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Indian domestic season 2006-07
- Thread starter Arjun
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
That's the NEO conspiracy. BCCI gave Nimbus' TV channel NEO Sports the rights to show all the domestic matches, especially in regions covered by (or teams from) the Pawar camp. I have no idea what's happening there, but I have never got the channel for Duleep despite some live action going on. In fact, my cable operator said that they'll only show it if there's a live match on. Give me a break. Duleep is on! Not enough? "Control room is checking..."Dravid said:
Mis-step by BCCI, maybe?
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
STUMPS: Who...is...Siddharth Trivedi? This 'fringe of the fringe' seamer has taken five wickets against a strong Sri Lanka A team. Another surprise performer in the season so far, the selectors may think about him too, especially for India A. Sri Lanka A are all out for 325.
Elsewhere, the North Zone side have finished on 310 for five. The Central bowlers have had it hard, with the top wicket taker being JP Yadav with 2 for 50, and every other bowler bar Karthik has got a wicket. It's good for Joginder that he's got a score over 50. Let's just hope he converts it into three figures tomorrow and takes a bagful of wickets in the match. If anyone has seen this match on television or live, please tell us how he batted. Grrr...NEO-nsense!
EDIT: Looking at Central, we find a seamer named Anand Rajan playing for Central. He's a seamer for MP. The North selection is a bit strange, since Sachin Rana is missing, though with Mahesh Rawat as a wicketkeeper, they've got enough batting strength. They have four seamers in their team. While all eyes are on one-time ODI regular Ashish Nehra and 'pace hope' VRV Singh, one shouldn't count out Joginder Sharma and Gagandeep Singh. Then again, who will open the bowling for North? VRV is fast, but we don't know how well he'll use a new ball, and he's very erratic and often out of step. Joginder is a reasonably accurate bowler who gets a lot of swing, but he had old-ball issues when we last saw him in action, and otherwise for Nehra. Gagandeep's a lynchpin for North, with over 200 wickets in less than 50 matches at an average below 20.
Elsewhere, the North Zone side have finished on 310 for five. The Central bowlers have had it hard, with the top wicket taker being JP Yadav with 2 for 50, and every other bowler bar Karthik has got a wicket. It's good for Joginder that he's got a score over 50. Let's just hope he converts it into three figures tomorrow and takes a bagful of wickets in the match. If anyone has seen this match on television or live, please tell us how he batted. Grrr...NEO-nsense!
EDIT: Looking at Central, we find a seamer named Anand Rajan playing for Central. He's a seamer for MP. The North selection is a bit strange, since Sachin Rana is missing, though with Mahesh Rawat as a wicketkeeper, they've got enough batting strength. They have four seamers in their team. While all eyes are on one-time ODI regular Ashish Nehra and 'pace hope' VRV Singh, one shouldn't count out Joginder Sharma and Gagandeep Singh. Then again, who will open the bowling for North? VRV is fast, but we don't know how well he'll use a new ball, and he's very erratic and often out of step. Joginder is a reasonably accurate bowler who gets a lot of swing, but he had old-ball issues when we last saw him in action, and otherwise for Nehra. Gagandeep's a lynchpin for North, with over 200 wickets in less than 50 matches at an average below 20.
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adharcric
International Coach
First of all, Sid Trivedi played for India A in the Top End Series so he's not really unknown anymore. I won't look too much into a 5-fer like this one because three of them came against the tail and he was quite expensive. He should probably make India A again along with VRV Singh and RP Singh.
I would open the attack with VRV and Gagandeep. Gagandeep has been the most successful new-ball bowler in North Zone for the last three years, and VRV is the big potential and talent guy among the bunch. Nehra has always been better first-change IMO.
I would open the attack with VRV and Gagandeep. Gagandeep has been the most successful new-ball bowler in North Zone for the last three years, and VRV is the big potential and talent guy among the bunch. Nehra has always been better first-change IMO.
Magrat Garlick
Rather Mad Witch
Some odd things today...
