India Coach Gary Kirsten said Saturday's ODI here would present him with an opportunity to assess young cricketers in testing situations. “It's exciting being the coach of this Indian team. There is so much young and promising talent around,” he said. Kirsten spoke about the Twenty20 and the one-day World Cups and dwelt on the need to find the right combination of players. He said, “I would say that we have not yet zeroed in on the five or six main bowlers for the one-day variety. We are still trying. We have played around eight pacemen this season. It's a process before settling on the best possible men.” Kirsten said paceman Sudip Tyagi was likely to receive a look-in for the final ODI. On Sachin Tendulkar's world record ODI double hundred in Gwalior, Kirsten said, “It is probably the best ODI innings he has played and perhaps the finest ODI innings I have seen.” A.B. de Villiers, who made a fighting hundred in the second ODI, said he had not seen a better one-day effort than Tendulkar's double century at Gwalior. “It was an amazing knock,” he said. de Villiers said the young bowlers in the South African side had learnt a lot by bowling at world-class batsmen in the sub-continental conditions. “It's a learning experience for them. They are young and promising. They may have gone for runs but will return as better bowlers.” Asked about the dip in South Africa's form after the Nagpur Test, he said, “It's not so much about our form dropping. I think India raised its game.”Source: beta.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article114291.ece
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