referal system be made compulsory. India would never have lost Sydney Test. & australia would probably have won Perth test. But all those who(BCCI, Kumble, Bhajan ) only talk about injustice at sydney should never forget perth favourable decisions .
Re: referal
by arul m on Nov 24, 2008 08:05 PM
Umpires may be was ashamed of their conduct at Sydney that they tried to make amends in Perth. But still India would have won that match.
Anyway, India did not claim grassed catches twice in an innings
What the hell is this D/L? How can this be greater than the playing team.If a team scores some 170 odd runs in its alloted 22 overs, then how come the target revised to 198?If that is the case, then why shd u have players? They can set a target and ask the opp team to bat!!Absolutely non sense..This D/L is spoiling the game of cricket..Poor English Team..They showed a lot of character on and off the field..Hats off to them!!Duck Duck D/L
Re: Duck Duck
by arul m on Nov 24, 2008 08:03 PM
It seems you do not believe in fairplay.
India did not know about 22 overs a side match at the beginning of the innings, england did.
India did not lost wickets almost till 18th over of the 22 overe, so had they been told earlier, they would have scored more than 12-13 per over easily
India missed the third power play
India did not ask KVP to put them in first
D/L is there to provide a level playing field for the contesting side in a truncated match and india used it better then England. This method is approved by ICC where the "poor" English and Aussies are still calling shots
Your sympathy is entirely misplaced and shows your zeal in India bashing.
Re: Duck Duck
by jeyaraman k on Nov 25, 2008 12:43 AM
Many times we had been the victim of DL method, if a few times we are winning in DL try to accept friend!!. Now i come to your question. When IND started batting they dont know they have to bat only for 22 overs, so they played to keep wickets for the total 50 overs. After 17 overs if you reduce the match to 22 overs, what one can score at teh remaining 5 overs?? so calculating every thing we had a decent win... Just to fresh your memory! The same poor english team had the advantage of sending south africa to bat for a target of 22runs in 1 ball (same D/L method) in 1992 world cup semi finals...
Look at all the unfair advantages India got during yesterday's match against England:
1) England won the toss and elected to field considering it as 50 over game 2) India got 14 overs as Powerplay where as England got only 8 3) D/L method takes in to consideration all the high scoring overs. India got advantage when after coming back they were just 1 wicket down and they knew that the match is reduced to 22 overs. 4) India scored @ avg of 7.54 whereas England came out to bat with a target of 198 in 22 overs (avg of 9.00)
Though I like India to win each and every match they play, I think it should be a fair play. I hope someone takes up this stupid D/L method and does something about it before India ends up on the receiving side.
Re: Not a win to be proud of
by arul m on Nov 24, 2008 07:48 PM
But until D/L is null and void, do not belittle this victory. When you guys stomach tie-breakers in world cup football finals and in tennis, why not D/L in cricket. Everybody knew it is going to rain. England won the toss, they could have elected to bat and did what India did. Because, KVP was out-foxed at Kanpur by Dhoni and Co he let indians bat first. My guess is Had india been told in adv of a 22 over mathch they would have scored mroe than 178 or odd of what England scored.
Re: sydney is my new home and i am loving it, i am out of third world delhi, i lived in def col but like any place in india,it is zero compared to sydney
by Jignesh Patel on Nov 24, 2008 05:51 PM
go to h3ll saale tune kiya kya india ke liye jo faltu mein bakwaas kar raha hai...first contribute then speak...douchebag saala
Re: i am really happy for sachin
by sriram ambalavanan on Nov 24, 2008 05:35 PM
dont be so arrogant !!!! why do you expect some one to score immediately 50 or 100 after a short gap.... and ultimately it happens for everyone... everyone said yusuf pathan was a waste but then he proved good on the subsequent matches.... anyway, i am not telling you because he has scored more than 16000 runs, but he had been in very good form in the recent test series as well...
