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Playing XI for Twenty20 against Australia and postmortem of the game.

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The Outsider Newbie

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??? Sachin IS playing ' date=' I am almost sure and I dont know about Yuvi ? any link ? if Yuvi doesnt play, its a big blow :nervous:[/quote'] Tendulkar did not play the one in Bombay, so I doubt he will play this one either. There was some article posted in one of the threads about Yuvraj not having recovered from his knee injury yet ruling him out of the T20 and 1st ODI.
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This is a good team sriram' date=' and I would just go with a batter for that last slot instead of a bowler. My bowling shall be Sree, Irfan, Ishant, Bhajji ( Yuvi , Sehwag and Sachin for last bowler/4 overs or more). I would probably go with gambhir/raina for the batter slot. Given that GG is a proven factor in 20/20 and has played Aus before I may pump for him[/quote'] We need 5 bowlers Hari, for a 20/20. There is no point packing your side with umpteen batters, if you cant back the top 6-7 to take you to a good score in 20 overs of slam bang. Contrary to popular opinion, I believe that most 20/20s are decided on who bowls better and not who bats better.
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Ponting doubtful, Tendulkar unlikely for T20 TNN / Vinay Nayudu PrintSaveWrite to EditorMail MELBOURNE, January 31: Even as the young India and Australia turks got ready for an explosive contest of Twenty20 at the MCG on Friday, two players who can make a significant difference despite being on the wrong side of their 30s are still to make a decision on whether they will play. Australia skipper Ricky Ponting is nursing a sore back and keeping his fingers crossed till the start of the much-awaited game here, while master blaster Sachin Tendulkar is yet to take a call on making the Indian XI. Tendulkar has no fitness worries, but may still not walk out at the MCG on Friday. There's a school of thought in the Indian team that Tendulkar should be saved for the more important matches of the tri-series while some are keen on him to play to lend the side the much-needed balance. Tendulkar himself appeared hungry as he spent almost an hour batting against a bowling machine at the MCG in the morning. Coach Gary Kirsten advised Sachin on his off-side strokeplay and later fed balls to the bowling machine as the little champion batted with all seriousness, sweating hard. The unavailability of Yuvraj Singh has come as a big setback, as skipper MS Dhoni himself said. "Yuvraj has been our master batsman and his absence is a setback for us." Dhoni also talked about creating a balance and playing with pluck and hoping for luck. "You have to create balance in the team and I am the guy who doesn't believe in the laurels of the past." Then again, Dhoni wasn't forthcoming on Tendulkar. "We have a team meeting tomorrow (Friday). We will decide on the composition only before the game," he said. Australian captain Ponting, on the other hand, was more than keen to make the side.

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Sachin all set to play in India's stronghold Press Trust Of India Posted on Jan 31, 2008 at 13:14 Melbourne: Sachin Tendulkar is all set to figure in a rare Twenty20 match when world champions India take on Australia in a one-off match here on Friday with the visitors keen to maintain their their supremacy in the shortest format of the game. With the Harbhajan Singh racial issue having been sorted out, the focus will be back on cricket but the Indians can expect a fierce backlash from the Australians who have been quite livid with the developments in the last two days. But the Indians are quite prepared to counter the home team with a number of younger players joining the team for the tri-series, leaving Tendulkar to be the only veteran player in the squad. Tendulkar, who had opted out of the last year's Twenty20 World Cup to give chance to youngsters, has been in great from since setting foot on Australian soil and will be keen to carry the momentum into Twenty20 game and the subsequent tri-series. The other senior players like captain Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have returned home to give way to the youngsters. The presence of the youngsters will no doubt raise the fielding standard of the team but they have to quickly acclimatise to the conditions here. While Twenty20 star Yuvraj Singh is out of action for a couple of matches owing to his knee injury, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik and Suresh Raina will get the opportunity to prove their worth, depending who gets the chance to be in the playing eleven. India have a perfect record against Australia in the shortest version of the game along with the crowning glory at the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni made it clear that his team would not sit on the past laurels while also putting a rider that luck was a big factor in Twenty20 cricket. "You have to create balance. I am the guy who doesn't believe in the laurels of the past. luck is a huge factor in this game." He also said that the match would be a good warm-up for the newcomers ahead of the one-dayers. "We will treat this Twenty20 game as a practice game as a lot of the boys who have been here still have not got a decent hit," he said. Tendulkar was the keenest one going around the indoor nets as the Indians sought shelter from the rain. Tendulkar's mind for this game apparently was made up in Yuvraj Singh's absence as the Indians sought to infuse a touch of experience in their largely young squad. It still wasn't clear if Tendulkar would come in as opener since India also need an experienced hand to hold together the innings in the latter stages. Still, the Indians are likely to follow the dictum of keeping your best batsmen at the top of the order and hence Tendulkar is unlikely to bat lower than number four. Most of the rest, excepting Virender Sehwag, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh, would have their initiation in Australian conditions on Friday. Australia are likely to field four fast bowlers' in its ranks with left-armer Nathan Bracken and Brett Lee among the known names and not so well-known figures of Ashley Noffke and Ben Hilfenhaus. Hilfenhaus is known as the swing king from Tasmania who is already touted for big things in England next year. He has a great outswinger which he delivers at a high pace. A brIcklayer by profession, Hilfenhaus is a quiet character off the field and a volatile one on it. Noffke is a fast bowler from Queensland who also swings it at a good pace. He first toured with the Australian team in the 2001 Ashes series but since then injuries have proved to be his bane. Like Hilfenhaus, he too is touted for big things in Ashes next year. Australia has tinkered with its batting line-up as well with David Hussey, the younger brother of the Test star Michael, expected to make his debut tomorrow. David has been in irrepressible form in Twenty20 or in Pura Cup and has got his runs at a rate better than 100 per ball. His presence would make it first time since Waughs that Australia is being represented by two brothers. The recognised names of Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Symonds and Michael Clarke are all there but for Matthew Hayden whose injured right thigh, it appears, still needs time to heal. Test star Mitchell Johnson too has been given a break. Along with David Hussey, Victoria's Brad Hodge will also get a big game tomorrow. Both Hussey and Hodge are well-past their 30 and it's an indication of how Australia still view their Twenty20 cricket. A sell-out crowd of 90,000 is expected for tomorrow's game which is to be preceded by a Twenty20 international between Australia and England women teams. It would be a teaser for the real stuff in evening at 7.30 p.m between two teams who have quite a history between them for sometime now. Teams (likely): India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Robin Uthappa, Rohit Sharma, Dinesh Karthik, Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Sreesanth, Irfan Pathan and Ishant Sharma Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Hodge, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Brett Lee, Ashley Noffke, Nathan Bracken and Ben Hilfenhaus.

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