One thing's for sure, we will be fielding a terrible fielding side in the first test. I guess barring Harbhajan and Karthik there r no fresh legs. Dhoni is the keeper so cant count him. VVS,Rahul and Tends would have the slips covered. Anil himself is a horrible fielder and Sourav was never known for this aspect of the game anyways. Jaffer is better than Zaheer and Munaf is too lazy in the field for his age.
The column starts with "India are set to stick to their tried and tested combination". Whereas, it should have been "Tired and Rusted" in place of "Tried and Trusted". All the best to Kumbla and his Elderly Team.
I HAVE READ ALL THE SUGGESTIONS WHICH SOME MANY CRICKET FANS HAVE WRITTED. MY SUGGESTION IS THE MAN IN FORM AND RIGHT TECHNIQUE PLAYS REMOVE GANGULY MAKE HIM PLAY DOMESTIC CRICKET BRING IN YUVRAJ. PROBLEM SOLVED
RE:ONE CHANGE NEEDED
by nikhilhaas on Nov 22, 2007 12:45 AM
Laxman haven't played against Bangladesh.The average you are showing for 2007 tests includes bangladesh tests in which laxman haven't played and other played superbly in those 2 tests.So don't count on them.Show the scores of all the matches of 2007 tests barring bangladesh.
RE:ONE CHANGE NEEDED
by David Bhaskar on Nov 21, 2007 06:37 PM
you should be applying for Indian team management post.....i heard there is vaccancy !!!
Man what a analysis given by you guys.....English ka MBA KAR DIYA TUM LOG
RE:ONE CHANGE NEEDED
by abhijit baruah on Nov 21, 2007 06:08 PM
YES, GANGULY SHOULD BE OUT FROM THE TEAM. SELECT THE YOUNG PLAYERS LIKE YUBRAJ, GOUTOM GAMBHIR, B SEHWAG,ROHIT SARMA,RABIN UTTHAPA THEY'll LEARN FROM SACHIN LAXMAN DRAVID AND PREPARE HIMSELF FOR fourthcoming AUSTRALIA TOUR. BECAUSE FEW YEARS LATER THEY HAVE TO REPRESENT INDIA AFTER RETIREMENT OF SACHIN, DRAVID, LAXMAN, KUMBLE,CHAK DE AGAIN IN TEST MATCH ALSO
RE:RE:ONE CHANGE NEEDED
by abhijit baruah on Nov 21, 2007 06:23 PM
NOT THE PAST RECORD, MY FIFTEEN MEMBER DREAM TEAM IS, SEHWAG,GAMBHIR,LAXMAN, TENDULKER,DRAVID,YUBRAJ,KARTIK, DHONI,KUMBLE, HARBHAJAN,ZAHIR,PATHAN R P SING, MUNAF PATEL,S SRISANTH,. SEHWAG & GAMBHIR BOTH ARE STORKPLAYER. THEY'll add 100 run in 20 over but jaffar & kartik only 50-60. now a days test match is not 50 years ago match it is going to be like 50 over ODI MATCH.WHO AGAINST MY OPINION JUST WATCH LAST FEW TEST MATCHES OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA,SOUTH AFRICA.
RE:ONE CHANGE NEEDED
by prakash mohanasundaram on Nov 21, 2007 06:07 PM
records dont tell u the full story. Yuvi, if given a few chances would have a good record to show also.
India should play Yuvraj in first test, as he is very good player, he proved him self many times. Laxman scored only 34 and 28 in his last match (domestec match).
He has been tagged as Jumbo, Smiling Assasin & wat not in the past. If u look at stats for over 15 yrs, u'll start admiring this champion. He has won more Test for us than any other baller or batsman. He throughly deserves captaincy. Kick out Ganguly from test squad. Yuvi is suffering due to DADA's past records. Yuvi is future of Indian cricket & doesn't need to prove anything to anybody.
RE:Anil Kumble - Champion player
by Anirudh on Nov 21, 2007 05:59 PM
small correction: yuvi is suffering because of dada's current records (considering all tests from SA series till england series).
RE:Anil Kumble - Champion player
by salim mansuri on Nov 21, 2007 05:56 PM
yes i agree with you that kumble has done right by dropping yuraj.you are right in saying that yuvraj should be dropped.i agree.thanks.
RE:Yuvi to be picked up for 2nd and 3rd tests atleast..
by Ian Chappel on Nov 21, 2007 05:50 PM
Mates....what the hell this Garbage Ganguly is doing in the team..where is yuvraj mates! How can you rest a player like yuvraj in place of that 'Garbage' 'Gangu bai' ???
Karthik should be out of the team and be replaced by Yuvraj Singh. Get Sehwag at the top of the order at the cost of Ganguly - to demolish the Pak attack at top.
RE:Karthik out - Yuvi in
by prakash mohanasundaram on Nov 21, 2007 05:51 PM
Karthik did well in tests in England. He was able to counter the swinging new ball pretty well. He played bounce pretty well too. Pak bowlers especially Shoaib and Gul would try and do the same thing. I dont think we should disturb karthik. Sehwag as opener....ahh am not sure. His footwork worries me. Especially when he plays that fast outswinger.
RE:RE:Karthik out - Yuvi in
by vinay on Nov 21, 2007 06:00 PM
sehwag shouuld be play for 3rd test because instead of S.Africa series he never fail.he is a great test batsmen.Against Australia.194 in Australia. 183 against westindies in westindies.309 & 254 against pak in pak & make a century in newzeland, S.africa, England at their pitches
RE:Karthik out - Yuvi in
by Radhika Gupta on Nov 21, 2007 06:11 PM
i think karthik should keep instead of dhoni as karthik is much better keeper than dhoni, so the team shlld be like:
