congrats to india for beating pak & reaching the finals. but certain things come to my mind, for which i am unable to get an answer:- 1)why pak did not take batting power play when afridi & misbah were in the middle, & left it to the last i.e 46-50 overs when they had lost 8 wkts 2)why did misbah not take runs (singles,& twos) in the last 4 overs,despite hitting the ball hard & to a distance 3) 4 dropped catches to a single batsman-sachin; was pak trying to help sachin get his 100th century these are really puzzling, i would be thankful if someone shares his view with me.
Re: india-pak match
by SREENU RAO on Mar 31, 2011 12:01 PM
Mr. Biswanath, 1) Even Afridi did not understand during presentation 2) Misbah was waiting to slog in the Power play 3 but he was losing partners- Afridi's shot was bad 3) If they wanted Sachin to hit 100th century then why didnt Afridi drop the catch. After all he was only 15 runs away.
congrats to india for beating pak & reaching the finals. but certain things come to my mind, for which i am unable to get an answer:- 1)why pak did not take batting power play when afridi & misbah were in the middle, & left it to the last i.e 46-50 overs when they had lost 8 wkts 2)why did misbah not take runs (singles,& twos) in the last 4 overs,despite hitting the ball hard & to a distance 3) 4 dropped catches to a single batsman-sachin; was pak trying to help sachin get his 100th century these are really puzzling, i would be thankful if someone shares his view with me.
We need to see Pathan in the final with Srilanka, because it's not a good idea to get 10 over spell from yuvraj though he is good wicket taker, Pathan can share a few overs and can bat in middle overs to maintain the same runrate after sehwag exit.
Re: Pathan Inclusion
by Jai Babu on Mar 31, 2011 11:57 AM
Well said Naidu. Pathan can replace Kohli for this match. And we need to persist with Nehra in place of Ashwin(who is a wonderful bowler by the way) as the Lankans are very good players of spin.
azhar had captained in three world cups and we failed because of his inept leadership...else, we could have won atleast one cup either in 92 or 96 or 99 itself...
Virat Kohli not performed to expections. What about Dhoni he did not score yet a captain innings in this entire WC 2011. If you are talking about Yusuf Pathan performance in this WC 2011. Yusuf Pathan is a all rounder and he has ability to handle the pressure. He should play in Final because Sri Lanka depends on their spinners and Yusuf is master against spinners. he sent to hit the ball according to the situation of the match.
Re: All Rounder Position
by nagendra naidu on Mar 31, 2011 11:53 AM
Yes I too agree, Sachin Sehwag Ghambir YPathan Yuvraj Dhoni Raina Hsingh Zaheer Munaf Nehra
Congratulations Team India, Great Brilliant Performance. Soaked in the cricket euphoria yesterday and worth it every minute...World Cup is just the beginning of being one of the most invincible team in the world
Before 1995 India always loose matches against pak Year Runs Bowling 1992 54 10-0-37-1 1996 31 5-0-25-0 1999 45 2003 98 2011 85 5 matches with average of 62.6 and have 3 man of the match (1992,2003,2011) in 5 encounter with Pak in World Cup. How wonderful player he is. Critics of Sachin always blame him even he is performing well.
Secondly winning from Pakistan always feel proud for Indian
Re: India
by Wanderlust on Mar 31, 2011 11:45 AM
now if you stop singing ur own praise and eat sweets nonstop can we move on and think about crucial match which is just day after tomorrow ?
