I believe that we should complement our players for their fightback. They did not give up even when Amla and Peterson were going strong. Especially our bowlers Ishant and Zaheer, who bowled their heart out.
I believe that how much we may malign them when they lose, how much we may try to run them down but playing for country is a very big thing and each player does his best.
So we should have faith in them and faith in ourselves this is the secret of champions. That they can do it no matter what it is this belief that separates the best from the good sides.
Re: we will win
by Sriram Govindarajan on Feb 15, 2010 10:41 AM
well said..there are a lot of ppl who will be quick to pounce on Indian side with their verbal volleys for any poor show...Ind has in them to be no.1....
KOLKATA: In a sensational disclosure, a Bengali daily on Saturday claimed that the Indian team sent Sachin Tendulkar with a request to Eden Gardens curator Prabir Mukherjee that he should shave the grass off the pitch for the second Test between India and South Africa, starting on Sunday, but it was politely turned down.
Mukherjee has been hogging the limelight over the last few days with a section of the media abuzz with reports that he had refused to entertain requests from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for preparing a turner to suit Indian spinners.
India are trailing 1-0 in the two-Test series and are in a must-win situation not only to save the series but to retain their number one slot in world Test rankings.
Interestingly, India were in the same situation two years ago when South Africans outplayed them in Ahmedabad, and won the second Test at Kanpur on a rank turner to level the series. The South Africans raised a stink over the pitch and lodged a protest with International Cricket Council (ICC).
Bengal daily reported that Tendulkar approached Mukherjee with the request on Friday only to be told by the octogenarian, "You are Sachin Tendulkar and the quality of your batting will not be affected whether there is grass on the wicket or not." Tendulkar then replied that he had come to speak to him on behalf of the team management. "It will be better if the grass is removed".
Indian batsmen should pile up a huge huge total without losing many wickets and bat for two days and rest would be history.India will keep No1 position.Tell Sachin and Sewag not to be erratic.Gambhir and Laxman should bat extremely well.Our Fielders to show they are the best in the World. Zaheer and Harbhajan will do the trick.Dhoni as a Captain and WK will glitter.Shine India shine. Vinayachandran Komathrayil
Indian cricket team think tank became unnecessarily worried about Garden Pitch. Eden not only has the world class outfiend but also has a curator who is bold enough to create proper wickets. Long Live Eden Gardens!
This article in rediffmail begins as "Team India [ Images ] finally woke up from its deep slumber and proved why they are the number one Test team in the world." Our bowlers did a great job in the final session of the second test. Yes. But we need to see how our batsmen counter steyn and co. By no means this match is over. W still have 4 days to go. Hope Team India keep performing well as they did during the thrid session. All the best guys.
