ODIs have been won on the strength of all rounders.
back in 83 , 85 , 2011 & in between the one -one series , 90% of victories have come in due to all rounders. kapil , madan, binny , amarnath , ravi shastri, prabhakar , robin singh , irfan pathan; yuvraj singh kind of all rounders are essential for odi contests. here we had one genuine all rounder irfan pathan who for strange reasons was brought in pretty late. the other so called all rounder Ashwin did reasonably well.
unless for ODIs , you have at least 2 all rounders playing in the 11 , india should forget about victories.
let them play for money , passion , pride etc but don't talk of performance. tragedy of indian cricket
ODIs have been won on the strength of all rounders.
back in 83 , 85 , 2011 & in between the one -one series , 90% of victories have come in due to all rounders. kapil , madan, binny , amarnath , ravi shastri, prabhakar , robin singh , irfan pathan; yuvraj singh kind of all rounders are essential for odi contests. here we had one genuine all rounder irfan pathan who for strange reasons was brought in pretty late. the other so called all rounder Ashwin did reasonably well.
unless for ODIs , you have at least 2 all rounders playing in the 11 , india should forget about victories.
let them play for money , passion , pride etc but don't talk of performance. tragedy of indian cricket
infact i was discussing and challenged with my friends that if Sachin did not reach his 100 intr centuary(where Ashwin hits a centuary vs WI)against WI we will deffinately lose Test series to Ausis in Ausis,vs Ausis.Sachin did very blunder not plying against WI in Windis(hoping that he will reach his 100 INT Centuary against ENG in ENG).That costs us mostly in overseas performance.Sachin is gr8 batsman but he did blunder in recent past.
Re: sachin 100th centuary costs Australia series
by Tejavardhan on Mar 05, 2012 11:51 PM
YOU ARE RIGHT.UNNESSESSARLY SACHIN GETS HIMSELF IN SOUP BY NOT PLAYING AGAINST WHAN HE WAS IN TERRIFIC FORM.....NOW THEY HAVE SELECTED HIM FOR ASIA CUP HOPING THAT HE WILL DO 100 TH INT CENTUARY AT LEAST IN SUB CONTINENT PITHE.AT LEAST AGAINST BANGLADESH.
Re: Hero Home Zero's Downunder
by Ajai Jacob on Mar 06, 2012 12:16 AM
Indians have proved over the years that we are below average in sports.Olympics is the best example.Cricket has just followed the tradition. Indians are good in arts,not sports.Just like an individual cannot be good in everything,a nation also cannot be good in everything. Only a miracle can save Indian cricket.Miracles do not happen often.
