India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions

[Guest dada_rocks]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions most of the cricketers never finsih tenth except when they are form india... so u have unrealistic expectation to start with

[Zooter]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions Here is the Kumble-Bhajji comparison against Lanka: Kumble 43 375.2 1748 34 3/41 2/22 51.41 4.65 66.2 0 0 Bhajji 27 232.4 921 34 4/46 3/27 27.08 3.95 41.0 1 0 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- And here's Agarkar against the Lankas: 24 194.3 977 48 5/44 4/53 20.35 5.02 24.3 1 1

[veer]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions

Why did the commys say that Bermuda Vs Bangla might have the final say on who goes through when it come NRR? Realistically are we 100% going to progress if we beat SL?

ofcourse that game has the final say.. if bermuda bats first.. game will say India.. if bangla bats first.. game will say.. sorry boys its still India..

[koksmayu]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions India did well not to look a gift horse in the mouth when Bermuda?s captain bafflingly opted to field first after winning the toss. That also allowed the out-of-form player and India?s main worry Virender Sehwag to get valuable runs under his belt, and feel a lot better for the big clash against the Lankans on Friday. The Bermuda attack was such that "Geoffrey?s mum" could have also got runs against them, but in cricket, we all know that the lesser the challenge, greater were the chances of a batsman getting careless and getting out. After all, it takes just one mistake for the batsman to be back in the pavilion. To his credit, Sehwag did not fall for that and instead concentrated on getting the ball away along the ground than in the air till he was set and on his way. By the time he got past 50, he was hitting the ball sweetly and there was nothing the Bermudans could do to stop him. Read more Also Read ? Gibbs hits six sixes in an over ? Bollywood cashes in with films ? Tendulkar as a comic hero ? Lara inspires Gibbs to hit six sixes Not that there was anything they could have done to stop the others either, as batsman after batsman came in and got some useful batting practice out in the middle. The one to miss out was Uthappa, who was caught brilliantly by perhaps the heaviest man to play at this level, and maybe because of that catch, the skipper kept giving him the ball even when he was getting clobbered all over the ground by Sehwag, Ganguly, Yuvraj and Tendulkar. India?s bowling was efficient in dismissing the Bermudans, though they took more overs than the Lankans to get them all out. It was a clinical performance by the Indians, and the only thing they need to look at is reducing the number of extras in the form of wides and no-balls. The wides down the leg-side are sometimes inevitable, but it is the wides on the off-side that they have to control and they simply have to avoid giving extra runs and deliveries to the opposition by not bowling any no-balls. India have picked themselves nicely off the floor after their shock loss to Bangladesh and have shown a great deal of character doing so. They have to show the same determination and commitment in the next game and win it, after which they could well be on a roll and hard to stop. I am still extremely optimistic that this Indian team will go all the way and lift the Cup. PMG

[Zap_Brannigan]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions I wouldnt play kumble ahead of bhajji against SL or in pitches with no unusual bounce. So bhajji is in. But we dont have a wicket taker. I thought Zaheer and Aggy cd play that role while munaf and bhajji dry up the runs. But seeing how they bowled against BD,its tempting to bring in Sreesanth. But Sreesanth is wayward and we cannot rely on him to complete his 10 over quota. So that means we have to bring him in instead of either Sehwag or Uthappa. Sehwag got a 100 last game but been generally useless. Uthappa got a few gd scores prior to the WC but failed in the 2 chances here. So i am gonna go ahead and open with Sachin and Gangs and bring in sreesanth instead of Uthappa. But unfortunately, i dont make the final decisions. Dravid does.

[King]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions Please don't play Agarkar what ever his form against Sri Lanka. He can't cope with pressure and under pressure he bowls the worst. Any bowler is good compared to him under pressure. Otherwise Agarkar is good enough to play every game. If India goes to super 8 then he can play few games.

[yoda]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions Only bowler who has unanimous approval from ICF is Zaheer. :chin:

[Vishwatma]

Re: India Vs. Sri Lanka -- Pregame Strategy/Teams/Predictions munaf ko rakho re bawa...he'll perform i tell ya...bring pathan if any extra players....and kumble must stay as a pace bowler :lmao: