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Former England all-rounder Andrew Flintoff feels that “India are going to be favourites as they are the number one team in the world. However,South Africa team is strong. But (such is) the depth in India’s batting that they are going to score runs all the time. And once you score 400-500 runs it puts pressure on the opposition.
“I expect India to do well but South Africa is a tough tour. They have got players like Graeme Smith,Morne Morkel,Jacques Kallis,” said Flintoff.
“(India has a) fine attack. (But) South Africa has got a good batting side (in) Smith,Kallis,A B De Villiers. You got to work hard for the wickets. If Indian batsmen score more runs they can give the bowlers a lot of time to bowl out the opposition,” he said.
Commenting on off-spinner Harbhajan Singh’s back-to-back hundreds against New Zealand,Flintoff said he had the potential to score more runs.
“He is always been able to bat. He has got important runs against England in Tests and ODIs. I think its hard for someone who is labelled as a bowler. After having scored back-to-back centuries,he’ll start thinking I can do this more often,I need to bat higher and higher.
“He hits the ball as hard as anyone. He’s got a good eye. He’s definitely got a talent to score more runs in my opinion,” he added.
Recalling that he had played along side dashing batsman Virender Sehwag in a World XI match against Australia,Flintoff said the Indian opener was a phenomenal cricketer.
