India Thread

[adharcric]

Updated India World Cup Ladder

1. Rahul Dravid
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Virender Sehwag
5. Harbhajan Singh
6. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
7. Irfan Pathan
8. Ajit Agarkar
9. Mohammad Kaif
10. Sreesanth
11. Ramesh Powar
12. Munaf Patel
13. Suresh Raina
14. Rudra Pratap Singh
15. Dinesh Mongia
16. Anil Kumble
17. Robin Uthappa
18. Ashish Nehra
19. VRV Singh
20. Gautam Gambhir
21. Venugopal Rao
22. Piyush Chawla
22. Zaheer Khan
24. Murali Kartik
25. Dinesh Karthik

 

[Jono]

Dhoni's place is higher than Sehwag's IMO. And Irfan may have been dropped in the test arena, but he's of a higher ranking than Harbhajan in ODIs as well I'd say. Particularly with Powar pushing for a place, and Irfan clearly having allround skills in the ODI form of the game.

 

[adharcric]

Dhoni's place is higher than Sehwag's IMO. And Irfan may have been dropped in the test arena, but he's of a higher ranking than Harbhajan in ODIs as well I'd say. Particularly with Powar pushing for a place, and Irfan clearly having allround skills in the ODI form of the game.

I just don't think Pathan will be as effective in a place like the West Indies, even if he gets his control back. He might not get the swing that he's gotten over the past year in other places and if that's the case, he might get butchered. I hope he'll still be a solid one-day bowler but I'm not as sure about it as I am about Sreesanth having a bright future. As for Powar, I think he might get dropped for Kumble when the WC arrives. If not that, he might get pushed out for someone like Dinesh Mongia, if he's able to bowl some tidy left-arm spin.

 

[Gajanayake]

Ok Here's my WC 15

Sehwag
Tendulkar
Kaif
Yuvraj
Dravid
Raina
Dhoni
Pathan
Sreesanth
Powar
Kumble
Harbhajan
AA
Munaf
Dinesh Mongia

 

[adharcric]

Pre-CT World Cup Contenders

1. Rahul Dravid
2. Sachin Tendulkar
3. Yuvraj Singh
4. Harbhajan Singh
5. Virender Sehwag
6. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
7. Munaf Patel
8. Irfan Pathan
9. Suresh Raina
10. Ajit Agarkar
11. Dinesh Mongia
12. Sreesanth
13. Anil Kumble
14. Mohammad Kaif
15. Rudra Pratap Singh
16. Ramesh Powar
17. Gautam Gambhir
18. Zaheer Khan
19. Dinesh Karthik
20. Vikram Rajvir Singh

Just missed out: Uthappa, Sharma, Rao, Badrinath, Kartik, Nehra

 

[cringer]

o dear! y do dey get dere own fred it sickens me

 

[adharcric]

Probable World Cup Squad

The squad selected for the tour of South Africa is probably what we'll end up with going into the World Cup, more or less.

Batsmen: V Sehwag, S Tendulkar, R Dravid, Y Singh, D Mongia, G Gambhir, S Raina, M Kaif Wicketkeeper: MS Dhoni
Seamers: I Pathan, A Agarkar, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, M Patel
Spinners: H Singh, A Kumble

Since the World Cup squad is probably a 15-man squad, either Gambhir or Raina/Kaif/Mongia will miss out.

 

[Dravid]

I'm happy with Zaheer playing in the World Cup. Love his bowling.

 

[Anil]

The squad selected for the tour of South Africa is probably what we'll end up with going into the World Cup, more or less.

Batsmen: V Sehwag, S Tendulkar, R Dravid, Y Singh, D Mongia, G Gambhir, S Raina, M Kaif Wicketkeeper: MS Dhoni
Seamers: I Pathan, A Agarkar, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, M Patel
Spinners: H Singh, A Kumble

Since the World Cup squad is probably a 15-man squad, either Gambhir or Raina/Kaif/Mongia will miss out.

damn! what the hell did powar do wrong? stupid zonal politics!

 

[Dravid]

damn! what the hell did powar do wrong? stupid zonal politics!

Politics is correct, otherwise where the hell did Gambhir go wrong?

 

[adharcric]

damn! what the hell did powar do wrong? stupid zonal politics!

Absolutely nohing, but can you argue against Kumble being in the World Cup side?

 

[adharcric]

Politics is correct, otherwise where the hell did Gambhir go wrong?

Dropping Gambhir was the right move but he should've been back in the team by now. He's been on fire and Sehwag's been crap.

