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***Official*** India in South Africa

Dravid

Dravid

International Captain
adharcric said:
Agarkar back to his best, guaranteeing a four-ball every over.

Gagandeep Singh, where are you?
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Agarkar say he wants an offside field, does good bowling outside off for most of the over. Last ball of the over he decides to put it on off-middle stump, and gives a four on the onside.
 
Nate

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
Can`t believe Pathan is still in there, hopefully he can prove me wrong. Great to have Sreesanth bowling well, one of my favourite players. Big shame about that no-ball earlier. He looks to be intelligent as well as talented. Zaheer, Sreesanth, Patel and Kumble should be the bowling line-up IMO. Not sure about 5th bowler duties, though I`m leaning towards Tendulkar and a bit of Sehwag.
 
Dravid

Dravid

International Captain
Jumbo, I love you man. His first ball of the match and he picks up Kallis, who was looking very dangerous. Kallis gone for 49, 75/3
 
Nate

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
Kumble is an amazing bowler. So glad he`s back in ODIs, one feels he was only dropped because of the WC Final. Love Sreesanth and Kumble, and that`s saying a lot when you consider what I think of the Indian team. :p
 
Dravid

Dravid

International Captain
I'm not liking how Pathan is bowling. He was wasted again by bringing him in with the old ball. Despite having decent figures so far, he messes up too often on his line and length.
 
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Dasa

Dasa

International Vice-Captain
Nnanden said:
Kumble is an amazing bowler. So glad he`s back in ODIs, one feels he was only dropped because of the WC Final. Love Sreesanth and Kumble, and that`s saying a lot when you consider what I think of the Indian team. :p
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He didn't play in the WC Final - he only played three games in the WC and one was against the Netherlands.
He was dropped because he had made himself into a more attacking bowler in Test matches, but in doing so had lost some of the control that made him such a good ODI bowler. So far, it's looking as if he has that control back.
 
adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
Dravid said:
I'm not liking how Pathan is bowling. He was wasted again by bringing him in with the old ball.
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Pretty much. With the old ball, Pathan is economical at best and expensive at worst - he'll have a very tough time taking wickets.
Still, India is trying to win this game and get Pathan back into form gradually, so it makes sense why Sehwag handed the new ball to Zaheer and Sreesanth instead.
 
Nate

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
Dravid said:
I'm not liking how Pathan is bowling. He was wasted again by bringing him in with the old ball.
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Khan and Sreesanth generally use the new-ball very well, and you can almost be guaranteed you`ll get a decent L&L with theatening movement. If you can only bowl with a new-ball in an ODI match, you should question that player`s place in the team IMO. Bracken is a fine example. Excells statistically with the new-cherry, but can keep it steady when McGrath and Lee use it.
 
Dravid

Dravid

International Captain
Kumble what a gun!!!!! Gets hit for six first ball of the over, and next ball comes up with a wicket. Good ball

93-4
 
adharcric

adharcric

International Coach
silentstriker said:
IMO Gagandeep Singh should get a call up. Just saw his FC stats after that article on cricinfo - very good.
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I've been whining about this for so long in the Indian Domestic Season threads. Apparently he doesn't have too much pace, but seriously that domestic average is awesome.
Same with Joginder Sharma. That idiot just doesn't make runs when it counts, otherwise he'd be a sure-fire contender.
 
silentstriker

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Kumble is not a guy you want to 'go after.' There's a guy bowling at the other end that you could shut your eyes and hit for six.
 
Dravid

Dravid

International Captain
Nnanden said:
Khan and Sreesanth generally use the new-ball very well, and you can almost be guaranteed you`ll get a decent L&L with theatening movement. If you can only bowl with a new-ball in an ODI match, you should question that player`s place in the team IMO. Bracken is a fine example. Excells statistically with the new-cherry, but can keep it steady when McGrath and Lee use it.
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Sreesanth isn't as bad as Pathan with the old ball imo so there could have been a trade.
 
Nate

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
Dasa said:
He didn't play in the WC Final - he only played three games in the WC and one was against the Netherlands.
He was dropped because he had made himself into a more attacking bowler in Test matches, but in doing so had lost some of the control that made him such a good ODI bowler. So far, it's looking as if he has that control back.
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:laugh: I couldn`t have been more wrong. How very embarrasing. I remember him having a good tournament somewhere, playing one bad match and being dropped since. Don`t know why I thought it was the WC. Cheers. :D
 
TT Boy

TT Boy

Hall of Fame Member
FFS AB, why did you play that shot. Just hit Kumble for six with pure ease with a straight bat. Real poor cricket.
 
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