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Biggest concern for Team India for now???


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As expected India trashed the minnows Netherlands by a huge margin. Surely this kick off the Indian jaggurnaut for the rest of the world cup. It's always good to start with a good performance even if it was a warm up game. Now what is the biggest concern for Team India after this warm up game? Vote away.

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No concerns. :hmph:
So far so good after having played Netherlands :hic: It will open up in the next couple of weeks and expect one helluva of a ride up and down. :lol: There you go added that option too.
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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? well ravi, wish there would have been a multiple choice option, so would have picked couple of them Fielding seemz to be worry for sure, plyrz like munaf, dont really make effort of diving.... they tend to get sloppy... meanwhile Sehwag is doing full justice to the word "inconsistentcy", personally i want him to play for India, cauz he is crucial batsman for the team, but then hez just not making the right use of the chances being given to him. Pathan would eventually come good... their is certain period in many bowlerz carrier which make them look ordinary, he will come strong and is a crucial member of them...

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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? I think Kumble will play a crucial role if wickets are anything like they were yesterday. Zaheer, Munaf and take early wickets and the inconsistency of third seamer is a worry---Sree, Agarkar, Pathan--none of them are consistent enough. They blow hot one day and suddenly go cold the very next day. To me, the concern is that only 2 batsmen could go past 50 runs even against Holland. Apart from Karthik, the earlier batsmen, like Ganguly, Sehwag, Uthappa, Yuvraj, threw their wickets away. This is not good. And then fielding is our biggest concern.

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To me, the concern is that only 2 batsmen could go past 50 runs even against Holland. Apart from Karthik, the earlier batsmen, like Ganguly, Sehwag, Uthappa, Yuvraj, threw their wickets away. This is not good.
mayte, it was juzt first game of the tour, u cant expect every player to click in same game, lets have patence give them time, and wait for 4th coming games.. team still managed to put a total of 300...
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today from all over bowlers' date=' yuvi took 4 wickets in presence of bhajji and kumble..[/quote'] He took out only the tailenders. And we didn't have two of our main seamers, ie, Zaheer and Agarkar. Also we didn't try two of our realistic part-time options ie, Sachin and Sehwag. If the pitch is going to be like this for the WC matches, you can be assured that 200+ will be a winning total.
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inconsistency in bowling dept.. dont know if bowlers will be effective or not.. today from all over bowlers' date=' yuvi took 4 wickets in presence of bhajji and kumble..[/quote'] To be honest Kumble, Bhajji and Sreesant could have got a wicket every ball. Netherlands didn't have a clue how to play Anil Kumble. It was like watching England play against Anil Kumble in early 90s. Bucknor did Kumble once or twice as well. Sreesant beat the bat about 20 odd times I think. The batters weren't good enough to nick one. Bhajji's doosras were beating the bat every other ball. Unfortunately Yuvi had more luck than the rest.
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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? Pathans bowling form. If pathan was gd at bowling at this moment, he brings a great balance to the side...We can go with both the spinners and zaheer and aggy. Plus the batting is not weakened. But due to pathans bad form, we have to go in with only 4 bowlers. It was pathans all-round ability that won us a lot of games a year back.

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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? Irfans form. Fielding , altho a concern, will not improve overnight, so it wont be the biggest concern. Sehwags batting, altho rusty, will be well suited to the turning pitches we see, so it shouldnt be too bad. And with most of the batting lineup in decent form, he is kind of shielded. As for the opening pair, dosent really matter.. all we need is a quickfire 30 runs to set the tempo, and sehwag as well as uthappa can do that. uthappa probably gonna be used.. uthappa and ganguly.. the team is just giving sehwag more chances to come good by sending him up the order. We look in pretty good shape, touchwood. :wtg:

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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? Sehwag and Pathan aren't the primary concerns since India have replacements for both of them. Niether are expected to last the full course of the tournament anyway, so it's not as big a worry. I'd say India's biggest concern is with fielding; especially ground fielding. Shouldn't matter much on these pitches though.

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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? I don?t think this is a concern but a critical factor that will turn matches towards India's favor is the middle order batting. Opener could fire or not fire it all depends on how on the initial aggression bowlers could produce but the middle order no matter what should hold the fort and keep the innings going from 20-40 overs without sinking the run rate. If Tendulkar, Dravid, Yuvaraj can do the job then India is going to win it all. Yesterday we saw a glimpse of this strategy in the practice match. If we can get a blazing start like yesterday of even if they fail middle order holds the run rate within 5 - 5.5 an over in those 20 overs then Dravid, Dhoni, Pathan/Agarkar, Harbajan can finish the game by going all out in those last 10 overs. India's fielding is not the best but as Dravid, Gangully and Chappell said if they can cover this up with their strong batting display then results are going to be in India's favor. India has got a bowling attack that can hold a score of 300 intact.

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Re: Biggest concern for Team India for now??? ^ yep... if sachin continues what he's been doing recently in the middle order, we will be really hard to beat! to think that we have power hitters in the first couple of powerplays, along with dada that too... and after a couple of wickets fall, we have the best batsman in the world come out, some1 who can hit good balls for 4 with 5 fielders on the boundary :eek::eek: add to that some1 like dravid, who can play the anchor!, and then yuvraj and dhoni to come!!! teams of the world, be afraid, be very afraid

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It was pathans all-round ability that won us a lot of games a year back.
Well we have just spanked SL and the windies in recent odi series. Crapthan did not play a part. Lets stop perpetuating myth that we won year back cos of crapthan. Other players like yuvi and dhoni won us those games. He was also part of a miserable year of losses in odis in which he played and got smashed all over the place. Recent one day thrashings of SL and windies without him show the way forward.
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