Players improve, but not if they complain so much about flat pitches. On that pitch, Tuffey and Butler bowled better than him- they had 8 wickets between them- on the very same flat pitch. After that series against NZ, he travelled to Australia, where he just took a wicket in every innings for over 100- against second-string FC sides. If he can finish a series abroad with an average under 28, he's an improved bowler.Jono said:
From some of his past posts I can try to name some players that should come in.Jono said:
What's Zaheer's average against Pakistan? And don't say "well he deserved to get wickets!", because that's not what matters. It's the wickets he actually takes. So, what is Zaheer's average against Pakistan? Pretty damn high, I'd wager. This isn't to insult Zaheer, who I like too, I'm just tired of Arjun's foolish bias against Balaji. He won't be satisfied until India is divided in two, and North India and South India play separately. Then he can have his precious crap bowlers like Reetinder Sodhi bowl. Play the whole damn Mumbai team why don't you. All I know is this, South bowlers 7 wickets, North bowlers 3.Arjun said:
Who exactly does Pathan have more pace than? It's actually quite sad how little pace he has. Ravi Shastri brought up how all the Pakistani bowlers bowl much quicker than the Indians. Sami's top speed was 91 mph, Rana's top speed was 88 mph and Razzaq's top speed was 85 mph. By comparison, Pathan's top speed was 82 mph. Balaji was the only one who got it up to 85 mph. Zaheer was embarrassingly slow as well. While of course it's about wickets, not pace, it's still incredible that Pathan was bowling so slowly. His average was barely 80 mph, if that!!!SJS said:From some of his past posts I can try to name some players that should come in.
RS Sodhi
Ramesh Powar
MS Dhoni
Yuvraj Singh
SS Paul
JP Yadav (I think)
I will have to refer back for the rest.
As for who to drop, take your pick
Here are some more
Munaf Patel
Avishkar Salvi
Amit Bhandari
He wants a pace attack like this :-
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I'm never really bothered with pace (Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Shoaib and Lee bowling at 150+ km/h, and Akhtar is my favourite pace bowler in the world to watch), but what is so ironic about your post is that if anyone on this board values pace the most... its Arjun.Gangster said:
Not to worry. All Balaji has to do is hit a couple of sixes when he bats and Arjun'll be lobbying for him to bat at no.7Jono said:I'm never really bothered with pace (Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Shoaib and Lee bowling at 150+ km/h, and Akhtar is my favourite pace bowler in the world to watch), but what is so ironic about your post is that if anyone on this board values pace the most... its Arjun.
The ironic part of it all being... Balaji was the fastest of the Indian bowlers.
So what else can he say? Balaji got the wickets. Balaji kept it tight. Balaji bowled the fastest. What more does he want?
haha no at number 3 actually. Remember he can swing the bat hard.....shankar said:Not to worry. All Balaji has to do is hit a couple of sixes when he bats and Arjun'll be lobbying for him to bat at no.7
Really? From what I've seen of Nehra in the past 3 years, both live at the ground and on television, he's beyond horrible. I'd take Balaji over him anyday. Once again let me clarify, I am not claiming Balaji is a world class bowler, I am just stating that he is right now the best option to choose as India's 3rd pacer.Buddhmaster said:
