Can you hang in there for a bit?

India are in desperate trouble over at the Wanderers. The openers have gone again. Poor Jaffer, he must be wondering what he has to do in order to stay in for more than a few deliveries each time. The less said about Sehwag the better. But at the crease now are Dravid and Tendulkar and if any pair of batsmen can do something to blunt this South African attack, its this pair. And even if not wholly blunt, if they can just put a few overs on the ball before Laxman, Ganguly and Dhoni have to face the quicks, they'll have done their bit. Its not every day that you think about a pair like Dravid and Tendulkar just "putting a few overs on the ball" but given this tour, Dravid's injury and Tendulkar's latest struggles, its not entirely misplaced. The two are masters of the defensive technique, and need to show it all.