India is having a good chance of winning today despite the team is without yuvi,zaheer,viru.We have the in form openers sachin & gambhir,i think good opening partnership will play a key role,one among these two need to stay till the halfway through,as fara as bowling is comcerned once ishant & rp gets it right no one stop them,we have a quality spinner in the form of bhajji,pak's batting is not strong,even pak's bowling is over-rated,no need to fear as we have class-batsman
i am sure indias top order will collapse if it bats first or second and hence the middle order should bat effectively to put up a good score. the youngsters performance will be key to win like virat kohli, abhishek nair and praveen kumar. senior players will under perform due to pressure like sachin, gambhir and dravid. gambhir is sure to score less than 10 runs as he is out of touch. somebody must take pressure away from sachin and play a match winning innings. yosuf and raina is yet to prove as match winners. dhoni should bat at no.6. i think india should bat second if it wins toss.
Re: india should bat sensible in middle overs
by Sudarsan on Sep 26, 2009 11:13 AM
Sachin has been winning India the final games in the last 3-4 finals. He is very reliable under pressure. Same with Dravid. Raina, Yusuf and Kohli are the guys whose handling of pressure needs to be seen.
right batting line up will be the main key along with correct team selection. india should give some surprise in the form of alrounders so that pakistan will blink and make mistakes.
Re: right batting line up is the key for india
by monu dewangan on Sep 26, 2009 09:26 AM
sory a am selection it very wrong team seletion it put india in ahole as they doest have bowlers to complete full over
Re: India team against Pak (in batting order)
by Varun on Sep 26, 2009 07:35 AM
Recipe for disaster. Driven by hate than logic. No doubt the selection is so bad.
Re: Re: India team against Pak (in batting order)
by LG on Sep 26, 2009 07:47 AM
I do not hate people, but I hate mediocrity. If you enjoy mediocrity, it is fine with me. That is your choice.
Re: India team against Pak (in batting order)
by LG on Sep 26, 2009 07:26 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 07:26 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.
gambhir sachin/rahul raina/rahul dhoni abhisekh rahul/dhoni/raina yousuf harbhajan rp ishant ne hra
Must play abhisekh and 3 fast bowlers bec. of powerplay where u can not bowl a spinner. abhisekh is inexperienced in this level, ipl is different from international class
This shoould happen often, then only others allowed to play, new talents won't get opportunity in INDIA. I have no feeling becuase Yuvraj is one of the arrogant in the team bu better than Harbajan, Dhoni. Yuvraj was very much present in last world cup under Dravid, what was his contribution?????????
