Before blaming bowling of Indians we should give respect to batting strength of England. Unlike in India when our players spend the time between two series in managing restuarants, posing as models for ads, participating in fashion shows or inaugurating boutiques, English players seriously play county cricket to practice and improve their cricket. They are professionals for whom Cricket is the only ocuupation. For Indian players cricket is just a part time job as other priorities listed above are the main money spinning jobs!!
RE:Firest test
by Kunal Sahay on Jul 20, 2007 10:54 AM
oh...is that the truth?? Players in England do not manage restaturants, pose as models, participate in fashion shows or inaugrate boutiques because...well....they are just not popular enough and cricketers are just not followed there as much as it is done here in India...you think every english cricketer is a professional...consider steve harmison who wanted to flee out of Australia as fast as possible when they were getting mauled because...hold your breath...he was missing home!! And you want to talk about english sportspersons?? David Beckham, one of the most popular player not only in England, but all over the globe, is considered the most metrosexual of "all" males in the world, which means, he has a lot going around the fashion world or the glamour world on the whole. So, why don't you doubt his commitment to his sport?? Success brings in a lot of change to every person's life...in very different ways...but what do you know??...you there sitting in your AC room...IPod in your ears...working your ass out for a multinational...its easy for you to "comment" there isn't it??Don't you think you(or for that matter...a lot of "fans" in the indian public) are showing traits of jealousy a little bit???
Indian players do off the field what they do because 1) Its their right to...you can't stop someone from living their life can you?? 2) They have earned it...they have toiled, and defied odds as much as the likes of you will never do So..please give credits where its due!
RE:Firest test
by Kunal Sahay on Jul 20, 2007 11:23 AM
Thats exacly my point..see its a combination of lot of things..in UK, Brazil its the soccer players, in India its the cricketers!
RE:RE:Firest test
by Kunal Sahay on Jul 20, 2007 11:26 AM
but this also means that there is THAT much more pressure on our boys than the players in any other country. They are always open for criticism and under constant scrutiny.
RE:Firest test
by Raam on Jul 20, 2007 11:23 AM
Kunal, they should have made you Manager of Indian team in place of Chandu Borde for England tour. You take better care of them. They need moral support which u only can extend. You must have been employed in one of the restuarants run by cricketars. I am not jelous about their earnings but if I am paid a small share of their booty like how you got from them I would have kept my mouth shut.
RE:RE:Firest test
by Kunal Sahay on Jul 20, 2007 11:32 AM
ya right, TYPICAL eh??!! Who doesn't needs moral support btw??!! The players need it more than anyone else..and its not about working in their restaurants or being paid a small share of their booty, its about backing our sports person who perform on an international level, appreciating them, and not flaying them in public forums like you do!!But hey, thats the easy way out to vent out your frustrations isn't it buddy!!! You've got it all wrong!!
And you want me to keep my mouth shut...you start first, and see if I follow!!
England started off very well, helped to some extent by a indiscplined bowling from Zaheer, Sreesanth & RP Singh. Infact Indian were lucky when part time bowler Sourav Ganguly picked the first wicket.
Dinesh Kartik's over enthusiasm when it comes to fielding often proved to be a problem for him. In one of the one day matches I can recollect he had dropped 4 catches out of which 3 catches were very simple. He dropped Strauss when he was in 40's. Things would have been little different had he held on to the catch.
Anil Kumble time and again proves that he is the main backbone for Indian bowling. He did well to take two wickets though initially he was struggling.
Way Forward - I dont really have high expectations as Indian fan and have started to take things as they come. I am looking forward to the Indian 1st innings batting.
Hope Indians can restrict England to a decent total else psychologically we will be affected and that will reflect in our batting.
India need to think about bowling, it is a great cause of concern. English conditions favour fast bowling and our bowlers have failed to capitalise. India is backing the wrong horse in the form of Zaheer Khan. Hope they come with a better bowling strategy for the matches to come.
GOOD LUCK INDIAN TEAM - True Supporter Of Indian Team
Hoooo haaa Ganguly is comes hahaha. I is superconfidence that Ganguly is goodest boler in Englandish condition.He is also be gooder bats wait and sea. I is superconfidence that Gangly is SUPERMAN of the matches. But I is saport the hole team also it is. Zaher,Sresant,RP is to learns from ours Gangly and is performing gooder then they is does now it is and than the team is parformance gooder and is wins the match at Lords and is a history becomes it is. GOOD LUCK INDIA.
