Following is a look at the strengths and weaknesses of India and Sri Lanka, who meet in the World Cup final on Saturday. BATTING * Overall: Too close to call -- India have scored more runs overall (2194 at an average of 274 runs per innings to Sri Lanka's 1933 at an average of 242 runs per innings) at a better run rate (5.80 versus 5.70) -- However, India have lost more wickets (58 v 40), providing a much healthier average per wicket for Sri Lanka (48.3 v 37.8) * Openers: Slight advantage to Sri Lanka -- The teams feature the two outstanding opening pairs in the tournament -- The average opening stand of Sri Lanka (97.9) overshadows the Indian average (53.9) -- The rate at which the openers have got the runs is where India have an advantage (strike rate of 102.6 for India v 90.1 for Sri Lanka) * Middle Order (Numbers 3, 4, 5): Slight advantage to Sri Lanka -- Both teams have the same strike rate of 86.5 although Sri Lanka have scored more runs per wicket lost (56.2 vs 41.6) -- The Indian middle order have had more time in the middle (874 runs from 1010 balls compared to Sri Lanka's 731 runs from 845 balls) * Lower Middle Order (Numbers 6, 7, 8): Better performance by India -- India's lower middle order has had more time in the middle (304 runs from 390 balls) compared to Sri Lanka's (172 runs from 205 balls) -- India have a better average per wicket (23.4 runs vs 15.6 runs) although a slightly inferior strike rate (77.9 vs 83.9) * Powerplay performance: Ind
all his(nehras') earning shud not go waste in semi final! he was the most economical bowler in semi-final(10 over, 33 run, 3.3 avg, 2 wkt)
i pray to God, he shud stay in final match and let him to be counted as a team member of historical final match win over sri lanka!
please dont snatch his deserving right!
semi final team is mostly balanced and they got the high team spirit after crashing pakistan!
please dont spoil the spirit and dont bring another cricketer to be part of final match team, depriving semi final team! team spirit may be destroyed if u bring another!
my last line is : SEMI FINAL WINNING TEAM SHUD PLAY THE FINAL AS ALL GAVE THEIR BEST AND BEST PLAYED! I PROUD OF ALL OF THEM!
Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to be in f
by sherni on Apr 01, 2011 07:43 PM
all his(nehras') earning shud not go waste in final!
Re: Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to be
by Bihar Badshah on Apr 01, 2011 07:47 PM
How will he play with broken fingers..pls see the cricinfo etc where they have his latest pic posted..Sree will rock, provided he behaves..
Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to be in f
by darealpm@rediffmail.com on Apr 01, 2011 07:47 PM
Here you go again without giving too much effort to your grey cells!!LOL If Nehra has fracture in his fingers how would you expect him to be played? Use your head ...not your heart when you speak...
Again advising u to grow some grey cells in your brain
Re: Re: Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to
by darealpm@rediffmail.com on Apr 01, 2011 09:11 PM
Thats good news!!! No, Don't give away like that..you definitely need it!!!
Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to be in f
by zubair shighrekar on Apr 01, 2011 07:46 PM
but he is injured and cannot play the match!!!!
look at mathews of sri lanka he only won the semi finals by hitting those winning runs but as he is injured he has been ruled out of finals!!!!!
Re: Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to be
by sherni on Apr 01, 2011 07:56 PM
i noticed , he got injured in finger while taking a failutre catch in semi! but i did not know that his injury has got that much that he cant play!
in such unavoidable case, I WILL PREFER ASHIN!
ASHIN IS NEXT DESERVING AS HE PLAYED ALL MATCHES VERY WELL! SUDDENLY, SREESANTH SHUD NOT GET THE CHANCE AND COUNTED IN FINAL MATCH WINNING TEAM!
Re: Re: Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to
by kumar kn on Apr 01, 2011 08:18 PM
Look Sherni, let's leave the selection of the team to Dhoni,Kristen and the senior players with whom the discussion regarding the best eleven for the pitch takes place.After all,they also want to win the match.How come,you are giving "expert advice"?
Re: Re: Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to
by darealpm@rediffmail.com on Apr 01, 2011 09:14 PM
Thank you sherni for giving chance to ASHIN,or is he Ravichandran Ashwin?
Re: Re: Re: Ashish nehra bowled very well in semi, he deserved to
by Obaid Rehmani on Apr 01, 2011 08:13 PM
Though Ashwin has played and performed better than Sree but again in depends on the pitch. If it required 3 seamers then Sree is the only option.
India should go with Ashwin & even yousuf pathan may be in place of Virat Kohli, Virat is doing brilliant but need allrounder who can bowl atleast 5-6 overs and finish the quota along with Yuvraj Singh. Harbhajan is a pure failure!!!! ASHWIN MUST NEED!! He is a new kind of bowler, he may turn out to be match winner just like Ajanta Mendis, when he came as surprise in Srilanks tour of India!!!! And believe me I'm not Tamilian.
Re: IRRESPECTIVE OF PITCH, GO FOR ASHWIN:
by sherni on Apr 01, 2011 07:50 PM
u moron, how u can tell Harbachan is a pure failure? in all match, he might have got few wickets but his avg in 72 over is only 4.4! he is terror bowler for the opponent, he has the good ability to bind the runs!
take count of his briliant performance in semi final where he took most important two -U Akmal, afridi , wickets and not to forget that those two in last some over gave the hope of winning for pakistan! if those two wickets were not taken by harbachan, the result might have been different! please dont tell something which u do not know and out of ur personal feelings! go with truth and statistics!
all his(nehras') earning shud not go waste in semi final! he was the most economical bowler in semi-final(10 over, 33 run, 3.3 avg, 2 wkt)
i pray to God, he shud stay in final match and let him to be counted as a team member of historical final match win over sri lanka!
please dont snatch his deserving right!
semi final team is mostly balanced and they got the high team spirit after crashing pakistan!
please dont spoil the spirit and dont bring another cricketer to be part of final match team, depriving semi final team! team spirit may be destroyed if u bring another!
my last line is : SEMI FINAL WINNING TEAM SHUD PLAY THE FINAL AS ALL GAVE THEIR BEST AND BEST PLAYED! I PROUD OF ALL OF THEM!
Re: this wc
by sujal on Apr 01, 2011 07:46 PM
Sreesanth is a worst bowler. Even though having such a great seam position & swinging ability, he don't have control on his bowling. Sometimes he balls a wide which even slips can't catch, that's redicolous... Ashish Nehra was a good bowler and will do good only when he is in good Rhythm. He is @ his bottom stage of his career and should not be played in the Finals. Best option is to go with Ashwin, he is a new kind of bowler and may turn out to be match winner just like Ajanta Mendis, when he came as surprise in Srilanks tour of India!!!!
Re: this wc
by Bihar Badshah on Apr 01, 2011 07:39 PM
Dhoni may be a flop performer with bat, but he also does keeping and captainship..where i will give him top mark..so average will be border line of top and average performance level.. :-)Not every one can do captainship...
Re: Re: this wc
by bibin das on Apr 01, 2011 08:55 PM
what u saying about Dhoni.. no man no way... India is winnig with somebody's luck.. Dhoni is nothing he is still playing ugly politics in the team...
Re: praveen kumar is the best option
by sujal on Apr 01, 2011 07:38 PM
Stupid, If he was fit, shreesant wouldn't have been selected in WC. Praveen is the best seamer with Zaheer. But he is injured himslef that is why sreesanth has been replaced in his place in 16 member squad.