Re: i am really happy for sachin
by Rocky Jurgular on Nov 24, 2008 06:06 PM
Most of us are not aganist Sachin. But what we expect from him is more responsibility. He himself should suggest Dhoni that Gauti & Viru are in good opening form, so I better bat at No. 1. And India is in desparate search for No 1 slot.
Re: i am really happy for sachin
by asit kumar mahapatra on Nov 24, 2008 06:34 PM
no no i am not arrogant.excuse my intlect .mind it this is india cap.sachin is doing the national duty.no funny things here
With all respect to Sehwag's innings,I feel yesterday's MoM award should have gone to Zaheer for excellent spell of 5-20-2.Also his spell in powerplays brought us back in the match which was slipping from us when shah and flintoff were scoring around 12 rpo.I don't know how many of u will agree.
Re: Zaheer should have been the MoM
by chrsvd pavan kumar on Nov 24, 2008 10:55 AM
i agree with your opinion. however, unless for sehwag blitzcreig innings, there would have been simply nothing for zaheer to bowl at. And hence, may be, sehwag was chosen MOM. If there were only 30-35 runs contribution from all our top order batsmen, then it would have been Zaheer the MOM. but as thy say.... no ifs and buts in cricket.lol
Re: Zaheer should have been the MoM
by Sivaraj on Nov 24, 2008 12:27 PM
YOU ARE RIGHT. MoM SHOULD HAVE BEEN ZAHEER. I don't know how these ppl are choosing the MoM and all?
Re: Zaheer should have been the MoM
by Arun Davidson on Nov 24, 2008 01:58 PM
I agree, for me ZAK is the MOM. ZAK 2 for 20 is equivalent to 90* (60 balls). Cricket is already biased towards batsman, atleast the officials should encourage the bowlers.
Re: Zaheer should have been the MoM
by SANJEEV KUMAR on Nov 24, 2008 01:28 PM
I also agree that Zaheer deserved MoM for his contribution considering the Context & match situation. I think, awards always favours the batsman, hence sehwag got it.
i think the selectors should rest Dhoni,zaheer,bhaji and to extent sehwag too. this way they will get burnt out. This is a great opportunity to give players like robin utappa,badrinath,rohit sharma.chetan pujara,shikar dhawan,rp ,ojha,ashwin,to get exposure in one dayers at international level
Re: Rest dhoni
by km vb on Nov 24, 2008 10:33 AM
Yeah it is correct. Rest Dhoni,Zaheer,Bajji,Ishanth,Sewag and Gautam and let sachin play with other youngsters like Virat Kohli,Rohit Sharma,Ojah,R.P singh,Shikar Dhawan and also bring in two record partership makers Pujara and Ravindra.
sachi the greatest odi batsman in history of odis but shd he open i mean,why to break opening combo of gautam and veeru simply bcoz they r going great guns
a player shd not be bigger than team
and sachin shd realise it,he is being selfish by opening with veeru and stopping gautam to open who is in the form of his life
all sachin fans including me shd understand that sachin cannot play for 100 yrs he is human being
Re: sachin
by km vb on Nov 24, 2008 10:20 AM
There is no outspoken either from coach or captain, so the results certain quite contratry to earlier coach. Also,Dhoni bringing a new thought altogether compared to earlier captain.Its like new technology.The team is enthusiastic,driving,challenging&delivering one's own effort.It appears each one is working on their basics and delivering their efforts.Only a black mark amoung the young team to be removed for a complete charge of the team is waiting for sachin to announce his retirement.
Re: Re: sachin
by km vb on Nov 24, 2008 10:27 AM
WISH SELECTORS , BCCI,COMMENTATORS,MEDIA AND EX-PLAYERS SHOULD TELL SACHIN THAT AS LIKE SACHIN THERE ARE MANY YOUNGSTERS LOVE CRICKET AND GIVE MESSAGE TO RETIRE VOLUNTARILY BEFORE HE IS BEING PUSHED OUT.
