Deleted_User_1 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Count me in. Although I am the pessimist, but it seems like every time the Indian team is hyped up they come crashing down to earth. And, what I do not understand is that if the Indians are traditionally slow starters, why the faack doesn't BCCI make players have enough time to adjust by arriving early and playing warm-up matches? Link to comment
suraj Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Count me in. Although I am the pessimist' date=' but it seems every time the Indian team is hyped up they come crashing down to earth. And, what I do not understand is that if the Indians are slow starters why the faack doesn't BCCI make players have enough time to adjust by arriving early and playing warm-up matches?[/quote'] Well we should think of these 20-20 as wam up matches. Its always been hard for us to win in NZ but hopefully we can rectify that this time. Link to comment
graphic23 Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 9 losses in the past 11 matches. Hrmm. I think/hope that they will do much better in the longer formats of the game though. Lets hope for the best. Link to comment
DomainK Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Two losses and the negative talks are back. We did not even have practice games. You all really expected India to go there and start thrashing them from ball one? (Ball one was indeed thrashed though:D) Link to comment
satishg Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 dandaroy i know that u always think the worse about our team so that if they end up winning u feel happy whereas if they end up losing u are like "i knew this wud happen"..so no matter wat we think u are not gonna change ur opinion so why waste time in a poll like this on a serious note i think we will win both the ODI series and the test series..20-20 is just for fun and infact we did extremely well yesterday to defend our modest score of 150 and i was really happy about it..so me thinks we are gonna have a great NZ tour this time around Link to comment
flamy Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 Count me in. Although I am the pessimist' date='[/size'] but it seems like every time the Indian team is hyped up they come crashing down to earth. And, what I do not understand is that if the Indians are traditionally slow starters, why the faack doesn't BCCI make players have enough time to adjust by arriving early and playing warm-up matches? :listen_dawg::listen_dawg: Link to comment
fineleg Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 One thing this tour will do is clearly seperate the subcontinental-tracks-only batsmen/sloggers from the folks who can adapt to greener or bouncier pitches. In that sense, this tour will be a success in identifying those - whichever batsmen do really well in this tour will deserve the accolades. Same goes for spinners - can the Indian spinners (in Tests/ODIs) match up to Vettori? Well, I hope both Mishra and bhajji get chances to show their mettle. Pace bowlers - they dont have anyone else to blame but themselves if they miss out. Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 One thing this tour will do is clearly seperate the subcontinental-tracks-only batsmen/sloggers from the folks who can adapt to greener or bouncier pitches. In that sense' date= this tour will be a success in identifying those - whichever batsmen do really well in this tour will deserve the accolades. Same goes for spinners - can the Indian spinners (in Tests/ODIs) match up to Vettori? Well, I hope both Mishra and bhajji get chances to show their mettle. Pace bowlers - they dont have anyone else to blame but themselves if they miss out. Why is that so important ? We visit NZ once in 6 years, and tracks/conditions like those are not to be found anywhere else in the World. At least like the ones encountered last time around. Link to comment
fineleg Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'm not saying we get conditions exactly like last tour to NZ. However, what I meant is - these are tough conditions - and will show which batsmen can adapt to such conditions as in NZ, SA etc. versus subcontinental pitches and familiar weather conditions. Link to comment
cowboysfan Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 the only thing i am confident is about is the tests with one caveat that ishant is fit to go-otherwise we are in big trouble. Link to comment
Anakin Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 I'm not saying we get conditions exactly like last tour to NZ. However, what I meant is - these are tough conditions - and will show which batsmen can adapt to such conditions as in NZ, SA etc. versus subcontinental pitches and familiar weather conditions.* *Disclaimer: Doesn't apply to RSD Link to comment
EnterTheVoid Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Who else voted for option 5? Link to comment
Pak_Forever Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I and Dandaoyy voted for the obvious :--D who are the other two samajdar human beings? Link to comment
punjabi_khota Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 I and Dandaoyy voted for the obvious :--D who are the other two from of land of the Pure fixed.B-> with shoes. Link to comment
fineleg Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 *Disclaimer: Doesn't apply to RSD Thats a joke - he has proved himself in Away conditions. Ofcourse if he has hit a real poor stretch of form, he needs to be dropped - that is based on current situation. In present form, he sucked in Indian pitches too. But the fact that he is one of our best Test batsman in away conditions remains. Silly to ask if RD can "bat in away condition"? Link to comment
Anakin Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Thats a joke - he has proved himself in Away conditions. Ofcourse if he has hit a real poor stretch of form, he needs to be dropped - that is based on current situation. In present form, he sucked in Indian pitches too. But the fact that he is one of our best Test batsman in away conditions remains. Silly to ask if RD can "bat in away condition"? I'm just saying the obvious, that all that whining you won't be doing if RSD doesn't score. Link to comment
amits Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 we will crush nz in the odis & tests. who cares about 2 losses in 2 meaningless matches. 20/20 isnt even cricket & those matches were nothing more than a warm-up Link to comment
jittopjose Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 India is in its greatest form in the history.... but it will take some time to get along with the new conditions... Link to comment
Deleted_User_1 Posted February 28, 2009 Author Share Posted February 28, 2009 Whoever added the last category in the poll (not me) is a faaacking genius!! Link to comment
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