Gambit Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Please don't go overboard with the bashing and remember that we've had a very successful tour. Apart from the MCG, we matched Australia shot for shot and wicket for wicket. The 2-1 series outcome was not at all appropriate and it should have been 1-1 at the very least. Our ODI team has been pretty mediocre of late and is in transition having lost one of the greatest ODI openers ever and probably the best number 5 India ever had. Despite that, India competed well with Australia (World Champs) and Sri Lanka(runners up) in all the games. Dhoni is building a team for the future and the future does look bright given what we've seen in the past few weeks. Please bear that in mind if India loses tomorrow and don't suffer from short term memory loss. Link to comment
Cricketics Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 YAAR FIKAR NOT.. WE WON'T LOSE.. and also Australia game is another hurdeL for Lankanz to pass. they won't be able to surpass both HURDLEZ.. WE ARE INDIA.. WE GONNA WIN Link to comment
Gambit Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Haan, woh to hai. Lekin if we do lose, you can imagine the mayhem that will be caused here forgetting how well we did overall on the tour. Link to comment
Rajiv Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 ..and we will bat first, Sachin will score this time Link to comment
Sachinism Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 good points mate lets have a swap of raina for yuvi give the guy a damn chance Link to comment
umpire Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 also our two games were washed out. We were in good position in both games, probably would have won both if not one. Link to comment
suraj Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Haan' date=' woh to hai. Lekin if we do lose, you can imagine the mayhem that will be caused here forgetting how well we did overall on the tour.[/quote'] Arrey yaar Gambo why are you so worried about the highest paid sportsmen from our country- we can have a world chmapion at chess & no one even reads the news about him and on the other hand one of our cricket players can hit 30 odd runs and be claimed a superstar if he wins; so with recognition comes expectations and criticisms. They should and will be able to handle it- stop babysitting the team Link to comment
Ram Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 :haha: Now this is what is called preemptive strike. Gambo is guarding against a slew of " We fcked up threads" even before they happened ! Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Another excuse: Play Aus in a Day and night match 1 day back and play a day match a day later. A stupid itenary to begin with. Link to comment
Guest Hiten. Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 You know what hurts me the most ? The 2 chances we missed to triumph over Australia. 1st instance was when we couldn't chase 204 and 2nd instance was when we fell 18 runs short. I mean Australia in no way mauled over our team, but rather we played silly cricket to lose those games. There is absolutely NO excuses for India to not to make to the finals, because we have played poor cricket and this is the only reason we are in 'do-or-die' situation now. Link to comment
beetle Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I can see the Zee TV headline.... Bigde Dhoni ne phir mooh kala karaya!:P Link to comment
Gambit Posted February 25, 2008 Author Share Posted February 25, 2008 Arrey yaar Gambo why are you so worried about the highest paid sportsmen from our country- we can have a world chmapion at chess & no one even reads the news about him and on the other hand one of our cricket players can hit 30 odd runs and be claimed a superstar if he wins; so with recognition comes expectations and criticisms. They should and will be able to handle it- stop babysitting the team Yes, by all means do criticise but temper the criticism. Don't go overboard is what I'm saying. Don't call XYZ an idiot and call for his dropping. Don't label the team as $hit and cra.p. Have a sense of perspective. Remember the test series. Remember that this is a transition period. Believe that greater things are around the corner. Link to comment
veer Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 I am very satisfied with the tour.. we gave them lot of headache all thru out.. I wont mind if next game is the end of tour.. we reached 299 after losing 4 quick wickets... that was a good fight back.. and thats all we need.. rock on boys.. !! Link to comment
Sooda Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 $hit and cra.p bloody team. ARGH Link to comment
fineleg Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Test team is separate - they got their praise and appreciation when the series concluded. There were enough number of threads appreciating the Test team, and you are right in saying India atleast drew 1-1, infact India won the Test series 2-1 ( I will give Sydney to India). Great job by the Test team. This is ODIs and what the Test team did or not is irrelevant to this series. BTW - losing to SL in a closely fought match will not bring forth any harsh threads. I think most posters can take a closely fought loss. But, being 40-4 chasing 250, and then folding further, will that just get lukewarm "Oh too bad!" responses??? Why should it only get lukewarm? Anyway...good pre-emptive strike :D Link to comment
suraj Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 You know what hurts me the most ? The 2 chances we missed to triumph over Australia. 1st instance was when we couldn't chase 204 and 2nd instance was when we fell 18 runs short. I mean Australia in no way mauled over our team' date=' but rather we played silly cricket to lose those games. There is absolutely NO excuses for India to not to make to the finals, because we have played poor cricket and this is the only reason we are in 'do-or-die' situation now.[/quote'] I really don't mind the second loss- it was a sizeable total to chase and we put up a good fight the first defeat really stings because we had the Aussies on the mat Link to comment
suraj Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Test team is separate - they got their praise and appreciation when the series concluded. There were enough number of threads appreciating the Test team' date=' and you are right in saying India atleast drew 1-1, infact [b']India won the Test series 2-1 ( I will give Sydney to India). Great job by the Test team. This is ODIs and what the Test team did or not is irrelevant to this series. BTW - losing to SL in a closely fought match will not bring forth any harsh threads. I think most posters can take a closely fought loss. But, being 40-4 chasing 250, and then folding further, will that just get lukewarm "Oh too bad!" responses??? Why should it only get lukewarm? Anyway...good pre-emptive strike :D I propose a lifetime ban on FL as the mother of all pre-emptive strikes!!!! Na rahega FL na khulenge criticism threads:haha::haha: and he is used to lifetime bans anyway:dance: Link to comment
Predator_05 Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Please don't go overboard with the bashing and remember that we've had a very successful tour. Apart from the MCG, we matched Australia shot for shot and wicket for wicket. The 2-1 series outcome was not at all appropriate and it should have been 1-1 at the very least. Our ODI team has been pretty mediocre of late and is in transition having lost one of the greatest ODI openers ever and probably the best number 5 India ever had. Despite that, India competed well with Australia (World Champs) and Sri Lanka(runners up) in all the games. Dhoni is building a team for the future and the future does look bright given what we've seen in the past few weeks. Please bear that in mind if India loses tomorrow and don't suffer from short term memory loss. Heh. You expect way too much from these g@andoos. Rehne de yaar Besides, India won't lose today. Link to comment
coffee_rules Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 and cra.p bloody team. ARGH Batting was lottery. Except for Dhoni and Gambhir, nobody else was consistent. Uthappa was thrown to top order and Lower MO like a yo-yo. Rohit in pivotal #4 position replacing Dravid is a huge disappointment. He is supposed to play safe, throws his wicket like a rich man. Link to comment
Guest whineleg Posted February 25, 2008 Share Posted February 25, 2008 Gambit are you only saying this so God does not get questioned when he fails again?? Link to comment
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