Every Indian tour to Australia begins with the same storyline. Australians love to blow away every visiting cricket team by affording the as less time to acclimatize as possible. One practice match against a second string side is hardly the preparation required to adjust to the bouncy conditions in Australia. By the time the Indians would get used to the conditions, they would be 2 Nil down. This is the trick the Australians have been playing and I wonder why the visiting boards do not understand the plot. When Australians visit the subcontinent, they not only ensure sufficient warm-up matched but also dictate the choice of venues. Victoria is perhaps the slowest track in Australia. The opponents also lack any quality fast bowlers and with rains compounding the matters, this is the worst possible scenario for any team begining an Australian tour. Will the Indian Cricket Board ever learn.
RE:Indian Cricket Board falls into the same Australian trap again
by concerned on Dec 21, 2007 07:01 PM
I guess if we go so near to the starting of the series, then it is our problem not the ACB. If we were there 2 weeks before then we probably had more time to acclimatise. The problem is that we play too much cricket and just finished our pakistan series. So, don't blame the Aussies for this. That is a lame excuse.
RE:Indian Cricket Board falls into the same Australian trap again
by Sheenu Sehgal on Dec 21, 2007 08:01 PM
It's not only about acclmatising to the conditions there,but it has also got to do with the mental toughness required to win overseas.With Aussies, it's more to do with ur attitude instead of skill set.They are a aggressive lot .They can only be fought by aggression which translates to smart play.Aggression is not about whacking/sledging but it's about ur performance doing the talking.
RE:Indian Cricket Board falls into the same Australian trap again
by Rahul on Dec 21, 2007 06:13 PM
Thats quite a sensible statement and very well written. Guess you should write more in these forums. Most of the messages are just so...boring!!!
RE:RE:Indian Cricket Board falls into the same Australian trap again
by Stanley Mathews on Dec 21, 2007 06:40 PM
Thanks for the generous comments. What I fail to understand is lack of planning and strategy on the part of the Indian Board. I don't want to be prophetic but chances of the Indian team for boxing day test looks bleak- and we have no one else but the Board to blame. Perhaps the practice matches don't bring in the moolahs for the Board as the internationals. But isn't it a far too short sighted an approach.
RE:He's right
by Jay Choksi on Dec 21, 2007 12:27 PM
Pls dont crib about this now. The schedule was decided long ago. We needed to voice our suggestion then. Poor timing !!!!
I don't understand about Indian team and players, when they play much games and they says that we lost becoz of more matches without rest, now they says that they need to play more. It means our indian players have excuse in every circumstances. Well done boys, keep it up and keep on make fool us.
RE:India needed more practice : Dhoni
by on Dec 21, 2007 03:35 AM
Hey!
I doubt if you guys have ever played cricket. Anyone with a minimal understanding of cricket would know what and why Dhoni is talking about some practice. Dear Geeks! Kindly keep your opinion to yourself.
RE:India needed more practice : Dhoni
by Supratik on Dec 21, 2007 08:52 AM
Now I know where where the BCCI gets its idiotic ideas from: from the Geeks in this forum!
Anyone with half a brain would know Indian pitches and Aussie pitches are as different as chalk & cheese. When players say there's too much cricket it means we should stop playing these meaningless ODI series like that one against SA in Ireland and that joke of a cricket series in Malaysia. That takes a lot out of players and plus the matches mean nothing.
When players say there's not enough rest they mean they would rather remove these meaningless ODIs from the calendar and use those gaps in the calender to go to a foreign country well in advance and play some low-intensity tour games before a big Test or ODI.
Now I know where the BCCI got this brilliant idea to send India to Aus, where they've never won a series, a week before a big Test match like lambs to the slaughter - from the Geeks here!
RE:India needed more practice : Dhoni
by james p tharian on Dec 21, 2007 09:34 AM
your comment shows you have watched cricket only on tv set.. the real thing is very different my dear.
