i think dhoni should go with raina as he has performed exceedingly well under difficult circumstances and on those lively pitches which were described by Dravid as the worst he has played in his entire career in Carribean island.
despite yuvi being dhobi's biuddy and recently in good form, raina had done nothing wrong to lose his place... yuvi can come in place of dravid or laxman or mukund if he must play... ditto ishant/parvin/mishra should not be dropped despite their good performances in west indies coz dancer stupidsant and one match a series zaheer khan are back...
agree with bishop THAT INDIan batting needs to step up and bowling needs new tactics to clamp angrez.
short pitch balls will just be a surprise ball once india gets used to it.
WI players were made to kiss hand of munaf patel and pat his for no reason. it was done just to please the replacement umpire Assad from pakistan(he replaced harper). same was tried with Yusuf. ofcourse india and WI will be friends, there is lot in common between us.
in any case, goal of india was not to celebrate over-beating a level 2 team WI and expose indian plans there.
then in Wi, the TV replays were showing rigged DRS with balls going over the stumps and sideways which were clear LBWs. they are now showing how DRS can favor WI to win over WI. this is all done after DRS promoters cannot force india to accept DRS by giving them out on wrong balls.
INDIA NEEDS TO HAVE IT's own 6 HD fast frame cameras (side, top bottom, on stumps, etc) to capture the entire action. DONT RELY ON VIDESHI EQUIPMENT OR VIDESHI BROADCAST.
it is no surprise who is one of the financier of the terror network when it hits india.
Re: DRAVID SHOULD OPEN!!
by Srihari on Jul 15, 2011 04:13 PM
India should go on with a sit-in(dressing room) captain for tests and should be Dhoni...instead of stand-in..he is technically very poor in seaming conditions and bouncy tracks...but his captaincy is good,so we can make him to sit in the dressing room and do the captaincy..n make saha or parthiv to keep wickets
Re: Re: DRAVID SHOULD OPEN!!
by SUBROTO RAY on Jul 16, 2011 01:37 PM
Parthiv is a poor wicket keeper and Saha doesn't have experience although he is good behind the stumps. Mahi is the glorious boy of Indian Cricket. India without Dhoni is unthinkable. If you have any doubts get yourself thoroughly checked by a psychriatist because you may be heading for a lunatic asylum.
Re: DRAVID SHOULD OPEN!!
by Nationalistic Patriot on Jul 15, 2011 02:42 PM
No. It has been done before and not worked. Just for getting Yuvi in Rahul cannot be sacrificed in a position he is not comfortable in. Mukund is playing ok. Raina is in form and yuvraj has to sit out. If Raina fails then Yuvraj can be given a chance.
Re: DRAVID SHOULD OPEN!!
by Rivka Mishra on Jul 15, 2011 09:54 PM
It puts too much pressure on Dravid, who doesn't like to open. It was tried in the Australia series, and it didn't work. So it isn't a good idea.
Re: Re: DRAVID SHOULD OPEN!!
by pravin sarode on Jul 15, 2011 04:32 PM
Sachin is most test experience must open Dravid at non strikers end why these people hide themsleves at one down or two down when they have so much experience
