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India A in South Africa
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Arjun
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Not an issue. The real concern is Sid Kaul's dreadful form on this flat deck. For someone touted as India's next 'pace' hope, he has no power, strength or tricks on a flat deck.
This bloke may be a prospect for India as a limited-overs specialist. If only he works on his batting, and develops as a late-order striker like Coulter-Nile has for the teams he represents. One good Hazare/Deodhar season can change that. Of course, Shami Ahmed was one of India's best limited-overs bowlers, but can do no right on a flat pitch.
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Arjun
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Pandey in for Shami is a good move, but I feel they've made a mistake in persisting with Roger Binny Jr, who just had one decent spell but was otherwise redundant- had it not been for Rohit Sharma getting smashed for 19 runs in that over, he wouldn't have bowled at all.
Sid Kaul's little horror tour continues. One more thrashing at the hands of Maxwell, and he's benched again, when he could do with a workout against a more experimental SA side. Do you believe he's a much better bowler than what flat-pitch thrashings suggest? Or do you believe the bowlers' inadequacies on flat pitches need to be addressed, sooner than later? Yes, fans impulsively say Shami is a poor bowler, but Sid Kaul? Not quite. A boost of 15Km/h in pace would make him a serious contender.
Folks say there isn't anybody good enough to partner Bhuvneshwar Kumar, much like they said nearly a decade ago about Irfan- which may eventually change into whether Bucky's really any good at the international level. The same Bucky went for a princely 39 runs a wicket in his debut series, on flat pitches that started to crumble, against batsmen brought up on bowling by the likes of Shaun Tait and Nathan Coulter-Nile. It's anybody's guess how much sooner Bucky's time as a specialist bowler will run out.
A section of fans now question Pujara's place in limited-overs cricket, like Raina is a much better choice. Hang on, the same Suresh Raina can be bounced out Test-style even in limited-overs cricket, and isn't that useful in very steep chases, as he tends to throw his wicket away in an outfield catch. He's played 176 ODIs, with only three centuries- while Shikhar Dhawan, who made it the hard way into the national side, has three centuries in only nineteen matches. In a similar vein, a little too much is spoken of Ambati Rayudu as a national prospect, but he's way behind in the century count.
Sid Kaul's little horror tour continues. One more thrashing at the hands of Maxwell, and he's benched again, when he could do with a workout against a more experimental SA side. Do you believe he's a much better bowler than what flat-pitch thrashings suggest? Or do you believe the bowlers' inadequacies on flat pitches need to be addressed, sooner than later? Yes, fans impulsively say Shami is a poor bowler, but Sid Kaul? Not quite. A boost of 15Km/h in pace would make him a serious contender.
Folks say there isn't anybody good enough to partner Bhuvneshwar Kumar, much like they said nearly a decade ago about Irfan- which may eventually change into whether Bucky's really any good at the international level. The same Bucky went for a princely 39 runs a wicket in his debut series, on flat pitches that started to crumble, against batsmen brought up on bowling by the likes of Shaun Tait and Nathan Coulter-Nile. It's anybody's guess how much sooner Bucky's time as a specialist bowler will run out.
A section of fans now question Pujara's place in limited-overs cricket, like Raina is a much better choice. Hang on, the same Suresh Raina can be bounced out Test-style even in limited-overs cricket, and isn't that useful in very steep chases, as he tends to throw his wicket away in an outfield catch. He's played 176 ODIs, with only three centuries- while Shikhar Dhawan, who made it the hard way into the national side, has three centuries in only nineteen matches. In a similar vein, a little too much is spoken of Ambati Rayudu as a national prospect, but he's way behind in the century count.
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Dhawan gets his 200, still more than 10 overs to go.
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Done, with eight overs to spare.
Arjun
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Ali Brown's record isn't really worth chasing- the bowling throughout the hundred overs of that match was utter rubbish.
I do hope Chet gets a big score and silences that group of critics who think he doesn't belong in ODIs. He's outscored ODI specialist Raina in this series, with a better average and an enviable strike rate.
I do hope Chet gets a big score and silences that group of critics who think he doesn't belong in ODIs. He's outscored ODI specialist Raina in this series, with a better average and an enviable strike rate.