RE:India needed more practice : Dhoni
by CricFan01 on Dec 21, 2007 12:02 PM
Have you ever held a leather cricket ball in your hand, leave alone playing cricket. If you have ever played cricket you will not talk this nonsense.You need to get acclimatized with different conditions. The pitches in Aus are totally different than Indian pitches and the greedy BCCI does not seem to care when they plan the schedules.
RE:India needed more practice : Dhoni
by deepak on Dec 21, 2007 01:37 AM
LOL samuel its so right...i mean these guys are seasoned professionals how much more practice and 'getting used to' do they need??? just go ahead and play !
Pissed off after the rantings of Tony Grieg (the man who claimed hed make the Windies grovel) and Ian Chapell who seem to udnerstand the psyche of Indians better than other people, suggesting we had a weakling coach Gary Kirsten instead of hiring someone like Buchana or Greg Chapell, actually they meant any Aussie.
This is a nice transcript from indiatimes ->
Warne also called former coach Buchanan a "goose" and somebody "who had no idea and lacked common sense."
"I don't think he has made one good point in a long time. He is living in a pixy land. We had to listen to his verbal diarrhoea all the time."
I think only warne appreciates the NAMAK he ate during his trips to India.
Even GOD hates weak people. Timing is wrong for Dhoni to make this comment. Strength is GOD (IMMORTALITY), weakness is DEATH. Dhoni sounds weak - replace him with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel who are mentally stronger.
Dhoni should say this *after* the series is over - at that time, he can even SHOUT LOUD. BCCI are morons, that's another thing. BCCI must also be kicked. Dhoni must back his comments with more positive messages.
RE:Replace Dhoni *now* with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel.
by Sheenu Sehgal on Dec 21, 2007 08:06 PM
U SEEM TO BE OUT OF MIND AND PLACE.GET UR CRICKETING FACTS RIGHT .PARTHIV NEITHER HAS ATTITUDE NOR SKILL SET TO BE COMPARED WITH MR DHONI.
RE:RE:RE:Replace Dhoni *now* with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel.
by man khurd on Dec 21, 2007 01:09 AM
Dhoni is our best bet as a wicket keeper. Seriosly, dont you feel something might be wrong with you, when you are the only one who has such opinions ?
RE:Replace Dhoni *now* with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel.
by Shankararaman Rajshaker on Dec 21, 2007 04:46 PM
you are weak dear u dont know what is cricket and why are u wasting ur foolish time to other use it to DKK and Patel u will get some commsiion
RE:Replace Dhoni *now* with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel.
by Rakesh Narayan on Dec 21, 2007 01:08 AM
Ohh you mean the Parthiv Patel who missed the stumping and cost us the Sydney test and our almost amazing Aussie triumph. Patel has got tons of chances and he blew it. Guts dont make up for talent. Otherwise every company would have people from Bajrang Dal instead of engineers. Btw I loved Parthivs MTV Bakra, it was one of the best.
RE:Replace Dhoni *now* with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel.
by on on Dec 21, 2007 04:16 AM
Dhoni sux as WC when he came, but he is getting better now. Patel was give a chance when he was 18yrs old, and he is much better kipper and bat now.. You're talking about the test that we played four-five yrs ago and that's a long time my boy..
RE:Replace Dhoni *now* with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel.
by harry na na on Dec 21, 2007 04:01 AM
Boy!!!! you got some depth .. i am sure you have done a major RnD to comment that...
I cannot actually belive someone (running freely) in this world has made this comment.. you need some electric shocks dude...
