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*Official* Australia in India - ODIs

Manee

Cricketer Of The Year
Australia are spinning India out of the game here. Who'd have thought it. This is what happens when you don't pick Amit Mishra.
Although it annoys me to see Mishra dropped in favour of inferior bowlers, I would not attribute Australia scoring 292 to that selection. Ishant Sharma has been performing poorly in ODIs up until now and has not had the new ball for a while. Therefore, he would have been the likely bowler to be dropped in favour of Mishra and he ended up with good figures. However, it is evident to me that Mishra must come in next game for Praveen Kumar and that India should take a risk by giving Ishant Sharma the new ball. In a stark change from my previous thinking, I feel that Ishant can be, of some use, in the ODI game, as a death bowler. He appeared to do well at the death, going by figures alone (partial figures due to what appears to be a glitch in Cricinfo commentary). Looking at this, you can see that Ishant has done tremendously well at the death in 2009, with 12 wickets at 15.41 with an economy of 6.49.

However, I would like to see Tyagi and Munaf a go against the Aussies - always good to give the inform bowlers a go.
 

R_D

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This match is reminding me of Ind V Pak match in Champions trophy. It looks like India are still in it but with little hope of actually getting there..... not sure whether to continue watching or get back to studies.
 

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Although it annoys me to see Mishra dropped in favour of inferior bowlers, I would not attribute Australia scoring 292 to that selection. Ishant Sharma has been performing poorly in ODIs up until now and has not had the new ball for a while. Therefore, he would have been the likely bowler to be dropped in favour of Mishra and he ended up with good figures. However, it is evident to me that Mishra must come in next game for Praveen Kumar and that India should take a risk by giving Ishant Sharma the new ball. In a stark change from my previous thinking, I feel that Ishant can be, of some use, in the ODI game, as a death bowler. He appeared to do well at the death, going by figures alone (partial figures due to what appears to be a glitch in Cricinfo commentary). Looking at this, you can see that Ishant has done tremendously well at the death in 2009, with 12 wickets at 15.41 with an economy of 6.49.

However, I would like to see Tyagi and Munaf a go against the Aussies - always good to give the inform bowlers a go.
No, I wouldn't attribute Australia getting 292 to Mishy's non-selection. It's just a little ironic that it looks like Australia might win the game on account of their superior spin bowling.
 

R_D

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I called for him to be dropped during the Champions Trophy and linked to a piece in my blog which shows he has been useless last 2 years.

Surprised Praveen Kumar went for these many runs.
Its just unfortunate that people continue to get picked on reputation alone in Indian cricket. I don't think Harbhajan has been that effective in test matches either but continues to be picked as number 1 spinner without any questions asked. In ODI's Harbhajan used to at least keep the runs down without taking any wickets but no days he leaks alot of runs.

Whats with Praveen and trying to bowl short balls? Especially on this pitch and his pace. Parveen was just trying too many things especially at death.
 
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Manee

Cricketer Of The Year
No, I wouldn't attribute Australia getting 292 to Mishy's non-selection. It's just a little ironic that it looks like Australia might win the game on account of their superior spin bowling.
Certainly ironic. However, and I've been saying this since he was first selected, Hauritz is an outstanding spin bowler at the moment, imo, and there is little shame being troubled by him, especially in, but not limited to, ODI cricket.
 

Manee

Cricketer Of The Year
I called for him to be dropped during the Champions Trophy and linked to a piece in my blog which shows he has been useless last 2 years.
Harbhajan is towing the line of acceptability, but with 2/14 off 8 in his last ODI before this (and his 5 wicket haul in the Compaq Cup final was not too long ago, either). Sure, it was against West Indies 'B', but we still must have some degree of conservatism with someone who has been one of our top ODI performers. Perhaps he should be given one or two more ODIs to prove himself, hopefully with Mishra in the side to build a frame of comparison.
 
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I dunno if he should be dropped right now, there are enough other poor bowlers in the side that could fall before he does. But his place in the side shouldn't be guaranteed like it currently seems to be.

Batting powerplay taken. Key moments.
 

R_D

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They really shouldn't have taken power play so early.... Mitch was leaking runs without the need of Power plays.
 

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Nah, it was because of the change of ball. And also perhaps because commentators have been moaning about taking the powerplay earlier for the past three months.

They barely even needed the powerplay. 8 an over is nothing, it's the number of runs they need to get that's a concern.
 

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