Re: Manish Pandey
by srinivas on Jul 08, 2009 06:23 AM
Yes, that was strange... he is very good player... I dont know form where thry picked up the players...
These Aussies brag and harp about everything and then blame too much cricket for their debacles. It's better to keep their mouths shut for 7 weeks, thrash England and then talk about what they discovered and how they went about things. Its imperative for the Aussies to win at least 2 Test matches on this tour, we know England can't win more than 2 in a 5 match series. The latest being Brett Lee, who says he's now a seasoned exponent of the reverse swing having learned the art in India from the Indian pacers, viz. Ishant Sharma and Zaheer Khan.
Now MSDhoni praised the Indian bowlers for a splendid display in West Indies. As far as I remember we conceded 319 runs in the 1st ODI and won by 20 runs, lost the 2nd ODI by 8 wickets when we were defending 188 runs and in the 3rd ODI we conceded 185 runs in 27 overs and won by 6 wickets in a topsy turvy run chase orchestrated by the Caribbean rainfall at St.Lucia. All performances were influenced by the performances of the batsmen rather than the bowlers. It was only yesterday, in the abandoned 4th ODI that our bowlers had any significant impact, that too because Ishant Sharma got Chris Gayle early. It is too early for Dhoni to say that he's happy with the bowling and for us to happy with our ground fielding. Our batting is still inconsistent and is a major cause for concern. We need to justify our number 3 status in the ODI rankings by playing well in the Champions trophy in September 2009 and all other ICC tournaments from there on
