When in the thick of the battle it is difficult to remember such fine words! South Africa have been notorious in this, that's why they have been called "chokers"!!!
Re: Easy to say after the event!
by Sameer on Mar 02, 2011 01:13 PM
Sasanka Mahapatra
Why are you bent upon jinxing the word "chokers" ? people like you told , punter cannot score in india and punter left india scoring at an average of 55
stop jinxing already This is the problem with us indians, always open our damn trap and count the chickens before they hatch
Re: Easy to say after the event!
by Against Pseudos on Mar 02, 2011 11:36 AM
SM:
Speaking of which, didn't we witness the rare spectacle of a test match which was guaranteed to be a draw, as the batting team were 7 down and facing the last over of the test?
Do you know what did that match result in? I think it was at Sydney in 2008.. :)
This is the same bowling attack that drew the test series in SA and were the ODI ended 3-2 in SA's favor. Why blame the bowlers for all our problems? What about our "athletic" fielding?
Re: Fielding?
by ramana murthy on Mar 02, 2011 11:42 AM
South African Pitches are different from Indian Pitches. Here bowlers need to be lot careful. You can not compare Indian and SA pitches
Re: Re: Fielding?
by Jai Hind on Mar 02, 2011 11:52 AM
Ha ha exactly what I am trying to say right? Why blame the bowlers? Most bowlers are going to get whacked on such pitches. Its important to improve our fielding which unfortunately is impossible to do in such short notice.
Re: Re: Re: Fielding?
by Sameer on Mar 02, 2011 01:46 PM
Jai Hind
you are right. The fielders are to be blamed. They are running so slow, while they should be galloping at 50-60 kmph and intercept the ball.
They should be able to jump 10 meters in the air to catch the ball
Indian fielding has never been great. There are few places where nothing can be done. In the outfield, indian fielders give away 2 runs, while the SA/ Aus counterparts normally are able to restrict to 1 run.
The Indian players are not as fast on their feet as the Sa/ Aus counterparts. There lies the problem. Before you blurt out something stup1d , think of the max speed the best indian sprinter can run and compare it with ursain bolt.
Now while such events of 2 runs cannot be avaoided in the outfield, there is nothing stopping the indian pacers from bowling yolkers and preventing the TAILENDERS for hitting them for runs , right ?
Am sorry, the entire world knows its the bowling that actually let the team down.
fielding did contribute towards the downfall, but the majority has been bowling.
THE WAY DHONI'S BOYS ARE PLAYING IT SEEMS THAT OUR COUNTRY MIGHT END UP @ND OR @RD IN THEIR B GROUP TABLE..EITHER THEY WILL FACE SRI LANKA OR PAKISTAN IN QUARTERFINAL IF THIS SCENARIO HAPPENS..IF INDIA END UP AT $TH SPOT IN GROUP TABLE THEY WILL BE FACING AUSTRAIANS IN QUARTERFINAL.. AS AN INDIAN FAN I DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN EARLY,WE COULD AFFORD TO FACE AUSTRALIANS IN SEMIS OR FINAL..IF INDIA TOPS THEIR GROUP TABLE THEN THEY WILL BE FACING NEW ZEALAND,THEN REST ASSURED INDIA WOULD REACH SEMIS EASILY.....EVERYTHING WILL BECOME CLEAR ABOUT WHOSE GONNA FACE WHO IN QUARTERS IN A WEEK....
Re: ABOUT INDIA
by Rajendra Uparkar on Mar 02, 2011 11:27 AM
Considering the present form, Newzeland and Bangla Desh(or West Indies)will be fourth placed teams in Group A and Group B respectively. It is still too early to comment how AUS,SL,PAK will stand in Group A and IND, ENG, SA in Group B as there is little to choose between these six teams.
Re: ABOUT INDIA
by rkdmumbai on Mar 02, 2011 11:34 AM
In Dhoni's captainship and with these bowlers.. India is not going to reach Quarter finals... I bet on this.
Re: Re: ABOUT INDIA
by ramana murthy on Mar 02, 2011 11:47 AM
Ridiculous captaincy. He was totally out of ideas when England started the onslaught on our bowlers
Dhoni should stop politics and concentrate on winning games He can very well continue his career in politics after stepping down as Team Indian captain
Re: d
by rkdmumbai on Mar 02, 2011 11:36 AM
Dhoni is good in politics than as a captain of Team India. Gautam Gambhir to be asked to shoulder the responsibility of captionship and Dhoni should be given Kongi ticket from his native place.
We need three seamers and two spinners in our squad. Every team is targetting Zaheer and Harbajaan only. It is not their fault but team combinations fault.
Re: Bowlers
by rkdmumbai on Mar 02, 2011 11:37 AM
We have one more so called pace,fast bowler.. Disco Sreesanth... We should not expect anything till Dhoni in the captainship... We should kick him first.. He is good in politics.. He should be given Kongi ticket from his native place.
Why can't India find a genuine fast bowler beyond Zaks, Sreeshant, Nehra, Munaf and Praveen Kumar. We always try to rotate between these and are at our wits end when one of them succumbs to an injury. Come on.. we have a world class MRF pace academy that has churned out greats like Brett lee, McGrath ...A billion plus strong country can definitely deserve to have a few dozen world class 'killer' pacers, don't you'll feel so?
Re: Just 5 ?
by Nowa on Mar 02, 2011 12:03 PM
Agree. SL & PAK have genuine fast bowlers even though all their pitches are flat. So we cannot blame the pitches. Indian fast bowlers dont have the stamina to continue (e.g Munaf,Ishant..)
Re: Re: India is missing Ojha badly !
by krishna murugesan on Mar 02, 2011 09:36 AM
The problem with Irfan is that he has turned to be a far better batsman than a bowler. India already has a lot of talented batsmen but desperately lack wicket taking bowlers. Irfan, though good, unfortunately isn't amongst them
Re: Re: Re: India is missing Ojha badly !
by Rajendra Uparkar on Mar 02, 2011 11:34 AM
Greg Chappel wanted Irfan to be all rounder. In some matches, Irfan was given the role of pinch hitter. In this process, he lost his bowling. Remember, how nicely he bowled at Sydney Test in 2008 claiming wickets of Steve Waugh & Gilchrist with swinging deliverlies on 3rd day evening of the match?
Maya Sharma of NDTV was commenting on the lack of demand for tickets in todays match between England and Ireland. She went on to say that all the counters were full for the last match today the only people waiting at the Counters are perhaps Englishme, Irish and DOGS. This is a ridiculous comment from a leading TV personality and speaks volume against our culture.
Re: we have God Sachin
by srinivas ramachandran on Mar 02, 2011 09:12 AM
yes we are winning all the international cups including Champions trophy due to Sachin
His name is Against Pseudos or Simple Critic...any way he is a stripper of London's gay club and intimate friend of English Wicketkeeper Steven Devis. Everyone know this truth, so I want to warn him on everyone's behalf that don't try to coax boys on this forum ! I just hope his efforts will go in vain coz evry one know this evil's dirty truth and who he is!
Re: WARNING
by Against Pseudos on Mar 02, 2011 11:37 AM
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