Team India ride high on Chappels experimentation again.....

Team India ride high on Chappels experimentation , sehwag been demoted to number six. Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and decided to bat in the third and final Test of the series against South Africa at Newlands in Cape Town on Tuesday.

Team India failed to bite the bullet on out-of-form Virender Sehwag who despite his awful form in the Tests managed to save his place in the final XI but he was brought down the order.

While there were speculations that Dravid would come out to open but in a surprise move Wasim Jaffer came out with Dinesh Karthik to take guard.

A new opening pair would have certainly given the jitters to the Indian fans but the duo were not to be intimidated. The duo showed immense composure en route to a crucial opening stand, something that has remained elusive to the Indian batting on the tour.

Dale Steyn and Makhaya Ntini tried their best to break the opening stand but failed, as did the other Proteas bowlers. On the other hand both Jaffer and Karthik did not give much for the scorers to do as they crawled to 61 when the lunch break was taken.

Dinesh Karthik will have a tiresome role to play, as he has opened the batting and will be keeping for the Indians too. Yet, the batsman played out of his skin to fend off the Proteas challenge.

After lunch, Jaffer reached his half-century with a neat straight drive struck off Shaun Pollock, his effort taking him a watchful 110 balls.

Dinesh Karthik too made his way watchfully to his second 50 in Test cricket, making the most of the opportunity given to him. The two eased the pressure from the rest of the side, taking them through to 153 for no loss at tea.

Straight out of tea, Team India let their guard down and Dinesh Karthik made his way back into the pavilion when Paul Harris scalped his first ever Test wicket. Karthik made a resolute 63 as India went one down on the same score at 153.

Wasim Jaffer though, was in no mood to throw away his start, stroking his way to a century, his second in Test matches, following a double century in the West Indies earlier this year.