RE:HOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAA GANGLY AAYA RE AYAAA
by yogesh kumar on Jul 20, 2007 10:31 AM
How many days u will boost for Ganguly..There are so many player in Gali cricket who plays better than ganguly...but they will not get a chance to play for india unless these senior highly profile players are left out..
RE:HOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAA GANGLY AAYA RE AYAAA
by cattamanchi chaitanya on Jul 20, 2007 10:39 AM
Yogesh , Dinesh karthik , sreeshant , RP.Singh , Jaffer are new players only who came from Gully Cricket ..
RE:HOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAA GANGLY AAYA RE AYAAA
by on Jul 20, 2007 11:10 AM
yOGESH U DON'T EVEN KNOW U R THE WORST PERSON & URS IS THE WORST MESSAGE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
RE:HOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAA GANGLY AAYA RE AYAAA
by Raam on Jul 20, 2007 11:17 AM
Yogesh, this "Gangulli Bhajan Mandali" will not spare u. They all have one father in "Dada". They can't even a single comment against their God even if he scores ten zeros at a stretch in Tests. For them Gangulli is No.1 to No.11 in the team.
RE:RE:HOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAA GANGLY AAYA RE AYAAA
by Raam on Jul 20, 2007 11:18 AM
Yogesh, this "Gangulli Bhajan Mandali" will not spare u. They all have one father in "Dada". They can't even a single comment against their God even if he scores ten zeros at a stretch in Tests. For them Gangulli is No.1 to No.11 in the team.
RE:HOOOOOOOOO HAAAAAAAAAAA GANGLY AAYA RE AYAAA
by Raam on Jul 20, 2007 10:23 AM
Sameer why you play this drama. even an illeterate can not write such english. you are deliberately taking efforts to write bad english so that others respond and make fun of ur english. we all know u can write better english and at the same time we also know that you are a crook. GOOD LUCK SAMEER!
RE:Dada does it again
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 20, 2007 10:21 AM
Hemant sir you is right it is but you is saport please India team also it is so they is plays gooder that is every bodies in the team gooder plays and team work and luck and hardwork and india is surestly is wins.
RE:Dada does it again
by Ifear paceman on Jul 20, 2007 10:51 AM
ganges feildieng herooics and bung cameramen.
Sree fierst over boall pleyed thro hole in sleeps. Genguly older pleyer pushis boall at fine leag while runeing to kumble to complete throa. Older kumblay throws baol two bowuncwe to wiket kiiper. and gangu looks at camera as iif it wa boundriii and hes fans will beat drum. Then blushis knooing it was just helf away to bowndrie.
If England make 500 runs still no chance for them to win the match..Because India can make more runs then England...... Jaffar gonna make.............55 runs Karthik ......................70 runs Sachin ......................135 runs Laxman ...................... 85 runs Dravid.......................105 runs Ganguli...................... 95 runs Dhoni........................115 runs R.P,Zahir,Kumble and sri.....100 runs ----- Total India..................760 runs In 1st Inning...... Result of 1st Test ..DRAW or may be India win..
RE:England will not gonna win.....
by Raam on Jul 20, 2007 10:26 AM
You can add 340 as total scores of Jahir, Sreeshanth, Kumble and Singh to complete 1000 runs! Happy??
When a game is played between two teams for a period of 5 days and 2 innings each, there is an obvious scope of swing of fortunes. This is the beauty of Test Cricket. If the matches go one sided, no one wants to watch them, even if india is winning. But when both the teams fight for upper hand over other session-by-session, then it would be interesting. i hope this series gives us that treat and India should emerge as the series winner.
RE:This is the beauty of Test Cricket
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 20, 2007 10:22 AM
Krishna sir you is curectly said it is. Test cricket is gooder then 1 day match and is surestly goodest then 20-20 it is.
RE:This is the beauty of Test Cricket
by Krishna on Jul 20, 2007 10:44 AM
The current weather forecast looks like that. Lets hope there is no rain and no bad light. There is nothing better way to pass a weekend than watching a test match in english conditions and indian batsmen in flourish!
RE:Zaheer Khan
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 20, 2007 10:25 AM
Deepak sir I is also saport Zaher. He is akchualy a gooder swinger at the ball but is no understand why it is he is no swingering the ball proper.I is wish he is does gooder.
