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*Official* Australia in India - ODIs
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abol_tabol
Cricket Spectator
Good to hear. Yes, they need to be calm. But the pace bowling is a real concern. I don't have much confidence in this attack and they will definitely be found out in test matches also very soon when they will tour Australia, South Africa and England. But then again, it is nothing new for India.
abol_tabol
Cricket Spectator
To be fair to India, even with their extremely inept bowling attack they could easily win all the three matches they lost. They were very close. They are losing from a winning position which they haven't done in ODI for some time. May be some confidence issue? Lacking in confidence due to poor performances in T20 Worldcup and the Champions Trophy?
Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Good point.
I think the 4th match has gone under the radar here. India should have won that. Australia bowled and fielded well, but India were still cruising and threw it away (with a bit of help from the umpire with Sachin's wicket, but **** happens).
Even considering Dhoni's legside out and Sachin's bad decision, Yuvi running himself out, and Raina and Jadeja's nothing dismissals lost a winnable match.
4th ODI the worst Indian loss out of the 3 so far IMO. India got away with that a bit too easy from the critics.
abol_tabol
Cricket Spectator
Absolutely. Fourth match was crucial. It'd surely be too much for the depleted Australia side to overcome a 3-1 deficit if India would manage to win that match.
It was just atrocious batting by India. Only match their hapless bowlers did a reasonable job and their batsmen let them down.
Then again winning three matches in a trot is not very likely from India ... complacency, we have done enough winning two matches, lack of killer instinct etc. It requires a champion's mentality like Australia's. Australia will never get tired or complacent of winning.
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Dissector
International Debutant
As I said before, India's super-crappy lower order makes chasing targets that much more difficult. The opposition will feel they are in the game even when India is cruising because just a couple of wickets can change the game dramatically. And you are that much more vulnerable to a couple of unlucky dismissals because the lower order is such crap. India simply needs better batsmen at 7 and 8; otherwise this ODI team is going nowhere.
abol_tabol
Cricket Spectator
I don't think India's lower order batting is the problem. It is actually quite good now, at least, in Indian condition, and when Zaheer will join the squad it will get even better. They just got panicked in the last match and choked. It can happen to any team chasing such a huge target. Not much wrong with that.
The question is: with the high quality top six batsmen India got why they will need any significant contribution from their lower order at all in these placid flat ODI tracks? Anyway. Batting wise India is doing very well for some time. India's batting line-up is world's best at the moment, because of that they are ranked so high in ODI. It is just not that easy chasing a huge total all the time. Only once they batted first in this series and they did allright. And look what happened to Australia chasing 354 even against a far inferior bowling attack.
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R_D
International Debutant
This maybe Australia's second team or whatever but their fielding is still top class. The fourth game of the series.. their fielding was exceptional and probably is what won them that match.
Even in the last game... India probably gave away 15+ runs due to misfields etc (not to forget all the drop catches) while Australia saved 20+ runs along with some nice catches.
For Indian team Ravinder Jadeja is really a misfit at 7... If they really want a 5th bowler than better off having specialist bowler like Amit Mishra. That does leave the batting a bit short but not like Jadeja's much useful in that position anyway.
Going by Dhoni's comments last game... Jadeja will continue to play, hopefully Munaf is not tried again...He maybe able to bowl accurately but becomes too predictable and along with no pace or brain, cannon-fodder for these batsman on these pitches. Ishant was dropped in last game or resting ?
Even in the last game... India probably gave away 15+ runs due to misfields etc (not to forget all the drop catches) while Australia saved 20+ runs along with some nice catches.
For Indian team Ravinder Jadeja is really a misfit at 7... If they really want a 5th bowler than better off having specialist bowler like Amit Mishra. That does leave the batting a bit short but not like Jadeja's much useful in that position anyway.
Going by Dhoni's comments last game... Jadeja will continue to play, hopefully Munaf is not tried again...He maybe able to bowl accurately but becomes too predictable and along with no pace or brain, cannon-fodder for these batsman on these pitches. Ishant was dropped in last game or resting ?
