Martin Crowe: "Sehwag will never surpass Tendulkar"

[riya]

Okay Sehwag should never try to be Tendulkar .He should remain what he is.Two triple tons no one in Indian history ever have .Definitely this guy is different:--D

[coffee_rules]

The double hundred in ODI's is going to happen one day and the odds are that he would be at the top of the list. It could happen at Eden Park because the ground is small enough. The way India has been going it looks like India would go past 400 and someone’s going to post 200.India would most likely have score over 400 in tonight’s game if they had batted first.

Who interviewed Amits?

[suraj]

Who interviewed Amits?

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

[fineleg]

Who interviewed Amits?

:two_thumbs_up: :oohlala:

[Chandan]

Only batting wise Lurker, and that too against some ordinary bowlers on utterly flat decks. You think this team is on par with Ricky Ponting's team that won the WC 2003 or the WI team that won the first two WCs? I don't think so. The bowlers are nowhere as good, fielding isn't anywhere near to being as sharp and I still suspect the performance of our batsmen on tough pitches.

They can only play on the surfaces they are given. We won in CB series in Australia' date=' didn't we, playing all over Australia ? [b']If there atr not going to be more than 2-3 tough pitches in the world, how does that skill even matter ? I know we are talking about the ODI team here, but we won the test in Perth, and the everyone started saying it was not as 'tough' a ptich as it was in the old times. We won the test series in England, where the ball swings the most, and even then we some people were saying we are FTBs.

Well, along with P_K, all of you must have seen how that skill mattered today. A little bit of swing from the Kiwi bowlers with a tinge of green on the pitch, and the entire team fell like a pack of cards! If the opposition knows that Indians can't in swinging or seaming conditions, they'll always prepare such conditions and then Indians won't be succeeding anywhere away from home. Playing good swing bowling and being able to play in seaming conditions is a skill which our batsmen must acquire before they aim to be successful EVERYWHERE in the world. And many were asking for the Kiwis to roll out the green carpet as we have better bowlers to exploit those conditions. Those people would have got the replies today as well.

[fineleg]

Well' date=' along with P_K, [b']all of you must have seen how that skill mattered today. A little bit of swing from the Kiwi bowlers with a tinge of green on the pitch, and the entire team fell like a pack of cards! If the opposition knows that Indians can't in swinging or seaming conditions, they'll always prepare such conditions and then Indians won't be succeed anywhere away from home. Playing good swing bowling and being able to play in seaming conditions is a skill which our batsmen must acquire before they aim to be successful EVERYWHERE in the world.

Well said, Chandan. Surely we cannot be given the flat and easy-to-whack the ball pitches (even for ODIs) all the time! 1. The batsmen (Gambhir, Raina, Yusuf, Rohit, Dhoni) must acquire the ability to play in these conditions 2. More importantly, apart from the skill and talent, they need to apply themselves and grit it out during tough passages of play - rather than try to blast the bowling into submission. (exception: Sehwag might still be able to score quickly, but everyone is not sehwag).

And many were asking for the Kiwis to roll out the green carpet as we have better bowlers to exploit those conditions. Those people would have got the replies today as well.

For the Tests, this is what I expect Kiwis to present us with some green pitches. Our Test batting is more experienced (though Yuvi is still new to these situations in Tests). It will still be a challenge, and while we have talented bowlers, it remains to be seen how much we can do to win the Tests? I think ZK will tap into his experience, and hopefully he can help Ishant and 3rd seamer.