Dhoni defending the batsmen is great .It is like Congress defend all the corrupt inits party and its allies Good work keep it up. Finally let us more IPL with 30 yeard ground ,forget about international crikcet I assure Indian public will be plenty and th advertisements you can have even betwen each ball being bowled.
Everytime India lost in Australia, the top 5 batsmen were gone in the first 20 or so overs. The few times openers withstood the opening overs, we did very well. Aakash Chopra and Rahul Dravid in recent times --- Chetan Chauhan and Sunil Gavaskar in the 70s.
Not many people consider Aakash Chopra or Chetan Chauhan as great players, but because of them, the other batsmen were able to score their tons.
The reasoning is that the Kookaburra ball is not as potent after 25 to 30 overs. So, it is not a bad idea to send in weaker batsmen during the initial overs and keep the likes of Sehwag and Tendulkar for the later overs.
Re: Batting Strategy In Australia
by Face Dude on Dec 30, 2011 11:43 PM
India's best opening pair ever were Gavaskar and Chauhan. They were rock solid in their defence and partnership was almost unbreakable once set...
that BCCI nexus may have made arrangements of FIXING MATCHES in the remaining series, hence dhoni said we may better performance in next match. Allah, make sure that its a clean series so we can witness another whitewash of mediocre Indian Team
Re: Re: I am scared..
by Muhammed on Dec 30, 2011 08:30 AM
Innocent fans like Jiju, understand that team like Pak and others fix matches and under perform which results in Indian Victory...
Re: Re: Re: I am scared..
by Jiju on Dec 30, 2011 08:54 AM
Ignorant fans like Muhammed fail to understand that Paki team & PCB do cheating in the matches which they win.
Sangakara being a wicket keeper can play such great innings, whereas our great captain fool is 'very tired'. After wicket keeping, he comes as low in the order as possible so that he can give an excuse like "our tail did not score runs"......
When it comes to sports, and I mean any kind, India should just bend over and let Australia have it. Time and again they have done it to us. I know a few of us will point to that world cup victory but those are few and far between.
Reading many comments on the Fab 3. This is a game and the opposition played better. This is no way to treat your THREE TEST ICONS. Having followed cricket for the past 3 decades, and knowing the pattern which Indian tst cricket takes usually takes in an away series, I still trust Laxman, Dravid and Tendulkar would deliver in the remaining test series, and not for personal glory but on a team cause. As Dhoni rightly points, we must master cleaning up the tail. This ofcourse should not take away the effort put in by Zee Khan and Umesh. Let our disappointment on losing the test match defame the trio. Laxman failing in the 2nd innings of a match is really surprising. Lets give that hero a chance to come back strongly as he usually does against the Aussies. X can lie, Y can lie, Z can lie, but NUMBERS dont lie and that too over a period of 10 years. Just wait and see how strongly Sachin would come back. After all it's his reputation and he would not disappoint us.
