G.I.Joe
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Extrapolation.
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**Official** Indian Domestic Season 2013/14
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How do you know where Mishra's fielders were for the fours?
G.I.Joe
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The batsman and bowler decide the field beforehand.
Jeebus, you've played cricket. You should know. Never hit a ball and called a boundary?
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Bowler always disputes it
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Seriously. These tournaments seem to throw up odd results. Last year, Pritam Das from Assam was leading the bowlers' tally, followed by Vidarbha's Shrikant Wagh. This year, Goa's under-achieving opener Sagun Kamat and Services' new recruit Rajat Paliwal were high up in the bowlers' charts. These are far from India prospects. Most Ranji performers and India prospects/discards don't even figure at the top of these listings.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Chawla trying real hard to return to the national team with his lopsided captaincy. When he needs to run through the tail end with Yadav and Pandey, he's instead giving himself his full ten, but why he's overbowling Karn and Jalaj is inexplicable. He's also got five wickets in the game. That gives you a hint of how seriously you can take this tournament.
East Zone 194 all out.
East Zone 194 all out.
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Central Zone won yesterday's game by just two wickets. It was a difficult surface to bat on, as only Naman Ojha cleared fifty.
In today's game, North have recovered from a bad start, losing four wickets, to put together 184 runs in 41 overs. Rajat Paliwal, in great form in only his second season, has passed fifty, while T20 frontrunner (at least in IPL) Gurkeerat Singh has raced ahead, at a healthy strike rate. Vinay Kumar again having a good game, Yo Mahesh, a decent one, but Pragyan Ojha is struggling. Aparajith has taken a wicket, but gone for many runs.
EDIT: North win comprehensively. Wickets shared alike, with Rishi Dhawan getting two, and each of Harbhajan and Rasool getting three- but Rasool managed it in just five overs. Karun Nair tried hard, but wickets fell too quickly.
In today's game, North have recovered from a bad start, losing four wickets, to put together 184 runs in 41 overs. Rajat Paliwal, in great form in only his second season, has passed fifty, while T20 frontrunner (at least in IPL) Gurkeerat Singh has raced ahead, at a healthy strike rate. Vinay Kumar again having a good game, Yo Mahesh, a decent one, but Pragyan Ojha is struggling. Aparajith has taken a wicket, but gone for many runs.
EDIT: North win comprehensively. Wickets shared alike, with Rishi Dhawan getting two, and each of Harbhajan and Rasool getting three- but Rasool managed it in just five overs. Karun Nair tried hard, but wickets fell too quickly.
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
West off to a poor start. They've already lost the wicket of pinch-hitter (?) Parthiv Patel for one, and they're rebuilding slowly. Central's much superior bowling attack is keeping it tight. But West bat deep- we're talking of a team with Yusuf Pathan and Dhawal Kulkarni as bowlers.
karan316
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West has the best side on paper, strong batting order and good variety in the bowling lineup. But the thing is that in such tournaments, guys are more concerned about getting noticed by the selectors, a lot of guys play in a very selfish manner. The way Devdhar and Pujara have batted, they have left a huge hole for Pathan and Jadhav who are there to score quick runs. This might just turn out to be a very boring match
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Not much better for Central. They too are crawling. Ojha won't do his chances of a national call-up in ODIs any good with that un-ODI strike rate.West has the best side on paper, strong batting order and good variety in the bowling lineup. But the thing is that in such tournaments, guys are more concerned about getting noticed by the selectors, a lot of guys play in a very selfish manner. The way Devdhar and Pujara have batted, they have left a huge hole for Pathan and Jadhav who are there to score quick runs. This might just turn out to be a very boring match
Yusuf Pathan is in great form across both tournaments. Not too pleased to see Chawla bag loads of wickets- he seems to be taking advantage of his own captaincy, but we're not sure he'll last long as an ODI bowler. Pandey and Umesh (when he tightens up line and length) will be the ones to go for.
karan316
State Vice-Captain
Yap, thats bad captaincy from Chawla, Anureet Singh should have bowled 12 overs, Chawla chooses to bowl at tailenders and increase his wicket count. There were better options for the death overs.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
The Deodhar Trophy Final will be an important game for a few folks who have been struggling this season, or have a point to prove. Kedar Jadhav has been short of runs in ODs. Yusuf Pathan did well with the bat, but wickets were few and far between. Rishi Dhawan had a decent OD season, but unremarkable, often marred by lack of matches played (his under-performing team, HP, keep getting eliminated early). Parvez Rasool has taken plenty of wickets, even in ODs, where he struggled earlier, but runs have dried up. Dhawal, who has been in and out of the game this season, will want to finish with a strong performance. Sid Kaul, though, has no fitness issues, but being a rookie and a specialist bowler, he may lose out to the Ishant-Nehra-Rishi trio. And, of course, there's Pujara, somehow labelled as a Test specialist, when he's also one of the best OD batsmen in the system right now. He may want to prove a point. So will Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh, but there are better replacements to pick.
