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[neutralguy]

good match wrapped up by the indians in style. Dravid showed leadership qualities and led from the front by hanging on till the victory was achieved.
Tendulkar and dhoni had a poor series. Dhoni can be forgiven since he comes in late stage of innings to acclerate the scoring rate, but tendulkar again getting out for brilliant catch, thereby having 8 poor innings continuously.
Sehwag as usual, delivers once in 7 matches and getting out in 20's and 30's. Someting has to be done about these guys who are so inconsistent being the senior member of the team.
If this goes on , i see ganguly making it to the one-day squad also.
All in all a great series. I hope india improves in ICC rankings from now on.

 

[Arjun]

It's a tame end, but a match well played. Excellent innigns by Dravid, and the contributions of Tendulkar, Yuvraj and Dhoni can't be ignored. No single innings won the match by itself. Partnerships did. So did the pressure created by Irfan early on. Now this is impressive- In the last 11 ODI's, the Indians have won 8. They must now look to plug the missing link in the team– a six-hitter who can also bowl long spells. Maybe a recall and a near-permanent place for JP Yadav will help. Or they can take a major risk and play Munaf Patel (hope his fielding is better) or Yusuf Pathan (needs to take more than a few wickets) that way.

 

[Anil]

They must now look to plug the missing link in the team– a six-hitter who can also bowl long spells.

you are obsessed with sixes, aren't you?

with sehwag, tendulkar, dhoni, pathan, yuvraj and such scintillating stroke players in the team, you are still looking for six-hitters????

 

[Anil]

well done team india!!! the wall shows the way once again....the team is showing some toughness and hunger to win right now.....hopefully they can make this a habit...

 

[marc71178]

well i heard the noise they were talking about too. but it seemed to me like the noise came a split-second after the "supposed snick". really don't think there was a snick. strange really.

Could it be something in the bat "clicking" ?

 

[marc71178]

you are obsessed with sixes, aren't you?

with sehwag, tendulkar, dhoni, pathan, yuvraj and such scintillating stroke players in the team, you are still looking for six-hitters????

Don't forget the 95mph bowler!

 

[Agent TBY]

Mumbai tickets are very expensive. Not to mention, these days, the crowds are rather ill-behaved– David Shepherd noticed it during the Test against WI in 2002 and spoke to the press about it.

If that was ill-behaved, you should've seen the abuse Aleem Dar received during the India - Australia test out here. Disgraceful.

 

[Pratters]

Could it be something in the bat "clicking" ?

Well there was no nick if you are implying or asking that.

 

[marc71178]

I wasn't implying anything, just I have seen/heard in the past a click as ball goes past bat that is actually the 2 bits of wood rubbing.

 

[shankar]

Could it be something in the bat "clicking" ?

Yep. That's what I thought of it as well.

 

[James]

Expressing what happened the mumbian crowd...ICC really needs to reconsider who they use as umpires...this is just plain bullsh**

Watch your language please.

 

[Snippie]

Bad news for Smith...

Smith might have broken his finger whilst trying to catch Dravid out. This doesn't spell good things for us against the Australians, Smith is an integral part of our batting line up, especially in tests. Let's hope that he would be able to play in the first test.

More here

 

[SJS]

you are obsessed with sixes, aren't you?

with sehwag, tendulkar, dhoni, pathan, yuvraj and such scintillating stroke players in the team, you are still looking for six-hitters????

Not just stroke players, India has , in the last 11 ODI's against Sri Lanka and SAfrica hit 42 sixes with the opposition hitting just 14 !! And this with Ganguly no more in the team !

ut 300 Percent higher six hitting against the former number two team and the new number two team in the world is not enough for our Arjun.

India has NEVER I repeat NEVER had so many big hitting players in the team at the same time in its entire 73 years in international cricket but Arjun isnt satisfied.

He wants ten players who score six runs per innings on average, each innings consisting of two balls the first being hit for six and the second for getting out. Then it would be a great team since they would have a strike rate of 300 and all the runs would be scored in sixes. So what if they would be 60 all out in 20 deliveries every time !!

