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*Official* Group A Discussion - Pakistan, West Indies, Australia, India

ret

International Debutant
Malik reaches his 100! .... and this is the highest 4th wkt partnership for Pak against Ind
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
I don't see how India can win this barring a miracle. The batting just isn't too strong, even with the 7 batsmen they have to chase 280 plus.
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Harbhajan Singh bowling poorly is the problem, Arjun, if Yousuf Pathan will bowl more overs, he is bound to prove costly.
That's the problem. With one top bowler not bowling well, Dhoni only has mediocre part-timers to turn to, so it's a no-win situation. Dhoni's four-bowler plan is useful when the four bowlers are doing very well. Not when they're so weak.
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
That's the problem. With one top bowler not bowling well, Dhoni only has mediocre part-timers to turn to, so it's a no-win situation. Dhoni's four-bowler plan is useful when the four bowlers are doing very well. Not when they're so weak.
The dirth of a good all rounder has plagued us for a long time and is not some thing new. Post Kapil Dev and Manoj Prabhakar, the best we have had is Robin Singh and he was average at best. I would have tried Nayyar ahead of Pathan in my first XI on South African wickets as I said before the game started. That is some thing I definitely would have done differently apart from playing Mishra ahead of Harbhajan Singh. Harbhajan Singh would never have been dropped for this game though, we all know that. Also, we don't know how Nayyar would have done though of course. It's a lot of ifs and buts.
 
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Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
Nehra for one has bowled very well. Every one had written him off but I have always liked Nehra. Very good to see him do well for India.
 

ret

International Debutant
Nehra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Appears as if only Nehra can pick up wkts for India :laugh:
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
I dont know what I hate more. The selectors for picking Nehra or Nehra himself. Some other youngster should have been picked.
 

AaronK

State Regular
I would have selected him over Harbhajan Singh but as I said a day or two earlier, I didn't see that happening.
Who with their right mind would replace a bowler who took 5 wickets in the previous match and his bowling won them the match.. didn't he get like five wickets in his last match? it was the final of the compaq tournment..

you fans.. it is hard to understand you people.. the fact is that both yousuf and Malik played good..
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
We are doomed if Sachin doesn't do something special. Feels like the 90s all over again. But we depend on the same bloke. WAG.
 

ret

International Debutant
Nehra!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! .... he picks up Akmal now

Come on Ind .... focus of two more overs
 

Pratters

Cricket, Lovely Cricket
We are doomed if Sachin doesn't do something special. Feels like the 90s all over again. But we depend on the same bloke. WAG.
Even with a Tendulkar 100, we need another 80-90 runs at least from another guy. As I said, it will take us a miracle to win, Tendulkar 100 or not.
 

ret

International Debutant
Who with their right mind would replace a bowler who took 5 wickets in the previous match and his bowling won them the match.. didn't he get like five wickets in his last match? it was the final of the compaq tournment..
He did bowl well there but there he had the comfort of defending a big total on a ground where sides batting 2nd haven't been that successful .... Here is has looked totally off color under pressure, which is not something he has done for the first time
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
Ishant definitely needs a kick down his back side. Should buckle up and go back to his 140+ speed.
 

Shri

Mr. Glass
Good batting by Pakistan but did they miss out on a chance to really hurt the opposition during the slog overs? Just 11 scored off the last 3 overs.
 
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