Indian batsmen fell to good deliveries: Sehwag

[SachDan]

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Sri,reminded of the days in Chennai with temp.touching up to 40 :-D

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Indian batsmen fell to good deliveries: Sehwag Not willing to blame the batsmen for India's sudden collapse, vice-captain Virender Sehwag said all of them fell to good deliveries though the wicket was playing well. More... Indian batsmen fell to good deliveries: Sehwag July 31, 2008 20:15 IST Not willing to blame the batsmen for India's sudden collapse, vice-captain Virender Sehwag [images] said all of them fell to good deliveries though the wicket was playing well. "(Sachin) Tendulkar, Rahul (Dravid), Sourav (Ganguly) all fell to good balls, so you cannot do anything about it. They (Sri Lanka [images]) have quality bowlers," Sehwag said, after the first day's play in the second Test against Sri Lanka, in which India lost its top four batsmen in the space of 10 runs. But the opener, who was unbeaten on 128 at close, said, "I think 350 to 400 runs should be a good total on this wicket." On his secret of clobbering Ajantha Mendis [images], Sehwag said he picked the mystery bowler rather early. Asked what he felt about Dravid's dismissal, as it appeared that the ball had hit the fielder's helmet before it was held, Sehwag said he could not pick it. "I don't know, because I was at the non-strikers end and could not pick it up. I was in doubt whether the ball had hit or hot. But I felt it had hit (the helmet). I feel if they (Sri Lankans) had known about it, then it was not the right spirit of the Sri Lankans. If the Sri lankans had known it then (I think) they should have played with the right spirit and said that the ball had hit the helmet." Television replays showed that the ball popped off the short-leg fielder, hit his right shoulder and came off the helmet grill before he caught it. "We were in a good position. The first-wicket partnership was around 167 runs and then we lost four wickets. These things happen in a Test match. It happens so many times but you cannot do anything," Sehwag said. Asked whether Gambhir was out, as the review took a long time, Sehwag said earlier he thought the ball could have missed the stumps, but replays showed otherwise. "I thought it was a googly and then it could have been on the off-stump also because sometimes it becomes difficult for the umpires to pick. But then it struck on the middle stump. We just took a chance to avail of the review system," he said. Sehwag said the loss of four hours of play did not have any bearing on him. "There was no impact on my batting after delay of four hours. But every batsmen plays with a different mindset. Maybe some other batsmen could have been affected by it. But I was just playing my shots."

[fineleg]

This is EXPRESS COLLAPSE by the Indian team. What a start by Sehwag and Gambhir, all squandered.

[Ram]

Sri' date='reminded of the days in Chennai with temp.touching up to 40 :-D[/quote'] :D Now, dont make me homesick. :haha:

[gs]

This is EXPRESS COLLAPSE by the Indian team. What a start by Sehwag and Gambhir' date= all squandered.

Had to ensure that they ended the day even stevens - talk about being gracious guests! :giggle:

[fineleg]

Had to ensure that they ended the day even stevens - talk about being gracious guests! :giggle:

Yes, even though some still think we have 'worlds best middle order'!

[Holysmoke]

Did you watch it, fineleg?

[zubinpepsi]

Did you watch it' date=' fineleg?[/quote'] HS, leave it.. let her have her orgasm.. its one of those field days for her... let her enjoy it...:D

[fineleg]

its one of those field days for her...

Indian team has been generous to offer many days, not 'one of those' rare ones. Holysmoke, You seem to have reconciled well with the express collapse and seem to accept the sh$t happens philosophy rather than wanting to hold these world-class accountable for squandering it. Indian team can always try to justify express collapses by saying, good bowling, sh$t happens, poor shot selection, unlucky edges etc. bottomline did we not squander it? tell me. where is accountability then?

[cowboysfan]

whew-I feel so much better now.

[DomainK]

HS, leave it.. let her have her orgasm.. its one of those field days for her... let her enjoy it...:D

And she had to wait long for that when Viru and GG were playing spoilsport for her.

[punjabi_khota]

And she had to wait long for that when Viru and GG were playing spoilsport for her.

prolonged is better.:giggle:

[Laaloo]

This is EXPRESS COLLAPSE by the Indian team. What a start by Sehwag and Gambhir' date=' all squandered.[/quote'] ???U always find some ways to express ur whining dont u? We didnt even bowl yet. 350+ will be enuff on this pitch methinks.

[MalikBrother]

Damn timezone which doesn't allow me to watch. Missing truly test cricket... Well Performed. Sehwag !!!!

[f.b.m]

Bwahahah! I'm going there in 2-3 days. Speaking of rain, I hope it drizzles every now and then just to keep the wicket spicy and interesting.

[dial_100]

No... This game will be interesting on the 5th day only. Normally on these pitches, matches end on 4th day. Now that they have lost 4 hours on the first day. I think we will win this game on the 5th day by something like 50-100 runs.

[MalikBrother]

Then, Ask Tendulkar to stop it. That insecure batman

[Guest Hiten.]

Fineleg was nowhere to be seen when Indian openers were going great guns and now we see finey 'fuming' over our 'bad' performance :hysterical: What a realistic fan finey is :haha:

[Guest Hiten.]

Then' date=' Ask Tendulkar to stop it. That insecure batman[/quote'] What are you upto now ?

[Kohum]

Well done Sehwag & Gambhir. But a poor, unfortunate decision for RD.