he seems to have cemented his place in the team in both test and odi formats. Has been a decent captain of his Ranji team for some time now. Kick Dhoni out and let him regain his batting form to earn his keep in the team. Get Irfan and Pujara in the team wit Kohli and Yousuf as regulars
Re: Gambhir for captain ..
by Moses Joseph on Jan 24, 2011 08:00 PM
I agree. Let Dhoni resign as Captain and exit gracefully for his mistake in fielding first after winning the toss in 5fth ODI and losing the match and series. He also does not score runs and save matches as he used to do. If he does not resign, kick him out before the World Cup. I hope the selectors read these views.
Re: Re: Gambhir for captain ..
by SUDHIR CHEWLE on Jan 24, 2011 10:43 PM
I also agree. Gambhir is future captain. Dhoni initially played well to regain his place in Indian team and to make money. He has earned lot thru cricket and also by advertisement. He is know list bothered if he kicked from captaincy or from team. So lets kick him out and allow youngster who are knowking the doors.
Re: MSD
by Abhay Gore on Jan 24, 2011 06:57 PM
I think it will not work. If you observe, who so ever took captancy had failed ex. Sachin, Dravid etc. It will be better if sombody else (other than imp batsmen & bowlers)should be given this responsibility. At least nobody can give excuse of pressure of captancy for their failure. Remember Dhoni when he was not captain he was a blast, but since he has become captain he is only a fuska phataka. How many half centuries he has scored after becoming captain??????????
Re: MSD
by arvin g on Jan 24, 2011 04:50 PM
yep sehwag will lead from the front scoring 20 runs of 15 balls most of the time... that definetely will make india win wc...
Re: D/L method
by ritiknair.981@rediffmail.com on Jan 24, 2011 04:01 PM
At the start of the SA innings the match was scheduled to be 50 overs hence SA planned their innings accordingly. Only towards the 40 over stage the match was rain hit and reduced to 46 overs. Since the team batting second has the liberty of planning their innings based on a 46 over match the D/L calculation awards the extra runs to the team batting first on pro-rata basis.
Re: Re: D/L method
by kaustubh narayan on Jan 24, 2011 04:22 PM
Even if match would have been of complete 50 overs then also team batting second have liberty of planning their innings based on 50 overs....so your reason is not explaining completely...I agree with sundaram..why India had to score 15 more runs to win?
Re: Re: Re: D/L method
by ritiknair.981@rediffmail.com on Jan 25, 2011 06:00 PM
It is not my reason mind you it s D/L :), you have missed our a critical point here the team batting first never knew that the it is gonna be a 46 over game hence D/L rule says the extra runs need to be added.
Btw, I was just explaining the little I knew on D/L upon Sundaram's request & neither agreeing nor disagreeing to this rul. Thanking you all:)
Poor shot selection by Yusuf leads india to loose the game..the game was very much ON and he could have betted sensibly...but after all he is a Pathan who doesn't think too much
Re: Poor shot by Yusuf
by ALOK BHATTACHARYA on Jan 24, 2011 02:46 PM
yes,you are right Yusuf, Pathan had enough balls to take away the game from S.A. before choosing the wrong ball to hit out of the park. But why Pathan to blame because he played a knock of life. Take the case of Yuvraj. His body language clearly shows that he is physically unfit alongwith loss of confidence. Taking wickets is his second prio- rity, making run first. I am only writing about Yuvraj because he used to be a match winner besides electrifying fielder.I am sure, he can't regain his form before world cup and Dhoni has problem in hand for selecting final eleven. Magic will not happen simply by playing in sub continent. Forget winning world cup. Alok Bhattacharya.
Re: Re: Poor shot by Yusuf
by iqbal on Jan 24, 2011 07:06 PM
i am not with your comment saying that yousuf has made poor shot, what i say that the failure goes to upper and middle order or else yousuf should start at 3 or 4.
i honestly believe india would have lost series by 5-0 if luck isnt favoured dhoni.....due to dropped cathes of sa n knock of yusuf n kohli....rest of all indian performance diaster... just see score board most of sa got out coz of only runouts..noone bowler managed to get proper wickets...and in battin except kohli n yusyf noone of dem mangeged even to get 50s.....aaagar aisa hi chalta raha wc final chood even we wont reach in qfinals...be ready upsets frm bangladesh...
Re: disaster
by ALOK BHATTACHARYA on Jan 24, 2011 07:41 PM
Girish, you must not take away credit when India won 2nd.& 3rd.ODI because of collective effort.Ashwin dropped a simple catch of Amla and result is before us.Dhoni's defensive approach,leaked many singles. There are manyif and buts and no use cry over split milk. I repeat, this world cup is not for us. Alok Bhattacharya.
No Indian player played with an intention of winning the Game nor the Captain (helicoptor shot- making fun of himself)....They should be ashamed of their performance..Besides Kohli & Pathan none played up to the mark..Parthiv is an exception.
Re: Teams Zero committment
by rupesh on Jan 24, 2011 07:48 PM
I doubt indian team perfomance in the world cup.............be ready for the most disastrous performance of the world cup............all indian players are big on papers but zero in the form...........see what happens in the world cup!
I am amazed at seeing media interested in writing only for the pyrotechnics achieved by Pathan yday. There is no mention of dismal, rather spineless and shameless surrender by the Indian top order batsmen (yet again??).
India had all their moments, only to be thrown away with utter disdain. In the last test, they were able to reduce SA to six wickets down for 130, and still SA could walk away with the final score of 340. As if Dhoni is adamant (and so he is!!) that he repeated this mistake again in the 4th ODI to allow the Proteas win the match from 118/5.
To my opinion, the series both test and ODI has more been lost by India, then it is earned by Proteas (with due respect to SA). It has been marked with some shoddy captaincy, equally abysmal shot selection by Indian top order, negative approach to cricket and the lack of intent from the Indians.
Can some one answer the following questions for me:
1) When was the last occasion when Bhajji tried to take wickets (and did not want to CONTAIN batsmen)? 2) If India get reduced to something like 90/5, they invariably fold completely within 170-180 howsoever well the tail wags for India. On the other hand, even if opponents are 118/8 at the end of power play, Dhoni is a happy person to spread his field AS MUCH as he can. 3) Why on earth is Dhoni so adamant? What purpose did it solve by choosing Chawla? Dhoni said that Chawla adds variety and is a useful bat. Then, why was Chawla dumped for 2 years?
