In the last 25 years, India have won only four one-dayers in a bilateral series in South Africa.Now, the series in England will be different ball game.Fielding coach R. "Even the South Africans didn’t expect us to play him in the first Test.India won that match to pull one back as they went 1-2 down in the Test series but took the momentum into the limited overs series that followed. oh! The fast bowlers pitched in, which is what Virat wanted — in Test matches, the fast bowlers’ batting plays a vital role while their fielding is crucial in the one-dayers, he had said ahead of a practice session," the 47-year-old revealed. The Proteas just couldn’t pick them and resembled rabbits caught in headlights," the former Hyderabad left-arm spinner said. To do that on pitches that were good for fast bowling is heartening. I would say each 30 was an 80 on that difficult wicket which had cracks, bounce, was seaming. That works wonders for him. Steve Waugh said recently that Virat should tone it down, but I think that is his USP, to keep it right up there till the last ball. The Tigers have turned Springboks after the recent South Africa tour and found a new leap of faith. He was hitting him on the glove, getting him caught behind, getting him in the slips," Sridhar said. Bumrah fielded 89 balls in six one-dayers and didn’t fumble once — he didn’t concede one extra run. We need that Virat in-your-face factor," Sridhar said..’ That was 12 innings!""Bumrah also had Quinton’s (de Kock) number. "The main contributors in the field were the fast bowlers — Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar and Pandya. Generally, your fast bowlers are taking breaks at fine-leg or deep square leg."Bhuvi was the silent assassin.Surprise. We lost the two Tests but knew we were in positions to win both of them, so that belief never went down.Hyderabad: Thumping wins in the one-day and T20 contests which erupted from a brownie blow in the last round of the lost Test series have put a spring in Team India’s steps."Sridhar picked out a few players who were outstanding.

We are improving though. "Once we got ahead, South Africa were under severe pressure," Sridhar pointed out.However, there is a balance. The athleticism in the field was far, far better than the opposition, who are known for their athletic ability," he said. To win the toss and bat on that surface was a great decision, the game changer," he told this newspaper on Wednesday.Sridhar is also pleased with the team’s fielding.. His fielding workload was next only to Virat, who mans the high-traffic zones," Sridhar explained. And then, in the third Test at Johannesburg, Virat made a courageous decision to bat first — I don’t think anyone would’ve done that. They were planning for Bhuvi (seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar), Shami and Ishant (Sharma). With the red one, slip catching is a challenge. After that there was no looking back for him. "Hardik Pandya is always thinking ahead of the game.Spin twins Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal are next on Sridhar’s list. "The ball will wobble.. This time around, they bagged five out of six matches. The catch that Bhuvi took on the boundary to end Hashim Amla’s innings in the Johannesburg one-dayer was fabulous. We discovered we had won 9 out of the 21 sessions with South Africa winning 11 and the other being a draw. As both teams were mingling in the dressing room, Hashim (Amla) came up to him and said: ‘I waited for a half-volley for three Tests and six one-dayers but never got one. If his bowling fails, he’ll affect a match-turning run-out like he did thrice in the series. South Africa won just two of the nine games in the limited over series, both rain-affected. Overall I’m happy, especially with the white ball. Virat led the team from the front.

The advantage of Hardik is that he is three-dimensional — if he misses out on batting, he’ll bowl a brilliant spell. He’s a brilliant cricketer to have — what an athlete!"Pacer Jasprit Bumrah was a revelation, according to Sridhar. And the kind of innings he played in the Johannesburg Test where he scored 30 in each innings was simply superb... He is learning very, very fast China Machine for making spring Manufacturers from Virat, MS (Dhoni) and others around him. We’ve got more methods to train now and are making our practice sessions harder," Sridhar said. "We outfielded South Africa in the series, didn’t put a foot wrong barring a couple of dropped catches in one of the one-dayers. Since he’s got bowling and fielding to back him, he goes to bat with a lot of freedom, so also in the other two departments. "For every Virat we have an Ajinkya (Rahane) and a Cheteshwar Pujara who are quiet in their demeanour and complement the captain very well. Sridhar says it’s the belief that kept the Blues charged. the way Bumrah ran 30 metres to his right to take a tumbling catch at third man in the Centurion ODI and Pandya running out Amla in the game at Port Elizabeth was heartening. "After the second Test we did a lot of homework in the one week off we got."The physically as well as mentally gruelling series was all about Kohli’s batting and our bowling. The best compliment he got was at the end of the One-Day series. But all of a sudden there was Boom-rah and his first wicket was AB de Villiers, bowled. It is difficult for any international cricketer to match his intensity in the field.

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