India prove that they are a great team overseas as well. All thought they can have major wins only in India. This is a clear evidence that India can win abroad as well. Well done India. Next target is Australia.
RE:Great IndiA
by avishek roy on May 28, 2007 11:16 AM
Is this lady ( I doubt , might be the third category ) Mad ??? She's shitting all kind of nosenses in the message board ...
RE:Great IndiA
by Deepak Verma on May 28, 2007 11:44 AM
Ya, and also see that india's second biggest win is again Australia (by an inning and some 234 runs).
RE:RE:Great IndiA
by yogesh Puranik on May 28, 2007 12:07 PM
Be Indian ! and let us hope for the best agasint so called AUSTRALIA. We want manger some one like JohnWright or Ravi Shastri to accomplish this task. Ravi Shastri is my first choice as he has regrouped our Indian team after getting early exit from World cup and acheived this results
RE:Great IndiA
by on May 28, 2007 11:14 AM
India is gr8. We are now proud to say that team India has comprehensively beaten a team that has done exceedingly well in the world cup to reach the super 8. Now that bangladesh is conquered, bring on the aussies!! team India will crush them too :))))
RE:Great IndiA
by yogesh Puranik on May 28, 2007 11:14 AM
I think you ahve not read the History. In 2004 India made score of 705 /4 decalred agasinst Australia in their own den. Can you go back to history and please tell me who has made this kind of score in Australia in last 20 years.Who have the guts to declare the score agsinst AUSTRALIA in their own country.
ITS INDIA ONLY ONCE AGAIN WILL SHOW TO WORLD HOW TO BEAT THEM SAME AS IN 2004. LET US SEE.
RE:Great IndiA
by Sandeep M on May 28, 2007 12:06 PM
705 for 7 declared at Sydney!! And had it not been for the biased umpiring of Steve Bucknor and the Khaman dhokla and Farsan Matte of Parthiv Patel, we would have won that match!!
I have nothing agaisnst Sachin but selection of him as Man of the Series is totally absurd. In fact Rahul Dravid was the right choice. It is Dravid who at the fall of Jaffer for the first ball of the first test played a superb positive and aggressive display of batsmanship and demoralise the Bangla bowlers with a useful partnership with Karthik. Sachin and Saurav only capitalised and scored centuries gainst the tiring bowlers. It was Dravid who made a sporting declaration to bring life to rain affected First Test but Bangla team played safe by sedative batting in the second innings to settle for a tame draw.
In the Second test also Dravid played a very positive cricket to score 129 bu contrary to this Sachin played to achieve a personal milestone by scoring one more century in 200 plus balls when India wanted big score and faster run rate. I should say in both tests Tendulkar's contribution with the bat had not helped his team much. In the first innings of the second test if only Sachin had played brisk inning we could have seen Dhoni blasting a century in record time. Poor Dhoni had to sacrifice his century because of slow batting of Sachin. His haul of 2 wickets in Bangla second innings had come only because of indiscrete shots of he players and because of his good bowling. Dravid showed excellant leadership in both tests hence deserved MAN OF THE SERIES AWARD.
RE:Man of the series.
by alfred tauro on May 28, 2007 11:45 AM
whats ur problem? when sachin fails u hav a problem when he performs u hav a problem!!!! u mean to say that dhoni would hav scored a cntury in 70 balls in that humidity? oh yes he would because the bangla bowlers were tired!! and talking about dravid he threw away his wicket after being so well set. it was a needless shot. come on guys grow up!! even don bradman was not the same batsman throughout his career even he kept changing his batting style and technique as the years went by!!! and what was more important dhoni scoring a century or india wining? in fact if u r so confident about dhoni's talent y couldnt he score 75 i 50 balls instead of 51 in 50 balls???
RE:Man of the series.
by Krishna on May 28, 2007 10:24 AM
i do agree!!! but sachin is the highest run getter with 3 wickets and 5 catches!!! you are right dravid played a better game than tendulkar!!! and as you indians allow tail enders to prolong more!! both deliveries in the second innings to take mortaza and rafeek are not just bats mistake!! LBW bold and caught behind should credits bowler only!!!
he is better than avarge not the same best!!! let him perform this atleast!!
RE:Man of the series.
by Kannan Chandrasekaran on May 28, 2007 10:58 AM
This is how Dravid played a very slow innings when Sachin or Ganguly were captains...
RE:Man of the series.
by vaibhav mehrotra on May 28, 2007 12:58 PM
hey ..i dont think...the committee or the people who choose MOM or MOS favour anybody...be it sachin or saurav or dravid..karthik gets praised when makes a fifty and sachin gets cursed when he makes a century..even if his performance was not a match winning one..he did make a contribution towards the victory...if u cant praise atleast don curse..if he dosent play well he will be outta the team..at this point i dont think..Yuvi or Veeru can displace him in the test side..respect the guy its his 18th year in international cricket and he can still score back to back centuries.......
RE:Man of the series.
by bharat on May 28, 2007 10:32 AM
I agree with you. Inspite of their heroics against Bangladesh, Sachin and Ganguly should be dropped for the series against England.
RE:RE:Man of the series.
by jayasimha on May 28, 2007 11:29 AM
be careful in what you say--you will have the likes of Sidhu, jadeja, Times & NDTV in an uproar--they are all pro ganguly and also include that ridiculous Sreekanth who is a sachin fan.
RE:Man of the series.
by jayasimha on May 28, 2007 11:25 AM
slight correction-when we lose we blame Dravid, Coach, BCCI, selectors etc--when we win the most deserving dont get any rewards except a slow coach like tendulkar who wanted a century at any cost--so grow up!!!
RE:RE:Man of the series.
by MOHAN KUMAR on May 28, 2007 11:36 AM
Blaming dravid... Are you joking. He is the only captain, have no worry after losing the game in WC. See his records after his captainship. Can u tell me one game india won becase of your Captain.
RE:Man of the series.
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on May 28, 2007 10:22 AM
I absolutely agree with you. when other batsman were playing freely , we have seen the great Sachin Tendulakr strugggling and playing slowly only to finish his Century. He is the slowest century maker in the first innings of the Second test match. Dravid was playing extreemly well and even acceralted the innings after his century where as Sachin played very slowly which made the other batsman like Karthik and Dhoni to play aggresssive shots and satisfy their wickets.
It is very sure that these days Sacin is a changed player and wants to show to the world that he can make runs, but in this process he is taking too much time which is increasing pressure on other players.
It doesnt matter howmany rtuns you scores, they are useless if they dotn contribute to the course of the team's Victory.
RE:Man of the series.
by indian on May 28, 2007 10:26 AM
u giuys are simple loosers nothing else , the guy scored 2 cent in two matches , and india won by the biggest margin ever , even u r complaining , look at youself man , what u had done let us know .
RE:Man of the series.
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on May 28, 2007 10:34 AM
I am not anything against Sachin and had atmost respect for the guy.
I only tell you what Happended wt my opinion is on this match. I only fear that Sachin is getting into a mood where he want to prove himself by scoring only centuries and in result, trying to more watchful and not concentrating on his own game. Thats what my point is.
Coming to his bolwing, he has been always a good partnership breaker and continues to do so. This only questions the decision of management to play with 5 bolwers. We should have played either Lakshman or Yuvraj to give them some batting practice for the next important test series.
With sachin and saurav sharing the burden of bowling atleast 10 10 = 20 overs per innings, we should play with 6 4 1 combination with Karthik and jaffer/Gambhir at the top, Dravid, Sachin, saurav, Lakshman, yuvi taking the next 4 spots, dhoni coming @7 and 4 bolwers.
RE:Man of the series.
by rangdebasanti on May 28, 2007 10:48 AM
Point No 2: Agree except the opinion to include yuvi in a test. He should go back and collect energy and come back for the one day stint. Indian team is good enough without him. His flamboyant presence just shakes the balance.
Point No 1: Leave Sachin alone. He is more matured about his game than all of us put together.
RE:Man of the series.
by Upadrasta PardhaSaradhi on May 28, 2007 11:30 AM
See Boss, We have seen Sachin play for the last 17 years and we are also matured enough to understand how he is playing and when he is struggling and why he is truggling. i am not barking at him. I am only praying that I am wrong and Sachin is not going into his own shell to rpove himself.
