There was a big attitude problem showed by indian team.They were not positive in their approach.prior and Broad coming at 7 and 8 did an excellent job due to their positive approach.Mukund, gambhir, Harbhajan, Raina all fell for poor shot selection.Harbhajan has to flight the ball if he wants to invite batsman to hit so then only he will get wickets.We are dependant on indiviuals like zaheer got injured and Dhoni didnt knew what to do...Sachin had viral fever and every other batsman became sick...Dhoni's tactics are more of defensive then aggressive.Remember Luck favours the brave...
The guy is a legend and I totally agree that Bhaji bowled like trash in the 1st test... Bhajji has lost his magic and Mishra deserves a chance against England...
If anything, if Zaheer is not playing, I say, India should play both Bhajji and Mishra together....
Re: Wasim Akram is right
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 08:27 PM
boss you are out of your mind. Munaf speed is 135-140 any day any pitch it is just equal of Anderson.he will be more effective then praveen whose maximum speed is 122km. Munaf,Shree and Ishant all three must play in 2nd match but problem is that they will not drop praveen for his 5 wicket haul.
Re: Re: Wasim Akram is right
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 08:47 PM
YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE A BALL LIKE BANANA. IT SHOULD BE ON OFF STUMP MOST OF THE TIME APPROX METER BEHIND OF FULL LENGTH AND JUST GIVE LITTLE NUDGE AND THAT IS IT. WHY MCGRATH WAS SO SUCCESSFUL AGAINST BEST OF BEST. HE KEPT BOWLING ON ONE LINE ALL FOR HOURS. MUNAF IS VERY GOOD IN THAT HE IS NOT MCGRATH BUT GOOD ACCURACY. ONCE SACHIN BATTED FOR ALMOST 3 HOURS AGAINST MCGRATH AND SCORED JUST 7 RUNS CAUSE SACHINE KEPT LEAVING ALL HIS DELIVERIES EVERY BATSMAN DOES NOT HAVE THAT SORT OF PATIENCE SO YOU ARE BOUND TO GET YOUR FISH.
Re: MR. AKRAM
by D S on Jul 27, 2011 08:09 PM
akram is right about replacement, though replacement should be among yuvi or pragyan or ashwin. mishra is exposed.
Re: Re: MR. AKRAM
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 08:17 PM
BOSS YUVRAJ WILL FAIL HAVE BET WITH ME I AM A BETTING MAN. WHY YUVRAJ IS SUCCESSFUL IN ONE DAY THERE ARE MANY REASONS BEHIND IT. FIRST IS IN ONE DAY THEY PLAY WITH KOOKABURRA WHITE BALL WHICH DOES NOT MOVE AND BOUNCE LIKE RED CHERRY DOES. SECOND BOWLERS HAVE LIMITATIONS TO BOWL SO HE CAN PLAY HIS SHOTS. BESIDE HE CAN HIT IN LINE WHEN BOWL DOES NOT MOVE THAT IS WHY HE WILL BE SUCCESSFUL ON FLAT PITCHES ONLY I MEAN IN TEST.
Still india are the No.1 , Actualy we lose the first test ok but 3 more test to go india will be fight back . All these peoples are taiking stupids .This is a sports the one team will win another one wil lose its nature dont blame indian players they are gud they were doing their best in past few years .
Re: What is this
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 08:08 PM
I HOPE INDIA WILL BOUNCE BACK WITH SOME POSITIVE ATTITUDE LIKE WE DID IN INDIA AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA AND AGAIN AGAINST SOUTH AFRICA IN SOUTH AFRICA LAST YEAR.WE NEED EVERY ONE FIT AND WE MUST CHOOSE BEST TEAM. HERE PEOPLE ARE WRITING TAKE YUVRAJ FOGET YUVRAJ I WOULD HAVE NOT TAKEN RAINA EVEN THOUGH HE PLAYED VERY GUTSY INNING MORE THEN HIS ABILITIES. HE HAS TO BE GIVEN CHANCE AGAIN. YUVRAJ AND DHONI BOTH PLAY AWAY FROM THEIR BODY AND BOTH WILL FAIL AGAINST MOVING BALL. THAT IS WHY DHONI WAS GIVING CATCH PRACTISE TO KEEPER AND YUVRAJ WILL DO THE SAME TRUST ME.
Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by Manickaraj on Jul 27, 2011 07:50 PM
You craz.y. mor.on please comment when you start understanding cricket. If India lost a match doesn't mean that everyone needs to be criticised. Win or loss is a part and parcel of the game. wait and see how the series turn out. Don't bar.k. for nothing.
Re: Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by siva kumar on Jul 27, 2011 08:14 PM
Ok intelligent moron! I am not telling Sachin should win all the matches for India. Lords test could very well have been drawn with (so-called) all time greats like Sachin. Once your skill can not help when the team needs most you are definitely useless.
Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by Sanjay Sanj on Jul 27, 2011 07:51 PM
Sachin has been in great form this year... until there is someone who can take over... it's a non-discussion... don't go by just Lords performance... look ahead to Trent Bridge and beyond... we will win this series... Sachin will get more than one century...
Re: Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 07:53 PM
THERE ARE MANY MACHARS ON THIS NET HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF SPORTS JUST START WRITING CRAPS ABOUT LEGENDS.ENGLISH TEAM WILL THROW PARTY IF THEY WILL READ THIS PROPAGANDA.
Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by Anitha on Jul 27, 2011 07:52 PM
He was asked to play that way as india was going for Draw. Also a person with Viral Fever standing out in England Pitch without shivering for 40 Deliveries is a World Record..... IF Rahul Dravid do this you will call him WALL. They have a back up for Harbajan by way of Mishra, Yuvi and others are regularly failing to replace sachil that is the bad luck. the day we have some one ready he will be out of cricket for some reason and SAchin will still be young to play cricket... So only He can decide when can he retire.... May be the time Amitabh is out of advertisement business and Sachin and Sharuk advertising for Chavanprash!!!
Re: Re: Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by Anitha on Jul 27, 2011 08:05 PM
IT is in Nagaland, i was there for a project now back in Mumbai my home.
Re: Get Rid of Sachin - Selfish and Useless
by barani dharan on Jul 27, 2011 08:01 PM
YOU IDIOT ....ITS TEST MATCH...DON'T EXPECT EVERYONE TO STRIKE RUN A BALL OR 100 STRIKE RATE....
Wasim Akram is absolutely right. Harbhajan must be amongst the most overrated spinner from India notwithstanding his 400 wickets in countless outings. His performance is at best sporadic.
It is time to look at the performance of Harbhajan in the recent past. He has been included in the playing eleven only on the basis of NOT SO BRILLIANT OR OUTSTANDING Performance. The players should be included in the playing eleven only on current performance. Harbhajan certainly does not qualify in the team on this count. HOWEVER, IN INDIA, WE HAVE THE HABIT OF BASKING IN THE PAST (READ DISTANT PAST) GLORY AND DEPRIVING DESERVING CANDIDATES.
It will not be fair to drop Harbhajan for one bad day in office. I think Dravid should open with Gambhir and Mukund should make way for Yuvraj Singh. In case Zaheer is not free, go for Sreesanth.
Re: Team For Second Test
by Sanjay Sanj on Jul 27, 2011 07:36 PM
one bad day??? Try 5 paaji... flop with ball and bat... please don't stick up for him... as a punjabi I am a big fan of this man but he definately needs 'rest'...
Re: Re: Team For Second Test
by Rajesh Vyas on Jul 27, 2011 10:53 PM
Why do you need bring the PUNJABI business into this debate. We are in 2011, it is time to rise beyond these nonsense of language, sate, religion, sub-caste and so on.
Re: Team For Second Test
by siva kumar on Jul 27, 2011 07:45 PM
Dravid himself does not like to open. He justified that in Second Innings. Sachin can be dropped. He took 40 balls to score one run. Keeping him in the team to enable him to score his 100th 100 is unjustified. If you can not a save a test match with the so-called best batsman in the world, then what is the use of having him in the team??
Re: Re: Team For Second Test
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 07:58 PM
BOSS PLS LEAVE I AM PLANNING TO BACK INDIAN TEAM IN 2ND TEST. WHY YOU ARE KICKING ON MY STOMACH. WITHOUT SACHIN INDIA WILL WIN DID INDIA WIN IN LAST 21 YEARS WITHOUT SACHIN.
DON, clearly a 'betting' man... guess who backed an Indian win at 4-1... and then was almost tempted to back them again at 9-1 prior to their second innings :)? I guess if you play this game, you can't have a heart :)
Re: @DON
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 07:41 PM
i didn't back any team i lay draw first when draw was hot favourite. it was 1.28 then i backed it when India lost just 1 wicket in 2nd inning.
Re: Re: @DON
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 07:43 PM
so total i made 46K. now i am waiting for next match. for time being i am backing one dhakkan tennis player but match is stopped due to rain.
Re: Re: Re: @DON
by DON on Jul 27, 2011 07:45 PM
TENT-BRIDGE RECORDS ALWAYS FAVOR INDIA BUT WE NEED FULL STRENGTH TEAM. ALSO THIS TIME BATTING FIRST NO SECOND IF INDIA WIN THE TOSS. WE NEED THREE QUICKIES ALL THREE MUNAF,ISHANT AND SHREE NO PRAVEEN PLS.
