(contd.)That leaves Dhoni with option of 2 spinners.Dhoni again looks uncertain but his preference for unfit and and rusty looking Jadeja is quite evident the way he pushed him hurriedly in the last match when England were 5 wickets down and Axar Patel was bowling well.True Axar Patel supposed to be a good bat but looks completely out of sorts in these conditions adding to the complications for choice of 2nd spinner.Ashwin on the other hand although is the front line spinner and pairing with Axar Patel looks more logical but given Dhoni’s preference for Jadeja the spin duo combo too looks unsettled. Now coming to batting, although it showed some promise in the Test series but in the tri-series it has again flopped adding to Dhoni’s further worries. This is what happens when one is not decisive. Dhawan after the scratchy 38 in the last match seems to have got the license to score 1,0,31(2 lives),7,11and 4 in the league stages and return home with the team twirling his moustache. Virat Kohli seems to be preparing for his future captaincy process in one dayers with his ‘latt-maar’ type of hitting w/o any application. Dhoni’s batting too seem to have not made the usual transition from Tests to one dayers and is struggling. Should he not come up at No 4 and anchor the innings from disintegrating? Does he look the same one day captain and finisher he is known for ? Raina too looks lost and Rohit in permanent injury list !It looks India’s fi
Re: INDIA's FIRST WIN COULD COME AGAINST AFGHANISTAN ?-2
by damodaran mohan on Feb 02, 2015 07:08 PM
(CONTD.)..It looks India’s first win could come only from the match against Afghanistan !
After India lost the Test series it was believed that its real strength is in one dayers and will bounce back in the tri-series.Now that tri-series is also over winless including two trouncing from lowly placed England everyone is waiting for the 2 warm up matches with Aus and Afghanistan ! Actually the tri-series was supposed to be a dress rehearsal for trying out different players and combination to arrive at a best settled side for the WC matches. But one wonders if anyone far less Dhoni is any wiser on team strategies on bowling combo, opening batting etc. going into the WC in just two weeks ?Dhoni is well known to opt for 4 pacers to allow for extra batting cushion overseas. But thanks to the flop show of our pacers Dhoni looks apprehensive of using even 3 pacers leave aside 4!Ironically of all players only Stuart Binny the pacer AR most controversial selection seems to have made a strong claim for a place in the playing XI making Dhoni think of playing only 2 pacers as they are proving increasingly to be a big liability. Was criticism of Binny’s selection unfair then ? Not really given that he is only average lacking application too for showing patience while batting in time of need but is proving more useful due to unexpected flop show of pacers. In fact Mohit Sharma who is not part of the WC squad appears to be better than the four in the WC squad! So Mohit could be replacing either Ishant Sharma or Umesh Yadav and team up with either Shami or Bhuvi and Bi
After India lost the Test series it was believed that its real strength is in one dayers and will bounce back in the tri-series.Now that tri-series is also over winless including two trouncing from lowly placed England everyone is waiting for the 2 warm up matches with Aus and Afghanistan ! Actually the tri-series was supposed to be a dress rehearsal for trying out different players and combination to arrive at a best settled side for the WC matches. But one wonders if anyone far less Dhoni is any wiser on team strategies on bowling combo, opening batting etc. going into the WC in just two weeks ?Dhoni is well known to opt for 4 pacers to allow for extra batting cushion overseas. But thanks to the flop show of our pacers Dhoni looks apprehensive of using even 3 pacers leave aside 4!Ironically of all players only Stuart Binny the pacer AR most controversial selection seems to have made a strong claim for a place in the playing XI making Dhoni think of playing only 2 pacers as they are proving increasingly to be a big liability. Was criticism of Binny’s selection unfair then ? Not really given that he is only average lacking application too for showing patience while batting in time of need but is proving more useful due to unexpected flop show of pacers. In fact Mohit Sharma who is not part of the WC squad appears to be better than the four in the WC squad! So Mohit could be replacing either Ishant Sharma or Umesh Yadav and team up with either Shami or Bhuvi and Bi
Re: This time
by m dharmenda on Feb 02, 2015 06:31 PM
Yes. this time we missing the title only because of poor selections by Our seletors. young players never played outside india in enough matches..so they will be hesitating to bat or bowl well.
India enter World Cup 2015 as champion of last world but there recent performance at Austrila if very impressive, but World Cup is World Cup In my opinion if india can reach last four then it will very good, If india enter final then it will be bonus Vinay churiwal
