**Official** Asia Cup 2012

[honestbharani]

I am sorry.. I saw a 100 off 138 and I just knew it couldn't have been that bad, that pitch...


I wonder what the reaction would have been had this innings been from Dravid.

 

[salman85]

Or Misbah.

Both of them would have been completely castigated for batting 'slow and ugly'.

 

[Lostman]

I was sooo tempted to put $100 on Bangladesh after I saw the SRT 100.
Just didn't have the stones to bet on Bangladesh

 

[NasserFan207]

Whining about Sachin scoring a hundred is really ****ing dumb. 289 is more than enough against Bangladesh. Fact is India have an incredibly strong batting line up in these conditions, we all know what their real problem is.

Utterly pathetic bowling. Thats the reason you lost this, and until it improves India is vastly weaker as a side.

 

[Teja.]

I'm enraged at the ridiculously careless attitude Team India had towards Bangladesh when they were batting tbh.

There is absolutely no doubt that more runs were present for the taking and we decided '**** it, we're doing an adequate job, Tendulkar has to ton up too, and how the **** are Bangers going to score even 300 anyway?'

Whether the bowlers were also at a fault of inefficiency is not a particularly insightful point, whether our batsmen tried to optimize run-scoring at all costs, or to put it strongly, whether we they tried as much as possible to win is the most relevant question and the answer for that, in my opinion - much to the grief of the cricket fan in me - is definetly, without a doubt, no.

 

[Contra]

Whining about Sachin scoring a hundred is really ****ing dumb. 289 is more than enough against Bangladesh. Fact is India have an incredibly strong batting line up in these conditions, we all know what their real problem is.

Utterly pathetic bowling. Thats the reason you lost this, and until it improves India is vastly weaker as a side.

Yeah this, B-desh even made a comment saying 'we find Indian bowling easier than SL or Pak" and surprise surprise they followed through with there comments! Could Sachin's ton been a little faster? Yes, but I saw the highlights and he was trying to sneak in a lot of singles and hit a fair bit of deliveries to the fielders (in a attempt to get a 4).

It's also worth noting that even in the match against SL GG's and Virat's 100s weren't typical ODI hundreds and they also ended up with strike rates of around 80 or so. Clearly the plan was to accelerate at the death, which we did.

Not Sachin's fault our bowling is ****.

 

[NasserFan207]

I'm enraged at the ridiculously careless attitude Team India had towards Bangladesh when they were batting tbh.

There is absolutely no doubt that more runs were present for the taking and we decided '**** it, we're doing an adequate job, Tendulkar has to ton up too, and how the **** are Bangers going to score even 300 anyway?'

Whether the bowlers were also at a fault of inefficiency is not a particularly insightful point, whether our batsmen tried to optimize run-scoring at all costs, or to put it strongly, whether we they tried as much as possible to win is the most relevant question and the answer for that, in my opinion - much to the grief of the cricket fan in me - is definetly, without a doubt, no.

Maybe so, but I think you can safely say that some slightly pedestrian batting is a one off. The bowling however is regularly ****.

Its pretty clear where the real concerns should be.

 

[Contra]

Question for anyone who watched the match: was there any dew when India were bowling?

 

[Teja.]

Maybe so, but I think you can safely say that some slightly pedestrian batting is a one off. The bowling however is regularly ****.

Its pretty clear where the real concerns should be.

Yes, but my point is essentially this - The bowling was bad, surely.

The batting could not give a **** because they made a pre-conceived judgment of the opponent's worth and decided it was a joke of a match enough to sacrifice optimum scoring from one end. It's degrading to international cricket to do that.

It's not a factor that will repeat itself but it's a massive farce regardless. I've always been an advocate of 'Every milestone is arbitrary anyway and it's idiotic to call someone out for celebrating one specific one' but when it creeps into a ****ing international fixture, it's scary.

While it's alright for fans/The player himself to differentiate between Raina's 10th 100 and Tendulkar's 100th, It is a disgrace for an international team's batting psychology to do so, and one need not wonder much if what happened today happened with Raina doing what Tendulkar did.

The only question in my mind is whether India treated the batting hugely differently because a)Tendulkar was on 99* b)We were playing B'desh.

The bowling had issues which while more fundamental in nature and have deeper concerns for the future but are not as damning for me.

 

[Howe_zat]

I'm enraged at the ridiculously careless attitude Team India had towards Bangladesh when they were batting tbh.

There is absolutely no doubt that more runs were present for the taking and we decided '**** it, we're doing an adequate job, Tendulkar has to ton up too, and how the **** are Bangers going to score even 300 anyway?'

Whether the bowlers were also at a fault of inefficiency is not a particularly insightful point, whether our batsmen tried to optimize run-scoring at all costs, or to put it strongly, whether we they tried as much as possible to win is the most relevant question and the answer for that, in my opinion - much to the grief of the cricket fan in me - is definetly, without a doubt, no.

Was with you until you said "optimize".

 

[smash84]

can't see why Teja would be so enraged tbh

Sure India could have scored more but really 290 against the bangers should be defended by the bowlers. Has to be **** bowling of a pretty high order to concede that to the bangers

 

[smash84]

Mushfiqur delivering on the plan

Bangladesh v India, Asia Cup: Mushfiqur targets India's bowling | Cricket News | Asia Cup | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[honestbharani]

Whining about Sachin scoring a hundred is really ****ing dumb. 289 is more than enough against Bangladesh. Fact is India have an incredibly strong batting line up in these conditions, we all know what their real problem is.

Utterly pathetic bowling. Thats the reason you lost this, and until it improves India is vastly weaker as a side.

whining about stuff that has not happened is not that much fun to read either.

 

[salman85]

I don't want to jump the gun,but is it perhaps time for Dhoni to step aside as captain?

The man has done a fine job.He's taken India to the top,won them a worldcup,and led one of their strongest teams in a long time.But it just feels like the India are fizzling out now.It might not be Dhoni's fault,but perhaps a fresh captain would revitalize the team.The energy and passion that was there in the team during and before the World Cup seems lost.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Was with you until you said "optimize".

Well, you can't go around maximising your run scoring. Too many runs can be a problem.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah this, B-desh even made a comment saying 'we find Indian bowling easier than SL or Pak" and surprise surprise they followed through with there comments! Could Sachin's ton been a little faster? Yes, but I saw the highlights and he was trying to sneak in a lot of singles and hit a fair bit of deliveries to the fielders (in a attempt to get a 4).

It's also worth noting that even in the match against SL GG's and Virat's 100s weren't typical ODI hundreds and they also ended up with strike rates of around 80 or so. Clearly the plan was to accelerate at the death, which we did.

Not Sachin's fault our bowling is ****.

so a 105 off 120 and a 110 off 150 are the same now?

 

[smash84]

Well, you can't go around maximising your run scoring. Too many runs can be a problem.

 

[Sylvester]

I am sorry.. I saw a 100 off 138 and I just knew it couldn't have been that bad, that pitch...


I wonder what the reaction would have been had this innings been from Dravid.

Warner was copping flak all over the place. People calling it the worst ODI 100 in history. Funny seeing the different reactions to basically an identical knock.

 

[honestbharani]

did you see that reaction from me for that knock? And trust me Australia and India are totally different bowling attacks and Mirpur and Melbourne are totally different places to bat on.. It is funny that some cán't make out these basics and think everything is the same if the SRs and scores were the same..

 

[Burgey]

So who's in the final?