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South Africa V India - First Test: Day 4

Breaking News: Sachin has scored his fiftieth century at SuperSport Park, Centurion and yeah it's one of the best innings he has played given the circumstances


India begun the day in a positive manner as Dravid looked to occupy the crease and shield Ishant from the hostile bowling. It was Ishant who started the flow of runs as he drove fluently through covers and then got an edge that flew over the slip cordon. It looked as if lady luck was smiling on Ishant as he got a leading edge to a ball pitched on the middle and leg and it carried back to Morkel. As is the trend these days, replays showed that Morkel had overstepped


Ishant was getting his runs through proper cricketing strokes and the square drive he played of Steyn was straight out of the coaching manual and Steyn drew revenge of the very next ball when he had him caught at short-leg by Amla. The dismissal in full was because of Amla's reflexes as Ishant middled it


In came Tendulkar and he started off from where he left off in the first innings as he was pretty fluent with his drives early in his innings. He settled into a defensive mode and the ball found the edge more times than one. Dravid was taken out by a snorter of a delivery from Morkel. He got the ball to bounce from a good length and found the splice of Dravid's bat. Laxman entered the cauldron and left pretty soon after playing a fluent drive off Harris


Raina also followed soon after edging one to first slip. Dhoni came and started to attack savagely and reached his fifty in a quick time. It was because of him that the threat of new ball was totally negated and his attacking approach left the pace attack in tatters. It was a shock then that he edged a short ball from Steyn to Boucher. By this time Steyn had started to crank the pace up and was looking the number 1 bowler that he is


That India could play out the entire day was because of Sachin as he drove repeatedly and then looked to give strike to Dhoni at all opportunities as he was going for the bowling. What impressed about the man today was his patience and the ability to keep frustration at bay. When he was not able to play Harris fluently, he did not allow it to affect him and concentrated mainly on playing with a straight bat. On a day of a great personal landmark, it would be devastating if he goes out there and finds himself on the losing side. Harbhajan, who had proclaimed loudly about being able to score a century on this track failed miserably to give company to Sachin


All in all, it will be remembered as Sachin's Test! He sure does know how to steal the thunder
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