"Lot of Criticism for Indian Test team not chasing 86 runs in 15 overs and calling off the match". But the fact is India gave a try to chase run , sending Raina ahead of Laxman. With Mukund out in first ball and Settled pair M Vijay and Dravid struggling to score even after playing more than 20 overs. It was difficult for the team to score 86 runs in 15 overs. And Wes tIndies bowlers are not so generous that they would have not bowled negative bowling seeing India chasing. Also West Indies would have taken their own sweet time to see not to complete those 15 overs before the light been offered. This is test cricket and not T20 or ODI. Indian Team took the right decision and we should be happy with many top players missing and still we won T20 , ODI and Test series. Its time we look forward to England Series!
Re: 3rd Test Called off by mutual agreement!!
by sanjeev on Jul 11, 2011 12:56 PM
hate australians for cheating but love their never say die spirit in all formats wonder how dhoni has cheated Indians fans 86 in 15 overs,ok it is difficult in test matches but you can not be bowled out in 15 overs if he think he has save the match then he should not be captain of no.1 test team
Re: In the end
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:26 PM
don't divert topic- mr dhoni. We know how great sachin, laxman, dravid & sehwag are there. They are legend & match winner. Topic here is mr DHONI a medicore batsman & also a defensive captain. Real coward & piddi like u fans.
Re: Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 01:08 PM
Well you would obviously know since you are so close to Dhobiji. No wonder the hate and love relationship.hehe.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:30 PM
all dhoni blind fans varun, sunil vaidya, hypocrites are again impressed with dhobiji attacking approach of captaincy
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 01:27 PM
lol. In your mind Dhoni takes credit because some articles written give him full credit. Have you ever heard from dhonis mouth of the same ?He always talks about the team and how lucky he is to have a great team. See to helo you out, what you are doing is that you hate dhoni for some reason and are finding reasons out of nowhere to blame him. Universal truth ha ? funny one there. You talk like a kid. sorry but that is what it looks like.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by suppandi on Jul 11, 2011 01:10 PM
After seeing the doucle standards, Still you are fan of Dhobiji haha
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 01:14 PM
double standards ? hehe. What are these double standards. Do you ever realize that there could be different takes for the same thing ? That there is no universal one true version ?
Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by MS Dhoni on Jul 11, 2011 12:42 PM
SRT would have completed century in first innings and exposed tail enders
only Sehwag could have win this match...
but never mind ..in the end we won Test and ODI series...
Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:32 PM
it is a hard known fact that most of true & genuine sports fan don't like politicain dhoni. Its only political & biased fans like sunil vaidya, varun, hypocrites etc are fans of politcian dhoni
Re: Re: Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:33 PM
another irrelvant comment out of box- common trait of all political fans of dhoni
Re: If sachin has been captain of team India
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:29 PM
Entire world test status is mantained beacuse sachin is still playing the game. Thats what ICC chief said. He wanted sachin to play as much as possible so as test cricket still is watched for longer period & alive. Now If ur team is good u will win even if ur captain is as non performing, coward & piddi as dhoni
Indian team in this series never played like a Number 1 test team in the world. Such a defensive approach in the 2nd and 3rd test. During Australia's dominance they would have won this kind of a series by 3-0 margin.
In 2nd test Dravid, Laxman and Kohli played so slowly that India didnt have the time to bowl out West Indies. They were thinking of first saving the test match then of a victory.Such a defensive approach from World number 1 team is not accepted.
In 3rd test match again killing instinct was missing during 9th wicket parternship of West Indies. Also while chasing there was never a thought of winning except the fact of promoting Raina.
Re: India didnt play like Number 1
by suppandi on Jul 11, 2011 12:28 PM
.We missed Sachin, Gauti and Viru .WALL, VVS played to their class .Good bowling by Ishant
Kohli, Raina should groom up to test cricket temperment.
Opening pair; only Mukund seems promising & M Vijay is a total failure in all three formats of game
Re: India didnt play like Number 1
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 12:55 PM
With a full strength team they would. Can you point out instances when they went after a total without a full strength team ? You fan boys and your fantasies.
Re: Re: India didnt play like Number 1
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:36 PM
biggest flop of series captain fool dhoni- scored 16,0, 2, 5 & 74. 74 when bolwer like bishoo/chandrapaul opearting . Dropped 2 catches. Same performance in last 6 overseas test series. But I am sure media pressure, politics & add comany pressure will allow to play for another 10 yrs in test series overseas even with this type of performance
Guys..just think when the time will come of retirement of Pillers of indian team Sachin, Dravid,VVS,Sehwag,Gauti,Zaheer..except Kohli from the present squad what u can expect from the rest of the players or new comers..?..Players are not putting there 100% for their country..! And will be very bad sign for the indian cricket..!
Re: Future not looks bright of Indian team...!
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 12:56 PM
lol. You guys are funny. It did seem the same when sachin and dravid did their debut in away series. When will you learn.
Re: Re: Future not looks bright of Indian team...!
