Guys this is International Cricket and not National Cricket or the IPL. The new upcoming players have to learn with the pressure of international cricket.
RE:Replacement of Dhoni
by jayanta sengupta on Jun 20, 2008 07:10 PM
Dhoni, is only good for T20 or one day cricket he is surely not fit for test matches. If we look around there are lots of other Wk who is better than Dhoni. Parthiv, Wriddiman or Dinesh weeket keeping wise is better than Dhoni. Now he has lost that blasting skill also, he is ordinary we have just given him a super star position. Jayanta
I do not understand why pravin kumar is there. Gony should have given chance. He performed better than Pravin kumar. Shikhar Dhavan or Swapnil should have be replaced to Uthappa who now going to be another Vinod Kambali, focusing only on hair style instead of game.
RE:Team Selection
by Kallol Bose on Jun 06, 2008 09:07 PM
memory of Indian people is so short lived. You are forgetting the fact that Praveen Kumar was the MOM in 2nd tri-series final in Aus earlier this year.
RE:Amit Mishra & Gony
by Venkatesh Pai on Jun 01, 2008 03:00 PM
I think Ojha is replaced to Harbhajan. As long as Piyush is there in the team, another leggy will not get chance.
You sometimes wonder that the commonsense does not prevail in INDIAN cricket. IPL T20 was not at all considered in selection but can you be so blind to see UTHAPPA being very much defeated by RAINA in all compartments of attitude, talent and performance and so as for Amit Mishra for Piyish Chawala.
If you do not recognize players in form and keep on giving chances to out of form players, you are missing an opoortunity to get the best of talent.
Same is with RP SINGH, why he is there?. He can take wickets but never been a match winner in recent past.
They could also have given chnaces to some youngsters like RAVINDER JADEJA, VIRAT KOHLI, SWAPNIL ASNODKAR and others.
RE:WHY NOT SURESH RAINA (IN PLACE OF UTTHAPA) AND AMIT MISHRA (IN PLACE OF PIYUSH CHAWALA)
by vaibhav kumar on May 31, 2008 11:11 PM
Excuse me as Raina is there in squad.
Dada rocks as he got far better runs than all the seniors & got 5 wickets in T20-20 with @ man of match award despite poor batting line up & loosing important fore3ign players.
He was the highest run scorer in ODI in 2007-08 still he has been dropped...This is pure desrimination by regional lobby & Ganguly baiters & Haters for making Indian team a force to reckon with!!!!! Shameful to give such treatment to a legend & a Captain who brought laurel to India!!!!
RE:Dada has clicked best in KKR despite all the Ganuly baiters & haters from regional lobby!!!
by S Narain on May 31, 2008 08:50 PM
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Former selector Kirti Azad also felt that fitness and form and not age should be the criteria to select a team.
Ganguly scored 349 runs in his 12( one not out) IPL innings. He was adjudged man of the match twice. He is also one of the most economical bowlers of the tournament at a rate of 6.40 and has six wickets in his kitty. he hit 16 sixes ,among the highest!!!
Tendulkar could play only six matches due to his fitness problems. The right-hander scored 148 runs and could smash only one six during the tournament.
Dravid, on the other hand, made 360 runs from 14 innings. Compared to this, Sri Lankan veteran Sanath Jayasuriya has scored 460 runs at an average of over 40, while Indian opener Gautam Gambhir has aggregated 523 at an average of 43. VS Giri is a lunatic!!!!
RE:Yusuf Pathan is a Great Player.
by h b on May 31, 2008 07:03 PM
U will definately forgot Afridi(the most hyped player like Shoeb Akhtar)when Yusuf will play in next series.He is very sensible & cool head batsman even better then Virendra sehvag.
RE:Yusuf Pathan is a Great Player.
by Daniel on May 31, 2008 03:38 PM
so u want yusuf to be a super flop like afridi? or ur msg is sarcastic. afridi hasnt been a success neither for pak nor for hyd team.
