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***Official*** India in England 2014
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honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
India must be kicking themselves for selecting Ishant ahead of Ashwin here 
hendrix
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more like Binny ahead of AshwinIndia must be kicking themselves for selecting Ishant ahead of Ashwin here
karan316
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I would rather think that its poor thinking on MSD's part here. Not that Binny's selection is wrong, if you look at the way he has played in the domestic games in the past 2-3 years, he deserves to be there, especially when we are looking at a someone who can bowl a bit of swing and bat. Winning with 4 bowlers is difficult for us, this pitch is a a slow and low one and is offering some assistant to Jadeja, so Dhoni can have the cushion of giving him more overs. Otherwise, in overseas games, our spinners don't have much impact, out of the 4 bowlers, the 3 pacers have to bowl a lot more and they get exhausted as a result. This has made it difficult to finish off games for the team, there have been so many instances where our bowlers have ran out of steam at crucial times. With our bowling line-up already a bit weak, 4 bowlers in overseas conditions is not enough, we need someone to contribute a few overs and let our main bowlers bowl in short bursts.
Talking about MSD, if he wanted someone who can bat at number 8 and bowl a few tidy overs, than Rishi Dhawan was a better choice, Binny is a better batsman, but surely capable of picking a couple of wickets, and he wasn't that bad either, a flat wicket, 40 over old ball, not ideal for any swing bowler. Even Shami is finding it difficult to keep things tight. Its not good for the confidence of the youngster with the way he is been treated, Binny should bat at 6 or 7 if he's in the team, not 8.
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ImpatientLime
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Did he nick it?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Nope bat hit his pads.. another reason why hot spot should not be the be all and end all of such decisions...
OverratedSanity
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Who knows, drs would have reversed it.
#BCCIwasright
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Ishant is suddenly cranking up a notch of pace and he really should do that.. If he is gonna bowl less than 135 KPH he reallly should not be there in the team... But given how he went yesterday I have no doubts that we would have rather had Ashwin ahead of Ishant than Binny.. And Binny is getting the ball to do something when hits the right spot.. He just needs to be more consistent and given his pace, that is something that could be worked upon...
auditor
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why wait till end of series? One just after this test would be nice.
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
It is funny, isn't it? If your bat hits the top flap of your pad right at the corner, it is gonna make the same graphic under hotspot as an inside edge would.. I think Snicko showed a thicker impact sound than just ball hitting the inside edge of the bat, which is a small sharp pike as opposed to what we saw at the Robson dismissal.. Still, I guess the hawkeye owners still got things to iron out a bit about their product..
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
I dont think any of the decisions in this match so far have had the no ball check done...
hendrix
Hall of Fame Member
nah that's bollocks. He hit it.