***Official*** England in India

[adharcric]

That blinder by Bhajji has got to be the catch of the series. Along with Laxman's slip stunner at Nagpur, Dravid's dive to the left at Mumbai and Bell's crazy one at mid-on.

 

[adharcric]

India One-Day Squad

I know we should focus on this test for now, but why not get the discussion started.
Please list your expected ~ preferred squad.

Rahul Dravid (c)
Virender Sehwag (vc)
Sachin Tendulkar
Yuvraj Singh
Mohammad Kaif
Suresh Raina
Gautam Gambhir
MS Dhoni (wk)
Irfan Pathan
Ajit Agarkar ~ VR Singh
Munaf Patel
Sreesanth
RP Singh
Harbhajan Singh
Ramesh Powar or Piyush Chawla

 

[Jono]

Liking these maidens at the moment.

On the topic of the ODIs, your squad is perfect adharcric. Powar's a must though.

 

[adharcric]

btw, am I the only one that likes the look of Bhajji's new white patka.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

Once again Colly has played well, I think he's cemented his berth now.
Fred hasn't gone down the track to Bhajji since the missed stumping way back, understandibly as he's bowling superbly and he can always "throw" one down if he see Fred attacking. Just a thought, although India are in this match, batting looks dodgy if one attacks, so England have to be favourites still.

 

[Scaly piscine]

If Agarkar is in the initial ODI squad the Indian selectors need shooting.

As for England do they even want to win this game?

 

[alternative]

catch taken as Bhjajji takes another wicket.. jones is out..

 

[adharcric]

If Agarkar is in the initial ODI squad the Indian selectors need shooting.

Well, he shouldn't have been there in the first place but he's done well enough in the past few series. Honestly, it would be unfair on him if he were dropped. Then again, bringing in Vikram Singh might also be a good idea considering he's more likely to figure in the future of Indian pace than Agarkar is.

 

[social]

Okay, a run-rate of under two? Can someone who is watching the game tell me what is going on?

The match no-one tries to win!

Dravid sends the opposition into bat on a perfect batting wicket because he's scared of getting bowled out and now Eng are so petrified of giving India time to score the runs that they wont play a shot!

 

[Jono]

Good stuff India, good stuff.

 

[adharcric]

All my criticism of Bhajji gone now, he's regained his touch surely.

 

[Pedro Delgado]

That dismissal just proves it, batting is gonna be bloody tricky tomorrow, odd bounce from Bhajji there.

Time for Fred to take of the shakles now (and get caught at long off probably).

 

[Scaly piscine]

This is just absolutely criminal from England. That partnership didn't even score 1 an over. There's absolutely pathetic batting and then there's just gormless stupidity that massively reduces the chances - Dravid will and has been hammered for his mistake, will Flintoff get hammered for this complete nonsense over the past hour?

 

[alternative]

Flintoff might just change gears here.. as there is not much of batting left anymore.. lets see the long handle being used now..

 

[adharcric]

I must say, England have batted rather stupidly.

 

[R_D]

Finally a fielder holds a catch.
Whta the hell are England trying to do ?
Shouldn't they be trying to score as many runs as they can?

 

[alternative]

I like the indian field now.. 5 men around the bat..
Hoggy doesn't have any space for fresh air..

 

[Jono]

I'm not complaining, they're playing right into India's hands. India are going to have to bat really poorly (again) or England will have to bowl absolutely brilliantly for England to square the series.

 

[wpdavid]

catch taken as Bhjajji takes another wicket.. jones is out..

Another triumph for our wicket-keeper/batsman. Ironic that his best performance behind the stumps has come when his batting has completely gone to pot.

 

[PY]

That dismissal just proves it, batting is gonna be bloody tricky tomorrow, odd bounce from Bhajji there.

Time for Fred to take of the shakles now (and get caught at long off probably).

He'd have done it a long time ago against the seamers but I don't reckon he's confident enough to take on these two in that fashion.

Pretty daft from England IMO, if we were going at 3 an over then it might be worth it but 1 an over or less is just helping India's cause. We'll probably give 10 overs at the end of the day I think.