Both the openers especially Dinesh Karthik has been woefully out of form and this might be a problem for India if Dravid has to come out too early in the innings .. If the bad form continues .. we could have Dravid or VVS come out to open directly .. and make place for Yuvraj in the middle order.
Pace Attack has been a perennial worry for Indian Cricket .. and still continues .. The Pace attack should be able to make a few early breakthrough's so that the spinners do not get established and set batsman to bowl too .. otherwise the spinners will be taken for runs too!
If India manage to do decently in these two areas .. then we should not have much problem .. not only here against Paki's but against the Aussies too!
A Job well begun is half done .. so we need to start well with the bat and the ball!
RE:Two Problems for India - Openers & Pace Attack
by sridhar sridhar on Nov 14, 2007 07:06 PM
DK and Jaffer has done a decent job against Bangladesh and england when they came to open together. DK got a century against bangladesh and almost got to another one in England.DK is a technically sound player and more suited for tests, he has been reshuffled too much in the ODI's.Jaffer can to prove strong mentally in the tests, A decent stand of 80plus for the opening can do justice to the job.
RE:my dream team
by YAGDUTT ARYA on Nov 14, 2007 05:21 PM
DREAM TEAM SHOULD BE LIKE THIS WASIM JAFFAR VIRENDER SEHWAG RAHUL DRAVID SACHIN TENDULKAR SAURAV GANGULY VVS LAXMAN YUVRAJ SINGH MAHENDER SINGH DHONI ANIL KUMBLE HARBHAJAN SINGH ZAHIR KHAN S SREESANTH RP SINGH IRPHAN PATHAN
RE:my dream team
by VS Singh on Nov 14, 2007 04:29 PM
shewag should be considered for test squad playing 3 spinners in a team would not be possible and shewag can bowl also
RE:my dream team
by jaguar tech on Nov 14, 2007 04:32 PM
a typical mumbaikar's team but forgot about sairaj Bahatule and may be Vinod Kambli or even Kuruvilla and Nilesh Kulkarni
THIS IS MY DREAM IF IT HAPPENS THAN NO ONE CAN COME EVEN CLOSER TO US- MY DREAM IS ALL ELEVEN PLAYERS SHOULD DO BOWLING, BATTING, AND FIELDING. EVEN EVERY ELEVEN MUST KNOW HOW TO DO WICKET KEEPING. KYA AISSA HO SAKATA HAI!
RE:ALL ELEVEN ALL ROUNDER !
by Nikita Sharma on Nov 14, 2007 04:37 PM
we need to hav experienced players for test only...like ashish nehra , SS Das ...brilliant players
RE:ALL ELEVEN ALL ROUNDER !
by santosh dubey on Nov 14, 2007 04:49 PM
VINAL KEH DO KI JO TUMNE KAHA WOH SACH HAI, SACH HAI, KYA AISSA HO SAKATA HAI BHAI!
RE:irfan in place of murali
by Pooja Narayan on Nov 14, 2007 04:20 PM
Irfan Pathan was totally useless in the last ODI against Pakistan - his bowling figures have not been good at all lately...... it seems that south african girl has affected him more than what we think - what u reap you will sow....
RE:irfan in place of murali
by Rohit Srivastava on Nov 14, 2007 04:46 PM
rather irfan only had been the pick of the bowlers in the series so far and also the one against australia figures - aus- 8-38-0, 10-47-2, 10-57-2, 10-46-1, 2-11-0, 9-60-1, 5-23-1, (20/20 - 4-34-2). pak - 8-45-1, 10-53-1, 10-61-1. and most of the matches had scores of 300 plus, kindly update ur data before commenting on any player
RE:RE:irfan in place of murali
by on Nov 14, 2007 04:37 PM
well ms.pooja, i guess u r a big critic of irfan, but think frm the team's prspective...i guess the "murali kartik" thng done by the selectors ws under the infuence of our hon'lb capt
RE:irfan in place of murali
by Anantha Kumar Rajamani on Nov 14, 2007 04:30 PM
Agarkar is hailed as an all-rounder ONLY BY THE MEDIA!!! Readers seem to have forgotten the interview by Agarkar (to rediff) that he had proclaimed that "It was the media who have hailed me as an all-rounder"
Mr. Gentileman,You know dravid , what he is .Indian Test squad is meaning less without him . Do not make your further comment about him. Otherwise , I will..............
RE:Rahul Dravid
by Imran on Nov 14, 2007 04:18 PM
U are right sirji dravid is the only guy who plays in foreign pitches well rest all are tigers at home only.
RE:Rahul Dravid
by Rohit Srivastava on Nov 14, 2007 04:49 PM
dravid WAS a good batsman but his greed towards captaincy has spoiled him totally, he shld not be the part of team now, he is no longer a team man
RE:hi
by Vinal Gandhi on Nov 14, 2007 04:14 PM
why? Dhoni played good innings in England. Yuvi has not been given many chances since he hit the sintillating and responsible form. In fact Yuvi should be played in the final XI in place of VVS.
RE:hi
by narender narender on Nov 14, 2007 04:19 PM
have u forgot the innings of laxman in tests against australia ....yuvraj is good in one day team but he cant take the place in test overof VVS laxman
RE:hi
by Rohit Srivastava on Nov 14, 2007 04:52 PM
this is the pity of we indians, if a player had a good knock once in a lifetime we want to carry on with him only hoping that some day it might be repeated but ALAS the day never comes
RE:hi
by Vinal Gandhi on Nov 14, 2007 04:24 PM
I remember VVS indifferent form recently, especially in England!! And I remeber Yuvi's agility and his maturity. It's high time he is included in the playing XI on a regular basis.
RE:hi
by Nikita Sharma on Nov 14, 2007 04:30 PM
thats coz we need to preserve them for T20...we hav lot if young players for tests...vikram rathore shud com bac..ashish nehra shud open,,
