India&rsquo;s tune-up to their tour to South Africa in November received a fillip when Cheteshwar Pujara&rsquo;s India A overcame their Australian counterparts to win the tri-series final at Pretoria on Wednesday. <img alt="Graeme Pollock" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Graeme-Pollock.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 552px;" /> Graeme Pollock According to South African batting legend Graeme Pollock (69), India have scored a point through the win as Mahendra Singh Dhoni&rsquo;s team will kick off their South African safari in November with limited overs cricket that includes a seven-match ODI contest followed by a three-Test series. Southpaw Pollock didn&rsquo;t get an opportunity to watch left-handed batting sensation Shikhar Dhawan pile up the heat on India A&rsquo;s opponents, but was mighty impressed with the news of his 248 against South Africa A on August 12. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s one hell of a performance! It&rsquo;s a huge effort and if someone can get 248, he surely must be able to play very well,&rdquo; said Pollock, who felt the India vs South Africa series will see some good contests. <img alt="Shikhar Dhawan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/aug/Shikhar-dhawan.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 622px;" /> Shikhar Dhawan &ldquo;I must say Indian cricket is looking good. They can produce the goods really well on their day. I like Virat Kohli. Overall the Indian side is aggressive which is important. When they (opponents) give it to you, they can get it back with interest.&rdquo; Pollock doesn&rsquo;t like what he sees of the South Africa side in one-day cricket. &ldquo;I think they are messing around with their batting order. AB de Villiers is keeping wickets, but he should be left to concentrate on his batting. You can&rsquo;t be batting in 50 overs cricket like it&rsquo;s a 20-20 game. It&rsquo;s important to keep wickets in hand to get to a big score and that&rsquo;s not happening,&rdquo; said the Johannesburg-based Pollock. He is sad to see Australian cricket on the decline. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know what&rsquo;s happening there. People say they will get better. I don&rsquo;t see that happening. They just don&rsquo;t seem to have the quality batsmen apart from Michael Clarke. They have some very average players,&rdquo; he said.u00a0

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