Our minnow bowling line-up..

[hari504504]

Forget phaast bowlers.. where are the spinners ? . .for a long time Kumble effectively covered our weakness. But looks like we are badly exposed in this WC. England seem to be on course to a ~350 chase. Can we honestly say we can see this team progressing beyond the QF ?

[Sid]

Absolutely pathetic ...........................................................

[pakexpress]

and Harby is being compare to Afridi who has taken 9 wics so far in this world cup. harby has taken 1 wic so far..way to go

[Karan114]

Conceding 340 against England at home is a real low even for our bowlers :(( They can talk about winning the World Cup for Sachin all they want, but as we're seeing today, even when he powers us to a huge score we can't win with this shoddy bowling and fielding.

[hari504504]

on the bright side..a shoddy world cup showing could almost certainly mean curtains for Sreesanth and Harbhajan in ODIs..

[Asoka]

This is why you need Sreesanth-a genuine wicket taker.

[Andy]

Pathetic to say the least, we are not going beyond the quarters.

[vvvslaxman]

Ashwin must play in all the matches from here on. This bhajji, bonda are waste.

[Sooda]

Why did they not appeal twice for ct behind for Strauss? Is it seriously so hard to tell out there. I mean surely the players would know if the batter snicked it right? Theyd have more of an idea than commies!

[Ranvir]

If Bangladesh scored almost 300 against India thenthis really isn't that surprising. India were good in 2003 because they had two strike who bowled 140 - 145kph consistently.

[Utalk]

In hindsight they should have score more.360+.

[Ranvir]

Yeah they did collapse a bit towards the end.

[Andy]

In hindsight they should have score more.360+.

How many times do you see a Side score 360+? If you cant win or defend 26-270 against Bangles and 340 against Poms You dont deserve to win the title.

[hari504504]

In hindsight they should have score more.360+.

Even that won't be enough..

[Clarke]

The alarm bells have started ringing .. not a single drop of water to any pitch we play on. Set up parabolic reflectors directed towards a greenhouse on the wicket when its not in use.

[hari504504]

One must being to question the logic of having both Yuvraj and Pathan in XI.. either one of them can do the required job batting-wise

[Sooda]

^Possibly. Maybe replace YP with another seamer in Nehra.

[The Realist]

If Bangladesh scored almost 300 against India thenthis really isn't that surprising. India were good in 2003 because they had two strike who bowled 140 - 145kph consistently.

Yeah but the sad fact is that the current "attack" is almost the 2003 bowling line up, 8 years later, but now just old and past it :hysterical:

[hari504504]

^Possibly. Maybe replace YP with another seamer in Nehra.

I'd be inclined towards a spinner - Ashwin with his repertoire of carrom balls Our seamers are of ... quality. IF Zaheer can't do the job, chances are others will get slaughtered as well

[Utalk]

Lack of wicket taking pacer in the middle must be the main worry.India lack a styen,Lee or shoaib with the older ball.