1st ODI Victory Thread

[zubinpepsi]

^^ zubin' date=' for one[/quote'] lol.. i hate this overrated SL team... and to think tht they r the reasons we got kicked out of 96 and 07 WC doesnt help either.. i dont hate paaki team as much i hated them b4.. maybe its cuz we steamroll prettymuch in all the matches.. but i dont like them either.. but i want this SL team to b humiliated by us and lundis sent back to the jungle..

[Ram]

We need Irfan to return to his original self. Our batting ends abruptly at 7, even though it wont that bad when Bhajji comes back. Even now, I cant seem to think how Munaf is quantum levels ahead of Irfan. I am pretty sure, after today's performance, the team will strongly consider Irfan for the next match. Also, Irfan has a decent record against Sanath too.

[cowboysfan]

:hysterical:i really thought we would lose considering dambulla's history.well done boys:two_thumbs_up:

[flamy]

:eyedance:

[Ram]

Will Sehwag be fit for the next match?

[fineleg]

Will Sehwag be fit for the next match?

I hope so. No Sehwag in ODI-1, and after SRT fell to Wicked Dharmasena and Gambhir gifted to chucklitharan, I could not believe my eyes when Raina got run out. I thought win not gonna happen. But, hats off to great batting by Dhoni (and GG and Raina before that).

[satishg]

I hope so. No Sehwag in ODI-1, and after SRT fell to Wicked Dharmasena and Gambhir gifted to chucklitharan, I could not believe my eyes when Raina got run out. I thought win not gonna happen. But, hats off to great batting by Dhoni (and GG and Raina before that).

u always think that so nothing new :P anyways a good win for our boys..man MSD is turning out to be a real champ..he is surely taking Indian cricket forward :yay::two_thumbs_up::icflove:

[Ram]

I hope so. No Sehwag in ODI-1, and after SRT fell to Wicked Dharmasena and Gambhir gifted to chucklitharan, I could not believe my eyes when Raina got run out. I thought win not gonna happen. But, hats off to great batting by Dhoni (and GG and Raina before that).

That is the most effed up analysis that one could come up for such a comprehensive win.

[satishg]

That is the most effed up analysis that one could come up for such a comprehensive win.

Sriram thats finey's default mode of analysis..so wat else can u expect :D

[Guest Hiten.]

Long way to go fellas. Certainly a commendable effort and our batsmen played perfectly on the slow pitch. I think Sangakkara slowed down SL's momentum (infact he never helped Jaya build SL momentum). Jaywardena's lean patch is a very big plus point for us. Munaf has to be persisted with the next 2 ODI's but I would like Ishant and Zak open the attack. Dhoni's captaincy (again) was confusing when he allowed Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina bowl more than 4 overs each but it was really effective and he made sure Munaf will not be needed in the death overs. P.S: Sachin's a choker :P

[fineleg]

That is the most effed up analysis that one could come up for such a comprehensive win.

Eh!? I was just posting what I felt at that time when the match was going on. I was not writing some analysis there. Anyway - some thing you needed to jump up on.

[flamy]

Dhoni's captaincy (again) was confusing when he allowed Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina bowl more than 4 overs each but it was really effective and he made sure Munaf will not be needed in the death overs. P.S: Sachin's a choker :P

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay:

[fineleg]

Munaf has to be persisted with the next 2 ODI's but I would like Ishant and Zak open the attack.

MSD may consider Irfan Pathan or Ravi Jadeja instead of Munaf Patel. Prolly Irfan Pathan can bowl 7 overs within Economy Rate 5 and our batting lineup will be longer - fieldingwise also IKP better than MP.

[punjabi_khota]

Eh!? I was just posting what I felt at that time when the match was going on. I was not writing some analysis there. Anyway - some thing you needed to jump up on.

You think after so many matches, you still need to tell us how you feel ? We all know dude. :--D

[Guest whineleg]

Eh!? I was just posting what I felt at that time when the match was going on. I was not writing some analysis there. Anyway - some thing you needed to jump up on.

