Why is India struggling in South Africa??

           In 2013, before the India's tour of South Africa, India had been under the tons of  accolades. Many legends from different countries told that my country needs this kind of captain, my country needs this kind of opening pair, my country needs this kind of middle order which Indian team have. 

          But now the situation is different. Indian team is under a huge criticism. Many people are saying that Indians are good at their own country only. They are also saying that India is not suitable for the first rank in ODI. Even the South African players are criticizing Indian players.

          The people who are criticizing India have to understand that India's been unbeatable in 2013. Only one series can't determine the strength of the India. Indian team is full of youngsters.They don't have much experience in playing in overseas conditions .So they need some time to settle in.

          And also India won the Champions trophy in bouncy track only. So we can't underestimate the team India. India can bounce back soon.

         

          One thing which is most concerned about Indian team is that the bowling attack of Indian team is very weak. Indian team have the bowlers who can swing the ball. But they don't have much pace in their bowling.That's the problem when it comes to the bouncy track.

          But batting line up is quite good.Top 3 batsmen of Indian batting line up are the leading run scorers of 2013. In first ODI  Rohit took 16 deliveries to make bat on the ball. But what Rohit did was right . Because

when facing the number one bowler in the world who is persisting with good line and length, it's not easy to play shots. Shikar should have stayed at the crease for some more time. Virat was trying to dominate against the bowlers.But he couldn't continue to do so as he got out early. Yuvi was completely mad. He dint do anything against this kind of bowling attack. Raina is continuously struggling this year. So he can be replaced with Pujara.

          

         Everyone expected that India would play well in 2nd ODI . But in 2nd ODI also the same has happened as in 1st ODI. India lost the match by a huge margin and so the series. So this series could be practice series for the Indian team for the upcoming test series. So we could expect some positive results from Indian batting line up in test series.

                                                                                              -Venkat