When Dhoni comes out with setbacks in a match,no one wants to listen,now it is Kohli's time,he too will run out of excuses in no time.What happened to the 12 crore boy Kartik??Good Y singh did not play here.In total we have to accept cricket as a game,forcing out good players like Dhoni is not the answer.Indian public and the wise old critics who brayed for Dhoni's blood should realise it.they should also learn lessons from each match.earlier the better
Re: dhoni-virat-cricket-excuses
by Sudhakaran Nair on Mar 03, 2014 01:10 PM
Players do not want any injury as IPL is in pipeline. Hence nobody has taken any risk and lost the match. In IPL the game is crores of rupees, nobody can afford to loose the same.
Re: Re: dhoni-virat-cricket-excuses
by ketan mehta on Mar 03, 2014 01:49 PM
Fully agree. credit for defeat goes to Kartik for 2 stumping and run out miss
Re: Re: dhoni-virat-cricket-excuses
by bhaskar on Mar 03, 2014 07:46 PM
kartik was never a keeper he is a born batsmen. Keeping is his favourite pastime hobby.
Re: The Saga continues
by bhaskar on Mar 03, 2014 07:47 PM
never like histrionics of gambhir. He is a spent force now. Who knows only to shuffle and drive through edges.
You realize the value of man when he is not there. Dhoni, as wicket keeper batsman, was sorely missed in the Asia cup. What did DK deliver ?? Total of 27 runs and 02 crucial missed stumpings in the games against Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Just check the records of DK in last 05 years whenever he deputized for Dhoni. He is supposed to be second best in the country but has never delivered effectively. People critise Dhoni for not scoring in tests overseas. But who has had better record than him in the history of Indian cricket ?? Mongia, Kirmani, More, Dahiya ?? By the way, Dhoni’s ODI record overseas is much better compared to many established batsman also.
Re: why blame dhoni
by Golden on Mar 03, 2014 01:14 PM
I am sure indian team is missing Saurabh Ganguly, we must bring him asap...that's the only solution for this uselessTeam we have right now...
Did anyone noticed this - - With MSD , Yuvraj & Raina in middle order Team India use to score 300 , sometimes even 325 - 330 . And without these three & with Rayudu , Karthik & Rahane even a score of 260 -280 seems difficult . That’s the difference - - Now since WC 15 is on cards , this defeat is big blow for Team India .
Proper selection & grooming of WC15 team is must from now itself otherwise WC will be a big disaster . Technically correct batsman like Pujara is needed on swinging & bouncy tracks of AUS & NZ in WC 15 .
Re: SEE THE DIFFERENCE
by srikumar srikumar on Mar 03, 2014 12:58 PM
Why Binny is in the team? Because his dad is a selector... See the way he batted and bowled... Below club standard.. Should be the end of Binny. Who is going to listen?
The Result was something I expected. I didn't expect Pak would take the match to the last over. The middle order collapsed. As usual bowlers failed. Captaincy, there was no strategy. When Mishra was giving a low run rate, he should have been given the last over. Instead Ashwin was given and Afridi hit 2 sixes easily of him. May be Mishra might have met the same fate. However it would have been better chance. Pace bowlers failed to contain runs.
Re: he he he he
by Golden on Mar 03, 2014 12:33 PM
when boom boom is in form, you don't have to make mistake, just enjoy the show no matter which side you are...
Re: Re: he he he he
by on Mar 03, 2014 09:43 PM
Had Dhoni been there things would have been different. Noteven your imran could deliver as much as Dhoni at such a young age
Re: Ideal team for next world cup
by Jaitelangana on Mar 03, 2014 02:04 PM
1 Gambhir 2 Dhawan 3 Pujara 4 Kohli 5 Yousuf Pathan 6 Dhoni 7 Raina 8 Harbhajan 9 Mshami 10 Bkumar 11 Umesh.
THATS IT FOR 2015 W.CUP ELSE THEY WILL BE OUT IN LEAGUES.
Re: Ideal team for next world cup
by ajay laad on Mar 03, 2014 12:55 PM
one correction is must in your team i.e.Sehwag should be there.you can make replacement of Ipathan or whatever.
It took only one chance for Mishra to show he's a wily bowler, a chance that Dhoni never gave him for all these days. Kudos to Virat for not showing personal bias.
Our wicket keeping of course was disastrous and maybe Saha would have been a better choice in hindsight.
Re: Kohli had no bias against anyone
by shaukhatalikhan shaukhatalikhan on Mar 03, 2014 11:58 AM
Agreed. Not for days, but for months, Dhoni didn't give him a chance! Mishra deserved a chance about 2 months ago or so. But, also Kohli should've chosen Pervez Rasool when he was captaining and had already won in the bi-lateral series against Zimbabwe.