1) Jaffer bowled for a golden duck by a seamer whose last international appearance saw him creamed by Gilchrist for 20 runs in his only over
2) Trivedi keeps taking wickets (though a Sri Lankan 5th choice opener is perhaps not the most prized new ball wicket in the world)
3) Mahesh Rawat, Haryana and North wickie aged 21, put on 172 with Joginder Sharma to make his highest FC score. Averaged 47 in the Elite League last year, though his three 50+ scores all came in draws
4) Piyush Chawla got tonked and only saved himself by getting VRV and Rajesh Sharma on successive balls (thus ending with three for 106)
5) Joginder Sharma - 7 overs, 6 no-balls, one for 20. Plus his third FC century. Needs to sort out no-balls before India call upon him again, I'd imagine.
1) Jaffer bowled for a golden duck by a seamer whose last international appearance saw him creamed by Gilchrist for 20 runs in his only over
2) Trivedi keeps taking wickets (though a Sri Lankan 5th choice opener is perhaps not the most prized new ball wicket in the world)
3) Mahesh Rawat, Haryana and North wickie aged 21, put on 172 with Joginder Sharma to make his highest FC score. Averaged 47 in the Elite League last year, though his three 50+ scores all came in draws
4) Piyush Chawla got tonked and only saved himself by getting VRV and Rajesh Sharma on successive balls (thus ending with three for 106)
5) Joginder Sharma - 7 overs, 6 no-balls, one for 20. Plus his third FC century. Needs to sort out no-balls before India call upon him again, I'd imagine.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
That seamer's often a national prospect and was merely a fill-in when he played for SL. Still, that triggerred a collapse as Wet folded up cheaply.
That fifth choice opener is actually far, far better than half of the batting selection in recent Lankan A teams. Trivedi has trained in Australia and was once a national prospect.
This so-called wicketkeeper was once an opening batsman, but for some strange reason, the Haryana selectors dropped Ajay Ratra, the wicketkeeper with the best reflexes and speed, to put this bloke behind the stumps, to get extra runs. Not surprisingly, there were more than a few draws in this season for Haryana, unlike last time, when they won nearly every match.
He's now facing tougher competition here, although a full-strength North Zone would be even tougher. Let's see how his next match goes.
That no-ball issue has bugged VRV Singh and Pravin Kumar as well, but if all of them get rid of it after playing a few matches, it's good. Joginder doesn't overstep regularly, and has been back to FC/List-A cricket after a long time. He's definitely a prospect, especially in ODI's, but for some reason, he's always left out. Besides, I have to ask– is he trying to add extra pace to his bowling? With so much attention to Munaf, VRV Singh, Sreesanth and someone named Abid Nabi, he may even be thinking of that! Anyway, swing bowling is his main strength and if he can do that right, he'd help himself and his team a lot.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
They seem to want a wicketkeeper who can bat, although Prasanna is the best keeper there and can score a few runs which are just right. It's not possible to get someone who'll keep wickets and score big hundreds all the time, especially at a healthy strike rate. Not everyone is Adam Gilchrist.Perm said:
Jungle Jumbo
International Vice-Captain
Why? Sangakkara is the second best keeper-batsman in the world. Sri Lanka want a top-class gloveman for when Sangakkara gets older and might want to concentrate on his batting and by the look of the lack of batting talent coming through, that is a fairly likely possibility.Arjun said:
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
West Zone have started at a rapid rate, and are at 94 for two. Young prodigy Rohit Sharma was out cheaply again, for 15 runs with three boundaries at a strike rate of 93. Currently, the stalwarts Amol Mazumdar and Wasim Jaffer are at the crease with chunky scores at strike rates over 70. They seem to be playing for a win here.
Elsewhere, Central was bowled all out for 288. VRV Singh was taken for lots of runs, going for 94, with just two wickets at a huge economy rate of 7.50, bowling second-change. Nehra and spinner Rajesh Sharma got three each. Joginder Sharma, fresh from the wicket he claimed yesterday, didn't pick up any more in this innings. Wicketkeeper Ojha scored 62 while Chawla scored 21. It's a sedate start for North, scoring 20 in 10 overs for no loss.
Elsewhere, Central was bowled all out for 288. VRV Singh was taken for lots of runs, going for 94, with just two wickets at a huge economy rate of 7.50, bowling second-change. Nehra and spinner Rajesh Sharma got three each. Joginder Sharma, fresh from the wicket he claimed yesterday, didn't pick up any more in this innings. Wicketkeeper Ojha scored 62 while Chawla scored 21. It's a sedate start for North, scoring 20 in 10 overs for no loss.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Indian fans, please drop by this thread once in a while and take a breather from the national team.
