Does not matter even we lose one match. India can win the remaining 2 tests. With chucker like Murali operating on one end and thrower Malinga at the other end, no team can survive. So nothing to worry. Let them win by these 'cheats'. We will teach them a lesson.
Re: Nothing to lose
by Against Pseudos on Jul 23, 2010 10:30 AM
NG:
:) We never lose. Right?
Its either the chucker, thrower, umpire, weather, "our" batting, "their" bowling, "their" fielding, "spirit of the game", the kid in the third row in the east stand eating icecream, the commentator wearing his tie wrong, the bus driver driving the team bus too fast, too slow.....
You should start coaching our CEO Mr. Dhoni... oops for all I know you already might be the prime reason Dhoni is our Chief Excuse Officer... ;-)
Re: Re: Nothing to lose
by Varun on Jul 23, 2010 01:54 PM
lol. It is funny how you have 2 yardsticks. One for your hero Mr ponting and another for dhoni. You really need to get over the loss aussies suffered at the hands of india.
Dhoni bhayya- Wat happened to bhajji-why r u silent on him? being the most exp off spinner, he should pick wickets on a bowler frendly track-instead u r speaking of pace attack. Ishant and Mithun did well-its only lack of support from the spin department that cost the match.Useless srikant should realise his mistakes and sack this idiott. Its time to send off Bhajji and ask him to serve drinks to the boys. Misra and Ojha should regularly bowl in tests.
Re: Dhoni words
by satish chandar on Jul 23, 2010 10:19 AM
Last match in Kolkata, Bhajji was the star.. Every match u ll take a u-turn?? Its a fact that India wins matches when Zaheer and Bhajji bowls well.. All others are just support bowlers only..
Ishant and Mithun had wickets to show.. But bowling at crucial points were equally ineffective..
I dont think Mishra is in good form.. Better to persist with Bhajji than moving to Mishra..
Re: Re: Dhoni words
by Varun on Jul 23, 2010 01:56 PM
Done expect these guys to be logical. Their only aim is to blame dhoni. Damned if he does and damned if he doesn't.
Re: Re: Dhoni words
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 23, 2010 10:23 AM
I agree. Mishra and Ojha are only good in India. In abroad India should go with 3 seamers but unfortunately India is lacking in fast bowling options.
Re: Re: Re: Dhoni words
by True Indian on Jul 23, 2010 10:34 AM
Well they both are leg spinners. It is always good to have an off spinner and leg spinner. Bhajji will definitely bounce back. It was just an odd day. Anyway on the first day the pitch was not doing much for the bowlers and that is where the batsman did well but after 2-3 days the track becomes difficult to bat on.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Dhoni words
by nice guy on Jul 23, 2010 10:39 AM
how many 'odd' days bhajji has?? kick this idiott out of team and bring misra or someone.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dhoni words
by satish chandar on Jul 23, 2010 11:11 AM
Who is someone?? I still feel that Mishra or someone will have more offdays than Harbhajan..
Selectors are completely unwise and partial. Dhaval Kulkarni who did superb in England is wasted & Sudeep Tyagi who is also a better prospect is also wasted. Harbhajan is to be rested because on a track where Murali took 8 Harbhajan 00000000.He should be replaced by Ashwin or Mishra or even Ramesh Powar is also not a bad option since he is handy with bat as well.
Zaheer absence and Gambhir failure affected performance mostly. But India had the ability to at least draw the match. Poor performance. Lets hope improvement in next test.
Re: Zaheer missed badly.......
by satish chandar on Jul 23, 2010 10:13 AM
This is how a normal Indian cricket fan should reract.. Instead of singling out one or two guys..
Its a collective failure of the performed players.. All we can do is just hope for them to be back to form and win next one.. Instead of silly blames on each player we dont like!!
Re: Re: Zaheer missed badly.......
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 23, 2010 10:17 AM
It's very rare that Indian batting failed in 2 consecutive innings. It will not happen again in this series. But bowling department is a worry.
Re: Re: Re: Zaheer missed badly.......
by satish chandar on Jul 23, 2010 10:21 AM
Absolutely.. If we can win toss next match, the result might be different.. In Srilanka(In subcontinent), winning toss is like having extra player in the team!!
Re: Re: Re: Re: Zaheer missed badly.......
by Against Pseudos on Jul 23, 2010 10:44 AM
Chandar:
That's why ICC is contemplating a new variant of the tests where after the toss both captains will shake hands and go off straight to the post match presentations... :)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Zaheer missed badly.......
by Against Pseudos on Jul 23, 2010 12:14 PM
Chandar:
Given that the suggestion came from you, I will not try to infringe on your Intellectual Property... ;-)
You can take all credit when ICC implements it... :)
In any case, from ODI to T20 to probably T5, the day will come when your suggestion will make most commercial sense becoz the viewers are very busy and don't have time to watch long test matches.... ergo ICC follows the "toss of coin" method, which anyway decides test match results according to your invention... :)
Re: What abt
by vaibhav kumar on Jul 23, 2010 10:31 AM
He takes 5 wicket haul in every 7-8 matches. Do not worry. He is MITTI ka sher. He will take at least one 5-wicket haul in this series as well.
With the inexperience of Indian team(Atleast bowling), the result is expected.. But the manner of losing is what is evoking the fans to react like this..
1. Viru did his bit in the match.. But Gmabhir failed.. Gambhir who is consistent for last 2 yrs failing in a match is ok.. But it did cost the match this time..
2. Batsmen getting out at wrong time and getting out in pairs like Dhoni, Yuvi & Sachin, Dravid..
3. Allowing the tail to score more than 100 runs that too aggressively.. Dhoni should have tried something different.. He failed as a captain there..
4. Yuvi failing after start in first innings and when he was the only batsman left to save follow on.. The ball was good.. But with added responsibility, he shd ve done little better..
5. Same for Dhoni in second innings.. With Malinga and Murali, u ll always expect 8 good balls out of 10 delivered surely.. As a captain and last recognised pair, he should have been upto the mark..
6. As usual, ineffectiveness of the bowlers.. When the track is flat, Ishant tried to bowl aggressive and went for too much runs.. Economy rate of 5 is not good in international for the Leader of the attack!!
I still feel, the players selected were the best for the conditions and are the best available.. I dont feel Raina can do better than Yuvi in tests or Mishra can bowl better than Ojha.. May be Munaf can come in for Ishant.. But we cant be sure of his fitness and
Re: Re: Dhoni has lost his brain
by Against Pseudos on Jul 23, 2010 10:36 AM
Chandar:
No one is NOW shouting that Zaheer is the best thing to happen to the mankind since the invention of a tie-pin..
It is only our CEO Mr. Dhoni who has taken the mantle of Chief Excuse Officer...
Vaibhav was merely commenting on the fact that a "retiring" bowler scalped 8 wickets against the world's #1 test team boasting a pack of top ranking batsmen, whereas our spin wizard did a marvellous job with the bat... he said nothing about Zaheer...
And furthermore, if our "best available" cannot do even half of what a spinner about to retire does, isn't it time he followed the example of Murali?
