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TEST STARTS
The first test match between India and South Africa is going to start from tomorrow at the Wanderers, Johannesburg. It’s a vital test series for the Indian cricket team. They have already been outclassed by the South African side in the one day international matches on the tour and they can’t expect the test matches to be any easier. The South African test bowling line up is even more lethal.
India’s bowling has also been strengthened as one of their premier fast bowlers Zaheer Khan has come back into the side. However, he has not bowled at the international level since a while, so, one cannot expect him to start hitting the right lengths straightaway, but, his presence on the ground will certainly benefit the other Indian fast bowlers who are lacking experience.
The other player with whom India has big expectations in the test series is Cheteshwar Pujara. The 25 years old right hander has got a very tight defence and he is perhaps the most organized player in the Indian batting line up. He is good at playing with the horizontal bat and the biggest positive about him is that he doesn’t throw away the good starts. Once he gets in, he makes the bowling team work hard. He has already had 5 hundreds in his brief test career so far.
As far as South Africa is concerned, they have played some brilliant test cricket in the last few years. They have performed well against almost every team and they would like to continue their good work in this series as well. They would be making one change in their playing XI that had featured in the second test match against Pakistan in UAE. Hashim Amla would replace Dean Elgar.
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BACK ON TRACK
Monty Panesar’s career seems to be getting back on track. After being selected in the England test squad for the Ashes series down under, the 31 years old left arm spinner has now been signed on a permanent basis by Essex.
Panesar had spent a bit of time at Essex towards the end of the last season too, but, he was there on loan only. He performed pretty well in that brief period though and managed to get his spot back in the England test squad.
There were speculations that the county might sign him on a permanent basis because of his consistent performances during the loan period and those speculations proved to be true.
The second half of the last season was pretty tough for Panesar. Because of his misbehaviour with the security persons at a bar, his county Sussex terminated his contract.
Essex then signed him on loan and according to Panesar, he is thankful to Essex for giving him that opportunity during that difficult period.
Talking to the reporters yesterday, Panesar said, “I had a fantastic time at Essex towards the end of the previous season. I was there only for a brief period of time, but, I felt comfortable both on and off the ground.”
“I will never forget the huge round of applause that the fans had given me when I was brought into the attack to bowl my first over for Essex. That was really helpful for me. I started feeling respected again.”
Meanwhile, the CEO of the Essex county cricket club Derek Bowden has expressed his happiness over the fact that Panesar signed for his county on a permanent basis.
Bowden said, “We are glad that Monty signed a permanent deal. It was great to have him here last season. He performed well and hopefully, he will continue to do so in future as well.”