A day earlier, the Indian coach, Gary Kirsten, defended his "luckless" bowlers by stating that India had a new day of batting to look forward to. That was at the second day's play of the first Test of the India South Africa Test series at the VCA Stadium in Nagpur.
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Although India finished the final hour of the third day's play without losing any further wickets to finish on 66/2, there is no denying that this was possibly the worst India could have done against a world class bowler on a pitch generally commissioned to be lifeless when the South Africans were batted.
Defying the coach's words, after the bowlers, it was the turn of the batsmen to disappoint. Apart from Sehwag's own century in the first innings and his downfall in the second innings on being enforced with the follow on, Sehwag spoke to reporters about the anger and indignation within the team at their own personal disappointment over the way they applied themselves to the task despite the pitch holding no demons.
But that will still not stop the media and the crowd jumping on the "flop" wagon.
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