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India vs South Africa
Chpauk, Chennai

No interest in Test cricket these days

I couldn't watch much today, but looks like the Indians got a solid mauling at the hand of the proteans who were being touted as side we would bundle up after the aussie tour. Well a good eye opener that Australia was off key when we toured and that the foolish mentality of making spinner friendly pitches is not going to help us.

All doubts over the nature of the surface were dispelled when Harbhajan Singh coined a sweet term for it. Paata is a term used to describe a benign, flat surface with very little in it for the bowlers but Harbhajan felt it right to call the pitch provided for the first Test as a super paata. So dopey was the track that WADA [World Anti-Doping Agency] might send a few officials to Chennai soon.

"It was a first-day wicket and you can't rely on the patches [on the pitch]. You have to vary your line and length according to the wicket," Harbhajan said. "Let me tell you one thing. The wicket is very, very flat and it is hard for the bowlers to keep running in with the same intensity in this heat."

South Africa 304/4 (90.0 ov)
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
South Africa RR 3.37

Frankly i saw a couple of insances today when our dear young brigade were the ones misfielding. Dhoni dropped a catch, under controversial circumstances and Yuvraj was offcolour all the way.