'You don't expect your best bowlers to concede so many runs' : Dhoni

[Zap_Brannigan]

How is it his fault' date=' exactly? Against one of the better ODI teams in the world, we need to be on top of our game. Sreesanth, who is fresh (though not enough match practice) bowled completely erratically, and even his fielding left much to be desired of. Ishant, who's been poor in LOIs, is out. Harbhajan is out. Jadeja, Praveen, and even Yusuf to a certain extent performed well. Raina was tried in the last 10 overs, when his first two overs went for 11 and his last one went for 14. He was taken off duly after. Though his field placements have been erratic, he has been trying his best to manage the bowlers and try different strategies. As Outsider said in another thread, he ought to go back to using spinners in the powerplays (as he did today during the batting powerplay by using Jadeja and Yusuf) - that just throws off the opposition's strategies a little bit.[/quote'] He keeps selecting the same bowlers from a of 7 or 8 bowlers. If one of them fails, he picks another from that pool and when the new guys does bad, he goes back to the old guy. Its not just Dhonis fault as selectors should give him better options.

[Chandan]

That's his standard post match answer to bad bowling; "We should have bowled better". Yes we should have but rarely do . Those 2 have been in the squad for the last few series when we sucked esp bowling the last 10 overs.

So Tyagi is the answer according to you? Ishant : rubbish Sree .:rubbish Bhajji ,:rubbish Nehra :rubbish PK ,:rubbish Zaheer :injured Pathan :rubbish Then who would you choose? One Tyagi can't do the entire bowling. And when even he'll bowl rubbish, then also you'll blame Dhoni only?

He keeps selecting the same bowlers from a of 7 or 8 bowlers. If one of them fails' date=' he picks another from that pool and when the new guys does bad, he goes back to the old guy. Its not just Dhonis fault as selectors should give him better options.[/quote'] That pool has been provided to him by the selectors and he has no say in the selection of the squad. Why don't you provide a fresh pool of 7-8 bowlers? Just for the benefit of the forummers here.

[Zap_Brannigan]

Not saying the Tyagi is but he maybe just do it. How many bowlers have we played more than a handful of games in the last year. Our bowling line is struggling often but Dhoni and selectors are happy just going for the same few bowlers. WC is just a year away. We wont win it with this line up unless batting fires on all cylinders. Just trying someone new and losing a few games is better than using the same old bolwers and winning some. WC should be the priority from now.

[Chandan]

Not saying the Tyagi is but he maybe just do it. How many bowlers have we played more than a handful of games in the last year. Our bowling line is struggling often but Dhoni and selectors are happy just going for the same few bowlers. WC is just a year away. We wont win it with this line up unless batting fires on all cylinders. Just trying someone new and losing a few games is better than using the same old bolwers and winning some. WC should be the priority from now.

I think selectors are not fools to understand that the present pool of 7=8 bowlers aren't world beaters. But maybe they've watched other bowlers available, more that we have done and know that the domestic bowlers are even worse than these bowlers? Didn't SA's much vaunted bowling attack concede 298 despite having a terrific fielding unit, which the Indian bowlers lack clearly? Maybe it is there in the conditions and pitch that the bowlers are going for so many runs? In that case, every batting line-up will have to fire on all cylinders to win matches in the WC, isn't it?

[achilles]

'You don't expect your Captain Keeper to miss so many chances over the past few months' : Andy

[achilles]

How did this happen?? BEL6Bc8YKpI

Lucky Nehra :bow: :hatsoff:

[ensd2]

Lucky Nehra :bow: :hatsoff:

:omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: we win thanks to these 4 runs B->B->B->B->B->B->

[diegovegaz]

i expect it, when the bowlers are indian

[meloveindia]

How did this happen?? BEL6Bc8YKpI

jTav-vdht0E

[punjabi_khota]

jTav-vdht0E

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: :hatsoff:

[achilles]

:omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg::omg: we win thanks to these 4 runs B->B->B->B->B->B->

Yes. Those 4 runs made all the difference in the end :adore:

[Sachinism]

We can try out different bowlers, but they're all the same dibbly-dobbly medium pacers. They're gonna get smashed too. I like having PK in the team because his ability to swing it both ways. When the conditions are right, he's a handful, but if they're not like the rest of them he'll get smashed. We gotta also remember the surfaces are pretty good for batting too. Obviously there isn't much excuse for getting bashed like that for tailenders (apart from maybe the batsmen got lucky) but give some benefit of doubt to the bowlers. SA bowlers who are supposed to be superior conceded the same amount of runs and someone got hit for six by Nehra, yes Nehra of all people

[cowboysfan]

i have no sympathy for dhoni,why did he select sreeshanth when everyone knows he is useless in LOI cricket(especially in the sub continent)?.why did he bowl raina in the death overs?.this is not the ipl for petes sake!!

[Sachinism]

i have no sympathy for dhoni' date='why did he select sreeshanth when everyone knows he is useless in LOI cricket(especially in the sub continent)?.[b']why did he bowl raina in the death overs?.this is not the ipl for petes sake!!

is the situation not the same? batsmen looking to get quick runs?

[topmunda]

Just Pick 11 Batsmen Instead

[cowboysfan]

is the situation not the same? batsmen looking to get quick runs?

in international cricket even tailenders can wallop part timers around with ease.

[topmunda]

They should go for this playing 11 for next match: 1. Sehwag 2. Tendulkar 3. Rohit Sharma 4. Raina 5. Karthik 6. Dhoni 7. Jadeja 8. (any batmam from the bench) 9. (any batsman from the bench) 10. (any batsman from the bench) 11. PK Positions 8,9,10 will provide plenty more runs and I'm sure even part-time bowlers will be more economical than Sree-asss and Nehraaa

[Sachinism]

in international cricket even tailenders can wallop part timers around with ease.

So in IPL he can tie down top order international batsmen when they're looking to hit, but he can't do the same to tailenders in international cricket?

[vvvslaxman]

Look how well Langeveldt bowled. He bowled on the same patta wicket. Even Sehwag was not able to hit him away coz of his clever varitations. We need someone who is specialist. Won't our guys practice these scenarios iduring practice.?

[flamy]

They should go for this playing 11 for next match: 1. Sehwag 2. Tendulkar 3. Rohit Sharma 4. Raina 5. Karthik 6. Dhoni 7. Jadeja 8. (any batmam from the bench) 9. (any batsman from the bench) 10. (any batsman from the bench) 11. PK Positions 8,9,10 will provide plenty more runs and I'm sure even part-time bowlers will be more economical than Sree-asss and Nehraaa

tats just stupid lal. wat if the top 5 get us to 350 and we have no bowlers to defend? :--D