Zaheer's part is over for now. It's up to Jaffer and Mazumdar, and maybe Ravindra Jadeja. This Lankan A team is a lot stronger than expected, and looks likely to win the Duleep Trophy.
North Zone still have ten wickets to take, which gives VRV Singh and Joginder Sharma another chance. Joginder may return sooner since North are already batting. Central seamer Pravin Kumar has already bowled five cheap overs and has thankfully got his footing right so far. Likewise, even Chawla and JP Yadav will have a go once more at North to make amends for an unsuccessful first innings.
Zaheer's part is over for now. It's up to Jaffer and Mazumdar, and maybe Ravindra Jadeja. This Lankan A team is a lot stronger than expected, and looks likely to win the Duleep Trophy.
North Zone still have ten wickets to take, which gives VRV Singh and Joginder Sharma another chance. Joginder may return sooner since North are already batting. Central seamer Pravin Kumar has already bowled five cheap overs and has thankfully got his footing right so far. Likewise, even Chawla and JP Yadav will have a go once more at North to make amends for an unsuccessful first innings.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Sri Lanka A won their match comfortably. West Zone, losing both their matches, are now out of the Duleep Trophy. Jaffer scored a century, with one six and more than a few boundaries, which may have influenced (misguided?) the selectors into retaining him for Tests (?) and picking him for ODI's. Mazumdar scored 64, so it's surprising the selectors haven't opted for him.
The match between Central and North ended in a draw. North pinched two points through a first-innings lead, edging Central out of the tournament. It's time they scrapped the first-innings lead nonsense. That rule is blunting domestic cricket, as teams are more content on just getting two points than winning a match. This may be the reason why North batted out two whole sessions when they could have set Central a competitive total and bowled them out. Joginder didn't pick up any more wickets, going off after two overs as very little play was left. Pravin Kumar picked up five wickets and JP Yadav didn't bowl, yet scored 46 runs in 43 with two sixes. Yet, Vikram Singh, who was wicketless in the second innings and went for 100 runs with two wickets, made the Indian team ahead of these two. With an inside enemy like this, who needs Chappell?
The match between Central and North ended in a draw. North pinched two points through a first-innings lead, edging Central out of the tournament. It's time they scrapped the first-innings lead nonsense. That rule is blunting domestic cricket, as teams are more content on just getting two points than winning a match. This may be the reason why North batted out two whole sessions when they could have set Central a competitive total and bowled them out. Joginder didn't pick up any more wickets, going off after two overs as very little play was left. Pravin Kumar picked up five wickets and JP Yadav didn't bowl, yet scored 46 runs in 43 with two sixes. Yet, Vikram Singh, who was wicketless in the second innings and went for 100 runs with two wickets, made the Indian team ahead of these two. With an inside enemy like this, who needs Chappell?
adharcric
International Coach
Vikram Singh was also adjudged MOS in the Challenger Trophy, where Kumar and Yadav didn't do anything. Vikram Singh also returned figures of 4 for 79 in 23 overs while Kumar returned figures of 4 for 114 in 28 overs. Vikram Singh is also more likely to threaten at the top level than Pravin Kumar. That's enough.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Vikram Singh was just plain lucky in the Challenger Trophy, where individual performances count for nothing. The Challenger Trophy is merely a workout for the national team. He bowled lots of no-balls and wides, while Pravin just got hit for lots of boundaries by frontline batsmen, and Yadav didn't make the teams. VRV Singh doesn't eevn look like taking two wickets these days, while Kumar is a leading wicket-taker once more, after leading the Ranji wickets last season. In that match you mentioned, Pravin Kumar also scored a rapid 42 opening the innings, albeit at the wrong position. Vikram Singh can't bat or even field right now. There's no way he's likely to be a threat at the international level right now, and he can't even support his main bowlers, which Pravin Kumar can do just right. While neither are ready beyond A team level, it's baffling to see Vikram Singh picked ahead of both Yadav and Kumar, when he's needed a lot less than these two.adharcric said:
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Expectations from the last two Duleep matches:
It's an uphill task for South Zone against Sri Lanka A, who are more powerful and versatile. They've got a wicketkeeper whocan bat, and even two bowlers capable of scoring lots of runs, while none of the South Zone batsmen can bowl and vice-versa. South have got Kumble, Balaji and maybe Sreesanth, so their experience will come in handy against the current Duleep favourites. The batting, despite being seven-strong, looks a little weak, although if VVS, Dravid and Badri get on top of this Lankan bowlign lineup, we may see a reversal of fortunes. For SLA, Chandana, Vandort, Chamara, Samaraweera and Ganegama are key players, though they've also got a medium-pacer who can bat and may try him out.