And he would any day barter a in favour of getting a Mohammad Sami for a Glem Macgrath as long as sami can deliver at 140 plus, the dividing line between ordinary and great bowlers !! So what if their bowling average is in the sixties and their economy rate is seven plus as long the average bowling speed is 140 PLUS !!

 

[honestbharani]

It's a tame end, but a match well played. Excellent innigns by Dravid, and the contributions of Tendulkar, Yuvraj and Dhoni can't be ignored. No single innings won the match by itself. Partnerships did. So did the pressure created by Irfan early on. Now this is impressive- In the last 11 ODI's, the Indians have won 8. They must now look to plug the missing link in the team– a six-hitter who can also bowl long spells. Maybe a recall and a near-permanent place for JP Yadav will help. Or they can take a major risk and play Munaf Patel (hope his fielding is better) or Yusuf Pathan (needs to take more than a few wickets) that way.

Dhoni didn't contribute anything, really. He has been good against Sri Lanka but he hasn't been at this best this series.

 

[honestbharani]

Could it be something in the bat "clicking" ?

That happened to Lara didn't it, in the VB series early this year. His handle clicked and he was given out caught behind based on the noise.

 

[viktor]

Not just stroke players, India has , in the last 11 ODI's against Sri Lanka and SAfrica hit 42 sixes with the opposition hitting just 14 !! And this with Ganguly no more in the team !

ut 300 Percent higher six hitting against the former number two team and the new number two team in the world is not enough for our Arjun.

India has NEVER I repeat NEVER had so many big hitting players in the team at the same time in its entire 73 years in international cricket but Arjun isnt satisfied.

He wants ten players who score six runs per innings on average, each innings consisting of two balls the first being hit for six and the second for getting out. Then it would be a great team since they would have a strike rate of 300 and all the runs would be scored in sixes. So what if they would be 60 all out in 20 deliveries every time !!

And he would any day barter a in favour of getting a Mohammad Sami for a Glem Macgrath as long as sami can deliver at 140 plus, the dividing line between ordinary and great bowlers !! So what if their bowling average is in the sixties and their economy rate is seven plus as long the average bowling speed is 140 PLUS !!

My thoughts exactly...just don't want to argue over it right now...just want savour the warm fuzzy winning feeling

 

[Arjun]

you are obsessed with sixes, aren't you?

with sehwag, tendulkar, dhoni, pathan, yuvraj and such scintillating stroke players in the team, you are still looking for six-hitters????

Um.....would you expect any of them to play as a full-fledged six-hitter? The team needs someone at seven to come out and only hit the big shots. No specialist batsman can afford to do so. Dhoni's alright, but he bats higher up the order. Irfan's fine, but they need one more. Look at the #2 team in ODI's– they have one Justin Kemp smashing sixes at six/seven, which makes them a dangerous side.

 

[Arjun]

If that was ill-behaved, you should've seen the abuse Aleem Dar received during the India - Australia test out here. Disgraceful.

In that Test v/s the Windies, abuses were shouted at Dillon and Cuffy, which were heard by Mid-Day reporters, but this is news.

 

[marc71178]

The team needs someone at seven to come out and only hit the big shots. No specialist batsman can afford to do so. Dhoni's alright, but he bats higher up the order. Irfan's fine, but they need one more. Look at the #2 team in ODI's– they have one Justin Kemp smashing sixes at six/seven, which makes them a dangerous side.

So not 1, but 2 who could conceivably both get 6 from 2 balls then.

Christ, anyone would think they hadn't just detroyed SL and drawn with SA...

 

[irfan]

Um.....would you expect any of them to play as a full-fledged six-hitter? The team needs someone at seven to come out and only hit the big shots. No specialist batsman can afford to do so. Dhoni's alright, but he bats higher up the order. Irfan's fine, but they need one more. Look at the #2 team in ODI's– they have one Justin Kemp smashing sixes at six/seven, which makes them a dangerous side.

I don't think we really needed a position in the team occupied a six-hitter. Sehwag, yuvraj, dhoni, tendy, pathan are naturally aggresive anyway and should hit enuff sixes to whet your appetite. What we really need is a strike bowler in the mould of lee/akhtar/bond who can bag us wickets solely on pace.