You want to replace Dhoni by PArthiv PAtel?????? [eyes wide open]
RE:Dhoni political
by Shankararaman Rajshaker on Dec 21, 2007 04:50 PM
people like u are killing cricket in india and also u are big nut than media who use to write all bull shit to create futter in the team stop doing this reserach and concentrate on ur profession
RE:Dhoni political
by Sheenu Sehgal on Dec 21, 2007 08:09 PM
GUYS, WHY R U WASTING UR TIME AND ENERGY TO CRITICISE SOMEBODY WHO HAS LEARNT CRICKET ONLY 1 WEEK BACK.LOL
Timing is wrong for Dhoni to make this comment. Dhoni should say this *after* the series is over - at that time, he can even SHOUT LOUD. With this kind of timing, Aussies have a tendency to pounce on any weak links shown by the opponents prior to the series.
Timing chosen by Dhoni to make this comment is wrong. Harish Subramanian is correct, Praveen Rao is wrong.
RE:Timing is wrong for Dhoni to make this comment.
by computer learning on Dec 21, 2007 12:47 AM
Even GOD hates weak people. Timing is wrong for Dhoni to make this comment. Strength is GOD (IMMORTALITY), weakness is DEATH. Dhoni sounds weak - replace him with KKD Karthik or Parthiv Patel who are mentally stronger.
For centuries now, all Indian teams visting WI/Aus/Eng have cribbed about lack of match practice in foreign conditions. I was reading an old article which mentions the way Sunil Gavaskar would practice and succeed on foreign pitches. He would ask the nets bowlers to bowl from a shortened distance (18 or 20 yards) to simulate the reaction time and bounce of faster bowlers.
RE:Same old w(h)ine, new bottle.
by derc cruse on Dec 20, 2007 10:36 PM
Because Sunil was the greatest and our players love the money only. Sunil loved cricket, actually all the oldies were very devoted players
RE:Same old w(h)ine, new bottle.
by JM on Dec 20, 2007 11:21 PM
Yes Sunil loved the game. Thats why he had years of spat with Kapil Dev, thats why when Sunil played there were 2 camps in the team- Sunil camp and Kapil camp.
Sunil loved the game, thats why he pampered to Ganguly so his son could play for Bengal (he was not talented enough to be selected to play for Mumbai).
Snuil loved cricket thats why he wanted to be the captain and would not bat well when Kapil was made the captain.
Sunil loved the game, thats why he dropped Kapil from a testmatch, the only testmatch Kapil missed in his career.
Yes ALL our oldies were devoted players (including the great match-fixing oldies- Azhar, Prabhakar and Kapil) but not Kumble (who bowled inspite of fracturing his jaw) and not Tendulkar (who bowls when needed and doesnt mind fielding in the 3rd man position) and not Dravid (who has batted from 1-7 in batting order and kept wickets when needed)
Besides, you idiots, what makes you think that the current players are not using such strategies or better strategies to prepare?
Nit-wits, go back to you BPOs- "would you like to have fries with that".
RE:RE:Same old w(h)ine, new bottle.
by Ram prasad on Dec 21, 2007 12:21 AM
I dont feel sachin will fit into the league of selfless players. lets see how well he fairs in this series
RE:Same old w(h)ine, new bottle.
by Rakesh Narayan on Dec 21, 2007 12:49 AM
How does Sachins one performance in Australia justify his selflessness vs all hes done in the past. Btw who is selfless. everybody is human, every single palyer, if they werent getting apid nobody would play. Even the brave soldiers wouldnt fight unless they have to get bread for their families. Just because someone has all the money in the world , and they do something for free doesnt make them selfless. Almost no act in the world is selfless. Thats how you differentiate Human from God. So next time you think you are doing a selfless act by donating money to a charity, do thsi instead, give your lunch and dinner to a poor man, and dont eat anything the whole day, now thats true selflessness.
RE:Same old w(h)ine, new bottle.
by man khurd on Dec 21, 2007 01:05 AM
JM,
Each and every word in this message is total bull plop ! Do you work for star or AajTak news ? The last line in your message sums up your personality and shows your maturity level !
RE:Same old w(h)ine, new bottle.
by Justin Time on Dec 20, 2007 10:41 PM
Very true. But these guys should also learn how to save their asses on the pitch :-)