 

[Anil]

Absolutely nohing, but can you argue against Kumble being in the World Cup side?

no..his bowling more than compensates for his average fielding and in any case, it's not as if the indian side is so full of fantastic fielders that he would significantly bring down the fielding standards....but powar should've been in the team and you're right, sehwag should've been toast a while back....no matter, at this point, i don't have too much hope going into this world cup....we still shake in our boots at the sight of the canary yellow, we've acquired a new bugbear in the hosts, our "promising young attack" is threatening to come apart at the seams and our batting lineup looks vulnerable at the faintest sign of any assistance to the bowler....

 

[adharcric]

no..his bowling more than compensates for his average fielding and in any case, it's not as if the indian side is so full of fantastic fielders that he would significantly bring down the fielding standards....but powar should've been in the team and you're right, sehwag should've been toast a while back....no matter, at this point, i don't have too much hope going into this world cup....we still shake in our boots at the sight of the canary yellow, we've acquired a new bugbear in the hosts, our "promising young attack" is threatening to come apart at the seams and our batting lineup looks vulnerable at the faintest sign of any assistance to the bowler....

Indian cricket is going through a rough stretch but we still have a tour of South Africa and a home series to straighten up. Kumble and Zaheer are back and Laxman should return soon.
Really, who shakes in their boots at the sight of the Aussies? Munaf, Sreesanth, Dhoni and Raina are young, courageous and clearly not afraid of the Aussies. We've simply been outplayed by them and it's been a lack of class and performance on our part. The Aussies know how to win; we don't. Now, Laxman and Kumble do ... so hopefully things change over the next few months.

 

[Anil]

Indian cricket is going through a rough stretch but we still have a tour of South Africa and a home series to straighten up. Kumble and Zaheer are back and Laxman should return soon.
Really, who shakes in their boots at the sight of the Aussies? Munaf, Sreesanth, Dhoni and Raina are young, courageous and clearly not afraid of the Aussies. We've simply been outplayed by them and it's been a lack of class and performance on our part. The Aussies know how to win; we don't. Now, Laxman and Kumble do ... so hopefully things change over the next few months.

we lose to them continuously.....they certainly hold a psychological edge over us, it shows in the ease with which they beat us most times....i am obviously not talking about anyone literally shaking with fear but other than the class difference, it's been a while since we've made india-aus matches a tight contest....even with the class difference, teams can occasionally beat them as the west indies have shown recently...as for laxman, based on vengsarkar's remarks, i still don't see him coming back into the team...regarding kumble and zaheer coming back, kumble is a tried and tested performer at the international level and if he performs at anywhere near his best, it would be great for india, for all his first class form, zaheer has consistently underperformed whenever given a chance at the international level so i would say the jury is still out on that one....

 

[shankar]

regarding kumble and zaheer coming back, kumble is a tried and tested performer at the international level and if he performs at anywhere near his best, it would be great for india....

I'm not sure about Kumble. He could prove me wrong but when he was dropped from ODIs it was for a good reason. He had lost his accuracy of old. Even in tests he's more effective now than before cause he has more variety - But his accuracy has deteriorated and he bowls too many deliveries 'down-the-leg' than he used to.

 

[Anil]

I'm not sure about Kumble. He could prove me wrong but when he was dropped from ODIs it was for a good reason. He had lost his accuracy of old. Even in tests he's more effective now than before cause he has more variety - But his accuracy has deteriorated and he bowls too many deliveries 'down-the-leg' than he used to.

that may be the case but he could still prove more potent than anyone in our current attack i think....

 

[adharcric]

I'm not sure about Kumble. He could prove me wrong but when he was dropped from ODIs it was for a good reason. He had lost his accuracy of old. Even in tests he's more effective now than before cause he has more variety - But his accuracy has deteriorated and he bowls too many deliveries 'down-the-leg' than he used to.

I thought he had lost his accuracy in Pakistan, but he looked quite good in the West Indies.

 

[Nishant]

I thought he had lost his accuracy in Pakistan, but he looked quite good in the West Indies.

Ur right about that, and unlike many others i don't actually think its taking a step backwards...its just making the best of the players to have. Anyway, id rather see Ganguly in the team instead of Raina!

 

[adharcric]

Can we stop about Raina please?
Everyone knows that he's been crap with the bat lately so why would you keep repeating the same thing?
This tour is clearly his final chance to salvage his role in the WC squad, so let's let his bat do the talking (or not).