Bikash Mohapatra should know better that there is more to Cricket than just batting. Although Tendulkar had a superb inning and each of his stroke were masterclass, the bowlers also deserve a mention here.
Srishanth and Pandey had good bowling spells. Even Mithun chipped in with two wickets of tailenders. Ojha was not impressive at all.
What Bikash missed was the turning point of the game when Harbhajan took two key wickets - Rahane and Rohit Sharma to turn the game around. Mumbai (I prefer to call it Bombay as the city was christened by the Portuguese) were sailing smoothly at 234-3. Rahane was unlucky but poor umpiring is part and parcel of Cricket. Interesting to watch Harbhajan tying down Rohit Sharma for 11 balls without scoring. A frustrated Rohit was then enticed to hole out to Ojha at the boundary.
Now that's what I call intelligent, economical, and enticing spin bowling. India is lacking this kind of spin bowling with R Asswin bowling defensive and friendly spin balls without a clue.
This looks promising and nice to see Harbhajan get his "mojo" back.
Re: Re: Tendulkar was superb but ...
by navdeep johar on Feb 09, 2013 09:38 AM
well stop being jealous of harbhajan, appreciate when he is bowling well, he is any day better than ashwin and he has proven track record so no doubt he will be back for Auusie series. He has been bit unlucky getting wkts but will prove all wrong come chennai...
Re: Re: Re: Tendulkar was superb but ...
by Neelamegham on Feb 09, 2013 10:26 AM
i am not jealous of harbahajan. this arv singh in every post keeps writing about harbhajan.
and how can i come to chennai when i am already in chennai?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Tendulkar was superb but ...
by invincible on Feb 09, 2013 11:38 AM
ROFLMAO, "come Chennai" means "in the match at Chennai". kidharsepaidahotehoaaplog? :)
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Tendulkar was superb but ...
by Neelamegham on Feb 09, 2013 12:07 PM
i dont knows hindi. so speak in english. and if what he means is match at chennai, he dont know proper english.
Bikash Mohapatra should know better that there is more to Cricket than just batting. Although Tendulkar had a superb inning and each of his stroke were masterclass, the bowlers also deserve a mention here.
Srishanth and Pandey had good bowling spells. Even Mithun chipped in with two wickets of tailenders. Ojha was not impressive at all.
What Bikash missed was the turning point of the game when Harbhajan took two key wickets - Rahane and Rohit Sharma to turn the game around. Mumbai (I prefer to call it Bombay as the city was christened by the Portuguese) were sailing smoothly at 234-3. Rahane was unlucky but poor umpiring is part and parcel of Cricket. Interesting to watch Harbhajan tying down Rohit Sharma for 11 balls without scoring. A frustrated Rohit was then enticed to hole out to Ojha at the boundary.
Now that\\\'s what I call intelligent, economical, and enticing spin bowling. India is lacking this kind of spin bowling with R Asswin bowling defensive and friendly spin balls without a clue.
This looks promising and nice to see Harbhajan get his \\\"mojo\\\" back. Its time to kick out R Asswin.
Its a good knock by Sachin before Aus series. It will certainly boost his confidence. Even though we may feel it was a domestic match, but is Aus attack that good? On Indian pitches which doesn't assist fast bowlers that much, Sachin shouldn't have a lot of problems. They certainly don't have the quality of McGrath, Warne and Lee. It should be a contest of batting between the two sides with neither having the bowling to take 20 wickets. Indians shouldn't throw away their wickets though.
