Dravid has the best record in terms of test hundreds not leading to a defeat Of his 32 centuries India lost only one Test . % of loss when he scores a 100 is just 3.2% . He is followed by Kallis, Gavaskar and Steve Waugh.
Re: Dravid
by anand lakshman on Jun 24, 2011 10:26 AM
This is a simply amazing fact,every now and then u fill is Rahul Dravid better than Sachin Tendulkar in Tests.if not he is very close to the latters greatness !!
What a struggle to beat weak team like WI!! 63 runs win isn't that great against minnows. Fact is Indian batting have totally failed except Dravid, Raina & Bhajji who saved Indian innings from collapse. Its bowlers who won the match for India.
Batting flops like Vijay & Kohli need to be dropped. Mukund should get another chance as he looked promising.
Re: Struggle
by Varun on Jun 24, 2011 09:13 AM
ok mr negative. With a team that has just been put together and that too in the first test of a series with no practice matches.
Re: Struggle
by Jadli on Jun 24, 2011 09:28 AM
Come on my friend.... A WIN is a WIN by any standards..... plus, the Indian Team is always tentative in the First Game and Complacent in the last Game.....From here-on, this Indian Team will only improve.... So in the Next test, you will actually have an Indian win by an Innings and 63 runs... Good Luck.....
Re: indian team
by concernhuman on Jun 24, 2011 09:07 AM
This is the same msg from a person from interior part of karnataka some day back. May be same person in different name or a different person copying same msg. This cheap tactic really hurt me very badly.
Re: indian team
by mr.makya@rediffmail.com on Jun 24, 2011 08:12 AM
This is not CSK team who is playing against WI. Influential mules like Vijay are getting too many chances, fact is all this pushed-over mules are flop at international level.
Re: indian team
by nagendra naidu on Jun 24, 2011 09:24 AM
This guy is not from Tamilnadu, I am sure he is anty tamilian So he is trying to create some bad openion on all tamil people by writing this kind of messages.
Re: indian team
by bakar sri on Jun 24, 2011 08:14 AM
so u want almost the whole team from Tamil nadu or Chennai super kings. why not u recommend making a separate team of yours with no player outside from tamil nadu / chennai super kings.
Real series. Indian cricket is now all about bogus criket, scams like IPL, T20 and even one day crap expose kids like Kohli and other one day punters badly when it comes to bouncy pitches, bouncers. Kohli was blowing kisses while getting killed by bouncers, he was badly exposed and won't survive test cricket. Lot of these guys are used to flat pitches, playing on dead pitches. Tremlet, Anderson and Broad gonna reall beat these guys, It's all up to Sachin, Dravid and to some extent Laxman who has rested too much and it was very clear..Sehwag will be disaster in that series because he now gets out quickly , trying to hit every ball does not help. Gambhir is the only fighter and will grind it out, Dhoni is overhyped when it comes to batting, he is getting worse in every test match. He is riding the work done by other guys. Yuvraj is flat pitch master..I would not be shocked to see India lose the series, with the kind of lousy bowling attack, Bhajii is looking hopeless, so he is now focusing on batting..It's only Zahir, Ishant is crap, he was great in the first series again Aussies, after that it's all downhill..India number #1 tag is joke and they are #1 because lot of matches have been played in India..watch out for whitewash, India will desperately try to look for drwas, forget winning. They just don't have bowlers to take 20 wickets. England batting is so strong now..in fact Pravin Kumar may be a better choice that loser Shrishant because he is true seam bowler..watch ou
Re: England will thrash India badly in next series..watch out
by Varun on Jun 24, 2011 09:14 AM
The reverse will happen and you will be left the ignominy of having to eat your own words. Couldn't you just avoid that ?
Re: England will thrash India badly in next series..watch out
by Abhishek Kulkarni on Jun 24, 2011 08:24 AM
Infact Indian cricket has never looked better than what it is now. All the mainstream players are in prime form as they have been rightfully rested. Harbhajan, along with Zaheer has been the mainstay of the Indian bowling for the last 15-20 years and he has more than lived upto the task. Don't forget India hasn't become the No.1 test team overnight. We have won some great contests and series and that too in countries like England, West Indies, Pakistan, Australia etc.
Apart from the experienced players, 'Kids' like Kohli and Raina have turned out to be real finds of Indian cricket. Well supported by Yuvraj Singh who is in prime form ever since the world cup.
Talking about the English bowlers, they are good, but it was this same team which had Anderson and Broad which we beat (i think 2-0,2 yrs back). Only Tremlett is new. The lower order has also started performing. Amit Mishra has turned out to be a very good batsman and an equally good bowler. Praveen Kumar may churn out to be the next Zaheer and is a superb find. All in all, the picture looks good.I would back India to win.
