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***Official*** India in England

wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Monty taking a catch, Shah getting Dravid - it all makes Dimitri's five sixes seem positively routine.
 
Sanz

Sanz

Hall of Fame Member
India's performance And Rahul's captaincy in this game has been comical. If Guys like Uthapa, Gambhir are the future of Indian batting then I must say the future isn't very bright.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
pup11 said:
I mean comeon Dravid can easily come at 3 take his time settle down at the crease and then control the game from there.
His decision to bat at 5 would make sense if there would have been a suitable bloke to bat a 3, but thats not the case with India.
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India seem to think that nymber three spot is absolutely the most irrelevant in one day cricket.

You wont believe it but India have not had the same player coming at number three in three consecutive innings for over two years and nearly 70 odi's !!

Its a joke. This is the most important place in the batting order and this is the one no one seems to want. Most of those who are not playing regularly for India have been tried at this position whereas one of our top four batsmen should occupy this place.

More on this some other time.
 
wpdavid

wpdavid

Hall of Fame Member
Scaly piscine said:
Panesar takes the pressure off with yet another crap delivery.
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I don't know why he's on at this stage - he doens't need to now that Shah's contributed a few overs. And now Anderson won't get to bowl all his 10. I know his first spell went for almost 9 an over, but that was to SRT & Ganguly batting like deities.
 
SJS

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
pup11 said:
For India to win Dhoni needs to come into his elements.
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Dhoni needs to understand that big hitting is about free swing of the bat like all the big hitters of the game Afridi, Klustener, Cairns, Kapil, Gilchrist, Hayden take your pick. But Mr Dhoni is so taken up by his own inventive strokes where their is no free swing but in fact the swing is checked and even reversed in an amazing way to lend some kind of of Dhoni-signature to the shot. He has been doing it at the beginning of all his innings and starts slowly looking to be unable to get the ball off the square from what look like strokes with great effort put in them. Then if he stays long enough he will start playing those 'golf-drives' and the ball flies away to and over the fence as it was always meant to.

I am amazed and terribly disappointed that no one seems to talk about it at all.
 
pup11

pup11

International Coach
Uttapah has shown some real intent which is good to see, since his arrival there is a sense of urgency between the running between the wickets too.
 
Prince EWS

Prince EWS

Global Moderator
SJS said:
Dhoni needs to understand that big hitting is about free swing of the bat like all the big hitters of the game Afridi, Klustener, Cairns, Kapil, Gilchrist, Hayden take your pick. But Mr Dhoni is so taken up by his own inventive strokes where their is no free swing but in fact the swing is checked and even reversed in an amazing way to lend some kind of of Dhoni-signature to the shot. He has been doing it at the beginning of all his innings and starts slowly looking to be unable to get the ball off the square from what look like strokes with great effort put in them. Then if he stays long enough he will start playing those 'golf-drives' and the ball flies away to and over the fence as it was always meant to.

I am amazed and terribly disappointed that no one seems to talk about it at all.
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I have noticed it as well. For someone known for his power and his free scoring, Dhoni seems to have no power or timing at all unless he goes aerial. He seems preoccupied with the wristy flick he does which prevents any follow-through.
 
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