Re: change of batting order
by Saurav Chakraborty on Jan 22, 2011 12:41 AM
Feel bad for Redirr editor when he says However, new batsman Virat Kohli eased the pressure a bit with two boundaries in Tsotsobe's second over, both through the extra cover.
It was some other batsman and not Virat who came into bat
promoting himself and his chacha Raina over the in form Pathan. Both failed miserably with the bat. Now the pressure is on the pathan and sardar to follow. If they deliver, Dhoni will crow on the team's success. If they fail, then Dhoni will go blah blah blah our players did not follow the plan and apply themselves etc. to the press
I think sachin should learn from younger players in the team about to play for india and how to dominate the bowlers. After so many years,he has centuries but never won a thrilling or critical match for India. His absence in india gave india a t20 worldcup. Just because of his image, no one is removing him from team. hence sachin should himself take retirement from cricket.
Re: Sachin Tendulkar
by Sachin Baluni on Jan 22, 2011 12:36 AM
Dude he is an opener, if he plays well, match never becomes critical and remains a cake walk for india.
Re: Sachin Tendulkar
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jan 22, 2011 12:14 AM
Your father dhoni again choked under pressure & out for 2. Last inning he made 5. He has never scored a single 50 in his entire career when India chasing & under pressue. He is the biggest liabilty & choker in team. Must be kicked out. Thhoug with luck & Yusuf/kohli batting, india may still win the match.
Sewag : Unpredictable. May or may not score. Gambir:Good Sachin:Not best as before. Kohli:Good Yuvraj:Not interested in Cricket now a days. Raina:Don’t know to play short pitch balls. Dhoni:Not at all good in Batting Saheer :Good Nehra:cant even bowl ten overs. Munaf:Got selection bcos of the 2nd ODI in SA. Harbajan:Not a turner of ball now a days.
Re: indian team
by samit on Jan 22, 2011 12:53 AM
who can play short pitch or fast ball besides sachin or gambhir.. ?? all others have no footwork and play like sitting ducks..
Due to some mysterious reasons SA players are letting the matches go out of their control and conceding defeats. This happened in Durban Test when they were bowled out for 131 and in ODI in Joberg adn Capetown. Today also they run themselves out 3 tims for unnecessary reasons without logic. Are there any kind of match fixings? Or the players are pleasing their indian franchise officials?
Re: SA always in Backfoot
by sunil vaidya on Jan 22, 2011 12:27 AM
yes the first test in the test series and the first one day in the one day series were fixed
Re: kohli
by pawarush@rediffmail.com on Jan 22, 2011 12:04 AM
To include Kohli in tests means Raina has to vacate. If dhoni removed his pal Raina and selected Kohli over Vijay, then Dhoni's goose will be cooked as he will lose support of his CSK master Srinivasan. Srinivasan is the head of idli/sambar brigade and a disciple of Sharad Pawar, the maratha goon who would always ensure that average players from Bombay got preference over talent from other regions, Tendulkar being the sole exception.
Re: Re: kohli
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jan 22, 2011 01:05 AM
Bigeest goon is northy dhoni who keeps chance to all his northy cmcha friends like raina,nehra,mchawla, RP,praveen etc without any performance. Srikant & any mumbai player are much more neural & fair.
Please remember these people do not play for India. They play for BCCI and of course for money. So now onwards call them dhobi team and not indian team
Totally unimaginative captaincy by Dhoni as he did not attack the batmans when SA were 5 down for 119 instead he was happy to let them take singles.Without any pressure, Dumny, Botha and Peterson took singles on almost every ball as the field was spread out. Had Dhobi put more fielders in the inner circle then tailenders singles would have cut out and they would have forced to take risk by going over the top and loss their wicket in that process. I don't understand Team managements continued interest in a such hapless player like Rohit. Despite repeated failures why he is given chances after chances?
Re: Unimaginative captaincy
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jan 22, 2011 01:07 AM
why not u question of dhoni/raian/nehra etc. Rohit is far superior to them as a player
Our batsmen may still win this match for India. With Zaheer, Munaf and Harbhajan going wicketless and conceding over 6 runs per over, Dhoni used them to to their full quota. Yuvraj and Nehra were economical and among the wickets today. In fact they shared the four wickets that fell today, the others being harakiri runouts aided by some sharp fielding. Yet Dhoni underutilized them, leaving 6 overs to spare on the table between these two bowlers. Not every bowler is effective in every match. It is the captain's responsibility to guage who is effective, and who is not on a particular day and marshal resources accordingly. Alas, Dhoni is not a thinking captain.
Re: Unimaginative captaincy from Dhoni again
by mkishore on Jan 22, 2011 01:17 PM
Nehra may be economical but he has given around 10 odd runs by fielding skils. Regards, MSKKishore
Re: Unimaginative captaincy from Dhoni again
by Narahari K on Jan 22, 2011 12:11 AM
He is a thinking captain. Alas he made you think he made wrong decision, but never made you guess that he was spot fixed.
Re: Re: Unimaginative captaincy from Dhoni again
by pawarush@rediffmail.com on Jan 22, 2011 12:26 AM
wrong ... if we needed a spot fixing captain, we had the best in Azharuddin hehehe. Even in that area, Dhoni does not merit captaincy
