Athlai
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I meant this particular lineup. India are playing a woefully understrength team.
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Burgey
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He'll score a poultice of runs here if our blokes don't tuck him up.
Xuhaib
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does get decent purchase out of his off break unlike Mendis lets wait and see I am hopeful.
sunilreddy
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Seriously, Sehwag should retire from ODI's and concentrate on test cricket. We have good players in Utthappa, Rahane who are ready to open the batting in ODI's .
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Jono
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Not the worst idea I have ever heard. Gambhir could have captained the team this series (despite his **** form) and Sehwag could have gone to Australia early.
Burgey
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LOL Gambhir.
karan316
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Sammy should bat higher, Sammy at 5 would be much better, he needs to contribute more with the bat and I don't think no. 7 or 8 is an ideal position for him. His captaincy is not bad at all, but i guess he needs to take his batting more seriously.
and WI bowling is looking really good, they are having good variety in pace bowling and Bishoo and Narine are both decent spinners, maybe this bowling lineup will become one of the strongest bowling lineups in the coming years.
and WI bowling is looking really good, they are having good variety in pace bowling and Bishoo and Narine are both decent spinners, maybe this bowling lineup will become one of the strongest bowling lineups in the coming years.
NasserFan207
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Mathurin is a better ODI spinner than either btw. Ridiculous that he never gets a go
Arjun
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The Indians took just one wicket (Ashwin got it) in the overs shared by Ashwin, Raina and Jadeja. That's rather poor, given how often they've snared early wickets otherwise, and is largely responsible for the same new-ball bowlers getting smashed in the final overs. Yet, nothing has been done about this weakness, and they persist with (more or less) part-timers running through the overs without chipping off a wicket. Inside of India, they'd do well to have a second spinner, such as Rahul Sharma, who's in this squad, or so many other Indian spinners. They can swap Sharma for Jadeja in the last two games, and it will help.
Why, oh, why, do they still think Mithun is international standard? He offers nothing to his place in the side. After all-
The option of Rahane or Robin Uthappa as a stand-in keeper should be explored, next time Dhoni opts out. Why, even Dinesh Karthik has been scoring well this Ranji and should have been in the running.
These two issues should be thought of, not Sehwag's poor form- he can smash his way back into form, as also Gambhir, who's still got a chance of sneaking back amongst the runs..
Why, oh, why, do they still think Mithun is international standard? He offers nothing to his place in the side. After all-
- Vinay Kumar and Pankaj Singh are more experienced at least in domestic games. Mithun hasn't even finished five seasons.
- Vinay Kumar and Pankaj Singh can bat a lot better.
- Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron have serious pace.
- You still have Balaji to choose. Still chipping away wickets.
- You will get Irfan back at the end of the season.
- You still have Ishant Sharma, who's taller, gets better bounce, bowls faster and is a current international.
- Much of what Mithun can do can also be done by some batsmen who can bowl seam-up.
The option of Rahane or Robin Uthappa as a stand-in keeper should be explored, next time Dhoni opts out. Why, even Dinesh Karthik has been scoring well this Ranji and should have been in the running.
These two issues should be thought of, not Sehwag's poor form- he can smash his way back into form, as also Gambhir, who's still got a chance of sneaking back amongst the runs..
Scaly piscine
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Don't think you can necessarily blame the spinners for the seam bowlers coughing up 14-15 an over at the death. That's just poor bowling. I think India could easily fit in Rahul Sharma for the pie-chucking seamer, given both him and Ashwin can bowl with the new ball or near new ball. Although I suppose in that situation it would tempting to have a seam bowling all-rounder instead of Jadeja. I think dropping Jadeja would be harsh though, but he's doing a role with the ball that many of India's batsman could do.
In other news apparently Andrew Symonds has been named in India's version of Celebrity Big Brother.
In other news apparently Andrew Symonds has been named in India's version of Celebrity Big Brother.
G.I.Joe
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Didn't think they could surprise me after the last guest they invited.
TT Boy
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Yeah but he can't bat. Has one decent slog in about every 15 games (scored under 4 nine times in last 15 ODI innings). Russell is the better batsman but in saying that when you got Pollard, Ramdin, Samuels, Hyatt and the rest all batting in the top order, then Sammy at 5 isn't that crazy and it looks less silly having a number 8 who bowls 1 overs.
Contra
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I gotta admit, having both Irfan Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja in the side makes our side look pretty solid on paper, balance wise anyways. Some interesting calls to make once MSD, Yuvi and Sachin come back to the ODI set up. Raina / Rohit competing for the lower order positions you feel.
Howe_zat
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The man has passion.
Burgey
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Hope he did the Baker-Finch and got up to give the culprit a spray.