Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 That's pretty much where you're wrong. Pathan's job was to slog, he's not in the team because he can rotate the strike. Dhoni's job was to protect our tail against Mendis and Murali who still had plenty of overs left to go. Dhoni pretty much laid that out as the game plan after the first match on how to handle M & M. in last five overs u still care about rotating strikes?PP was over so singles were on any way for mishits.if dhoni really wants to play M&M safely,he should bat higher.thers no point batting at no.5 or 6 n not even scoring run a ball wen game has been set up by yuvraj n sehwag
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 ^^ What if MSD lost his wicket in upping the scoring ??? Repeat of the mini collapse in the 2nd ODI !!!
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Rox, what do u have to say to dadaji's post !!!
cochise Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Has anyone noticed a correlation between Dhoni standing firm with the bat in the innings instead of giving it away rashly and team morale and performance? Could it be that a resolute knock means more to the team than the risk of a few runs more? Just a thought.
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 ^^ What if MSD lost his wicket in upping the scoring ??? thank god yuvraj n sehwag didnt think that way wen we were 24/2.We were anyway gonna get 330,a pretty safe score so go for jugular n try to score 370-380.absolutely thrash them
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Rox' date=' what do u have to say to dadaji's post !!![/quote'] i would have chosen 1st option anyday.
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Yuvi and Viru knew they had Raina, Dhoni and Pathan to come in next ... but that wasnt the case for MSD !!!
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Has anyone noticed a correlation between Dhoni standing firm with the bat in the innings instead of giving it away rashly and team morale and performance? Could it be that a resolute knock means more to the team than the risk of a few runs more? Just a thought. can u see the correlation B/W dhoni criticising ishant publicly after 2nd game n destroying his confidence ishant going 4 plenty in 3rd game? JUST A THOUGHT
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 i would have chosen 1st option anyday. U mean play rashly and get all out 330 !!!
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Yuvi and Viru knew they had Raina' date=' Dhoni and Pathan to come in next ... but that wasnt the case for MSD !!![/quote'] so wat they had 40 overs still to play,dhoni only had 10.
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 can u see the correlation B/W dhoni criticising ishant publicly after 2nd game n destroying his confidence ishant going 4 plenty in 3rd game? JUST A THOUGHT :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:
cochise Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Ummmmm...rox...ever considered that Yuvi and Viru were given free licence by Dhoni to go out there and play their shots without worry of consequence?
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 U mean play rashly and get all out 330 !!! No, playing boldly n scoring 380.
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 so wat they had 40 overs still to play' date='dhoni only had 10.[/quote'] Son let me cite u one eg . game 2 40 overs 211/5 PP taken, 2 guys MSD YKP look to up the ante ... looose 2 wickets India scrape 256 Had MSD been sensible there and taken accelerated later ... we would have reached 280 here you can fault MSD, so go feast on it, rox !!!
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Ummmmm...rox...ever considered that Yuvi and Viru were given free licence by Dhoni to go out there and play their shots without worry of consequence? if they had failed media would have blasted them for playing carelessly,not dhoni.would dhoni have said that he had given them the license.i dont think so
cochise Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 can u see the correlation B/W dhoni criticising ishant publicly after 2nd game n destroying his confidence ishant going 4 plenty in 3rd game? JUST A THOUGHT No. I don't think Ishant was down on confidence. He in fact has not corrected his problems from the first outing where he was criticised. And he freely admitted to it as well in the 2nd game. Let's hope he picks up on the feedback he has been given and improves. He is 19 and needs a guiding hand and honest appraisal of his efforts. Flattery by Dhoni will not make him improve.
Shane Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 No' date=' playing boldly n scoring 380.[/quote'] Its the same option, the probability of both the scenarios are the same !!!
Lord Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 Son let me cite u one eg . game 2 40 overs 211/5 PP taken, 2 guys MSD YKP look to up the ante ... looose 2 wickets India scrape 256 Had MSD been sensible there and taken accelerated later ... we would have reached 280 here you can fault MSD, so go feast on it, rox !!! there also I expected him to accelerate later but he decided to walk.
cochise Posted February 4, 2009 Posted February 4, 2009 f they had failed media would have blasted them for playing carelessly,not dhoni.would dhoni have said that he had given them the license.i dont think so He has said so in the past..."I told the boys, just go out there and enjoy your game and not worry about the result...it will take care of itself..." ring a bell....I have heard him say this on numerous occasions...
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