Comign to Yuvi, may be you r right, Since he is in team, I named his name. I can name any other players who can take Test Spot. My point is we do plan well and mix youth with experience and by the time Dravid, sachin, saurav and Lakshman retires , we should have young guys to take their spots. We should give chances to guys like Yuvi, Kaif, Dinesh kaarthik,Gautam Gambhir even is test matches to groom themselves.
Indians should follow a policy where 3 of the 4 seniors (dravid, Sachin, Saurav, Lakshman) and 3 of the Juniors( Yuvi, Kaif, Dinesh kaarthik,Gautam Gambhir etc) play in the test matches on a rotation basis. Selection is a very important, probably the most important, tool in building good teams.
Now indians are totally harassed. They don't see which country is playing against him. A day when India was proud to play with australia. But now what happend. A small team like Bangladesh which india is taking credit. How shame to the Indian cricket team.
RE:Win against Australia
by Raam on May 28, 2007 10:01 AM
Victory is victory may it be Australia or Bangladesh. When India lost to Bangla you people criticise them and when wins, the same attitude. This negative reaction comes normally from people who do not have cricket knowledge.
RE:Win against Australia
by arun on May 28, 2007 10:14 AM
This negative attitude only for the poor performance of indian team. You told victory is victory. Explain me when a match against India and Keny the stadium is empty and when a match with Aussies then the stadium is full of people. Tell me the logic. Then india should have to play only with Bermunda, Kenya, Ireland and B. desh.
RE:Win against Australia
by arun on May 28, 2007 10:28 AM
you know what is the difference between Veg. and Non. Veg. I think you are totally a vegetarian. We are spending our valuable time for game we have the rights to make our opinion.
RE:Win against Australia
by RG on May 28, 2007 11:02 AM
who asked you to spend your valuable time for Indian cricket? You yourself chose to. So don't blame others for your mistake.
BTW, what's there in the non-veg menu tonight? I'm coming.
RE:Win against Australia
by durgesh shah on May 28, 2007 10:43 AM
In the end we need to see that have won like they have to win against a team like bangladesh. So we should aacknowledge that fact and just leave behind the world cup memories
RE:Win against Australia
by Ramanath Babu on May 28, 2007 11:25 AM
Australia also beaten Bangladesh. When they took on Bangladesh, they did not show any mercy. The Aussie team was at its full strength, as if they are taking on SA or playing Ashes series. They crushed the Bangladesh.
I do not think any Austrialian would have commented that this is not a victory since it has come againstly lowly rated team. Nor the ICC count those matches separately. It is official test match and the team wins that match is credited for the win.
So victory is always victory. By the way where were you pleple when Gunguly's team defeated a hapless Zimbabe? There were no adverse comments at that time. Honestly ask yourself as to why you aqre criticising the Indian team now. ONly because it is led by Dravid. Had Gunguly been the caption, this victory over Bangladesh would have been a great one!
RE:Win against Australia
by yogesh Puranik on May 28, 2007 12:28 PM
I think you ahve not read the History. In 2004 India made score of 705 /4 decalred agasinst Australia in their own den. Can you go back to history and please tell me who has made this kind of score in Australia in last 20 years.Who have the guts to declare the score agsinst AUSTRALIA in their own country.
ITS INDIA ONLY ONCE AGAIN WILL SHOW TO WORLD HOW TO BEAT THEM SAME AS IN 2004. LET US SEE.
RE:Win against Australia
by vaibhav mehrotra on May 28, 2007 12:56 PM
hey ..i dont think...the committee or the people who choose MOM or MOS favour anybody...be it sachin or saurav or dravid..karthik gets praised when makes a fifty and sachin gets cursed when he makes a century..even if his performance was not a match winning one..he did make a contribution towards the victory...if u cant praise atleast don curse..if he dosent play well he will be outta the team..at this point i dont think..Yuvi or Veeru can displace him in the test side..respect the guy its his 18th year in international cricket and he can still score back to back centuries.......
