battng , bowlng, n fielding. battng top (compared to sa in the same conditions) bowlng beautiful. even fielding was good. dravid n pujara's catching, n pujara's runout effort, brilliant.
Re: Re: Is Dhoni the best Cap
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 10:48 PM
agreed, I think only best player of past one decade he would have missed is Anil Kumble.. Otherwise, this is the best team since 90s..
Re: Is Dhoni the best Cap
by Sunil Vaidya on Dec 30, 2010 12:37 AM
yes, without doubt, no other captain has been able to extract so much from his players before, especially from the bowlers who made us no. 1 in tests.
SA played real badly. Looks like they were playing as though they have forgotten how to play. To me it seems they were bit complacent since they got quite a few easy runs in the 1st test. They probably came to this match thinking there is no way India can dismiss the batting line up twice in the same match.
Credit to Indian team for taking the outstanding advantage of the situation and being smart about the whole situation. I feel that if this test match was played about 8-12 years ago, with the same exact situation and same condition, India would have lost it, because India used to always play emotionally and less professionaly. The body language now of the players are unbelievable. They were so relaxed and enjoying and their approach was fabolous. They were neither over excited or putting pressure on themselves. This is an outstanding thing to see since these sorts of victories are not flash in the pans or personal brillance, it seems like the overall process (training, planning, preparation, execution etc) has worked.
Take it from me, unless India throws it away or if there is some match fixing element involved, India cannot lose the 3rd test
Re: India outclass SA to win Durban Test by Alok Patnaik
by Pervez Musharraf on Dec 29, 2010 10:25 PM
here comes again!!! India Incrediblechootiya India!!!!!!!!!
Re: Re: Re: India outclass SA to win Durban Test by Alok Patnaik
by Pervez Musharraf on Dec 29, 2010 10:31 PM
m_e_d_d_a n_a_a_k_u? That explains my origins..heh heh
Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 10:24 PM
I think Ashwel Prince was out lbw in harbajan's bowling, when he came for batting, but the appeal was turned down.. Even so in case of Paul harris once..
Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:28 PM
That was lower down the order and the damage is already been done considering the state of the match.
Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 10:35 PM
Prince is a middle order batsman and scored well against India earlier.. in today's match also he remained not out on 39.. Though harris was out later,... one partnership of 70-80 could have given a different result, as it happened with VVS & ZAKs partnership..
Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:40 PM
compare the quality of players between DeVelliers, Boucher Vs Price and Harris and it will be clear who is at advantage by not employing UDRS
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:48 PM
Firstly Zaheer is not chasing runs under pressure. Thats totally a different proposition. It is clearly the BIG Decisions those of quality batters in De Velliiers and Boucher cost the match for South Africa
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 10:44 PM
what was the quality of Zaheer's batmanship... still he could bat with VVS for more than 20 overs and score valuable 27..., had one of their tailender clicked still we could have been in trouble.
Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by shanavas mohammed on Dec 29, 2010 10:48 PM
'm talkin abt last match...bcoz u wr talkin abt god of cricket.. u hav to tak ol wen u r arguing for dt point
Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:50 PM
I have already given the answer for your thoughts!
Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by samir mitra on Dec 29, 2010 10:23 PM
where was the gem in the first test...maybe observing sachin, how to play against steyn,morkel nd co.
Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by kapil siddhu on Dec 29, 2010 10:32 PM
rahul, i read it n its for people like u SEE THE STATS BELOW & TALK.
VICTORY UNDER DHONI'S CAPTAINCY
t20 world cup ,
WON THE TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AFTER MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK CHASING 380 (SACHIN SCORED HUNDRED)
triangular series in australia 1st time ever, - (SACHIN MAN OF BOTH THE FINALS)
one day series in srilanka - 1st time ever,
singer cup in srilanka - 1st time ever, (SACHIN MAN OF THE FINALS)
drawn test series in srilanka - 1st time in 15 years, (SACHIN HALF CENTURY & LAXMAN CENTURY IN 4TH INNINGS)
test series win in newzealand - 1st time ever, (SACHIN CENTURY IN THE WINNING TEST)
one day series in newzealand - 1st time ever, (SACHIN 165 IN ONE OF THE MATCHES)
white wash for australia at home - 1st time ever, (SACHIN MAN OF THE MATCH & MAN OF THE SERIES IN THE FINAL MATCH)
now south africa test series win or draw - 1st time ever.
