coffee_rules Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 After the Rose bowl fiasco...who in the right mind thinks that we can chase better ....that too with 6 batsman. Get it right mr. Captain...or else facking lose the toss...you don;t know how to decide after the toss. Plain simple... Link to comment
Guest BossBhai Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 -- Removed on request of the user -- Link to comment
coverpoint Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 With 5 bowlers dont u want to attack with the ball first? Specially with an early morning start? THink of it this way ... anderson and Broad troubled our openers even without the morning cloud cover. What would they have done with it? Link to comment
karina Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 dravid chases because he is too scared to let his batsmen face quality pace bowlers when even one cloud is in the sky. don't be fooled by his 'we wanted to take advantage of the conditions' Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 This team can chase, but the top order just doesn't score enough. Link to comment
Guest dada_rocks Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 sain baba his family deity came in dream and told him to do so Link to comment
theguyinallblue Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 he is under pressure from Gang and Vengy... Ganguly must retire from ODIs...Sachin must be told straight to throw his bat at every delivery..else get out of the team... these Oldies are hurting the future of team india/.... i am ready to lose 5 series loss with youngsters...as least they will gain experience and will learn... these pensioners are not going to learn any thing new.... aur kitna khun peeyenge hamara....yeh... SORRY FOR MY ABUSIVE LANGUAGE..:confused_smile: [ModEdit: I'm tired of editing your posts yaar. .. chill] Link to comment
apocalypse Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 shaant TGIB these seniors will go for sure but that needs a transition all of them cannot be retired at the same time Link to comment
yoda Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 we cannot chase with ganguly in the team. Link to comment
King Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 The first thing on a morning of a game Rahul pulls a decision out of the hat I suppose i.e bat or bowl. He continues to win tosses but continues to blunder with the decision to bowl. I guess the team management has a toss and decide whether to bowl or bat. I can't quite understand why on a good batting strip and with two spinners in the side he continues to bowl first. Clearly the spinners are better off using the conditions bowling second. Either they don't care or lack confidence batting under overcast conditions. I'm tired of seeing him once every two games he opts to bowl irrespective of the conditions and the team make up. This game was still in the bag though. 280 on this pitch was quite chasable but the go slow approach in the power play and bad fielding cost India the game. Link to comment
Gambit Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Pathetic decision from RD to bowl first. WTF would you decide to chase when you are playing 5 bowlers?! And it was only mildly overcast in Birmingham today when the game began and the pitch was flat to boot! The mind boggles. Link to comment
monkeyfood Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Terrible decision to bowl first he even made a risk with just placing top 6 batsmenand having 5 bowlers batting too we need allrounders btw just asking why isnt vvs laxman playing? Link to comment
fineleg Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Terrible decision to bowl first he even made a risk with just placing top 6 batsmenand having 5 bowlers batting too we need allrounders btw just asking why isnt vvs laxman playing? VVS Laxman in ODIs cannot field or run-between-wickets - easy runout. Also, cannot take singles, twos etc. He is a good Test batsman though. Link to comment
living Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Laxman = Ganguly for ODI's. Tendulkar needs to throw his bat around a little more, unless he has been instructed to stick around (I doubt he would have been with slow dad around) And hold on to your catches for crying out loud. So many EASY chances in the field .. Link to comment
living Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Dravid's logic, 1st Game - we only have 4 bowlers so we want our batsmen to take the responsibility and chase down the score. 2nd Game - oops I made a mistake last time around lemme rectify it. 3rd Game - umm, we have 5 bowlers and now we want to chase with one less batsmen because I want to use that 10mins of cloud cover. I haven't heard from the media for the mistake I made in the 1st game, I want them to focus on me and my captaincy. Oh yeah and I have 2 spinners - You DO NOT bowl first with two spinners :banghead: Link to comment
Anakin Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 While it was a wrong decision again, the fault still lies with the team. Link to comment
fineleg Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 While we can fret over RD's deczn and i agree it was totally WRONG deczn, what if Eng had won the toss and batted? We MUST be able to chase 280 on this pitch - no excuses for that. Link to comment
King Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 While we can fret over RD's deczn and i agree it was totally WRONG deczn' date=' what if Eng had won the toss and batted? We MUST be able to chase 280 on this pitch - no excuses for that.[/quote'] Good point. 280 was not such a daunting target and India should have won but we know India isn't one of the better ODI teams. Link to comment
meemumbaikar Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Rahul Dravid, just prefers to choose an easy option, Imagine losing a match after setting England a target of less than 150, when the ball swings and seam off the pitch our batsmen are at their worst and therefore his fear stems from the fact that we will fold up in less than 35 overs and for less than 150 Link to comment
yoda Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 i think dravid needs to lose more tosses. Link to comment
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