Sehwag (never been that successful in shorter version of the game, current IPL is another example)
Gambhir (Good as he can hold one end)
Raina (Very Good, as he can easily adapt to the situation)
Yuvraj (Very Good, but seriously out of form now)
Karthik (Good, Playing well currently and deserves the place in the team)
Dhoni (The man who single handedly kncoked India out of the last World T20 by insisting to come at #3 spot and chew up the balls, hopfully he has learnt the lesson)
Y.Pathan (Good, Perfect fit for T20 format)
Harbhajan (Good, one spinner in the team and he can swing a bat too)
Zaheer (Very Good- India's Premium Pace Bowler)
Praveen Kumar (Good, Accurate enough as he has proven over the last year or so)
Vinay Kumar (Performed well of lately, we will see)
Extras: Nahera (Always injured and inconsistent)
Jadeja (hasn't really proven anything in T20 international or One Dayers)
Rohit Sharma (This man who only smiles when he talks to Gilchrist, Gibbs, Symond - More attitude then what he really worths)
Piyush Chawla (Best as average, based on his performaces)
Doesn't really look like a world beater T20 squad. They should have added Uthappa as the man is in great form and built up himself as powerful slugger..
Uthappa, Rayudu, S.Tiwari in place of Jadeja, Rohit Sharma, Piyush Chawla..
Re: why dont they drop him
by on on Apr 04, 2010 04:07 AM
I think Yuvraj is intentionally not playing well. See how he played in the last game after this controversies broke out. He batted well, fielded and bowled well..
Best move by Punjab to get this controversy going, to fire up Yuvraj
I think our comments about Yuvi are getting are little to personal. What he does in his private life should not bother us. He has come back from a bad hand injury and it's not easy to start performing immediately. We tend to forget that this was the same Yuvi who had hit 36 runs in an over. He is an amzing talent and we as fans should support him during this period instead of calling him names. A lot of India's fortunes in the coming 20-20 World cup rests with this man. Yes he is not performing the way he is capable...Give him a break. Last year KKR was in the dumps and this year the Kings have not performed well as a unit but just putting all the blame on Yuvi is not the right way to go about things. The team in general have failed as a unit and experiences players like Sangakara, Mahela, have failed miserably. Even a Bret Lee coming back from a bad injury has been out of form. Yesterday they lost the match because of a single over by Brett Lee cost 25 runs. Yuvi will be back in form and we will all sing a different tune then.
When Saurav was removed from Captaincy due to poor batting form and ordinary fielding standards, even when he fared well as a captain and leader, he was asked by a scribe "How does it feel now to be playing under Rahul Dravid, whom U captained once?", he had in right earnest replied "ROLES change, but GOALS remain the same". It takes sumthing to b a DADA, and not every1 can b-cum DADA overnite... Yuvi, pls learn sumthin from yr. mentor - atleast learn the basics of good attitude. He (Saurav) was not just the skipper when U debuted, nor just is he a mentor who has the ability to groom and polishes uncut diamonds, he also is a huge inspiration - an institution by himself. Grow up - YUVI.
Re: Its hard to do a Saurav...
by MeetFireWithFire on Apr 03, 2010 01:44 PM
One good inning by Saurav in IPL 3 is good enough for his fans to raise him to demigod.
What is faring well as a leader (Saurav)?? Does it mean that it is fine to maintain consistency in flopping with bat?? A good captain should lead from front. Take it to the great leaders of the W.Indies and Austratlia or be it our own Kapil Dev, they all have done the country proud by leading from front. Dada only relied on Dravid in the test arena and to Sachin in the ODI arena to win his matches.
Even Sachin our ICON gave up his captaincy (though some Sachin's bashers would claim that it is Sachin's selfishness to leave captaincy for personal records), to help the team at least in batting.
Dada shamelessly admitted that he was pointed a gun on his head by his selectors forcing him to retire from the international scene. Given the grace he batted in his prime, he should have left cricket which could at least done his image he enjoys in India a world of good.
