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It brings joy watching India getting thrashed!

 
solidrock 2018-01-16 11:44:01 

From my vantage, it exposes how weak India still is to proper pace bowling. SA is rubbing India into the ground and showing India they still have way to go facing proper pace bowling.

The attack of SA really reminds me of a good "second hand version of the a number of WI quartet of pace bowlers in the late seventies and eighties."

In this series it reminds of when a good Indian batting line led by Bedi was battered into submission in the WI.
Kohli can bat well under some conditions, but he is grossly overrated at this stage in his career when compared with proven great Indian batsmen like Gavasker and Viswanath who faced class WI fast bowlers successfully repeatedly without head gear, etc. They were class batsmen over a long period of time who did not have advantages of modern day batsmen.

Kohli will normally do well on wickets that do the same in Australia and India. He continues to struggle on wickets that are different in South Africa and England.

The yardstick to judge batsmen who can really bat class pace bowlers are seen in batsmen like Gavasker, Viswanath, Boycott, both Chappell's and Doug Walters. They never ran from the most hostile pace bowlers.
Our WI batsmen after a solid beat down by Lillee and Thompson in 75-76 learnt how to truly bat against great pace bowlers (like Lloyd, Fredricks, Richards, Greenidge, Haynes, Gomes, Dujon, Kallichiran, etc). Before them check Sobers, Kanhai, Nurse, Collie Smith, Hunte, 3 W's , Headley, etc as to class batsmen against great pace bowling.

Before my eyes Kohli does not yet rise to the level to Pujara as a test batsman on diverse wicket conditions. I guess the "beating of breast attitude" by Kohli is why seeing India get thrashed by good pace bowling is a leveling experience that I hope teaches him some humility for the future!

How on earth can Kohli at this time in their careers be mentioned in the same "batting breath" as Amala and AB de Villiers? It blows my mind!

Anyway, I suspect India will be whitewashed properly in this test series. The difference is quality of pace bowlers!













big grin big grin big grin big grin big grin big grin big grin

 
Kay 2018-01-16 13:37:11 

In reply to solidrock

By your asstute analysis I can only conclude that in cricket it is possible to fake the #1 ranking....

 
Andy99 2018-01-16 13:46:36 

In reply to solidrock

U do know this same Kohli made a ton in d first innings right?

 
Andy99 2018-01-16 13:47:39 

In reply to solidrock

And btw...does it bring u joy when them English, Africans and Ozzies go to Asia and are exposed for their weaknesses against the turning ball?

 
RemainsUnknown 2018-01-16 13:48:48 

In reply to Andy99

U do know this same Kohli made a ton in d first innings right?
It burns a lot of them bro... deep down they are hurting.....

check this comment:
Kohli will normally do well on wickets that do the same in Australia and India. He continues to struggle on wickets that are different in South Africa and England.


hahahha.....

They WISHED Kohli failed in the first innings so they could be deemed "right." lol lol lol

 
RemainsUnknown 2018-01-16 13:51:13 

In reply to Andy99

And btw...does it bring u joy when them English, Africans and Ozzies go to Asia and are exposed for their weaknesses against the turning ball?
We could only deduce that the poor fella lives a miserable life during those turbulent times...

It's a sad day when you have to depend on other aspects of other people lives to make you happy or sad....

HAHAHAHA

 
Devin 2018-01-19 19:24:19 

In reply to solidrock

How have the South Africans handled India's pacers?

 
goofballs 2018-01-20 20:25:40 

In reply to solidrock

It would be nice if they could provide you with a once in a lifetime orgasm.

Be gay and joyful, forever!
razz razz razz lol lol lol

 
Khaga 2018-01-26 12:45:51 

In reply to Devin

big grin

 
Khaga 2018-01-26 12:47:45 

AsSolidrock?

 
runout 2018-01-26 12:48:40 

In reply to goofballs

Maybe they did!!!!

lol lol lol

Can't come again...

 
goofballs 2018-01-26 12:49:30 

In reply to runout

lol lol

 
RemainsUnknown 2018-01-26 14:15:47 

In reply to runout & goofballs

Premature Ejaculation or now ED..... either way, someone look be be getting a solid as a rock facking.....

lol lol lol

 
Devin 2018-01-26 15:57:09 

In reply to Khaga

big grin big grin big grin

 
Narper 2018-01-27 10:54:50 

In reply to solidrock

You must be a sad man today