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:38 PM
sachin & darvid has not failed in 6 overseas series like how ur ordinary dhoni has failed. Even kartik/patl better batsman than dhoni in test overseas
Re: Ofcourse its a hypothetical situation, No ifs and buts...
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:42 PM
sehwag record in 4th inning is very poor. Its not the player but defensive mindset of captain which cost the match. He knows he is in team based on captaincy & not on playing ability. Naturally he will do anything to not loose the test
Re: Ofcourse its a hypothetical situation, No ifs and buts...
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 11, 2011 11:34 AM
Yes. If Sehwag and Gambhir had played, we would have won this test.
One more thing, don't call this team as number 1 because Gambhir, Sehwag, Sachin and Zaheer are not part of this side.
Re: Ofcourse its a hypothetical situation, No ifs and buts...
by suppandi on Jul 11, 2011 11:26 AM
Agree, Future; Viru - Mukund - Gauti would be an ideal opening pair with backup/resting one among three
Re: Re: Ofcourse its a hypothetical situation, No ifs and buts...
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:43 PM
yes even parthiv/kartik- good replacement for non performing dhoni
Inspite of a depleted side, they showed strength and brought the No. 1 team down.
Kudos to Sammy, Chanderpaul and Edwards who fought hard. They dont have the good openers and often their weak batting is concern, but inspite of tht, they could bowl out India on so many occasions.
Re: Appreciate the Windies team
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 11, 2011 11:20 AM
It was great effort by Chanderpaul. Dravide dropped him when he was on 25. It became turning point of the match.
Re: Re: Appreciate the Windies team
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 12:57 PM
yeah by sending in players to try and have a go. Of coz he should have been just plain dumb like you and kept going.
I know 86 off 90 balls was very difficult to get after Raina's dismissal but I think we should have continued at least 5-10 overs more. The 2nd thing is M.Vijay and Dravid could score little bit faster.
Overall India played well throughout the series and rain saved westindies twice in the series.
Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by nice guy on Jul 11, 2011 11:08 AM
Dhoni could have sent Raina at No. 3 and Kohli at No.4..result would be different. Time abd again it happened. This was same case in SA series last test as well and all are happy with 1-1 result. India is an ordinary team but not a champion.
Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 11, 2011 11:17 AM
Whenever someone will compare this indian side with invincible Aussies (1999-2007), India will look ordinary. Practically 6 runs per over is too high in test format.
Re: Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by nice guy on Jul 11, 2011 11:22 AM
But this is where a champion team should try to get that, dont worry abt result. Its only then, we deserve the No. 1 team. Remember we are playing against a weak team. If u would have tried and lose wickets, then anytime u can slow down as we have players like Dravid.
Re: Re: Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 11, 2011 11:31 AM
I didn't see the match live, so can't say that they didn't even try to win. It's quite possible that Westindies bowlers would have bowled negative line.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 12:59 PM
They were bowling a negative line. After reading through coach's statements, it does make sense. They did try to make it and when they realized they couldnt, they stopped. I dont see an issue. Cant remember an instance when a hlaf strength aussie team went after a total in test matches.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by nice guy on Jul 11, 2011 11:34 AM
I saw it live and except Edwards, rest were not tht tough.
Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by Anurag Rathore on Jul 11, 2011 11:14 AM
After 1st wicket fall on 1st ball, it was obvious that Dravid will come at 3. Then Raina came as expected but he failed. Now there was no fire power left to score 6 runs per over in a test where bolwers could any time bowl at negative line. But I think they should have continued few overs more.
Re: Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:46 PM
I also saw full match live & there was no negative bowling. It was defensive mindset & approach of dhobiji which cost the match
Re: Re: Re: I am little disoppointed with result.....
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:46 PM
I also saw full match live & there was no negative bowling. It was defensive mindset & approach of dhobiji which cost the mat
Re: d
by nice guy on Jul 11, 2011 10:58 AM
Its not about first test or second test. When he has no pressure, he will play casually and relaxed. With pressure, he is unfit. If Dravid is such an experienced player, he could have scored quick runs. He just cant play like that. Time to throw him out.
Re: Re: d
by suppandi on Jul 11, 2011 11:00 AM
It was Dhonijis strategy to stick on to wicket rather than scoring, Dhoniji has given the statement after match saying 'We wanted to defend rather than throwing away wickets' :)
See the confidence of winning from a captain of #1 team haha
Re: Re: Re: Re: d
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:49 PM
but tail is better than dhoni as a batsman. See dhoni score in series. His lack of confidence as a player some times cost to team dearly.
Re: Re: Re: d
by Varun on Jul 11, 2011 01:01 PM
hate baby hate. When these same players whom you hate and abuse turn heroes, you will be on their side and say i told you so. Mr opportunistic suppandi. hehe.
Re: Re: Re: Re: d
by ASHISH KUMAR on Jul 11, 2011 03:50 PM
if -id-io-t like u can hate player like sacin whats harm in hating ordinary medicore politicain like dhoni
Re: Re: Re: d
by nice guy on Jul 11, 2011 11:04 AM
Im not blaming Dhoni here. Its the routine approach which India follows in every series. Thats the bad thing.