RE:Win against Australia
by Venugopalan on May 28, 2007 10:41 AM
You are totally right. Indian mentality is always negative. BD have improved their standard under coach Whatmore and no one can write them off. So beating them in their own soil is no small achievement. Instead of finding fault with every thing indian think positive.
Bangladesh ko harakar apne aap ko surma mat samjo Beat the Champions and then open up.Any way now the ads will start again pouring in.we want indian team as a chamipions.They shud be able to win world cup in a row three times...Do they have the guts..
RE:Beating Bangladesh will not make us Happy ! Let them beat aussie !
by yogesh Puranik on May 28, 2007 12:42 PM
Where are you when India when in 2004 India made score of 705 /4 decalred agasinst Australia in their own den. Can you go back to history and please tell me who has made this kind of score in Australia in last 20 years.Who have the guts to declare the score agsinst AUSTRALIA in their own country.
ITS INDIA ONLY ONCE AGAIN WILL SHOW TO WORLD HOW TO BEAT THEM SAME AS IN 2004. LET US SEE.
RE:Beating Bangladesh will not make us Happy ! Let them beat aussie !
by Pradeep Satapathy on May 28, 2007 09:47 AM
100% right. People can't forget the match with B.Desh in WORLDCUP. This is not the credit for indians. Beat Ausi then take the credit
RE:Beating Bangladesh will not make us Happy ! Let them beat aussie !
by prasoon chaudhary on May 28, 2007 10:22 AM
when india will beat australia, then these sick people will say - ek baar haraya to kya hua..har baar hara ke dikhao then take credit...
RE:Beating Bangladesh will not make us Happy ! Let them beat aussie !
by Rogar Dat on May 28, 2007 10:36 AM
toh galat kya hain ..baar baar harane mein ...
RE:India's win
by yogesh kumar on May 28, 2007 09:33 AM
yes they are really minnows..Indian team can beat them in just 3 days..really we shud sent our under 18 team to Beat them ..
RE:India's win
by bond007 on May 28, 2007 09:55 AM
Definitely there is not at all excitement after this great win. If really they want to improve their games, they should play against SA, Sri Lanka, Newzeland, Australia and Pakistan. Nevertheless there are few players who should start thinking for retirement though they perform well against these minnows.
RE:RE:India's win
by Ramanath Babu on May 28, 2007 11:28 AM
Not only back, India beat Australia also under three days in a test match in Kolkota. On the very same tour, the touring side lost another three day match to Ranji Champions Mumbai.
Should'nt we have called Australians a minnow team?
DON'T FORGET RAVI SHASHTRI HAD A ROLL IN TURN AROUND.Sachin could not have a single MOM during Greg's tenure. Ravi certainly made a big difference. He should be coordinator between coach and players.
RE:RAVI SHASHTRI
by bharat on May 28, 2007 10:28 AM
Ravi Shastri has an easier and better paying job as a commentator. He would not want to be the "coordinator" between the coach and the players. That could be the worst possible job in Indian cricket to be sandwiched between the coach and the players!
RE:RAVI SHASHTRI
by bharat on May 28, 2007 09:41 AM
We would have won this series with any cat or dog as the manager. The skills of the manager or the captain were not tested against Bangladesh!
We were in a lose-lose situation in this series. If we had lost any game it would have brought us more shame and there is no credit for winning. After all what else do you expect playing against the minnows?
RE:RAVI SHASHTRI
by meena chandar on May 28, 2007 10:16 AM
dont forget we lost shamefully to Bangladesh in the worldcup.. where did all the cat and dog go that time
RE:RAVI SHASHTRI
by bond007 on May 28, 2007 10:06 AM
It may not be right to comments on Ravi Shastri. Indian victory was inevitable. Coach impact might be seen in future if India play & win with other countries also.
RE:RAVI SHASHTRI
by prasoon chaudhary on May 28, 2007 10:23 AM
Anyway, Ravi is back to his employers 'ESPN-STAR SPORTS'...He is not interested in these posts....
RE:RE:Anything to write against Dravid
by Vijay Patel on May 28, 2007 09:18 AM
Now don't call him in the team as well for the next series...it will be good for the team...
