Batting order surrendered unashamedly. The hodgepodge of aging batsmen and misfits are an embarrassment.
Virender Sehwag: How Indian selectors and captain think that Sehwag can come with no preparation and rescue their "Laaj"? He is clearly out of touch.
Gautam Gambhir: He starts well then fizzles out in 30s. Need longer innings from him.
Rahul Dravid: We probably seeing the last of the "Wall". He leaves a big gap in batting but we won't miss the dropped catches in the slip.
VVS Laxman: Still reliable and chips in when team needs him. BCCI should organize a benefit game for Laxman and give him a nice send-off.
Sachin Tendulkar: The greatest batsman of all times looks so checked out. Wait for his retirement announcement as soon as he gets his next century.
Suresh Raina: He has spent all his credit and failed miserably in test matches. Scores of 3 10 0 82 27 53 12 50 8 0 78 12 1 33 4) in last two series with an average of 21.73 does not merit team selection.
Abinav Mukund: The embarrassment from Tamilnadu flopped despite support from K Shrikkanth. Can someone explain how this guy made it to the team? I bet he has an Anna or an Amma somewhere helping his cause.
Mahendra S Dhoni: May be he should stop keeping wickets. His leadership skills lay exposed since Kirsten is gone. Insulting his teammate & his dead father was cheap and bowling in a test match very pathetic.
Re: Bunch of losers ....
by Lotiya Pathan on Aug 10, 2011 08:34 PM
Good one, but I must say the Dropped catches associateD WITH Dravid were actually Dhoni's catches. Out of four catches dropped at Lords, three were DHoni's and fairly simply for any wicket keeper if he knows how to dive..
Re: Bunch of losers ....
by sudip majumder on Aug 10, 2011 11:34 PM
Greatest batsman of all time is a bit too much to digest otherwise a nice posting. Anway, what I could predict and it would happen with 99% correctness is Tendulkar would score a century in this match in the second innings, India would have a defeat by 7 wickets or so but the rest of the country ean would go nuts with Sachin's century as if the adulation for him is in short supply, the idiot trio Shastri Vogle andGgavaskar wud be in "sachin bhajan" mode for "nth time" and the batsman wud never retire gracefully as the BCCI is his personal property. Axe as always wud fall on very very special and Dravid - things wud be hunky-dory for Gambhir Sehwag Harbhajan and the rest. Dhoni could be a victim too and so wud be Yuvraj. Next there wud be a got up series and all the minnows wud be in pick form - black money wud continue to roll in - everything else is forgotten.
Re: Bunch of losers ....
by sudip majumder on Aug 10, 2011 11:34 PM
Greatest batsman of all time is a bit too much to digest otherwise a nice posting. Anway, what I could predict and it would happen with 99% correctness is Tendulkar would score a century in this match in the second innings, India would have a defeat by 7 wickets or so but the rest of the country ean would go nuts with Sachin's century as if the adulation for him is in short supply, the idiot trio Shastri Vogle andGgavaskar wud be in "sachin bhajan" mode for "nth time" and the batsman wud never retire gracefully as the BCCI is his personal property. Axe as always wud fall on very very special and Dravid - things wud be hunky-dory for Gambhir Sehwag Harbhajan and the rest. Dhoni could be a victim too and so wud be Yuvraj. Next there wud be a got up series and all the minnows wud be in pick form - black money wud continue to roll in - everything else is forgotten.
Re: Bunch of losers ....
by veda giri on Aug 11, 2011 10:42 AM
Why u north indians keep on hating tamil people? If you dont like tamils, why you allow them to live? So many north indians who are given lot of chances couldnt succeed at highest level, but you cannot like giving chances to tamils. Come on India. Its your way of hatred patriotism?
When India beat England in their home soil in 2007, a maarthi called Jaffer and a tamil called dinesh karthik gave good starts at top of order. but wat about now?
