Amit is not rite, Indian Bowling was bad, RP, Ishant and Bhajji needs complete overhaul, I just wonder what any captain can do when your three regular bowlers fail miserably. Both RP and Ishant needs to learn bowling death overs(no yorkers, no slow balls and looks completely predictable) and Bhajji with all that experience, he should be the strike bowler in the middle overs. I think Prajnan Ojha and Amit Mishra could be better spin options available to India right now. Most of it our bowlers body language says it all in CT. I think it is the effect of the IPL.
"Bowling to the likes of Ricky Ponting and Michael Hussey is not an easy task" - Sorry, you just CANNOT give this excuse. That's why you are in the national team. Rather then giving the credit to rival batsman go ahead and improvise and use your head.
Amit Mishra knows Nuts, the bowlers were bowling like crap...Ishant sharma should not play in One dayers and 20/20, R.P. Singh must undergo fitness tests, Pragyan Ogha is a better bowler than Amit Mishra, time will tell.
Mishra doesn't know that the CT format was applicable to all the teams. Team India definately looked out of touch or in other words was lacking fire in them. Full credits to Pakistan team to beat India, rather blaming bowling, batting or the format of CT, they just need to play at their best. Conditions and the format was for every team. Blaming on somebody or something doesn't help and the result and the reality is India was knocked out and can we do something about it in the future. It's never too late.
Re: Poor Mishra
by sumit nayak on Oct 05, 2009 12:41 AM
Amit Mishra's career is over! You cann't question your senior and above your captain for demanding performance. Indian bowlers' were awful in the CT. They seem to be still living in T 20 format.
Just because the media and some crazy Indian cricket fans call you a 'superstar' doesn't mean you are a great cricketer. Wasim Akram has rightly pointed out that Indian fast bowlers begin their career bowling in the 140skm and in a year the pace goes down. It's not so much about a gifted bowler or not, rather its about being a good athlete with a good amount of hours spent in practice everyday that great cricketers are made.
Re: Indian bowlers need to work on their fitness.
by vinay on Oct 05, 2009 02:37 AM
yes. wasim was right. in ind pacers r asked to focus on 'line n length' bowling n this is done at the cost of pace.
