**Official** India v Pakistan

[Choora]

i see ur not one to accept defeat, but picking up on spelling and grammer to argue is very dissapointing i dont seen any sibstance in ur points, saqlain in his last 5 test may not be wot he was thats y he had an operation on his knee...he will b avaliable for the next tour hopefully ill let his bowling do the talking, he had a row with the selection commitee after the india tour and was dropped which was then followed by his operation. there is no question he is still the same bowler. not for me anyway his name is still saqlain and his action is still the same maybe u shud wait b4 making accusation against bowlers and batsmen..

Your observation are very interesting indeed! Just coz his name happens to have remained Saqlain, and coz his action is same means he's still similarly effective!! goiing by the same token Mushtag Ahmad and Abdul Qadir should also be recalled coz not only their respective names happen to have not changed but also because their action haven't altered either

And i wasn't accusing the bowler, i was just mentioning a fact that there is a visible decline in Saqlain's bowling, a fact well realised by Pak selection committee.And Saqlain has been in poor form well before the operation you have been mentioning.The fact that you can't realise the fact that a player has past his best tell alot about you.

about asutralia playing with 4 specialist bowlers, so wot i was giving u an example of a successful team with that set up in question and i proved my point and very well evidently as u admited they r one of the best teams in the world.

LOL!! who said that they are one of the best ??? BTW ur point is still unproven as you still can't differentiate between a true test allrounder and a bit and pieces player.

malik is no kallis did i say he was? i was again giving u an example to back my point of all rounders being useful, u dont understand the concept of discussions do u, u have to say a point then back it up with proof, i am doing all im gettin gfrom u is blind aligations.

It just showed how stupid was example was, giving an example of a world class allrounder who can walk into most of the teams in the world to justify the inclusion of less than average atest batsman (malik) who isn't even allowed to bowl!

abt yuvraj and kaif the discussion started off by saying that they r the next line to replace tendulker and co, so therefore i presumed u meant replace them man for man, and sure they can do a decent job, but nothing more till they r nurtured. they r very good no doubt but dont b comparing them to the class of ur current team.

There is no need for comparison, Yuvraj and Kaif are example of numerous talented batsmen that India have today that will be part of Indian test team tomorrow. There might not be anyone as good as Tendulkar but that doesn't mean that the batting lineup won't be strong!

and once again calling me a fool coz i think a bowler is good, very immature. and have u seen him to b able to prove that he is not the bowler he used to b? if u have present it yes i have seen the evidence from the post abt his last 5 tests. they were test we lost how many times have u seen good bowling figures from a test match which the team was hammered? and in those test we were hammered. but that doesnt prove he has lost it. wait till he is back

Its not just me, everyone has given hope on Saqlain. The result of test matches doesn't matter its his bowling that has been very ordinary of late, if still not convinved then go though numerous thread on cricketweb on Saqlain and see what ppl have to say on him. And there isn't any point in waiting coz the guy is not going to get much chances as Pak selectors are clever enough to have realised that the guy is finished!

And lastly the only thing you have proven so far is that you can write very poorly and have a very poor understanding of cricket.The profession i suggested to u might have suited ur skill better, too bad you didn't go for it!

 

[Beleg]

Youhana gone; forums dolly Kamal in with Inzamam who looks in pretty good nick.

My prediction: An Indian win on the fourth day.

 

[Jono]

Well bowled India. Keep it up!

 

[GladiatrsInBlue]

My prediction: An Indian win on the fourth day.

Yeah but the only part of prediction that is debateable is when India is gonna win the match as the result was never in question.

I think Pakistan had no answer to the Indian gladiators, IKP in particular bowled remarkebly, Youhanna is now a confirmed IKP's bunny



I would love to see India thrash Pak inside three days , but even if it takes 4 days its fine with me.

 

[SJS]

Asif Kamal looks compact.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

Yeah but the only part of prediction that is debateable is when India is gonna win the match as the result was never in question.

