Dinesh Karthick-asked to open..srilankan umpires did the rest
Rohit Sharma - Sa umpire in one match and bad luck in the remaining
Abhimanyu Mithun- Dhoni Kirsten selectors..poor guy made to debut in Lanka, and even after doing well kicked out
Sreesanth- Dhoni hates since he celebrated animatically after taking his wicket bowled during an IPL match and then the spat with bhajji ( being his best pal)
For the SA test series Munaf should have been picked, instead of few youngsters. The first test could have been saved if Munaf was there, he is tall and can get bounce, even if he is not express fast. (No Indian is express fast). Secondly Rohit was sacrificed asking him to open the innings as Sachin was injured and Vijay failed. Rohit should have been given oppurtunity in the middle order. If the captain wants he can finish off the career of such players. This had happened before. (VVS fortunately scored that 176 in the final test in Aus)Thanks to poor planning and worst politics of captains.
Please opt out of the side for the God sake or you will get injured ….. please let good form guys play the WC.
You are the big disappointment for India , with lot of politics in team selection, and poor skills…. Luck will not help always and we don’t want anyone just for captaincy if that the case bring Kapil back to the side.
Virat Kohli can bat on 1st down only. If you ask him to bat at no.7 .......... he cant bat at that level.....he need more balls to settle down to score something.
Re: Re: 3 batters
by Ruler on Jan 24, 2011 06:42 PM
you will regret for your comment after the WC. Wait and watch... Sachin, Sehwag, Yuv, Yusuf, Kohli, gambir, dhoni. If any two of them play well in each match.. we will win WC.
Re: Re: Re: 3 batters
by PG on Jan 24, 2011 08:30 PM
There is a bigger chance that you will regret your comments :-) But then you will be forgiven (We Indians are good at it).
Re: Re: 3 batters
by PG on Jan 24, 2011 08:38 PM
Sachin and probably Virat are the only two batsmen in WC team who have good batting technique and can adjust according to the demand. This team needs Sachin to have someone whom you can reply on for consistency. He has matured as a batsmen and can dictate his terms on the bowlers.
Don't look at any player from a "match winner" angle. For that matter, there is no match winner in any of the teams in WC. You need more than one player to shine to be able to win.
Dhoni performance of late is not good. He should think of his batting form. Squarely blaming entire batting unit is wrong, Dhoni shud take responsibility and improve his performance.
The likes of Dhoni, Yuvraj, Raina from current team are very important in world cup and their performance will impact the game.
Re: Dhoni's under performance
by babran on Jan 24, 2011 06:15 PM
B'coz of Dhoni,Yuvi and Raina,we have lost the series.I don't know how they are going to perform in the world cup...
Re: Re: Dhoni's under performance
by PG on Jan 24, 2011 06:20 PM
How can you expect someone, who has no technique, to score runs and lead from the front.
Re: Dhoni's under performance
by madanmohan siddhanthi on Jan 24, 2011 06:23 PM
It is not only his batting but as a captain he failed badly.All the matches after losing top order the batsmen at 6,7 milked runs at will.I tis not necessary to stop fours and sixer but tighten so that players make mistake .If you are happy gioving 5-6 runs in singles it make s at a later stage ,uch easier.Frankly parthiv is better choice but he is kept out wantenly.Finally forget Helicofter shots we do not even get Cycle rickshaw shots.
Captain is supposed to be a mentor, leader leading by examples but Dhoni is none of them. He is not even a good wicket-keeper or a good batsman.
The whole world called for Ponting's head because of his batting average in recent Ashes. Why noone is questioning Dhoni and his batting average after the just concluded SA tour.
It always helps when tendulkar hears from gavaskar or vengsarkar about what has gone wrong. Rohit has nobody,
Indians lose good players like Rohit due to lack of mentors and competition.
Atleast yuvi, raina, dhoni, harbhajan, etc run a gang of selfish bBastards. they lick the same sSeptic tank.
Rohit went across, but the ball from Tsotsobe was certainly angled (and was left arm over the wicket),
Tsotsobe ball dropped at middle and off. If rohit left the ball, it would go outside offstump.
Rohit went across the angled ball and got inside edge ( making a > with the ball) ) . Even if he played straight or have his body facing the ball, he would have a better chance to hit this slow ball.
rohit is living in his own world for quite sometime.
Re: politics and good players.
by PG on Jan 24, 2011 06:07 PM
Captain is supposed to be a mentor, leader leading by examples but Dhoni is none of them. He is not even a good wicket-keeper or a good batsman.
The whole world called for Ponting's head because of his batting average in recent Ashes. Why noone is questioning Dhoni and his batting average after the just concluded SA tour.
Re: World Cup Playing Eleven Should be:
by shashank k on Jan 24, 2011 08:17 PM
too later to call his head now, but he will surely leave after the WC. He will not only loose the captaincy but all his contracts. PPatel will the keeper, with gauti or viru as captain.