In that other group, North will face East, and both have pinched two points off Central. Both teams are evenly matched. North, surprisingly without Haryana leggie Amit Mishra (let's give the HP folks their due and pick their spinner), may play four seamers again. VRV Singh, who was dreadful in the previous match, will get another chance to prove himself as a strike bowler. Whether he too has old-ball issues like Joginder is not known, but his repeated overstepping is still a problem. How Joginder picked up that bad habit, we don't know, but he should get that out of the way in the next match. As for Nehra and Gagandeep, they'll just do the usual thing. This is yet another chance for Gambhir and Sharma to prove the selectors wrong for excluding them. We don't know what to expect from East, whether they'll play a fourth seamer or Bengal spinner Manoj Tewari will get a game. Not much to look at there, except Ganguly's new-found all-round form. His bowling has picked up immensely, and let's hope his fielding has also improved so much.
It's an uphill task for South Zone against Sri Lanka A, who are more powerful and versatile. They've got a wicketkeeper whocan bat, and even two bowlers capable of scoring lots of runs, while none of the South Zone batsmen can bowl and vice-versa. South have got Kumble, Balaji and maybe Sreesanth, so their experience will come in handy against the current Duleep favourites. The batting, despite being seven-strong, looks a little weak, although if VVS, Dravid and Badri get on top of this Lankan bowlign lineup, we may see a reversal of fortunes. For SLA, Chandana, Vandort, Chamara, Samaraweera and Ganegama are key players, though they've also got a medium-pacer who can bat and may try him out.
In that other group, North will face East, and both have pinched two points off Central. Both teams are evenly matched. North, surprisingly without Haryana leggie Amit Mishra (let's give the HP folks their due and pick their spinner), may play four seamers again. VRV Singh, who was dreadful in the previous match, will get another chance to prove himself as a strike bowler. Whether he too has old-ball issues like Joginder is not known, but his repeated overstepping is still a problem. How Joginder picked up that bad habit, we don't know, but he should get that out of the way in the next match. As for Nehra and Gagandeep, they'll just do the usual thing. This is yet another chance for Gambhir and Sharma to prove the selectors wrong for excluding them. We don't know what to expect from East, whether they'll play a fourth seamer or Bengal spinner Manoj Tewari will get a game. Not much to look at there, except Ganguly's new-found all-round form. His bowling has picked up immensely, and let's hope his fielding has also improved so much.
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Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Do you think this team will win the forthcoming Ranji Trophy?
- Haldipur
- Arindam Das
- Debang Gandhi
- Ganguly (C, RM)
- Jhunjhunwala
- LR Shukla (RM)
- Deep Dasgupta (WK)
- Sanyal (RM)
- Lahiri (OB)
- Paul (RM)
- Bose (RFM)
- RESERVE: Manoj Tiwari (LBG?)
- RESERVE: Rohan Gavaskar
- RESERVE: Lodhgar (OB)
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
One can always hope...the Indian team doesn't get much action, so Karnataka may rise to the top of Ranji–
- Uthappa
- Barrington
- Dravid (C)
- Chougule
- Bharat Chipli
- Thilak Naidu (WK)
- Gaurav Dhiman (RM)
- Raghu (OB)
- Kumble (LBG)
- Vinay Kumar (RMF)
- Aiyappa (RMF)
- RESERVE: Raghavendra Rao (RM)
- RESERVE: Stuart Binny (RM)
- RESERVE: Sunil Joshi (SLA)
- RESERVE: Somasunder
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Here's an interesting article on Duleep Trophy. Worth a read. I agree on nearly everything mentioned here.
adharcric
International Coach
We should have a couple of exciting matches tomorrow. South Zone and Sri Lanka A have easily looked the two best teams in the tournament thus far, while North Zone and East Zone have each managed to salvage a point from a draw. Laxman, Kumble, Sreesanth, VRV and Gambhir are the five guys I'll make sure to keep an eye on.