This is sad for indian cricket. There is no logic based selection and it is sad that they dont have to justify either. Sri and co are shooting in the dark. Firstly, Kartick should only play if Dhoni is not available. Not as a pure batsman because he is not a batsman but a keeper who can bat. What India needs is a better bowling attack. Sree is a good bowler but wont do well as he is getting back from an injury and typically takes time to get into a rhythm. Sree is also temperamental. Nehra would have been a better bet and good Mithun is out who did not do much at the board president game. Jaffer should have been recalled. Why Raina? Sri and co are rolling the dice.....i think they are not aware of Raina's skills against pace. Vijay can play pace but certainly Kartick will make a mess.......watch.I hope dhoni and the boys think it through....before eden.
This is sad for indian cricket. There is no logic based selection and it is sad that they dont have to justify either. Sri and co are shooting in the dark. Firstly, Kartick should only play if Dhoni is not available. Not as a pure batsman because he is not a batsman but a keeper who can bat. What India needs is a better bowling attack. Sree is a good bowler but wont do well as he is getting back from an injury and typically takes time to get into a rhythm. Sree is also temperamental. Nehra would have been a better bet and good Mithun is out who did not do much at the board president game. Jaffer should have been recalled. Why Raina? Sri and co are rolling the dice.....i think they are not aware of Raina's skills against pace. Vijay can play pace but certainly Kartick will make a mess.......watch.I hope dhoni and the boys think it through....before eden.
This is sad for indian cricket. There is no logic based selection and it is sad that they dont have to justify either. Sri and co are shooting in the dark. Firstly, Kartick should only play if Dhoni is not available. Not as a pure batsman because he is not a batsman but a keeper who can bat. What India needs is a better bowling attack. Sree is a good bowler but wont do well as he is getting back from an injury and typically takes time to get into a rhythm. Sree is also temperamental. Nehra would have been a better bet and good Mithun is out who did not do much at the board president game. Jaffer should have been recalled. Why Raina? Sri and co are rolling the dice.....i think they are not aware of Raina's skills against pace. Vijay can play pace but certainly Kartick will make a mess.......watch.I hope dhoni and the boys think it through....before eden.
This is sad for indian cricket. There is no logic based selection and it is sad that they dont have to justify either. Sri and co are shooting in the dark. Firstly, Kartick should only play if Dhoni is not available. Not as a pure batsman because he is not a batsman but a keeper who can bat. What India needs is a better bowling attack. Sree is a good bowler but wont do well as he is getting back from an injury and typically takes time to get into a rhythm. Sree is also temperamental. Nehra would have been a better bet and good Mithun is out who did not do much at the board president game. Jaffer should have been recalled. Why Raina? Sri and co are rolling the dice.....i think they are not aware of Raina's skills against pace. Vijay can play pace but certainly Kartick will make a mess.......watch.I hope dhoni and the boys think it through....before eden.
Re: selection error
by You See on Feb 11, 2010 12:49 PM
I also second it. I dont think Karthik deserves a place in the test side purely as a batsman. Maybe, they should try some one else like cheteswar pujara or even Yusuf pathan who can be good bet with both the Bat and Ball
Re: selection error
by You See on Feb 11, 2010 12:48 PM
I also second it. I dont think Karthik deserves a place in the test side purely as a batsman. Maybe, they should try some one else like cheteswar pujara or even Yusuf pathan who can be good bet with both the Bat and Ball
One can think why no one is daring to give fullstop to Fab4's?
Reason is crystal clear...they are also not confident about bench strength..
someone writely said when these fab 4 filled the gaps of their seniors it was immediate as if there was no change in the momentum. I come from the same generation when MB-SRT started showing his genious...He started with great passion, dedication, responsibility and what not?
Other Master was AK ...again what to write about his geneous? Full of dedication, no politics, engineer by profession,with two big glasses, Jumbo kept taking wickets....never bothered about getting captaincy..
Cricket looked so beautiful...
Later on in 1995 the batton was successfully carried by biggies like Prince of Kolkata, Jammy the WALL and VVSpecial man.
Then came the Marathon Veggy, the Virudada.
It was team India..with immense teamwork..
Then someone brought TT the fastfood. This Fastfood was so delicious that everybody stopped thinking about making Chapatis, Paratha's..it was readymade stuff with no efforts put in..
Guys...our Fab4's are still very much capable as they are still eat Chapatis, Parathas and not the readymade decorated stuff..
Youngguns..please extend your hand to them and see that ALL IZ WELL
Lastly...Bowling dept really needs mentoring from Kapil Paji and Jumbo and likes of Venkat/Prasanna/ Chandra/Bedi/ LSRK.
Fielding..No comments. We really need someone like Lt. Eknath Solkar...
If Karthik comes in due to Duleep trophy performance then why not Yusuf Pathan be in the team for his spectacular show.Actually Karthik was not included due to Duleep performance but because he is from TN.
Re: If Karhthik comes in why not Yusuf Pathan also?
by anand Swaminathan on Feb 11, 2010 10:23 AM
Why there is hue and cry when TN player was selected. What was the performance of North Indian player Harbhajan Singh, Yuvaraj Singh and Ishant. How many chances were given to a TN player in playing 11, albeit they are in the 15.
Re: If Karhthik comes in why not Yusuf Pathan also?
by India on Feb 11, 2010 05:43 PM
They both will get out for ducks in both innings against Steyn and company.
Re: If Karhthik comes in why not Yusuf Pathan also?
by anand Swaminathan on Feb 11, 2010 10:21 AM
There was hue and cry when TN player were selected. How many chances have been given to TN players albeit they have been selected in the Squad. There were no player in T20 Squad from the TN for the recently concluded World Cup? Harbhajan is playing non-stop albeit his poor performance in the last 20 matches either in Test or ODIs There are 4 players from Delhi representing India (Viru, Gambir, Ishant and Kohli). No one is questioning Ishant after his australian series. He is not at all bowling well
Re: If Karhthik comes in why not Yusuf Pathan also?
by anand Swaminathan on Feb 11, 2010 10:24 AM
Why there is hue and cry when TN player was selected. What was the performance of North Indian player Harbhajan Singh, Yuvaraj Singh and Ishant. How many chances were given to a TN player in playing 11, albeit they are in the 15.
Re: If Karhthik comes in why not Yusuf Pathan also?
by anand Swaminathan on Feb 11, 2010 10:21 AM
There was hue and cry when TN player were selected. How many chances have been given to TN players albeit they have been selected in the Squad. There were no player in T20 Squad from the TN for the recently concluded World Cup? Harbhajan is playing non-stop albeit his poor performance in the last 20 matches either in Test or ODIs There are 4 players from Delhi representing India (Viru, Gambir, Ishant and Kohli). No one is questioning Ishant after his australian series. He is not at all bowling well
Re: Re: If Karhthik comes in why not Yusuf Pathan also?
by ramakrishnan s on Feb 11, 2010 10:38 PM
Buddy u need to give chances in 20-20 to guys who can score quickly and not because he is fro south north, est or west. Now, don't tell me badri can score quickly! How many tamil nadu players apart frop vijay have the skills to score quickly and that too consistently? Viru, gambhir are proven players who have been hugely successful. Evem some one like dravid has not bee selected in 20-20. Badri is typical test material, but need to improve his stroke play as merely occcupying the crease would not enough. One needs to dominate the bowling at some point of time, which badri lacks.
Karthik is a worthless player.Murli Vijay is a ordinary player.Why they are getting reapeted chances after tell?Is this a TN team.Then bring Balaji and other TN players from TN.Only TN player capable of making it into Indian side is Badrinath.
