Chennai News

At stumps on Wednesday, his side was sitting pretty at 304-4, with the captain himself, Neil McKenzie (94) and Hashim Amla (85 not out) putting it across the Indian attack. Anil Kumble was left holding the consolation prize of four wickets With Amla and A.B de Villiers (10) at the crease, and Mark Boucher and Morne Morkel still to bat, South Africa could well be in a position to force the issue here. India, on the other hand, would be hoping for contributions from all the bowlers, not just the spinners.Once Graeme Smith won the toss and predictably elected to bat, all the Indians could do was hope that their limited bowling strength would be able to do the job.India went in with the expected two spinners, while RP Singh and S Sreesanth got the nod for sharing the new ball, Irfan Pathan having to sit out. While there may be questions raised about his being left out, the fact remains that there was no place for three seamers, and playing both left-armers did not look like such a great idea.In any case, both RP Singh and Sreesanth have shown greater wicket-taking knack off late.He got rid of Smith (73) and then Ashwell Prince (23), the latter thanks to a sprawling caught and bowled, which was definitely the highlight of the Indian batting on day one.