its turn of sachin he is just playing for his personal records this is not considered good for him it is the right time to retire from all aspects of cricket.
Murli Vijay and Dravid will bat for the next 3 days and score 70 runs each. There will be no spectators, umpires will be sleeping. Only Rediff forummers will be active giving their 'valuable' comments.
Re: If Sehwag gets out, then......
by shreedhar karpe on Jul 28, 2010 10:41 AM
you should not say like this sehwag will play and you just forget about vijay and dravid
Sri Lanka has 6 test match venues out of which 2 are not being used for over 2 decades and one isn't being used for past 5 years. I don't think it is a distinction for DPMD Jayawardene to have scored so many runs and centuries at a single venue, it is the lack of more options to schedule the matches which has enabled him to play more matches at a single venue and thus scoring more runs. Also, it's his home ground and it's flat pitch that doesn't always yield results. I wouldn't be surprised even if a lesser batsman had achieved this feat on this ground.
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The most exciting part of this Test was the last hours play of today... Viru Dada who gave a new defenition to batting,swears by it and leads by example....hope it continues to be a very exciting day tomorrow...I am not saying this just bcos he is an Indian... I am not interested in knowing whether he is getting 250 crores....just chill and enjoy when the going is good...if it's not, praise the opposition who played well...after all, it's a sport.....
Re: Viru Dada
by DoubleLarge on Jul 27, 2010 10:12 PM
very good positive comment... you loose some...win some in sports... just look at Australia..where r they now after dominating the cricket world for almost 10 years..
Re: Viru Dada
by Jaspal Arora on Jul 27, 2010 09:41 PM
one thing about Viru .. he also bowled 20 overs and in test match its not tht easy to open the innings after day long fielding and bowling..
Re: Viru Dada
by Sinhalese on Jul 27, 2010 09:25 PM
Great comment...that should be the spirit....ENJOY the game...many people from this forum needs to be civilized like u..
I believe Sri Lankan pitches are too flat and ball comes onto bat very nicely. There is nothing for spinners and pacers. You can see Sri Lakkan playing very well in home and when they go to Australia or England, they are totally clueless. I believe it is better for indian team to stop visiting Sri Lanka too frequently. If you play little cautiously, you can make 100 very easily in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan series helps only to inflate Batsmen averages and nothing else. There is nothing for Batsmen to learn in this series.
Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by Kaka on Jul 27, 2010 08:22 PM
Yes, u are right. The pitches seem to be flat decks, good for only batting and a nightmare for bowlers. Even in the first test, it was more of our batting horrors that did us in.
All our batters on this pitch need to do is to stay focused, eschew horror strokes and runs are bound to follow.
Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by vinay kale on Jul 27, 2010 08:30 PM
Hey read the full msg n then comment!!! "It was more of our batting horrors that did us in".
Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by sreenivasulu reddy on Jul 27, 2010 08:41 PM
Mira - India lost the first test because our batsman made too many mistakes. played too many bad shots.
Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by Kaka on Jul 27, 2010 08:23 PM
Mira Ji, it was more of our batters poor shot selection that led to the downfall. However, our bowling lacked the teeth, and without some of our best bowlers, we looked off color.
Re: Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by ajay singh on Jul 27, 2010 08:40 PM
India's hopes for equalizing have been badly shattered by Sangakara and Jayawardane. No team can lose a match after scoring over 600 runs in the first innings. All of you gentlemen have rightly pointed out that loosing the first test was our batsmens own doing.They must try to save this test and try and win the third test if they have to remain at the top spot.God bless.....
Re: Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by mandeep rekhi on Jul 28, 2010 07:41 AM
kakaji, dont blame our bowlers, it was very poor batting, please accept that lankan wickets are flat that nothing isthere for bowlers
Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by Arvind Aravindanatham on Jul 27, 2010 08:31 PM
Unfortunately there are only 9 nations that play cricket on a professional level with 2 nations like Bangladesh and Zimbabwe who should'nt be playing in the professional level as they do not have the side to challenge anyone. And as Pakistan won't be a venue for the forseeable future and Zimbabwe's political tug of war insuring Australia England not visiting there that leaves out 7 host countries. India is playing too much Sri Lanka because they are'nt playing against Pakistan and dont want to play more with Bangladesh.
Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by sreenivasulu reddy on Jul 27, 2010 08:44 PM
Agree with you Arvind. What I am saying is that we are playing with Sri Lanka too frequently. Last two years, we played close to 40% of matches with Sri Lanka. I believe it is better to play with countries like South Africa, England, Australia, Pakisthan or West indies once a while. The biggest problem in Sri Lanka is pitches are too flat. You can score very heavily in Sri Lanka if you apply yourself properly
Re: Re: Stop Going to Sri Lanka
by Kaka on Jul 27, 2010 08:39 PM
U have summed it up well. I feel with India-Pak matches becoming irregular as it is now, it will be India-Lanka series that will become more frequent. But it has become too frequent so much the players from both teams had commented on the ame.
Bangladesh is talented team, who knows in another 3 years time, they may become like Lanka was in the 1990s.
