CB Series Cricket (Closed Thread)

Dint read the rest, since pehli line me hi atak gayi

Yeah! Its those kind of days for us. I cant say, we are the favorites!! Even though we are the World Champions!

Yeh hui na baat!

Which baat?

The First sentence And the last one too

Yes yes. Good baat that Now we need the Indian players to believe in those two baats with all their heart, and play like that second baat

Wish our players were as enthusiastic and exuberant as you Arti!!
I agree with those two baat's too!!!

Should we play PK? I dont think so!

Depends on 6 batsmen and Ashwin. Its chaseable.. but Aussies having Lee and Hogg today who are more restricting bowlers...

They also a couple of new bowlers who we have not faced before - Xavier Doherty and James Faulkner!!!

True.

Sehwag goes!!!

What was DHONI doing? I mean, yeah, there was a collapse, but why did he not go for a win...
48* off 43 balls is just not good enough!!!

Now he can defend saying that he scored runs in T20 .

Pathetic display from him. Not good at all. Not to mention Sehwag, just drop him for sometime and let him sort out his problems.

I think we should stop playing cricket for at least 3 months . Let everybody take rest . Have different  selection committees  for selecting teams for different format and adopt proper player rotation policies .  One thing is for sure after World cup victory they haven't played any series properly or seriously . 

Not sure of this, but right between this tour, there is an IPL auction na?

Its on saturday I think.

So.. wonder if Team India is gonna practice at the nets on Saturday, or at the TV?

We bet!!

Why to bet? They won today :P Tmrw either TV or Gokarting.

Wonderful retort, don't u think? :) He's right, there is a tomorrow. And it might rain in the second innings of that tomorrow too, DS. Let it come na :P Atleast, Dhoni is getting better in the reason finding after each match na? ;) 

Yeah! Thats one thing they are getting better as the tour has progressed!!!

Waiting for tomorrows reason.. (Hopefully, the change will be that he'll say the reason we won was.. etc.)

I have a nice reason for him...
He can say that T20's are for fun and the real TEST (How Ironic) will be in the ODI's!!

Dint need that reason.. though a 8 wicket victory seems a tad slow when it happens in last over. 8 from 18 balls and still taken to last over is a tad unlike T20 dont u think?

Its the players who perform in the middle not the coach. Have the batsman forgotten how to bat??

Finally we won today. Not surprising that Jadeja was outstanding. He is in the player auction list scheduled for tomorrow.
Anyways good result.

Ha ha ipl auction magic works . Now you the trick, use wisely .

Now you know the trick , use wisely

Trick? Oh yeah. IPL auction before every India match good idea.

Too defensive a batting for a T20, but still, good result

I dont think that the Aussie team underplays, EVER! They were and still are RUTHLESS.

Nope. If any team underplayed, it was India. 20 overs nearly completely taken for 132 chase. even when it was 8 from 18 balls at one stage.. no way Aussies underplayed.

Oh. Umeshji into heroes list amazing!

I dont think they were that good, DS I found the most hilarious to be Ashwin's runout and Rahul Sharma's bowled

What about Raina falling to the short ball again or Jadeja's bowling figures!!!

Ipl auction is over , Indian team woes are back .

I think they panicked once a few wickets went. Normal, but till Ashwin's runout, I was hoping they could salvage it.

A positive out of the match: Vinay Kumar's bowling. 7-0-21-3 was a good effort. best of the bowlers..

Also, I don't understand Dhoni's reasoning that first two wickets hampered the chase.. Gambhir and Tendulkar were big players, yes.. but Kohli, Sharma, Raina, Ashwin and himself, all are good players.. T20 players.. surely they should've not been hampered. India lost Tendulkar and Sehwag in the WC final, and they still won the match, didnt they? Surely they should have treated this match in the same respect?

In the World Cup Final there was a lot of dew and the Sri Lankan bowlers could barely grip the ball. Otherwise chasing 280 in a world cup final would have been much close match than what it was.
Vinay bowled well, yes, does that shut the door on Irfan? Why we are playing with just 2 fast bowlers?

I'm not talking of the field conditions then and now, DS. Just the mindset. Two go down then, the middle order, knowing its a home crowd and a final, held strong and won the match. Here, two go down and the middle order, knowing its away and first match of the long tournament, buckles. Even MSDs commetns after match. "Its only Game 1, and long tournament. We've to first get to finals and then prepare". Shouldnt Game1 be equally important, and preparation happen well before getting to finals too?

I wait for Ashwin's press conferences. Really!

I don't understand the logic of Jadeja being valued at $2M by CSK. Nor $1M for Vinay Kumar by RCB. Too much money game. Umeshji, the three different teams looks like happening, but consider the options? Even when RD, ST, VVS retire, their replacements are from Kohli, Badrinath, Rohit Sharma, Raina, Rahane etc. who are arleady in the limited overs teams.. There are talented players from local sides.. Manish Pandey, Robin Bist, Deepak Chahar.. all are good. If experience is needed, Vineet Saxena too is an option. Yet all arent picked. Even for the tests, they HAD Rohit Sharma, and A. Mithun.. and Rahane. but still, the tried and tested is always preferred.

Oh I agree with the rotation policy you are suggesting to phase out the seniors. Letting Sachin rest while Dravid plays etc. Uthappa and Pandey to phase in is also good, both are form players, along with the likes of Saxena and Rahane and Badrinath etc.  Keep the players suited for the forms playing in that form. Agree, 110%. I've seen your thread on the G format you recommend too. Whereas I agree that it'd breed gutsy cricketers, I am with Arti and DS when they say nowadays, it won't be feasible much. Even if it was, I'm a non-violent person by nature.  And by choice, I certainly would not watch.  

Looks good.... Sehwag, Sachin, Gambhir, Kohli, Rohit, MSD, Ashwin, Irfan, Umesh, PK, Vinay would be mine. I think Ashwin is better pick, coz he can lend some (even if less) batting prowess to the side. I feel Gambhir ahead of Raina, coz Raina succumbs to short balls easily, and Perth is pacy track. I pick Vinay ahead of Zaheer, because he was the best in the first match. I dont think he should be dropped and not given the chance to continue that form.

Sehwag has said that India will rotate the openers. So two of Sehwag, Sachin and Gambhir will play. Raina will not be dropped.
I agree on the Vinay part.
What about Irfan, hope to see him in action soon!

Sri Lanka going for an all pace attack. Malinga, Kulasekara, Prasad, Perera, Matthews!!

Any score above 250 is difficult for this Indian team to chase .

Ok, we win. Though we bungled up the chase and nearly lost. Positives - Ashwin bowling, batting. Kohli batting. Fielding was energetic. Zaheer looked fit after a long long time.

Another thing. Sachin looked good again but looks disoriented by that 100 thingy. Its gripped his system completely.

Good for Indain team

Hope they carry the confidence in the next match against the Aussie's on sunday.

ha ha

for this season its very true.........

so we can give more bowling to the batsmen? 

LOL!!

Might be.