Remember India were overhyped in 2006 ODI World Cup in WI, they were one of the pre-tournament favorites. And they got kicked out in qualifying rounds!
I think the problem with India is that dhoni attitude. One I don't understand, he keep saying that "It's not about 4s and 6 in t20, maybe b'coz he can't hit them, like sour grapes. I mean, even the most novice follower of cricket can tell what t20 is all about, big hits and more runs on the board. You can't take 2 runs of each balls, otherwise no batsman will talk risk and take aerial route, isn't it.
Re: Dravid
by abhay on Jun 13, 2009 10:39 PM
Your correct Dudh, But selector will not understand,Their is no use of only good captaincy he should also need to play big game(Score).
What's his vs WI :14 runs of 24 balls May be he is thinking test.
Re: Dhoni
by prem on Jun 14, 2009 07:52 AM
2007 world cup winner india reason Dhoni(only 40%),if 2009 world cup india loss means reason 100% dhoni,u(dhoni) r a cricketer not a actor(ads in tv).
SA WIN ENGLAND – SA 2 POINTS WI WIN IND – WI 2 POINTS SA WIN WI - SA 4 POINTS IND WIN ENGLAND – IND 2 POINTS ENGLAND WIN WI – ENGLAND 2 POINTS SA WIN IND – SA 6 POINTS So, INDIA, WI and ENGLAND will be tied with 2 points each, India should have better run rate!!!
Re: One Win against England is enough for INDIA
by indiandumb a on Jun 13, 2009 05:19 PM
Idiot dumbo, India has to play Sri Lanka...Why you give jus 2 points to iNdia, give them 10 if you want, drubber.
Dhoni, as a captain, either (1) refuses to beileve that his batting form is just not there or (2) try to selfishly resurrect his form through hogging balls Any other batsman with Dhoni's form(as a batsman) would have been booted out by now by Dhoni himself!
Re: Dhoni as a captain
by Jiji on Jun 13, 2009 08:59 PM
Dhoni has become a highly selfish player. Probably the most over-hyped player India has ever had. He has never won a match on his own. He has got credit for the hard work and skill of other players.
He just doesn't have the batting skills to call himself a batsman. Harbhajan Singh is a far better batsman than him.
He thinks all the India fans watching are idiots and dont understand what he is upto. He is not giving chance to better players to Raina, Yuvraj, and Yusuf Pathan, instead comes ahead of them and eats up all the balls.
He comes one down only when the openers have given a good start. if the first wicket falls early he realises that batting is not going to be easy hence sends Raina in.
Dhoni deserves to stripped off captaincy for playing such dirty politics.
Re: Dhoni as a captain
by abhay on Jun 13, 2009 10:40 PM
Dear Fans,
Sorry to say that that India will not reach semi final,bcz now they need to face SA so its now its possible to win for them and remaining is Engaland for they, they can beat(chances).So SA is No 1 team in the group & WI will definately beat England.So both( SA & WI) will go the semi round & remaining two(ENG &IND)will back to home.
Re: Re: Dhoni as a captain
by prem on Jun 14, 2009 07:56 AM
if the batting order change like this means ,surely india will win next two match, the batting order must be 1.gambir 2.irpan pathan or sharma 3.raina 4.yuraj 5.yusap pathan 6.sharma or irpan pathan 7.harbag singh 8.dhoni 9.zaheer 10.oja etc
Re: Re: Re: Dhoni as a captain
by ramesh on Jun 14, 2009 08:02 PM
dhoni is the wrost player in this team ,,,,, by his performance india lossed against WI...
Re: Missing Sehwag...
by varun on Jun 13, 2009 03:25 PM
yeah, viru would have dealt with the short pitch rubbish that windies were bowling by cutting them over the third man boundary. But he is injured so bad luck for india. RP singh should come in place of ishanth, and as indian fans let us hope india once again enter the semis by beating eng and Sa. But i think india will not make it this time because the bowling looks weak. Even bangladeshi batsmen were stepping out of their crease and hitting our fast bowlers all around the park.
Re: Re: Missing Sehwag...
by ashish sharma on Jun 13, 2009 03:34 PM
Dont worry dude, India has that in its genes, we come strong when we are down.
And when team starts winning all the combinataions looks fine.
3 years back team without Sachin was unimaginable & now his presence just adds experience, thats why we see better master in one days games these days.
To me in yesterday game, Ojha magic was simply missing..we relied on him heavily specially when two right handers were on crease after Gayle got out. Hats off to Bravo for brave performance and he was supported well by Simmons.
Re: how come fans have not blamed sachin this time?
by prem on Jun 14, 2009 08:08 AM
if sachin played means ,indian team surely win the match instead of dhoni,sachin will play better than dhoni,he can't eat 25% of over in T20,dhoni wasting 5overs in every match and taking only 10runs(watch all other country captains,no one can do this even bangaldesh,ireland,scotland),in T20 no need of partnership and standing a long time,just go and hit the ball hard or atleast take a single,sachin played means atleast he will get 40 runs out of 30 balls
This was one of the worst performance I have ever seen by team India.....whole team is responsible for this defeat..First, a poor show by a strong batting line up..and after this poor fielding and bowling by world class fileders and bowlers....Dhoni concentrated to restrict Chris Gayle but forgot that cricket is not one man show...that u can see how Bravo and Simmons took away from India....A poor fielding itself by captain MS Dhoni indicates that he was overconfident...If he could able to manage run out the result would have different...One more thing is that captain didn't utilize their bowler in a correct way..that was the blunder... I don't think that in next match, Ojha and Ishant should be in the team...instead of these player,RP Singh and Karthick is the better option...becoz T20 is batsman game and india team must play with 7 specialist batsman...
