Shri
Mr. Glass
Cook has played 50+ tests in 3-4 years too.
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*Official* Tri-Nation ODI Series in Bangladesh
- Thread starter Edged&Taken
- Start date
Jayzamann
International Regular
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Yes. This is going pretty well, atm. Good to see Mishra back in the ODI team, always rated him as a top ODI and top Test spinner. Got my first real look at Tyagi in an international game - he looks okay, he is a bit innaccurate but seems to get a bit of bounce and hits the pitch, hard. Sreesanth is down on pace, but I think that is mainly due to him being down on match fitness after his Swine Flu scare. Zaheer's spell was tremendous, though, really quality ODI bowling.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
Definitely got something about him, but seems very raw, atm.
Manee
Cricketer Of The Year
He does cramp batsmen up by the rib or hip area occasionally, but most of the time, I'd agree the bounce is harmless tennis ball bounce.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
Mishra's looked very neat in this match. He's made the batsmen play, brought about false strokes, kept a tight line and did well on the back of an impressive start by the seamers. He's no rookie, but the next best spinner in India, and should be a regular in ODIs now- he's looked a lot better than any other Indian spinner in this series. A partnership of Harbhajan and Mishra will do the team a lot of good for some time to come.
The Indian seamers were largely average, but this was their day. Tyagi was good in his first over, but seemed to fall away after that. His patchy fielding may hinder him as a limited-overs bowler, and he should work on that aspect. Zaheer returning to form is a good sign, but the decision to have him coming in first-change is questionable, and he should return to opening the bowling now. While they have improved a lot in this game, they're still not doing enough for the team on their prime aspect, and future selections should include seam bowlers who can contribute in all aspects. The Lankans, like most other teams, have several seam bowlers who can score a few, and are served well.
Even when the Indian bowling put up a superior performance, the gulf between the prime bowlers and the part-time bowlers was visible again- while the seamers and Mishra did well to stifle the batting, Sanga and the lower order built partnerships while facing Yuvraj, Raina and also Jadeja, and assembled enough to go on past 200. By the time the seamers came back, the batsmen were settled and played with a lot more ease. Will this prove costly for the Indians? The next session will tell.
A special mention goes to the Lankan lower order. These are not average tailenders, but decent batsmen, who can contribute collectively to take the team total forward. With wickets falling regularly, they dropped anchor and built two partnerships and hit a few big shots when available. While Randiv isn't as accomplished as the batsmen above and below him, he's stretched his batting ability well to score more than a few. They're not a very explosive bunch with the ball, one by one, but they seem a practical choice to assemble a team.
The Indian seamers were largely average, but this was their day. Tyagi was good in his first over, but seemed to fall away after that. His patchy fielding may hinder him as a limited-overs bowler, and he should work on that aspect. Zaheer returning to form is a good sign, but the decision to have him coming in first-change is questionable, and he should return to opening the bowling now. While they have improved a lot in this game, they're still not doing enough for the team on their prime aspect, and future selections should include seam bowlers who can contribute in all aspects. The Lankans, like most other teams, have several seam bowlers who can score a few, and are served well.
Even when the Indian bowling put up a superior performance, the gulf between the prime bowlers and the part-time bowlers was visible again- while the seamers and Mishra did well to stifle the batting, Sanga and the lower order built partnerships while facing Yuvraj, Raina and also Jadeja, and assembled enough to go on past 200. By the time the seamers came back, the batsmen were settled and played with a lot more ease. Will this prove costly for the Indians? The next session will tell.
A special mention goes to the Lankan lower order. These are not average tailenders, but decent batsmen, who can contribute collectively to take the team total forward. With wickets falling regularly, they dropped anchor and built two partnerships and hit a few big shots when available. While Randiv isn't as accomplished as the batsmen above and below him, he's stretched his batting ability well to score more than a few. They're not a very explosive bunch with the ball, one by one, but they seem a practical choice to assemble a team.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
You could probably pick specialist batsmen to bowl as well as what they're dishing up now though, so it makes it a bit redundant in the end.
ret
International Debutant
Nice to see Ind bundle out SL for 213 .... Appears as if the inclusion of Mishra helped
Against BD, it might not be a bad idea for Ind to experiment and reverse the batting order with guys like Jadeja, Raina and Yuvi batting up the order
the guys batting low down don't get enough opportunities to play a long inning and get in to decent nick. Reversing the batting order in an inconsequential game could help Ind in the final if it were to lose some quick early wkts but it has a lower order that's in decent nick (assuming that the lower order takes advantage of getting to bat high against an ok bowling attack)
- Jadeja
- Raina
- YV
- Rohit
- Karthik
- Kohli
- Sehwag
- Mishra
and 3 from: Tyagi, Sree, Dinda, Nehra and Bhajji
Rest: Dhoni, Gambhir and Zak
Against BD, it might not be a bad idea for Ind to experiment and reverse the batting order with guys like Jadeja, Raina and Yuvi batting up the order
the guys batting low down don't get enough opportunities to play a long inning and get in to decent nick. Reversing the batting order in an inconsequential game could help Ind in the final if it were to lose some quick early wkts but it has a lower order that's in decent nick (assuming that the lower order takes advantage of getting to bat high against an ok bowling attack)
- Jadeja
- Raina
- YV
- Rohit
- Karthik
- Kohli
- Sehwag
- Mishra
and 3 from: Tyagi, Sree, Dinda, Nehra and Bhajji
Rest: Dhoni, Gambhir and Zak
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
All the batsmen bar Sehwag and Jadeja have scored at least one 50 in this series, while Rohit is yet to get a game. The real cause for concern has been the lower order- except for Harbhajan, Zaheer and Mishra, none can bat. They're the ones who need to step up and score some runs. On an ideal note, they'd bat below better players, but given recent selection trends, the team will be helped a lot more if these three score.ret said:
ret
International Debutant
if 9, 10 and 11 have to bat well then it only reflects badly on the top 6 or 7 .... yes on occasions they may be required to bat when say you need 15 of 10 balls with 2 wkts remaining but if Ind is getting in to that situation more often than as I said it reflect badly on top 6 or 7