I think Pakistan had no answer to the Indian gladiators, IKP in particular bowled remarkebly, Youhanna is now a confirmed IKP's bunny



I would love to see India thrash Pak inside three days , but even if it takes 4 days its fine with me.

I must congratulate you. I could never, ever, be that confident that my team would win a sporting tournament, not even if they were overwhelming favourites. That's a special trait you have there.

 

[Choora]

Well atleast the Pak team that is playing happen to be exactly the one that i said it should be like( in my earlier post). Pakistan are down right now , 130-4 but they still have some batting left in Razzak and Akmal, but i think Inzi and Asim need to do the job here.

Would like to see how Asim performs now, from Indian point of view he should return to pavillion early as that will seal Pakistan's fate . However if he is able to manage a respectable total then he might prove his numerous critics dead wrong!

 

[Jono]

Inzy playing very well. Its up to Kamal to stick with him.

 

[vandemataram]

India should bring their schoolboys to show Pakistani batsmen how to bat.Seriously some of the dismissals were very stupid, how can Pakistan dream of scoring 400 runs when their main batmen bat like this?

Inzamam is indeed class act, if you take him out of Pak team, then this team might even struggle against Bangladesh.

 

[chaminda_00]

Just had a look at India XI, where is Harbarjan is he injured or something. The selectors didn't select three fast and drop him did they.

 

[SJS]

India should bring their schhoboys to show Pakistani batsmen how to bat.Seriously some of the dismissals were very stupid, how can Pakistan dream of scoring 400 runs when their main batmen bat like this?

Inzamam is indeed class act, if you take him out of Pak team, then this team might even struggle against Bangladesh.

Shoooo

 

[yohanna]

I expected something like this from Pakistani batsmen. Pakistan may be a good compititive oneday side but happens to be a crap side in test matches.


If their batsmen cannot put up respectable scores then how can the team expect their main bowlers to win matches for Pakistan ?? (be the bowler be Akhtar or Danish)

They get out to below 200 total and expect Akhtar to finish off opponet for below 200 total, how unrealistic.

The only thing that remains to be seen if Pakistan can avoid a whitewsh in this series, frankly i have no hope from such a pathetic side.

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Unfortunate that nobody is showing this series in Australia, I'd love to watch it. Any audio coverage around online, perchance?

 

[Jono]

Just had a look at India XI, where is Harbarjan is he injured or something. The selectors didn't select three fast and drop him did they.

Apparently they did because the wicket favoured the pace-men. It all worked out considering they won the toss and were able to send Pakistan in. Obviously the job is far from done yet, but the decision hasn't proved to be a bad one.

 

[Jono]

Unfortunate that nobody is showing this series in Australia, I'd love to watch it. Any audio coverage around online, perchance?

I'm pretty disappointed too. They don't even have highlights as far as I know. They had them for the tests and ODIs last year.

 

[vandemataram]

Apparently they did because the wicket favoured the pace-men. It all worked out considering they won the toss and were able to send Pakistan in. Obviously the job is far from done yet, but the decision hasn't proved to be a bad one.

Also one reason why Bhajji isn't playing is coz Pakistan team doesn't have AKHTAR!!! Absence of Akhtar resulted in Indian opting for a green pitch with plenty of grass.(as Pakistani pace attack is very weak as compared to that of India)

Inzi will be cursing Akhtar again, had Akhtar been playing Pakistani batsmen would probably had been playing on a brownish top.

 

[Sehwag309]

Unfortunate that nobody is showing this series in Australia, I'd love to watch it. Any audio coverage around online, perchance?

Well, isnt cricinfo doing the radio for $7.99

 

[biased indian]

162 /5 we should not let the tail wag

 

[SJS]

Balaji provides another breakthrough. Razzaq goes. 191 - 6

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

Balaji provides another breakthrough. Razzaq goes. 191 - 6

Looks like Pakistan are in fairly severe trouble.