shewag can win both mathes single handedly, i hope n pray, shewag to fire the england bowlers all over the park n win the india for remaining mathes and make the senior cricketers to shut thier mouth who criticized our indian team, remember same dhoni only win a world cup for india.
Drop Dhoni and play Dravid as the keeper. The captaincy can be given to any of the playing 11 - none of the current 11 can win because of their captaincy
Re: My choice for the 3rd test
by Ganesh P on Aug 06, 2011 12:33 AM
Dropping Dhoni for his batting is not a bad idea. But changing Captain, i dont think its good. btw, I prefer Praveen kumar instead of Ohja.
This guy is just 20 yrs and counting. And in his first international test series in swinging conditions facing the new ball, he has done remarkably well. He is a cool fielder as well. He needs more chances and time, and he will be a permanent member of the indian test side. Well done Mukund and keep going.
definitely sehwag will play as he has been the regular opener...but no guarantee that he'll succeed especially if the hosts arrange a similar pitch for the 3rd test...the only right thing dhoni did was winning the toss and inserting the hosts to bat...but u cant win the toss every time either...mukund did score a century in a practice match but he couldnt deliver when it mattered...Selectors shudve included pujara for the series as his technique was very sound...but they have their srange ways of functioning...probably thinking that they cud push their candidates in when the team is no.1 and expected to win so that their failures wont be emphasised.
Re: no solution in sight
by Indigo Sepoy on Aug 05, 2011 11:45 PM
Pujara needs to wait for his chance in next series. He will get it. Thankfully for once we dont have any junk mumbai based players pushed in by the Kar lobby
the performance by Mukund should be enough for Srikanth to keep him for another 2 series.
india has never been the number one team in reality. in history of cricket, there were only twice any team team came to number one was 1980's West Indies team and early 2000's Australia. they ruled the cricket world with so much of authenticity that no other team even came close to them.
well, 1970's team of Australia was alos pretty good. they had guys like thomo, Lilly and chappells.
Re: Srikath is happy..
by Indigo Sepoy on Aug 05, 2011 11:47 PM
Yes of course. Kris Srikanth selected the world cup winning squad. So he has been India's best selector till date. Mukund is a class player and is here to stay. Thankfully, Dada put an end to the Kar Mumbai Lobby who used to bring in junk players
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Mukund seems to be tecnically sound with foot work and body language except for few deliveries which he fishes away from body or sometimes scared of bouncers from tall bowlers, but thatz understandable as even veterans including the wall in Rahul these days are getting out those deliveries....basically this guy is missing the aggresiveness. Hope he delivers in the months are years to come....all the best Mukund.
Re: Technically sound but....
by pravin sarode on Aug 05, 2011 10:03 PM
practice matches r most deceiptive for example 2008 shri lanka tour indians did well in practice match but lost test series 1-2 due to poor fielding by rahul dravid dropped catch of sangakara on 14 made 142 ?
Re: Technically sound but....
by gali on Aug 05, 2011 10:45 PM
no i dont think that mukund is still the right guy in the right spot.he can bat well with the likes of dravid say 4th down.
Re: Technically sound but....
by Rivka Mishra on Aug 05, 2011 10:47 PM
The guy has got out in a similar way in all his innings. He plays at balls he should be leaving. As for Gambhir, he should realize that when the ball is swinging, he can't move about in his customary fashion.
Re: Good knock by Mukund
by Usman Zaheer on Aug 05, 2011 10:58 PM
Maynot be too late. He can always replace raina and can come lower or gambhir can come on down