I cant underztand why folkz gang up on poor finey and me. How many of you folkz suffer from severe pzychotic disorderz to understand what we go through day in and day out. Pleeeaaze leave us alone and let uz whine. :nervous:

[Guest BossBhai]

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[fineleg]

I cant underztand why folkz gang up on poor finey and me. How many of you folkz suffer from severe pzychotic disorderz to understand what we go through day in and day out. Pleeeaaze leave us alone and let uz whine. :nervous:

WL does not see i was appreciating the win here :giggle:

[Anakin]

I cant underztand why folkz gang up on poor finey and me. How many of you folkz suffer from severe pzychotic disorderz to understand what we go through day in and day out. Pleeeaaze leave us alone and let uz whine. :nervous:

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[EnterTheVoid]

It seems a lot of you are perplexed by some of Dhoni's captaincy decisions. Sriram Veera provides an excellent analysis in the following article: Sri Lanka's struggles stem from Jayawardene Sriram Veera in Dambulla January 28, 2009 There isn't a notice on the Sri Lankan dressing-room door but if there was one, it would read: 'If you find the old Mahela Jayawardene please return. We need him. Desperately.' The man responsible - if indirectly - for the debacle today, and for the team's recent struggles, is the man leading the side. It was a game India won as much because of Sri Lanka's middle-order problems as on their own strength. India didn't lack gunpowder; they just didn't have to fire. The effect of Jayawardene's woes on Sri Lanka were reflected in Sanath Jayasuriya's reaction when Kumar Sangakkara fell. There appeared a touch of anger as he punched in the air when Sangakkara chipped straight to midwicket, a realisation that Sangakkara's fall would be the beginning of the end. And it was. Though Farveez Maharoof tried his best with a breezy knock, the rest couldn't put together a total to test India on this pitch. The middle-order muddle not only affected what happened after Sangakkara's dismissal, it influenced what transpired before that. Jayasuriya wasn't allowed to be himself, Sangakkara knew one mistake would prove too costly and it didn't help that Tillakaratne Dilshan fell early. Even though his career as an effective opener is just one series old, he seems to have already made an impact on the way the team plays; he allows Jayasuriya the luxury to attack and enables Sangakkara to be fluent and importantly, help hide Jayawardene. Today, with Dilshan's early wicket, Jayasuriya was forced to restrain himself. Dhoni, not one to miss a trick, milked the situation by getting in a lot of overs from various irregular bowlers. Jayasuriya must have been severely tempted to free his arms against them but he held back. And so Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina rotated their arms without much fear, indeed almost hoping Jayasuriya would have a go at them and lose his wicket. Dhoni later said they wanted Jayasuriya to take risks and that they played to a plan. But Jayasuriya was like a monk, cocooned in his own meditative zone, oblivious to the dancing damsels. Yusuf Pathan too had one of his best days with the ball. It was the first time in the last seven games that he bowled more than four overs. In his career, only against Hong Kong and Bangladesh has he bowled his full quota of ten overs; partly because Dhoni used him as a filler but mainly because he leaked runs. Today, though, with Jayasuriya and Sangakkara inhibited by the team's needs, Yusuf was allowed to get into a rhythm. Even so, Jayasuriya did finish at almost a run-a-ball and on another day, situation permitting, he would have done better than the 49 runs at even pace from the trio of Rohit, Raina and Yusuf on a pitch that didn't offer any turn. That he went on to become the oldest man to score a hundred beating Geoffrey Boycott's record shows what a class player he is. Jayawardene, with a highest of 28 in 13 innings, demoted himself today but, even though he explained it as a ploy to use the batting Powerplay, it is surely not the permanent solution. The two men in the lower order - Thilina Kandamby and Chamara Kapugedera - are still learning their trade and it would be unfair to place too much of a burden on them. Some would also construe the captain's demotion as an admission that he can only hit himself out of his current form. Demotion might have worked in a different team with batsmen in form but not in this side. It can still work but it will be the tougher route to take. Jayawardene has to find his bearing and perhaps, the change in fortune will come on home ground. For that the captain has to bat up the order, back himself - and find himself. That notional notice on the dressing-room door can then be consigned to history. Sriram Veera is a staff writer at Cricinfo http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/slvind2009/content/current/story/388170.html

[EnterTheVoid]

The one thing I enjoy more than idli and sambar every morning is reading the fall out / reactions from the previous days debacle. The Lankans didn't earn the Indian wickets; our batsman threw it away as a result of a brain fart when we were in cruise control mode throughout Dhoni has set very high standards for the Indian team ever since he took over and is doing an admirable job maintaining those standards.