Its shame that the player at his age has become so conservative! He came in like fire hitting sixers at will. But past one- two year he has settled to subdued batting. He wants his seniors to score at faster rates, where he can merrily score a fifty at a rate of 66/100 balls. Whats big deal if he is no 1 in ICC rankng?? It comes at an expense. Last few games we found him struggling to hit a six. He is approching where he would even struggle to hit fours. Even players more senior to him are sorting their game and showing aggression- Yuvraj, Afridi, Dilshan, Raina, Smith, Malik, Hussey, Ponting, etc, but our guy is slowing at concerning rate. His Keeping no more as good as it used to be. May be he needs to rest for a while.
make zaheer khan captain and harbhajan singh vice captain with powers to slap players who donot perform well on a particular day. dont make a batsman or a wicketkeeper the captain for long time. for one dayers dont take seniors like sachin, rahul or anybody else. we have to look for the future. present losses definitely may hurt us. but performances will improve. take seniors in test matches only. pleae welcome sourabh to ignite the team. after his farewel the team has lost all charm. let sourabh, sachin and rahul leave the team same time, that also while playing test matches. these superheroes cannot be replaced by any one, that everyone knows and agrees.
Re: change the captain
by righty rightwinger on Oct 15, 2009 09:09 PM
so you want india to play like they did in the 90s under azhar? dude, I can assure you that the people who watched cricket in the 90s will agree with me that it was the worst decade for Indian cricket.
Re: Re: change the captain
by kareem on Oct 18, 2009 08:03 PM
what was the problem in 90's?india won lot of matches in india, ..lost as usual, remember that time, world cricket was especially autralia was more powerful..current indiam cricket is a feeble shadow of 90's team.
Re: Re: Re: change the captain
by Abhai Pratap on Oct 16, 2009 08:35 AM
Infact it was a golden age.It was the period when Indians came to idolize cricket and cricketers.
Re: Re: change the captain
by kareem on Oct 18, 2009 08:12 PM
u belive current indian team is far better than 90's??wait and see, in world cup we reached semifinal(india was fevorite as well)..now one more worl cup comming here, world cricket lost thier power..(even can't compare 90's zibavan team with current pak team)..wait and see indian performance. 90's team can have easy win in current scenario..
Re: Zaheer Khan name not in above list very strange.
by sitansu padhi on Oct 15, 2009 08:18 PM
i am too surprised.he is one player who performs even if injured and always gives 100%to the team.
There is a news that Munaf Patel may come in the team.Surprising ! A few days back in the Challengers Trophy, Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel could not even prevent the last pair of batsmen to score 22 runs in 18 balls ,that is, in 3 overs. Sudeep Tyagi & Ashok Dinda were playing,9 wickets had fallen of Indian Blues led by Dhoni but these so called great ballers could not either bowl the last men out or restrict them not to sore. What can they do if in the same ball to run situation , batsmen are any great to good or even average ones batting in the international matches. They have earned plenty of money and so their focus has chaged. Rest Ishant Sharma for few months and let him introspect what is going wrong with this one time excellent baller. Munaf can not learn so better he plays any other game.Only wickets in domestic matches do not speak of one's quality. Sudeep Tyagi looks good. R.P.Singh should never be brought back.He has no ability except sheer luck. Thanks O.P.Singh
Re: Drop Them !
by Ganesh Narasimhan on Oct 16, 2009 01:06 PM
My dear Friend just correcting few Points 1) it was just 12 runs in 3 over. 2) To my knowledge sudeep tyagi and Munaf were in the same team (i remeber the final they took 3 or 4 wkts).
If players return from injuries/replacements, the 18 member squad would be Zaheer Khan Pragyan Ojha Yusuf Pathan Sreesanth Romesh Pawar Murali Kartrhick. Parthiv Patel.
Re: BEST AVAILABLE 18MEMBER TEAM FOR ODI:
by sitansu padhi on Oct 15, 2009 08:21 PM
just give rest sachin for test matches.ramesh powar is not for international cricket.yousuf pathan is waste for 50 50 and 20 20 both.murli kathik is old.rp singh and ishant should not be discouraged.
You know how Nehra made an entry into the India Team, it is was IPL and Dhoni wants IPL performance not to be considered for getting entry into the India Team. How mean, just because he has made a platform in the Indian team he should not build barriers for others
Re: Nehra comeback
by sitansu padhi on Oct 15, 2009 08:24 PM
when india wins, wins by game plan of dhoni and performance of the players. when india looses, looses due to arrogance of dhoni and nonperformance of the team.
Re: come back man
by Kevin Freitas on Oct 15, 2009 07:54 PM
Ashish has really worked on his fitness... does not look lazy in the field anymore...i guess pushed into a corner staring deslection in the face...got him on track.
