Testing time for India

3rd test - day 4.

India's tour of South Africa has been pretty ordinary so far. After the 4-0 loss in the one day series, the Indians showed some fight back in the first test. Thanks to a very good bowling spell by sreeshanth. But, the sudden fire in the indian camp seems to have disappeared as quickly! There is lack of aggression in the field. The bowling seems innocuous. The batsmen are playing too cautiously. The fear of losing is always there in their minds. The age old 'you any way get paid, so why bother about the result' mentality is back. I am still searching for a word that could best describe sachin' mentality. Fourteen of 62 balls against a debutant spinner. What a shame for the so called best batsman of the era. And shane warne still gets dreams of what happened eight years ago, his leggies thrown all over the park! Where is that sachin? God knows!

156 more to get and eight wickets remaining. It should be a cakewalk for the south africans with smith and kallis still in the middle. Noting except kumble's magic can turn things India's way. But, even if that happens, they dont deserve a victory.