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India v/s Sri Lanka - Who's the better team
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biased indian
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India aren't as great a side as some like to think, But england was is and will bemarc71178 said:
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Can I have some of your stuff, please?koch_cha said:
I think 12-8 is totally fair.
LankanPrince
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Ahh now the Sri Lanka we saw beat India on Sunday really looks the business. The talk about Sri Lanka having a major problem with their batting is unfounded. It is true that Sanath Jayasuriya is past his prime and is struggling for form. But in Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Marvan Atapattu we have a trio of world class, talented (maybe not always consistent) batsman. They really picked the substandard Indian bowling apart. Irfan Pathan was the only bowler who bowled with aggression and consistency. Anil Kumble is nothing more than a mediocre medium pace bowler and Zaheer Khan needs to sort out his fitness. India should recall Ashish Nehra, he is one of their most explosive fast bowlers.
At the moment in Asia Cup I think definitely Pakistan and Sri Lanka have the superior bowling attacks. The Murali myth should now be gone from those confused Indian fans he is not the only good bowler. As you can see your best batsman (Sehwag, Ganguly and 'The Little Master!') had problems facing Nuwan Zoysa who in my eyes is the best Sri Lankan bowler at the moment.
India have two big problems: overconfidence and complacency. Their lack of motivation was clearly exposed on Sunday. I think Virender Sehwag needs to stop exercising his mouth and stop pursuing ridiculous personal targets (namely 200 in ODI cricket). Tendulkar really needs to regain his title of 'Little Master' which seems more like 'Big Choker' at the moment!
Sri Lanka may not be the best team in the world and for this reason they are not complacent. They are moderate and realistic in their goals. Their focus and determination helped them to convincingly beat the lack lustre Indians on Sunday. India should learn a damn good lesson from their C*ap performance on Sunday: do not assume that their individual 11 superstars are necessarily the best team.
At the moment in Asia Cup I think definitely Pakistan and Sri Lanka have the superior bowling attacks. The Murali myth should now be gone from those confused Indian fans he is not the only good bowler. As you can see your best batsman (Sehwag, Ganguly and 'The Little Master!') had problems facing Nuwan Zoysa who in my eyes is the best Sri Lankan bowler at the moment.
India have two big problems: overconfidence and complacency. Their lack of motivation was clearly exposed on Sunday. I think Virender Sehwag needs to stop exercising his mouth and stop pursuing ridiculous personal targets (namely 200 in ODI cricket). Tendulkar really needs to regain his title of 'Little Master' which seems more like 'Big Choker' at the moment!
Sri Lanka may not be the best team in the world and for this reason they are not complacent. They are moderate and realistic in their goals. Their focus and determination helped them to convincingly beat the lack lustre Indians on Sunday. India should learn a damn good lesson from their C*ap performance on Sunday: do not assume that their individual 11 superstars are necessarily the best team.
Swervy
International Captain
There seems to be a lot of reacting to the result of just one game here.
India are generally the better team,and will tend to be more successful than the Sri lankan team,but the gap between the two isnt that great.
As has been said numerous times before (usually when Indian fans are saying how much better India are than England)...all of the middle bunch of teams (India,Pakistan,SA,England,WI,SA,NZ in no particular order) can beat each other on any given day...although I would say that maybe India,NZ and SA are probably just ahead of the rest in that grouping
India are generally the better team,and will tend to be more successful than the Sri lankan team,but the gap between the two isnt that great.
As has been said numerous times before (usually when Indian fans are saying how much better India are than England)...all of the middle bunch of teams (India,Pakistan,SA,England,WI,SA,NZ in no particular order) can beat each other on any given day...although I would say that maybe India,NZ and SA are probably just ahead of the rest in that grouping
marc71178
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It was but one game, and all it served to prove IMO is that India are still in a gorup, along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, South Africa, England and West Indies, where sides in ODI's are very evenly matched over time.nookie_lk said:does anyone have a say after india lost to Sri lanka ???? what a shame...the great indian team lost to the average Lankans...
tooextracool
International Coach
and how true that turned out to be! i should call you 'sehwag' from now on....Deja moo said:
tooextracool
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not really....i would say that england and WI are a touch below the rest.marc71178 said:
biased indian
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Description under u r name is perfectalexkumar 'Under Age' said:SRILANKA!!! hands down! no question.
Indians are chokers. Their ass got whipped by srilanka. It will happen again!