Re: Virat K should be out as well
by Abhay Phansekar on Apr 01, 2011 12:14 PM
Yusuf should replace Gambhir. GG's form is not that good, so we should tweak our top order to promote Yuvi at 3rd spot. Raina MS and YP can take care of middle.
Re: Virat K should be out as well
by Jay on Apr 01, 2011 09:48 AM
Yes, that is a change India should try. They should risk playing Yusuf. Yuvraj at 4, Raina at 5, Yusuf at 6 and Dhoni can bat at No.7
Re: Re: Virat K should be out as well
by Anand Ingale on Apr 01, 2011 02:12 PM
To Drop Kohali is not possible........he is always better than Yusuf. Gambhir can be replace with Yusuf............but this is also not possible...............the main reason is that Yusuf is also not consistent player.
WC final: Indian officials plan to invite envoys at UN mission New York, Mar 31 (PTI) - News
When so many important diploMATS are coming. The following 11 should play against Sri Lanka: 1. Devegowda (Captain) 2. Laloo Yaadav (Vice Captain) 3. S.M.Krishna (Wicket Keeper)(But his wig should not fall down during the game) 4. Kapi Sibal 6. Gulam Nabi Azad 7. Dharam Singh (Fast bowler) 8. Mallikarjun Kharge 9. Kumari Jayalalitha 10. N.D.Tiwary 11. S.Bangarappa
Re: Re: Final Eleven
by pravin sarode on Apr 01, 2011 08:22 AM
Highest partnerships in the match Inns Wkt Runs Overs RR Player Player Start End 1 1st 103 MA Taylor ME Waugh - 1/103 1 4th 75 ME Waugh SG Law 3/157 4/232 2 4th 73 SR Tendulkar SV Manjrekar 3/70 4/143 2 3rd 63 M Azharuddin SR Tendulkar 2/7 3/70 2 6th 54 NR Mongia SV Manjrekar 5/147 6/201 1 2nd 37 RT Ponting ME Waugh 1/103 2/140 2 8th 19 J Srinath A Kumble 7/205 8/224 1 3rd 17 SR Waugh ME Waugh 2/140 3/157 1 7th 14 S Lee IA Healy 6/244 7/258 2 10th 11 A Kumble SLV Raju 9/231 10/242 2 9th 7 BKV Prasad A Kumble 8/224 9/231 2 1st 7 A Jadeja SR Tendulkar - 1/7 1 6th 7 MG Bevan S Lee 5/237 6/244 1 5th 5 SG Law MG Bevan 4/232 5/237 2 7th 4 SV Manjrekar A Kumble 6/201 7/205
I think India need extra cushion in batting as they shown vulnerability in batting in the last two games against Australia and Pakistan. Team should feel itself extremely lucky that it has a player like Suresh Raina who kept his head extremely cool (highly difficult, make no mistake) on both the occasion. If Sachin is lauding him there must be significant reasons behind it. Infact I rate his performances in the last two games as top 2 reasons of India's world cup triumph ! But India can't rely on him alone as luck can't favor Raina every time. India's batting has been under tremendous pressure through out the WC. INDIA NEED YUSUF PATHAN IN FINAL ! As Jayawardhane said the pitch is brown so obviously it will have low bounce and turn so there is no need for extra seamer. Instead India will definitely go with Ashwin but I would say GO WITH PATHAN (he is not a part timer, he is extremely competent spinner and explosive batsman) ! Had Pathan played the Pakistan and Australia match there would not be any panic in the dressing room ! Thankfully Raina played two CRUSIAL knocks otherwise...! So I would say go with PATHAN in the final otherwise Malinga and co. can take Indian batting in the DEEP of Arabian sea !
Re: India need extra cushion in batting
by Vimalesh singh on Apr 01, 2011 08:14 AM
Ashwin is better choice then Pathan ! He hasn't proved himself as a batsman yet in this WC !
Re: Re: India need extra cushion in batting
by Ian Chappell on Apr 01, 2011 08:24 AM
No you need Yusuf because you can't rely on Raina alone and Dhoni is out of form ! Had Yusuf played in Semis the score would be 290 instead of 260 !
Re: Re: Re: India need extra cushion in batting
by Anand Ingale on Apr 01, 2011 02:18 PM
Yusuf is also out of form..........he got sufficient opportunities, but he couldn't prove himself..........Yosuf can be replace Dhoni.............Shewag will lead the team.......Dhoni can,t do anything except attractive talk in press conference after Indian team win.
Re: Re: Re: India need extra cushion in batting
by chiranjeevi ambati on Apr 01, 2011 10:18 AM
If Yusuf played in Semis the score would be 290 instead of 260, but it can be other way as well. The score would have been 230 instead of 260. He is very inconsistent throughout the tournament. On the other hand, Raina is technically sound and can have the ability to stick on the crease if situation demands.
Re: Re: Re: Re: India need extra cushion in batting
by Ian Chappell on Apr 01, 2011 11:51 AM
I'm not saying about Raina's exclusion instead I said play Yusuf in place of a bowler (probably Ashwin) as the wicket is slow and low so he can compensate Ashwin's 10 overs and at the same time give strength to lower order batting ! You need him there coz Dhoni is in miserable form.
Don't think opening with Sehwag in the Final is a good idea. Considering that he can play Mendes and Murali better than others, it is better to have him in the middle overs.
If Nehra is out, I am assuming we may get in Praveen Kumar / RP Singh as his replacement. While I would say it is better to bring in Pragyan ojha instead of both of them. Play in 3 spinners and Zaheer. Makes no sense of playing 3 or even 2 seamers. The wicket in Mumbai always supports spinners.
Re: Captain's choice
by rohit ranjan on Apr 01, 2011 07:10 AM
Sehwag in middle,big and useless gamble. Moreover from where will Pravin and RP come to the squad when they are not named in playing 15. India must go with 2 seamers as opponents are used to play murli and mendis in the nets.I can barely hope them to fail against bhaji and other spinners. Hope the team management deides the best as was against pakistan
Re: Srilanka are definately the favorates for WC final
by ANIL SINGH on Apr 01, 2011 09:43 AM
srilanka only are favourite in colombo with 12 men team ( dharmsena the main player)
Re: Srilanka are definately the favorates for WC final
by secret on Apr 01, 2011 05:15 AM
Why so? Maybe for dimwits for you. They could not even beat Pakistan.
Re: Re: Srilanka are definately the favorates for WC final
by Ian Chappell on Apr 01, 2011 07:34 AM
Hello mate AP....how is life? Its a long time since we had an argument !
One weakness that SL has is the middle order of Jayawardana, Sameeraweera, LPC Silva and Mathews. Though Mattews is a good all-rounder, he is no Raina.
Dhoni has been an aggressive captain, and wickets at regular intervals should give India the edge with Kumar Sangakarra holding the only real threat to bat India out of the match.
If India can hold SL within 275, the chase in the Final be something to think it can get.
With Sri-Lanka going with 3 spinners, Herath, Murali and Mendis the Indian batting will be tested and Gambhir can play an important roles in playing thesheet anchor.
Kohli, Raina and Dhoni will have thier hands full and hopefully Yuvraj can counter-attack the spinners when needed.
All in all it should be a good final and a difficult one for India even though Australian batting was better earlier in the QF.
The Sri-Lankan spinners can defend a total of 260 against India if Murali has a field day.
