India sorely missed Sehwag, Gambhir and Tendulkar. Young guns (batsmen) should take on more burden in the next two tests. When they get the chance they mess it up as usual. Mukund, Vijay and Kohli should prove they are worthy to be selected. Praveen proved a big success in his maiden test inspite of his peculiar run up, but then again it is only the crappy West Indies batsmen who are determined to fail. This West Indies batting line up is the weakest ever.
Westindies bowlers bowled n number of bouncers and beamers towards our batsmans in that Jamica test in 1974..few of our batsmans got injured..finally Bedi, Indian captain declared the inning with only a lead of 19 runs..resulting westindies winning the test..only with the help of cruelty..Sunil Gavaskar wrote in his book about this incidence..even an gentlemen like him could not resist from a racial comment because of this incidence..So victory in Jamica test is a real revenge for that cruility...
Re: revenge..
by India on Jun 24, 2011 03:19 PM
There were no helmets then. Poor Brijesh Patel lost some of his teeth and had to be rushed for dental surgery. The crowd were shouting kill him, kill him to their bowlers, meaning to kill the Indian players. Today the Jamaican crowd is shouting 'kill them' 'kill them' toward the West Indies players itself. What a drastic turnaround. But I still prefer a mighty West Indies team of 1974-75 than a minnow team like the one they have today. There is no joy for anyone when India beats this crappy West Indies team.
Re: Re: revenge..
by A Indian on Jun 24, 2011 01:37 PM
Yes friend..you are right..but this time they were saying that this is a true Fast and bouncy wicket..which will caught indian batsmans in trouble..so victory over here is special comparing to the last one..
The victory is hard earned & there was little to chose between number 1 & 7 team.Sammy must be kicking himself for dropping Dravid what was a regulation catch & could have turned the game on head.India has not gained much in reputation by winning this but victory is what matters.
Eknath Solkar won first match against Strongest West Indies in 1970s so Catches impossible were made possible by Solkarji at risky forward short leg also he hit ton against Valcanos of West indies
Eknath Solkar, the former Test allrounder and one of India's greatest close-in catchers of all time, has died in Mumbai at the age of 57. Solkar had been unwell for sometime, suffering from diabetes, among other ailments, and passed away on Sunday afternoon.
Solkar, a popular member of the Indian cricket fraternity, was famous for his nimble hands and took as many as 53 catches from 27 Tests. He was especially valuable to the Indian team when the famed spin quartet was in operation. He was also a dependable lower-order batsman, and scored more than 1000 runs at an average of just over 25, and took 18 wickets. His only century came against Clive Lloyd's West Indies in the deciding fifth Test in Mumbai in 1974-75.
Solkar rose to the dizzy heights of Test cricket from humble origins. He was the son of the groundsman at the PJ Hindu Gymkhanna in Mumbai, and shared a one-room living space with five siblings and his parents. It was at this Gymkhanna that his talents were spotted and his interest in cricket honed.
In his brief career he was a thorn in the flesh of the mighty West Indies during the 1971 tour, sharing key stands with Dilip Sardesai. Solkar will also be remembered for the fact that he dismissed Geoff Boycott four times. Much of the credit for India's first-e
Re: Catches WIN matches is the rule of the game so bad luck Sammy
by pravin sarode on Jun 24, 2011 11:34 AM
Much of the credit for India's first-ever Test-series triumph over the West Indies in 1971 was laid at the feet of the tremendous batting feats of debutant Sunil Gavaskar and the experienced Dilip Sardesai. Solkar, who barely made the playing XI then, was not exactly heralded a hero. Useful stands with Sardesai, in the face a impending defeat, helped the team turn the tide on more than one occasion. On that Caribbean tour, Solkar showed glimpses of what stern stuff he was made of when he stood barely a couple of yards from the bat, at forward short-leg. Although not much came to Solkar's hand, the leading West Indies batsmen had been psyched into curbing their natural strokeplay. Against a seaming, swinging ball, a succession of batsmen nibbled and perished to catches behind the wicket. Only Solkar remained unbowed, his 18 not out providing almost half of India's total, and ten of those came from a four and a six in one memorable Old over during which Solkar was also hit on the head attempting a hook.
In reality only nine wickets fell as Chandrasekhar was injured and did not come out to bat. Old finished with 5 for 21, Arnold with 4 for 19. "The reality was that Arnold and Old bowled five good balls which got our top five out," Gavaskar explained. "After that there was no resistance from the tailenders."
India's 42 was their lowest in a Test and the lowest by any side in a Test at Lord's - two records that remai
Re: Re: Catches WIN matches is the rule of the game so bad luck S
by pravin sarode on Jun 24, 2011 11:35 AM
Against a seaming, swinging ball, a succession of batsmen nibbled and perished to catches behind the wicket. Only Solkar remained unbowed, his 18 not out providing almost half of India's total, and ten of those came from a four and a six in one memorable Old over during which Solkar was also hit on the head attempting a hook.
In reality only nine wickets fell as Chandrasekhar was injured and did not come out to bat. Old finished with 5 for 21, Arnold with 4 for 19. "The reality was that Arnold and Old bowled five good balls which got our top five out," Gavaskar explained. "After that there was no resistance from the tailenders."
India's 42 was their lowest in a Test and the lowest by any side in a Test at Lord's - two records that remain. Their only solace was that precious few were in the ground to witness the debacle. "To Indians in India it must seem like the end of the Golden Age," wrote John Woodcock in The Times.
Eknath Solkar won first match against Strongest West Indies in 1970s so Catches impossible were made possible by Solkarji at risky forward short leg also he hit ton against Valcanos of West indies
Eknath Solkar, the former Test allrounder and one of India's greatest close-in catchers of all time, has died in Mumbai at the age of 57. Solkar had been unwell for sometime, suffering from diabetes, among other ailments, and passed away on Sunday afternoon.
Solkar, a popular member of the Indian cricket fraternity, was famous for his nimble hands and took as many as 53 catches from 27 Tests. He was especially valuable to the Indian team when the famed spin quartet was in operation. He was also a dependable lower-order batsman, and scored more than 1000 runs at an average of just over 25, and took 18 wickets. His only century came against Clive Lloyd's West Indies in the deciding fifth Test in Mumbai in 1974-75.
Solkar rose to the dizzy heights of Test cricket from humble origins. He was the son of the groundsman at the PJ Hindu Gymkhanna in Mumbai, and shared a one-room living space with five siblings and his parents. It was at this Gymkhanna that his talents were spotted and his interest in cricket honed.
In his brief career he was a thorn in the flesh of the mighty West Indies during the 1971 tour, sharing key stands with Dilip Sardesai. Solkar will also be remembered for the fact that he dismissed Geoff Boycott four times. Much of the credit for India's first-e
Even in 1990's also our bowlers had problems in Bowling the Tailender batsmen out. Yesterday also they struggled to get the last wicket which put around 37 to 40 runs.
When will the Team Management address this issue ?????????
Re: w
by Anurag Rathore on Jun 24, 2011 11:14 AM
His contribution as a batsman was little but behind the stumps he was superb. The way he was gathering the bowl of Ishant and Bhajji, it was just amazing. As a captain no one can point out his contribution. He was superb as always.
