Re: pak should be tested for drugs
by Rajesh Tiwari on Sep 28, 2009 01:30 PM
come on thomas. no point in talkin rubbish. lest just admit it they won us fair and square and move on! lets beat australia and see pakistan again in the finals!
Thank God they did not play him else bhindis would have said "oh dope tainted Asif played" Even Dhoni was cribbing about Raina's decision as if Raina would have won the game. Raina was absolutely out with bowl hittin the boots first!
India will good start to day but if middle order unable to handle the situation than finally few run short to win todays match against Pakistan if India win the toss and most probably, India will win the toss. -----Anant Jain.
Re: India team against Pak (in batting order)
by LG on Sep 26, 2009 07:29 AM
Logic behind the team I selected.
I always believe in going with 5 bowlers and 6 batsmen (one of them as wicketkeeper/batsman)
If 6 batsmen cannot score required runs set a good total, I do not think the 7the batsman can help the cause (a 7the batsman might be a team’s 2nd or 3rd choice batsman---do you think he can do what our 6 main batsmen fail to do) In my team Dravid is as wicketkeeper batsmen. He can keep as good/bad as Dobhi. When we have three batsmen—Sachin, Dravid, and Gambhir—who can anchor the inning, who need a mediocre, highly overrated Dobhi.
Against AUS, SA, and ENG, Dobhi averages only 32.4 (44 ODI matches, 1102 Runs, No 100s, 10 Not Outs) If take out not outs, Dobhi averages only 25.0. Well, you can see, he is mediocre cricketer and highly overrated.
I did not select Yusuf because he is a T20 player (hit and miss type). His is brother is a better ODI player. But he is not in the team. So I went pure bowler in Amit Mishra who can also bat.
Re: Re: India team against Pak (in batting order)
by LG on Sep 26, 2009 07:29 AM
I selected RP because of his pace compared to Parveen Kumar; moreover Dobhi has destroyed the confidence of Praveen Kumar. I could have gone for Dinesh Kartik instead of Abhisek Nair, but I Dinesh has not made full use of those opportunities---had he done that Dobhi would have been in his house long time back. There is no doubt Kartik is much more talented than Dohni both as keeper and batsman. Kartik should have been Proactive in his approach. I feel sad for him. He has wasted his talent and allowed a mediocre cricketer like Dobhi to cement his place in the team.
Re: India team against Pak (in batting order)
by Bangla on Sep 27, 2009 02:17 PM
If you can keep Dravid and Sachin... then why not bring back saurav ganguli? He was a match winner....very unlike sachin who scores worthless 100's and the socalled human wall who plays test cricket in T20's
