Its only because of Bhuvanesh Kumar we reached finals of this series as he ripped top order in form batsman cheaply .4 for 8 . He remainds me of bowler Praveen Kumar . Almost same action , same pace , same swing . GREAT - - -
its team performance there MSD or any body who leads, hardly matters. This also applies for Tingu (Excuse minister of BCCI), Sehwag and Yuvi..who stayed fixed in team for no performance for long and sucked a big pie of deserving young player's career. Its media and and their marketing agents who created all hype for their vested interests.
Re: Fix
by Raghunath Hampi on Jul 10, 2013 09:15 AM
there is nothing to be fixed the rains and duck no worth rules put srilanka in a spot of scoring nearly 6 runs a over under cloudy conditions. We must thank duck worth for framing such funny rules.
Re: Re: Fix
by Sunil Vaidya on Jul 10, 2013 09:19 AM
what do you mean funny? it is impossible to set a fair formula which can suit all conditions....
just like it is impossible to please everybody...
it is impossible to have a formula which will suit all conditions...
did they know while setting it that it is going to rain today? or it is going to be clear skies? whether the pitch will be flat or suit fast bowlers or spinners?
Re: Re: Fix
by desi twist on Jul 10, 2013 09:42 AM
Well, the same Duckworth helped SL win against India back in 2007 in Australia. India scored 240. I suspect SL would have struggled to get there, but easily managed reduced target of 155 in 31 overs or so..
Re: Fixing WI?
by DrYaako TikaNovva on Jul 10, 2013 09:13 AM
How come?? India won with bonus point on two occasions, Lanka have a better run rate than WI. If there is a doubt of fixing, it should be with the Indian team coz they lost 2 matches in a doubtful manner (joking, of course).
Re: Re: Fixing WI?
by suman das on Jul 10, 2013 05:46 PM
It is no joke. The turnover through Bookies has been very high and loss to bettors has been to be imagined........
Lost 2 games in a row, and now won 2 games in a row, Bang..straight into the final with two bonus point.Had there been a Bonus point system in recently concluded CT2013,Indian would have got a Bonus point in every single game except for the Final.
But duckworth-lewis system is so confusing. India scored at 4.19 per over for 29 overs and lost 3 wickets. But Lanka was asked to score at around 6.8 for just 26 overs.
Re: India wins, fine.
by DrYaako TikaNovva on Jul 10, 2013 09:08 AM
Vrishti, D/L is justified except for the matter that it does not take the pitch & outfield into consideration (changes happening due to rain) when calculating the score needed for the team batting second. More important than the run rate, D/L actually calculates the percentage of batsmen left to play through the wickets lost by the Team-1 in the overs they get to play. Yesterday, India had 7 batters and 21 overs left. But Lanka had only 26 overs (as the full scale innings). India gets the advantage because they were in the process of building their innings.
You can refer to the data in Cricinfo because there are quite too many calculations which need to be shown to determine the exact score :)
for dropping Bhuvaneshwar Kumar for the previous India v Lanka match. They had theballs to drop him because of 1 bad performance, but are always biased and prefer Ishant even if he fails for a full series.
