every kid in india wants to become sachin and not a bowler. hence for last 10-15 no quality bowler has been produced. the desire to excel is always by emulating. now our bowling is likely to be exposed again in semis.
Re: sachin is responsible for state of our bowlers..
by madhusoodan on Mar 29, 2011 01:30 PM
when peacock cudn't dance it complained the Earth for not being FLAT,
If players work hard for improving cricket & increase fitness (our coach & his son r more fit than a few indian players) & show less interest in selling under wears,horlicks,oils,airceletc & LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST PEPSI!!!!!!
this is the strategy of coward teams like IND and SRI....to make visitors play on 3rd class pitches...and and boast that we have world class spinners blah blah blah.... they dont have guts to play match on a proper pitch which gives a constant bounce for 100 overs....
Re: this is the strategy
by Mahesh Borkar on Mar 29, 2011 12:04 PM
every team create pitch like they want. If we (india or srilanka) go there to play match we will face same problem. I think you forget that when india went newzeland our batsman didnot play all 50 overs. they stumpout early. So i think we have rights from our point. New zeland should not bother about pitch if they want to win.
This is home team advantage .You win the toss and bat first put a decent score .You have excellent pace attack and very decent spin - which is headed by you and with Nathan .You can make SL to run for the money .Yet at the otset they are favourites.
hype is more created by media rather than match itself....when india plays ozie media screams that the past is history and has nothing to do with present...but when india is playing pak the same media is counting on success of past including t20... i think the world cup had already its best in form of ind vs oz or nz vs safrica... both semis and finals are going to be one sided affair...with india winning....much to the dismay of our media...media wanting india to lose so they can cook up more stories than what they would have if india win...
Re: hype...
by Ranganath S on Mar 29, 2011 07:54 AM
i disagree...media is just behind cricket and not with any particular team or game...they just want their readership increased and that's what the main measure for their promotions...they live on adds and commercials, not on the articles they sit n cook
Re: nz are favourites?
by check on Mar 29, 2011 02:25 AM
but this is of prime importance to know when and how much due is likely to fall. Batting second or bowling second, either ways,
the due could be a major game changer. due makes the ball soft and slippery, and very tough for an average bowler to seam, swing
or spin. Only highly-skilled fast bowlers (or spinner like warnie, murali or kumble) can then make it cut, skid or bounce. Most
of you may not know this, but Pakistan chased down India's huge 321 in 2007 in Mohali due to the due factor after trailing badly
halfway through the innings. This is because due started falling halfway through the innings and none of the Indian bowlers who
up till that point had bowled superbly could grip the ball anymore and Afridi and company went on a rampage against hapless
bowling thereafter. Knowing this and planning for this is simply part of damn good preparation ahead of a really important
contest. I hope Indian team is doing their homework correctly