India vs. South Africa
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4th ODI
At Port Elizabeth
January 21, 2011, 18:00 IST (12:30 GMT)
India is on the verge of scripting history by clinching first ever series win in South Africa. India is leading the five match ODI series 2-1 at this moment.
However, injury blues are continued to hunt Team India as the skipper MS Dhoni hurt his ankle on Thursday during practice session. He is doubtful starter for today’s match but team sources said that he is likely to play in the match.
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar have already back to home due to injuries and Dhoni’s ouster may hamper India’s goal to win a series on South African soil after 19 years.
India has performed brilliantly in the South African series so far. The visitors managed to draw the Test series and won the only T20 game against Proteas.
In the absence of senior players, the young guns have performed brilliantly in the ODI series. After going 1-0 down in the series, Dhoni and his men fought back and took 2-1 lead.
However, the failure of top order is remained major area of concern for the skipper and coach. Few changes are expected in the batting order. Murli Vijay who just scored 18 runs in the three games likely to be dropped. Parthiv Patel, who joined the team as a replacement of Tendulkar, is likely to open with Rohit Sharma.
A look at the past tells us Port Elizabeth has never seen India in full bloom. The Men in Blue have lost all the four ODIs they have played at St. George's Park by big margins, once even to Kenya. But Dhoni's boys are adept at rewriting the past. So, stats and figures can wait. One thing which is common between the two teams is that both are looking to correct batting maladies. It has been a low-scoring series barring the first innings of the first game. While conditions have not been the best for strokeplay at all venues, the two captains expect better dividends from their line-ups. To achieve that end, India will have a new opener in Parthiv Patel who joined the squad on Tuesday as Sachin Tendulkar's replacement.
Port Elizabeth is known to be quite like Indian pitches - low and slow where scoring is not easy. India have just the right attack for this kind of wicket with part-time spinners complementing Harbhajan Singh, the standout Indian bowler in the series.
One change in the bowling department could be Ashish Nehra. He has not found his range here at all. Whether India chose to continue with Nehra or replace him with either a paceman, Sreesanth, or a specialist spinner, Piyush Chawla/ Ashwin, will be interesting to see.
The match will start at 17.30 hrs PST.
However, injury blues are continued to hunt Team India as the skipper MS Dhoni hurt his ankle on Thursday during practice session. He is doubtful starter for today’s match but team sources said that he is likely to play in the match.
Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Sachin Tendulkar have already back to home due to injuries and Dhoni’s ouster may hamper India’s goal to win a series on South African soil after 19 years.
India has performed brilliantly in the South African series so far. The visitors managed to draw the Test series and won the only T20 game against Proteas.
In the absence of senior players, the young guns have performed brilliantly in the ODI series. After going 1-0 down in the series, Dhoni and his men fought back and took 2-1 lead.
However, the failure of top order is remained major area of concern for the skipper and coach. Few changes are expected in the batting order. Murli Vijay who just scored 18 runs in the three games likely to be dropped. Parthiv Patel, who joined the team as a replacement of Tendulkar, is likely to open with Rohit Sharma.
A look at the past tells us Port Elizabeth has never seen India in full bloom. The Men in Blue have lost all the four ODIs they have played at St. George's Park by big margins, once even to Kenya. But Dhoni's boys are adept at rewriting the past. So, stats and figures can wait. One thing which is common between the two teams is that both are looking to correct batting maladies. It has been a low-scoring series barring the first innings of the first game. While conditions have not been the best for strokeplay at all venues, the two captains expect better dividends from their line-ups. To achieve that end, India will have a new opener in Parthiv Patel who joined the squad on Tuesday as Sachin Tendulkar's replacement.
Port Elizabeth is known to be quite like Indian pitches - low and slow where scoring is not easy. India have just the right attack for this kind of wicket with part-time spinners complementing Harbhajan Singh, the standout Indian bowler in the series.
One change in the bowling department could be Ashish Nehra. He has not found his range here at all. Whether India chose to continue with Nehra or replace him with either a paceman, Sreesanth, or a specialist spinner, Piyush Chawla/ Ashwin, will be interesting to see.
The match will start at 17.30 hrs PST.
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India vs. South Africa
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3rd ODI
At Port Elizabeth
January 18, 2011, 18:00 IST (12:30 GMT)
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