It's fantastic for us as spectators, but from a team viewpoint, they depend too much on Gayle and Samuels. The others don't have the ability to stay at the crease long enough.May be too optimistic to say they can go all the way at this World Cup.
Shear brute force and I doubt whether he can last in test innings. Now his quota for this world cup is over. Rest of the matches , don't expect anything great. In childhood we used to call it as Agricultural shots!!
Re: Chris Gayle
by Sudarshan Nityananda on Mar 18, 2016 03:57 PM
He has the most extraordinary timing and does not just club the ball. He also is a great judge of the ball to be hit.Hope he smashes a few more innings like this one.
Utter non sense. Sir was class and team man. Gale has only power but no class. I don't like seeing the batting likes of Gale and Dhoni. These people may be effective but not treat to watch and say wow. Poor cricketing knowledge of Harish. Please don't term him as cricket expert.
There is no comparison. This article is idiotic. Gyle has poved his credential in limited format beyond any doubt. I love to watch him! But, Sir Richards has proved his caliber in all formats and no one can claims his place: His running between wickets, Agility in fielding, commitment to WI cricket, technique, range of shots & shot-selection is unmatched. Gyle miserably fail when it comes to commitment to WI cricket, fielding, technique as well as range of shots! That's where Vivian has been hailed as the greatest cricketer of his kind.
gayle - a match winner for team unlike our heros who concentrates from conversion of 100 from 90 whether teams wins or not.randomly select 5 tons of any indians and see it is true or false.
With a poor run rate of (-)2.35 even if we win next three games we have to depend on others to qualify for semis. This was bound to happen with 4 non performers Shikhar, Raina,Yuvi and Jadeja. If selectors showed some courage to pick players like Manish Pandey we could have save our face. Indian fans like me should be ready for another heart-break
Who's this Phil Simmons ?? May be little known in world of cricket .
Gayle is weak against spin . He knows only two shots ie lofted drive over long on or long off & a Pull . NOTHING ELSE .
Have anyone seen him playing fluent cover drive , upper cut , reverse sweep , scoop shot , chopper shot ?? NO , HE CANT PLAY THOSE . He only knows slam - Bang hammer slot .
Re: WHAT A FOOL
by Hindustani on Mar 17, 2016 11:47 AM
Don't place ABD & Kohli in the same league of Dhawan, Sharma, Maxwell, Dhoni etc.
Kohli & ABD are exceptional batsmen who can handle any pressure situation.
Dhawan is a highly over-rated batsman who plays once in a while after 10 games & behaves like he is the successor of Ganguly or Lara.
Rohit Sharma SCORES GOOD ONLY WHILE BATTING FIRST. Show me any significant contribution of Rohit Sharma WHILE CHASING THE TARGET.
He also bats once in fortnight.
Maxwell is good but lacks consistency & he is not someone who you can trust upon. He is one dimensional.
DHONI can not win you matches on his own anymore. He can bat on a solid foundation led by top batsmen but he seldom win the matches single handedly.
Whenever the team is in strong position he promotes himself up the order to finish the game but when the conditions are unfavourable & pitch is difficult to bat, Dhoni rarely promote himself up the order.
So at least in T-20 only ABD & Kohli are better than Gayle.