has been too inconsistent in ODIs.And this is the way it begins most of the series in the recent past,faltering badly initially,to recover later in the series.
Right from the beginning of the Indian innings,the match was never evenly poised.Sachin and Murli were done in quickly,and the rest of the middle order was exposed to the ruthless pace and bounce of SAn bowlers, especially 6'5" Morkel.Having landed in Alkebulan just four days ago,Rohit Sharma and Yuvi cud not cope.The way they were playing seemed as if they wer protesting that they shud hav been called sooner.
As has been the case for more than a year now,Kohli showed the technique and the temperament of a matured class cricketer;why he does not get a chance in test cricket while Murli Vijay does is beyond me.
Just when Dhoni and Kohli decided to kick up the tempo,Dhoni had to face the most unfortunate dismissal a batsman can have,run out at the non-striker's end,the shot just boucing off the bowler's hand and hitting the stumps.Raina came in and was forced to reveal his fear of short balls,that he survived somehow.But Kohli got out next over trying to loop out a delivery for four,to take advantage of the batting powerplay the team had just taken.And the match was all but finished!!
