Yes, M-M completed the job for SL.But in the Murali record and retirement hype poor fellow Malinga's brilliant bowling went into background.What a joy it is watching Malinga bowl those deceptive yorkers especially the ones which got Sachin,Dhoni and Mithun plumb lbw out.Indians will have to work out some new strategy to play malinga otherwise they will be in trouble for sure, especially with Gambhir looking to be doing a 'cold start'.Jaysurua gave some useful tips during the breaks on TV like batters standing out of crease.It appears to be a smart way because that way the batter would be reaching for the ball early before it swings either way.Moreover this way the bowler may also feel a bit confused.Some such innovative way has to be found by our Indian batters to play Malinga.
We r loosing even with these greats Dravid,Tendulkar,Laxman why not drop them even if they make runs and bring young guns. I sm sure indian cricket will be safe with these youngsters for another 10 to 15 years. But we will not do this because we are hero worshippers even if they fail to deliver.
Please bing in new blood.There should be revolt from the public as we are democratic country
Re: Drop them
by kareem on Jul 24, 2010 08:10 PM
super , u r star..invite afganistahn and bagladesh for test ..gradully we can forget cricket, and concentrate in kabadi..
If Sania Mirza claps shoaib Malik if he scores centruy or skittles india with his bowling if india has to loose againt Pakistan( may god forbid) then hiduvata agents will brand her as anti national.THERE WILL BE A HUGE CRY TO BANISH HER FROM INDIA.
Murali is a grat tamilian and also his wife, when he took 800th test wkt against India she has the courage to clap and be happy for her husbands performance forgetting national pride.LONG LIVE TAMIL SPRIT.
Batting-I think batting line up need to remain same for next test as well. But players need to add more purpose. Need to put more effort to play long inings and once in need to make it count. Bowling- Bhajji & Ishant need to be replaced with Munaf and Mishra. Ishant tried well but the lengh & line he is bowling definitely needs replacement. Luck - should WIN the toss :-) Over All- Add more fight. We lost but don't make it a tame loss. what tailenders did in second inings could have done by everyone in 1st as well. But this has become common sight. Need to put price tag on wicket and fight till the end no matter who the bowler is.We can definitely win. Just lost a match .Don't lose heart. All the best India.
1) He would've played for TN. 2) After one failure he would've been sacked wouldnt have got as much chances as Agarkar. 3) GR Vishwanath woudnt have selected him beyond the zonal team as he then had a pledge he wouldn't select a player playing for a particular state...warned him to move towards other states like Punjab, or Kerela like he did to say Ramprakash and Aashin Kapoor. 3) Murali playing for TN would've had a lesser stint with the Indian Cricket team than Ventakesh Prasad playing for Karnataka.
Zonal and Xenophobic bias is the reason we have gone down.