Re: Bunch of losers ....
by veda giri on Aug 11, 2011 10:43 AM
When India beat England in their home soil in 2007, a marathi called Jaffer and a tamil called dinesh karthik gave good starts at top of order. but wat about now? Where is your typical tamil hatredism? You people never did India proud except abusing tamils.
Re: Re: The great Sachin
by Akshat Saxena on Aug 11, 2011 01:53 AM
Tendulkar is really a team player since he is giving team company in dressing room, not selfish like Dravid playing for his own records !!
Re: Re: Re: Re: The great Sachin
by Desimaverick on Aug 11, 2011 12:20 AM
Mr Ram! Just because he had the 1st poor series in last 3 year he became liability..Name one batsmen who didnt have a poor series in last 1 year.. Rahul is an awesome player, love him before this and WI series he was flop for last 2 years so that means he was a liability too... Who else is doing the job for India why you people just blame one guy huh.. You guys are not Indian.. He single handed put India on the map of the world in sports for last 20 years.. No other guy is so popular than him. Be an Indian and be proud of what he has achieved instead of bashing him you sick guys...
Re: Dravid to blame
by Legend Dhoni on Aug 10, 2011 06:09 PM
are you crazy or what? He has been miles better than any other batsman so far on this tour. I would drop Tendulkar before him tbh.
Re: Dravid to blame
by sunil nair on Aug 10, 2011 06:11 PM
This same Dravid casually scored two hundreds in the first two tests of this series . You dont become the second highest scorer in tests by scoring casually . The ball which bowled him was an absolute dream ball , pitching on off stump and straightening past the outside edge . The best a batsman can hope for is to edge it away softly away from the slips . You may be biased but that doesn't give you the right to make false statements .
Re: Re: Re: Dravid to blame
by Ram Shyam on Aug 10, 2011 06:54 PM
Wow.. What a genius..
Sure, He should have gottn out in single digit like every one else and the test would have been over in 2 days. And India would have set a world record by loosing both the test with highest margin..
Re: Re: Re: Dravid to blame
by Akshat Saxena on Aug 11, 2011 01:53 AM
Tendulkar is really a team player since he is giving team company in dressing room, not selfish like Dravid playing for his own records !!
Re: Re: Dravid to blame
by narendrakumaragrawal on Aug 10, 2011 07:45 PM
why not blame spectator who dont know that cricket is most unexpected game and it is just by chance.when you win youwin youare most happy when loose becomes sad and depressesd
Re: Dravid to blame
by Phala on Aug 11, 2011 02:55 PM
Ofcourse!! and along with him Laxman n Sachin too should be dropped.so that others can play twenty-20 by wearing white dresses !!!just like what dhoni n praveen did yesterday..hahahhahahha
The way he has batted in this crucial series is a clear indication that his form has finally deserted him.It is really depressing to see the way he is scalp by English speedsters who are simply enjoying at his cost.It is time to hang the boots & let Kohli develop as India's future number 4.He is now hanging on 7 denying a youngster chance in Indian team
Re: Sachin should retire
by Raju on Aug 10, 2011 05:54 PM
The youngster will do much worse than him. Until pitches which assist bounce and seam bowling arent developed in India, its impossible to expect youngsters to play well overseas. They will need years of exposure like Dravid, Laxman to play well in those conditions. Till then India will keep losing like they did in 90s.
Re: Re: Sachin should retire
by pradeep agarwal on Aug 10, 2011 06:25 PM
Let us lose with youngsters than allowing these overpaid past their prime burden on the team
Re: Re: Sachin should retire
by pradeep agarwal on Aug 10, 2011 06:38 PM
Maha Shatak will happen after another 100 tests in this life.This great guy should spare every one from this agony of watching him shuffling against quality bowling like Suresh Raina.
Re: Sachin should retire
by Maulik Shah on Aug 10, 2011 11:51 PM
Sachin won't retire soon. He has signed so many advertisements and in contract it is writeen that If Sachin stop playing then he won't get money.
