That's not entirely correct. Otherwise, India would never have won against Pakistan(Waqar, Wasim, Shoiab) and England (Andrew Caddick) at the World Cup....
Now that Bond is not touring India, Saurav Ganguly/Tendulkar and company can add to their count of centuries !!!! Our stars score centuries only against the attack that lack main bowlers .. Isn't that true?
Dear sir, I do think that Shane Bpnds absence from the Kiwi team for their forthcoming tour to India will be a great loss to their fast bowling attack. We had seen in the past how Indian batsmen fails to genuinly quick bowlers away and at home. The recent example being at the world cup where in the match against the Kiwis Bond had almost got us into trouble. Still being an Indidan it always feels good to see any opponent team without their key players but as a cricket fanatic i will be missing a very good contest betwen bat and ball. Thanking you, yours sincerely, Anirban das.
Do tarafs se bajane wala dhol
by nandu on Aug 21, 2003 12:22 AM
Come on, injuries happen to sportsmen and all players cannot be in all sides throughout. Remember When India lost those 9 ODI finals in a row. Sachin was not a member of 5 of those sides due to injury. No one came and said India lost because they did not have Sachin neither did they say that the opposition won because Sachin was absent. So just the absence of Shane Bond gives you reason to criticize your team. So much for patriotism. Assume for a minute Shane Bond did travel to India and did not prove to be a success then you would say Oh, Indians will score centuries on flat pitches. Either you don't know much about cricket or you just like to criticize the Indian team whose last outing was the World Cup wherein we finished 2nd which you conveniently chose to forget, also where Shane Bond was playing too and could not keep the hopes of his country alive by losing to India.
