Sehwag is obsessed with bowling first and in all the three matches he has done the same thing citing dew. The spinners will get good turn in the evening rather than in the sunny first session. Batting also difficult while chasing due to pressure. India's strength is batting hence Dhoni normally bats first and if things go well the team can revise the target from time to time. With good total on the board & tight bowling / fielding team has good chance of winning mainly the batsmen are not under pressure. This may work well in indian flat wickets. In bouncy wickets it is always to bowl first and restrict the team to a lower total. Why Sehwag is not aware of this simple fact ?
I disagree with the choice of man of the match.Why Rampaul?His wicket of Raina was a umpiring Blunder.instead Rohit Sharma was the deserving candidate.He played Sublime cricket but unfortunately was on losing side.Had he survived that run out and guided India to victory would Rampaul got the Award?Whoever chose the candidate made a great mistake.
Re: 3rd ODI
by silver mani on Dec 06, 2011 03:39 PM
Vasant ,Jo jeeta Wohi Sikander,Thats why the likes of Miandad and Bevan were so great ,they were complete finishets.
Re: 3rd ODI
by Dinesh K on Dec 06, 2011 03:53 PM
Vasant, Sorry the "ifs" and "buts" wont work here. Ravi's bowling was sublime and the delivery to Gambhir was a gem. Also, the one to dismiss Mithun was special, considering that he was hit for 2 boundaries and thus under pressure. Also, Rohit's innings was patchy - he was dropped twice. Also, by your logic, shouldnt Ravi be awarded the MoM in the last match for that World record innings?
Everybody knows that Sehwag and Gambir is one of the best opening pairs. Why Parthiv is opening with Sehwag. Instead he can bat at no.3. May be this will work out positively for India. Also, Raina should come after Jadeja. No other change required.
Re: Re: strategy
by Ruler on Dec 06, 2011 02:13 PM
Raina is capable and a proven batsman. But he is out of form now, can come back strongly in another two odis. I agree for Sachin. Other are not worth a place now, specially saha got many opportunities in the past. But failed.
Re: I was Really Laughing
by Dinesh K on Dec 06, 2011 03:57 PM
Gold medal for golden duck.Gambhir already got enough gold as dowry, so no mdeal for his golden duck.
irfan pathan must learn ,practice on his deadly inswinger beauty,which was systematic destroyed by mission australian chappal,and SCCI payed for it?Irfan indians are with you,we want to see deadly inswinging balling like Wasim akram inswinger and ur confidence back,take some more efforts on balling
I can understand that the Indians could not deliver on English soil agains the quality English side but we white washed them at home in a recent series. But the Indian top order has not performed for three one day matches in a row and that too famed line up like shewag and Gambhir, and against a toothless west indies bowling, I say toothless comparing it to the times when bowlers like Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner, Andy Roberts, Courtney walsh and Curtly ambrose formed a power - packed force that could send shivers against even the top quality batsman of the world.
