The Do or Die for 2 nd rank..

it was an unbelivable test match in which we were bundled out by the visitors to an innings defeat.. thinking of this defeat it self is unbelivable for me..the biggest in threw i have seen us loosing at our own back yard..but now this is not the time for blame games..normally on a big defeat there will be some points to jolt down pin pointing some opposing player..but here nothing can be said as everything happened so soon..i admit my mistake for seeing SA side as a weak attack..still i don't think they deserve much respect..i feel it was the indians mistakes rather than SA bowlers talent..my insecurities about our next generation is wide open now..rahul is looking as if he is no longer the free flowing horse but a bull pulling the cart..may be of his talent he is able to pull out some master strokes as the one in perth on critical points of a series still i feel he is in his twilight..sourav too is playing as if he is to prove a point rather than for the team but he was our best mate last match..lax is the only in fab 5 looking in good touch..kumble too is looking bored of too much cricket now days..irfan is a type of player i will find hard to drop..his bowling had nothing to be impressed but his skills with willow should not go un seen..looking to the next match i feel india should go with 2 pacers and 2 spinners..if kumble is unfit i feel piyush should be given the cap..he will be a toss of surprise for them as for the aussies in the finals..

SA IN INDIA

what you expect from this SA side..i don't expect them to win here anyways..with luck they may save a test..the minimum result would be 2-0 or 3-0..am not that much exited to watch this series expect fo rthe points IND can gain from this series to go near Aussies..now i feel little secure about cricket but future of our test team is not safe..take out dravid & kumble i think others are not match winners( of course sachin,laxman is there but still the can't stand to class of y rahul & anil)..another thing i wonder is credibility of dhoni in test cricket..if you ponder over his test records (mainly overseas) they very poor both in front and behind the wicket..ya he has improved a lot in keeping still i feel kartick should be considered as a better option looking long term..in IND winning is obviously what matters still there is a BIG hole devoloping in case of Yuvraj a match winner of his own class in ODI's i feel is in danger of being sealed same as Ajay jadeja..though am a keralite i wonder how come Sreesanth is still retaing his place in the squad,he is turning out to be another Agarkar (you put him out of the team for a couple of matches then he will bowl decntly on the come back match and will be a waste for the next then again will sit out)..i think Chawla should be given a long run with the team before he was hit by the injury he was our leading spinner above bajji..talking about bajji i feel his credibility in test cricket is a BIG ? it's a long time now i think he has won us any test match..another problem we are going to face is replacement for the fab 5..i dono how will turn into..
rahul -------
sachin yuvraj
saurav -------
laxman -------
kumble -------
evrything looks void..still now we have not identified any one may be utappa,gambir ,rohit and some others will rise there standards..