Of all the OD performers this season, whom would you have playing ODIs for India? The more experienced Yo Mahesh and Vinay Kumar, or rookies Sid Kaul, Anureet Singh and Rahul Shukla? Then again, the OD tournaments bring forth some weird charts.
Of all the OD performers this season, whom would you have playing ODIs for India? The more experienced Yo Mahesh and Vinay Kumar, or rookies Sid Kaul, Anureet Singh and Rahul Shukla? Then again, the OD tournaments bring forth some weird charts.
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karan316
State Vice-Captain
I have no hate for Vinay Kumar unlike many Indian fans who think he is just useless. But on the other hand, I don't find him suitable for the shorter formats. If he gets a few tests, which he deserves because of his good FC record over the years, we might be able to see what he can do in the longer formats, the reason he is not getting any test opportunities is lack of pace, which I don't think is an issue as long as you are skilled enough. His stock delivery is a pretty good one and mainly gets wicket because of that. The good thing is that he is always looking to get that bit of seam movement and bowl unplayable deliveries to get the batsmen out. In ODIs, I don't expect him to do well, he does bowl a bit of variety, but normally his short deliveries, slower ones, yorkers, etc. aren't effective enough, but his stock delivery is way better than most of our pacers.
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Again, it comes back to the same point that proper strike bowlers like Umesh Yadav and possibly Ishwar Pandey are not cut out for ODIs, often because of poor limited-overs stats. Vinay's shorter deliveries won't work so well unless the pitch has plenty of carry, because of lack of pace and height. Vinay doesn't seem such a good bet in Tests because of the lack of pace, and consequently, a reduced strike rate. We'd want our strike bowler chipping at one every 45 deliveries, not one in 60. Vinay has often struggled on pitches that are batting-friendly. In ODIs, there are plenty of other tricks that can be used, which is where folks not quite strike bowlers in Tests thrive.
In the ongoing game, one of the prospects I mentioned, Sid Kaul, is struggling. Dreadful economy rate, no wickets. Curse of the flat deck? Then again, we're seeing West Zone crawl to 180 in 36 overs. Kedar Devdhar, Baroda opener, is keeping his form strong.
In the ongoing game, one of the prospects I mentioned, Sid Kaul, is struggling. Dreadful economy rate, no wickets. Curse of the flat deck? Then again, we're seeing West Zone crawl to 180 in 36 overs. Kedar Devdhar, Baroda opener, is keeping his form strong.
karan316
State Vice-Captain
Pujara is being very selfish here. Just trying to go slow and score as many runs as possible to prove that he deserves an ODI cap. Maybe he is being negative here, but if he normally plays in this fashion, than its better that he stays away from the ODI side. Ridiculous batting by him.
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Pujara won't help his ODI cause by holding a strike rate of 60. His career average is over 55, but his strike rate is classified for some reason. Maybe he is this slow? I'm then not surprised that Raina became an ODI batting mainstay, even if his Test match failings followed him here.
Yusuf Pathan keeps his batting form high. Not so good to see him struggle with the ball. Maybe tonight, it will change.
Six bowlers in the North XI? That's pushing it.
Yusuf Pathan keeps his batting form high. Not so good to see him struggle with the ball. Maybe tonight, it will change.
Six bowlers in the North XI? That's pushing it.
karan316
State Vice-Captain
Won't say he struggled with the ball, just got 3 overs in the last game and Rayudu was made to bowl 2 overs which was baffling since he is absolutely bad with the ball. Today's pitch doesn't seem to have anything for the spinners, Harbhajan and Rasool struggled, not sure Yusuf will do much different. He was good in the Vijay Hazare trophy, bowled economical spells and picked an odd wicket. But yes, he needs to offer a bit more with the ball if he wants to make a comeback. The big positive on his part is that he is getting more and more consistent despite of scoring runs at such a high rate, it was something that lacked in his game before.
Seems that Pujara has given this match away to North by batting in that fashion. The way the other guys were batting,its pretty clear that the wicket is flat for this game and it was possible to score more runs.
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G.I.Joe
International Coach
It's a very strange tactic (if it is one) by Pujara. Surely he realises that the weight of runs isn't what's holding him back from being played in the ODIs; its the perception of being a dour 'test only' batsman. He should be looking to Sehwag his way into the team. Yes, I'm all for making 'Sehwag' a verb.