The 280 runs against BLD and the 338 against England has been a caused of major concern. The Indian think-tank still has not found the right combination yet, but 4 bowlers or five, the problem is Ashish Nehra's injury and not the Fifth bowler or Chawla.
This may become an issue in the later stages but they still have to play against the minows and we should not be too concerned about the options with Sreesanth, Nehra and Chawla.
I would say wait till Nehra is 100% ready and in the meanwhile before the semi and quarters let us juggle with Chawla and Sreesanth.
Yusuf is something that India will get if our batting is struggling in a chase and when the top-order cannot fire. He can turn the match around from a seemingly hopeless situation but a fifth bowler cannot do what Yusuf can do.
The combination of Zaheer, Nehra and Munaf is the best combination since Srinath, Zaheer and Nehra since the 93 WC. Munaf has been a revelation and got a lot of help in SA, but the three combined can put a serious dent early when India's is defending.
Chawla is still young and maybe against the minnows for the next few games Sreesanth can be a better option before Nehra can fully recover.
The attack is too spin centric with Chawla, Harby and the part-timers.
We play SA until March 12 and enough time for Nehra to recover, until then Sreesanth is a good option against the minnows with Yusuf still in the eleven and going with 3 specialist seamers is a good option.
He is really fit for nothing and gets pushed up. A freak performance where he got non crucial wickets has now catapulted him to hieghts he does not deserve. God save India and Indians.
Re: Not sure
by Iron Masked on Feb 28, 2011 12:23 PM
He did bowl a few good balls. I think Dhoni was confusing him. Instead of flighting the ball, he was bowling a bit flat in the initial overs.
He is really fit for nothing and gets pushed up. A freak performance where he got non crucial wickets has now catapulted him to hieghts he does not deserve. God save India and Indians.
He is really fit for nothing and gets pushed up. A freak performance where he got non crucial wickets has now catapulted him to hieghts he does not deserve. God save India and Indians.
We should drop Muslim Yousuf Pathan from the team., becuase Piyu is a Warne in making , Piyu will be great, Mahi should realise this as Gauti is in along with Viru and Tendlya , Bhajji is always there and Sree the superman.
Let him perform in the real matches. I donot know how can they rate him high based on the performance in a practice match. What about all the chances he has wasted so far in his career. Everybody thought he is going to be next spin great, but he has done any favors to his career. He is still the same bowler as he was at 17. He did not even improve a bit nor never tried for betterment. Only plus point in his 5-6 yrs career is his batting skills have been improved a bit. earlier he was a Venkatesh Prasad now he is a Anil Kumble (which is of no use to indian cricket team). Real plus, he is a good fielder.