Sanz said:
Hahaha One innings and he has caused tremors ?
Didn't see this coming from you SJS. Let him play for a while before we can even consider him at par with Kaif, Yuvraj.
IMO Indian team should have exactly same composition, cant say the same about the batting order though I dont think he is a good No. 3 and that position should go to Kaif/Dravid.
First its not the innings-runs alone, its the way he played, the confidence and the range of his strokes.
Second, the tremors I am talking about doesnt just pertain to Dhomi's knock, it is Dhoni's knock COMBINED with the failure of all except Sehwag and Dravid from the famous Indian line up.
I did not add tendulkar in this thread because he is opening otherwise, though run out once, he has scored 4 runs in two innings. That makes 52 runs in 8 innings by SCG, SRT, YS and MK. This has to be seen in the context of two of India's biggest wins over Pakistan in history of ODI's between the two countries. These wins have come mainly due to 630 odd runs scored by India in the two games. But take away, sehwag and Dravis and what has the famed Indian line up contributed ??
India has ben one catch by Pakistan early in Sehwag's innings away from disaster. Keep aside your patriotic fervour and ask yourself if Sehwag had been held early in both innings, what would India have scored ?
Its fine to say others would have scored. Yes it seems logical. But it is no coincidence that the same players are scoring the bulk of India's runs in both tests and one dayers in this tour of Pakistan. The "others" may have fared as badly as they have done now.
So, the tremors are because Indian batting line up appears to have LOST ITS DEPTH ! It is in this context that I am looking at Dhoni .
If Mongia plays the next match and scores a big one, how can you avoid a shake up?
PS. How can you ask with such incredulity about comparing Kaif or Yuvraj with Dhoni and spwak so casually about Kaif and Yuvraj beng better than Laxman ? The same logic will hold here too.
