Proteas Look To Continue As India Search For Momentum

          The first Odi ended in a thriller for the visitors with the enthusiastic crowd at khanpur but it is the opposite when it comes to Indians. The brilliance of the batting showed by rohit as to poured down in a vain after losing by 5 runs.
           At the beginning of the series the spot light is on msd  and he as to been after the loss with his unconventional way of batting with scoring a single boundary in his 30 delivers. But India have to address a lot of things that they think, moving on to the second ODI. Kohili's poor run streak in Odis continued at khanpur, even though he haven't batted where he used to be , but should have done better by his standards.
          The pace department is the one remained an concern after the end of world cup it hasn't been up to the mark, pacers failed to pick wickets up front which allowed apposition to take  over the game. Shami's  absence surely felt by the Indians at the death where he was instrumental in picking up wickets at the death.
           The another worrying problem for India is Stuart Binny who is yet to make his mark as an all rounder in the team. To add this problems Ashwin's injury made even worse ,who as been the crucial bowler for the team in all the formats.
         With the way south Africans are playing in the series , the question raised where do they really playing in ? south Africa or in India ? . The reason is that they are making the conditions most of it in their favour, all thanks to IPL for making it so interesting for the fans but problematic for the players at the same time.
            Credit has to be given to the south Africans on all the 3 occasion ,but the thing that separated both the teams is the pace department of the Protea who are consistent enough through out the innings.
             Tahir on the other face is yet likely to perform up to his standards, where it will be even more complicates for the Indians. .Batting has been consistent for the proteas till now with few wrinkles here and there with the spin.
             The series 1-0 leading with the visitors where both teams face on Wednesday at Indore where India seems to have a formidable record at this ground, wining all the 3 matches played here. But now they face on a formidable Proteas which would be a new story altogether.
             The conditions suits to the spinners and you normally expect bulk of runs at this venue.
             Haribajan is likely to make a way in place of ashwin in the team, where Gurkeerat Mann is unlikely to wait for his Odi debut. The only area south Africans are struggling is about their fifth bowling option , which  is the only weakness they have to go with.
            So Indians want to make a comeback in the series by not allowing the Proteas to take a 2-0 lead in the series, which will become even harder to fight back.