IN THE ABOVE TEN IMPORTANT FINALS, SACHIN SCORED HUNDRED IN SEVEN OF THEM. BUT U PEOPLE SAY SACHIN IS NOT PLAYING WHEN TEAM REQUIRES. u people cnt celebrate team's victory widout criticizing SACHIN. such a poor n pathetic soul u r
Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by Akshat Saxena on Dec 30, 2010 01:33 AM
Just an FYI ... in last 10n years when India has won abroad Tendulkar has got MOM only twice and out of that one is in Dhaka.
Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:37 PM
It is also the same player who was the prime architect for INDIA to lose 20 ODI finals in the last 10 years including a WORLD CUP final.
It is the same player where most of all his innings (including the 200 not out) have either come when the score line read 200/1 in tests or it could be the NOTHING_TO_LOSE innings like those of Harbhajan Vs NZ or he would open the batting in ODIs with the best of batting friendly and fielding restricted conditions...
Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by kapil siddhu on Dec 29, 2010 10:33 PM
meetfire, i read it n its for people like u SEE THE STATS BELOW & TALK.
VICTORY UNDER DHONI'S CAPTAINCY
t20 world cup ,
WON THE TEST AGAINST ENGLAND AFTER MUMBAI TERROR ATTACK CHASING 380 (SACHIN SCORED HUNDRED)
triangular series in australia 1st time ever, - (SACHIN MAN OF BOTH THE FINALS)
one day series in srilanka - 1st time ever,
singer cup in srilanka - 1st time ever, (SACHIN MAN OF THE FINALS)
drawn test series in srilanka - 1st time in 15 years, (SACHIN HALF CENTURY & LAXMAN CENTURY IN 4TH INNINGS)
test series win in newzealand - 1st time ever, (SACHIN CENTURY IN THE WINNING TEST)
one day series in newzealand - 1st time ever, (SACHIN 165 IN ONE OF THE MATCHES)
white wash for australia at home - 1st time ever, (SACHIN MAN OF THE MATCH & MAN OF THE SERIES IN THE FINAL MATCH)
now south africa test series win or draw - 1st time ever.
IN THE ABOVE TEN IMPORTANT FINALS, SACHIN SCORED HUNDRED IN SEVEN OF THEM. BUT U PEOPLE SAY SACHIN IS NOT PLAYING WHEN TEAM REQUIRES. u people cnt celebrate team's victory widout criticizing SACHIN. such a poor n pathetic soul u r
Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:37 PM
It is also the same player who was the prime architect for INDIA to lose 20 ODI finals in the last 10 years including a WORLD CUP final.
It is the same player where most of all his innings (including the 200 not out) have either come when the score line read 200/1 in tests or it could be the NOTHING_TO_LOSE innings like those of Harbhajan Vs NZ or he would open the batting in ODIs with the best of batting friendly and fielding restricted conditions...
Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 10:50 PM
how can he be the architect to lose the match... then what other players were doing, if they are not doing anything means... it was literally Sachin vs other teams.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by MeetFireWithFire on Dec 29, 2010 10:56 PM
Its a myth that Sachin's fans to think if Sachin fails and India loses and what were other players doing?
Best example Nat West final 2002 when Sachin failed the score line read 146/4. India managed to win without Sachin.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 11:36 PM
what I understand from ur message is.. its wrong to think of other players performance, even if they fail miserably and regardless of Sachin's performance and result of the Match Sachin should be criticized.. My Q was against ur message at 10.37 PM, how he became architech of losing 20 finals, surprisingly what others were doing then... guess u understand what Iam asking, the Q came out of ur message only, hence guess u had some back up before putting it down here..
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Choose the best cause for this Indian WIN
by miviu on Dec 29, 2010 11:28 PM
so how come he only becomes responsible for that? with Sachin India won many matches... what about them.. weren't they victory for India..
Re: VVS Laxman is the best
by shanavas mohammed on Dec 29, 2010 10:11 PM
dre ws second innings in the first test also....nobdy can always perform....whover it is..
Re: VVS Laxman is the best
by samir mitra on Dec 29, 2010 10:05 PM
Ur statistics mean that cricket is only about performing well in the 2nd innings...1st innings are just trial innings...wow great knowledge of cricket by satyanarayana
Re: Re: VVS Laxman is the best
by vinay on Dec 29, 2010 10:56 PM
not that way. rather its, 2nd inngs - runs r scored under pressure. under deteriorating pitch.