Indian old horse ( i.e. Ganguly, Kumble) are really paying, compare to new comer like Zahir, R.P. and of course Sreesanth, they are all hopeless, they cann't encash the morning moisture of the wicket, India in real backfoot on the very first day of the match. May god bless them.
RE:old horse
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 20, 2007 10:26 AM
Olding is golding it is sir. Old play peoples is has expiriyance and they is plays gooder then newest play doing peoples.
RE:old horse
by Ifear paceman on Jul 20, 2007 10:53 AM
ganges feildieng herooics and bung cameramen.
Sree fierst over
boall pleyed thro hole in sleeps.
Genguly older pleyer pushis boall at fine leag while runeing to kumble to complete throa. Older kumblay throws baol two bowuncwe to wiket kiiper. and gangu looks at camera as iif it wa boundriii and hes fans will beat drum. Then blushis knooing it was just helf away to bowndrie.
Indian bowling in foreign countries looks very poor. Its disappointing to see Indian boys at Lords with their pathetic performance in all departments. The Indian Team should abondon the tour and come back immediately. We cannot depend on the ageing Kumble to take wickets always !!!
RE:Indian Bowling Pedestrain.
by Gurdevinder Arora on Jul 20, 2007 09:58 AM
Raman Saheb it is too early to comment on Indian bowling. India is not out of game. Watch and see.
by Srinivas R Rao,Mangalore,Karnataka India can bounce back in this test as we have taken 3 wickets in the post tea session.If we can restrict England to 350 we can score around 450-500 and can win the test on the 5th day with full 4 days test match remaining.Weather permitting we can even win the test match.
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by dev rathore on Jul 20, 2007 09:39 AM
dont be soo positive about india. i think every one know that how these great batsman are performance since last 3 year
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by simpleman on Jul 20, 2007 09:58 AM
India will come back strongly...I think Utpal has invested his money to the Bookies in favour of England...Be an Indian first and support blindly..Jab tak result a nahi jata...I will say India will win...forever...always
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by Utpal Parekh on Jul 20, 2007 08:13 AM
You are a very optimistic individual!! Too optimistic for your good!! First of all, England will not collapse t0 350!! They would make atleast 450!! After that, we will crumble against Chris Tremlett and Anderson and get bowled out for less than 300!!
After that, Strauss will get the hundred that he missed in the first innings!! And they would set us 400 plus to get!! We would be bowled out for less than 250 to lose the test by a whopping 200 runs!!
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by Krishna on Jul 20, 2007 09:37 AM
Utpal Parekh. If Srinivasa Rao is optimistic, then u r pessimistic. But unfortunately both are unrealistic. Things won't be as ideal as how Mr. Srinivasa Rao hopes, neither they would be as bad as u r expecting. i feel there would emough fight from both sides and if india can bat well in their first innings, we can trouble england very much. Regarding result, it is too early to predict.
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by Ifear paceman on Jul 20, 2007 08:20 AM
Yes fourth innings we have to play. Panesar will be deadly on fifth day worn wicket.
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by Utpal Parekh on Jul 20, 2007 08:32 AM
Exactly, in fact i won't be surprised if India have to follow on!! And England go on to win by an innings!! Though that is unlikely!! India is gonna lose this series 2-0!! Take this in writing!! With such a substandard club level bowling attack, we would not be able to bowl out even a county side!! Forget England!!
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by dishvin poojary on Jul 20, 2007 08:54 AM
You people always have negetive attitude towards our players.Be positive always and keep in mind that do not go for thinking about weak point.
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by Gurdevinder Arora on Jul 20, 2007 10:00 AM
Yes Mr Rao. Lot of game is to be played yet. The main point is we should not lose the match. Draw bhi OK.
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by Mature Stud on Jul 20, 2007 09:05 AM
Mr. Srinivas Rao is a bangalorean, rahul dravid fan. Like Dravid himself, all his supports are having stupid idiotic thinking leading to only nothing.
I am surprised that we still have such stupid optimists left in India. Optimism is good, it should be supported with astute and honest hardwork. It is not possible with guys like Pawar, niranjan shah, rahul dravid, etc in the helm of affairs.
RE:India can bounce back in this test
by jayasimha on Jul 20, 2007 10:18 AM
Cant understand your message-if any one appears stupid--read your msg again--in future why dont you take over the helm of Indian cricket and give your expert opinion.
