Bihar has always produced good leaders and Dhoni is the live example. This backward state has produced so many talents in the form of Syed Saba Karim, Kriti Azad, Subroto Banarjee and so on but they failed to establish because could not get the opportunity on right time.This is the right time of indian cricket where they have really tasted the flavour of Win. This is the alround team performance and we cannot give the whole credit to Dhoni but his leadership cannot be ignored. India never get a team like this before and hopefully if we beat aussie in ongoing series then we will certainly ge crowned as a top rank team first time criketing history
Re: Re: Dhoni Talent
by s mumbai on Nov 02, 2009 08:30 AM
look at the names he has said...saba karim ( his eyes hahahahah), kirit azad and subroto banerjee ( responsible for loss of match against england in world cup) were no players....dhoni is from jharkhand...and pls bihar can produce good dacoits and robbers not gentlemen...
Re: Re: Re: Dhoni Talent
by nandakumar anantharaman on Nov 02, 2009 10:12 AM
yes! lalooji has shown that he can wield his influence in cricket now..., jharkhand has included his son tejaswi yadav in the ranji team... well done lalooji and "good luck to you, jharkhand..!"
India should better win in Mohali, as they are not going to win in the following game in Hyd - no host team won a game yet in Hyd, including the Chargers (there could be a game or two in the Ranji level)
Re: Mohali better win
by Tridip Sarma on Nov 02, 2009 09:20 AM
Please note Sachin scored 186 vs Newzealand in Hydrabad and India won the match in a big way.
Re: Mohali better win
by Mohammad Haris on Nov 02, 2009 06:43 AM
statistically, india never posted such a total against australia, no captain scored as much as dhoni did in the match...statistics were broken by dhoni and yuvi like a piece of glass....inshallah india will be no.1 team in the world by the end of the series, ameen! im hoping sachin too joins the party, with a century!
Re: Rediff is sensationalizing this
by Bhasmasur on Nov 01, 2009 09:54 PM
haha.. Right. Ponting never slammed the pitch as there was nothing to slam as it had some more juice for Bowlers. A real good pitch indeed
Re: Just two questions for Ponting..
by Prabodh Jain on Nov 01, 2009 09:33 PM
Ponting whines just about everything. He is the sour looser and the biggest cry baby.
Usually cheaters are the one who complaint about everything that they can't get..
I will never understand why a low scoring pitch is criticized by all and sundry. It is such pitches that bring out the most exciting matches. Who can forget the 1999 World cup Semi final Aus - SA, or the recent Aus - Pak match in the Champions trophy this year. All captains seem to think that only a high scoring match can be an interesting one. Such a pitch brings out the best in the batsman. It showed the difference between getting the basics of batting right which is what Yuvraj, Dhoni and Sachin to some extent did and sloggers like Sehwag whom we idolise didn't. It was very disciplined batting by the Indians. Congratulations to them. And I hope they don't whine if they lose a match on a pitch like this.
How can a high scoring match on a pitch which gradually deteriorates be interesting. How often have we seen boring matches in which the team batting 1'st piles on 300 because the hapless bowlers just don't have the element of turn/swing to assist them. and the hapless one batting 2'nd crumbles due to mere target pressure and loses almost all wickets under 200. And then some so called experts attribute it to the greatness of the team batting 1'st.
A low scoring pitch is as good as any other. A Cricket match wasn't meant for some players to make records on high scoring pitches. It is meant to be won under whatever be the situation.
Re: Cricket shouldn't be Racist against bowlers
by Against Pseudos on Nov 02, 2009 05:51 AM
Varghese
Good long windy analysis. But if you had only read the article in addition to the headline, you'd have realised that there wasn't any criticism of the pitch by Ponting. If anyone has criticised the pitch, it is Rediff, through their extreme headline writing. :)
Re: Re: Cricket shouldn't be Racist against bowlers
by George Varghese on Nov 02, 2009 12:19 PM
My criticism of Ponting is only as explicit as his criticism of the pitch. Read between the lines "couldn't get worse etc". Niether have I mentioned 'Ponting' or 'Ricky' anywhere in the comment. It is a general criticism of attitude of most captains today, ex players and so called experts.
Re: Cricket shouldn't be Racist against bowlers
by shibu kurian on Nov 02, 2009 12:11 AM
Hey George, Wonderful analysiss by you. Completely agree with your points. Low scoring pich are diffrent than bad pitches. One should play on all kinds of piches to prove their batting superiority rather than playing only on good scoring pitches.
Re: We need more wickets like Kotla
by Sudarsan on Nov 02, 2009 12:52 AM
we need more wickets like the one in Nagpur which had good bounce and carry. Even though india scored 350 , it was more due to poor aussie bowling and brilliant dhoni and raina batting. Australia scored only 255. we need such wickets to have good entertainment as well as fair chances to both teams.
This man is the biggest Whinger. Usually cheaters are the big whingers, and it fit best to Ponting. There isn't single series where you haven't heard Ponting complaining. Even during the Ashes, he was whinging and english public booed him righly through out the series..