Re: Re: England will thrash India badly in next series..watch out
by Abhijit Nair on Jun 24, 2011 08:46 AM
There was no Stuart Broad when India played Tests in Eng in 2007 Tremlett , Anderson and Sidebottom were there all inexperienced as main bowlers Flintoff,Hoggard and Harmisin were not available. India won 1-0 in Eng and thanks to Steve Bucknor who did not give the no.11 Panesar out in 1st test in Lords ( it was a plumb lbw)the rain came imm. afterwards otherwise it would have been 1-1
Re: Re: England will thrash India badly in next series..watch out
by Abhijit Nair on Jun 24, 2011 08:48 AM
India beat eng 1 -0 in India in 2008 and there were just 2 tests. I think India Eng series would be 1-1 or 2-2 , if it is 2-2 it would be the most interesting one in recent times
Against Vijay and Mukund even exprience players strugle to get going in 1st test Match how could young 2 players score runs?Many fools forget Dhawan and some useless beggars struggling in ODI always write comments on Srikanth regionalism Nara kuthi idiots....
Looking at the 1st test ,one should understand that Parthiv patel will be better option than both the opener,it is clear that they are getting chance because of Srikanth,and Mishra shows hischaracter with both bat and ball,show he should be in the next test team.
Hey Guys, please don't write off kohli. It took sometime for him to establish in one day side and now look how formidable he is. He will blossom in the second test surely. He has the technique only the temperament need to adjusted.
Re: dont write off kohli
by A Mystery on Jun 24, 2011 10:04 AM
the one who will write off kohli will be a big idiotic fool for sure,he is such a talented batsmen who proved his place in the odi side,it was just his first test give him another opportunity and see the result,completely agree with ur point he just needs to adjust his temperament in test cricket
Re: Re: dont write off kohli
by RaviKumar Udupa on Jun 24, 2011 10:24 AM
Yes. Agree with you. Only Kohli and Raina have the commitment and patience to win match for India in the young bunch of Players.
We have established players in the side. This should be seen as a positive. So if Rahul Dravid scores a 100 and wins the match with the newbies contributing here and there it is still okay. Give some time for the talent to establish itself in the national side. Please dont kill them for a failure or two. Plann the succession carefully for next 1 year and you will see the likes of Vijay and Mukund Blossom and establish their roots. BTW, I am not from Tamil Nadu but have great respect for any talent. There are only a few people in the World who can be successfull from day one. For example it took some grooming for Rahul Dravid and Vengasarkar to establish them selves - look how they served the Country for years because of the investing some faith in them
Re: Please give the new players time!
by t xz on Jun 24, 2011 06:21 AM
'It took some time for Dravid and Vengsarkar to establish themselves'? - Check the records. Dravid scored a 95 on debut at Lords in 1996. We should give time to players only if they look promising, but not to everyone. Some players are just not cut out for international cricket, so no point in persisting with them. Too early to write off Vijay and Mukund but dont think Manoj Tewary can succeed in tests.
Re: Re: Please give the new players time!
by jay on Jun 25, 2011 04:02 AM
Vengsarkar did take time establish in tests. Rahul Dravid did take time to establish them selves in One day. It takes time to establish them selves for most players in International arena and talent should be nurtured.
Re: Re: Please give the new players time!
by A Mystery on Jun 24, 2011 10:06 AM
mukund looks promising,vijay got enough chances now its time we show him his way,manoj tiwary can succeed in tests we cannot write him off without giving a chance.kohli is the best replacement for either of the trio after they retire
Re: Re: Re: Please give the new players time!
by Siva Kumar on Jun 24, 2011 10:57 AM
Vijay got a rank shooter in the second essay. You can't drop a player just after a couple of failures.
Re: Re: Please give the new players time!
by jay on Jun 25, 2011 04:02 AM
Vengsarkar did take time establish in tests. Rahul Dravid did take time to establish them selves in One day. It takes time to establish them selves for most players in International arena and talent should be nurtured.
Re: My Next 11 for test match
by cricket on Jun 24, 2011 03:39 AM
Vijay Mukand dravid Laxman dhony partiv raina harbajan Munaf Praveen Kumar Isanth Sharma
Re: Re: My Next 11 for test match
by Sharanu on Jun 24, 2011 08:11 AM
it is great to see tamils all around they r the best. it was krish srikant who showed the world how to bat in first 15 overs. i rate him above sachin and sehwag as the best opening batsman they r all bachas in front of him. the present ideal team should be Murali Vijay Mukund(the best opening pair in india rt now) Dinesh kartick Badrinath anirudhh srikant(he is our pride as was his father) R satish(even sachin respects his skills) S raina Dhoni(capt)(since they are loyal to us they can be continued) Ashwin Yo Mahesh S Jakati L balaji
Murali vijay is fair better player than dhawan, kholi, pujara, badrinath, tiwary, youraj singh, raydu etc in test match. Still he have good average of 34 in test matchs
