Vinay Kumar makes World Twenty20 cut

[Guest DeveGowda]

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[mastana]

Thats good ..when u Joined nehra You will become a perfect partner to him. if u are Not able to find doctor..plz PM me ill suggest u a very good Doctor here in bangalore :hysterical:

I dont want him to play in this T20 WC. Salla ganda dimaag. :finger:

[msb1991]

Good to see Vinay Kumar in the squad, he is a handy batter and his domestic performances speak for themselves. I do feel that he has been quite lucky in the current IPL, but you cannot argue too much with his strong performances. He mixes up his speed well and seems to land it in the right area.

[rahulrulezz]

I want us to go with only 4 main bowlers (I would include Jadeja as a T20 bowler if I include him as I dont find his T20 batting anything worthwhile.. even Bhajji and PK are better than Jadeja in T20 than Jadeja) The four bowlers now should be: Zak PK Bhajji Only the fourth bowler is a concern and I will probably go with Jadeja .. if the pitch assists fast bowlers I would go with Vinay Kumar or even Nehra In an ideal condition I would like PK to complete at least 3 of his 4 overs at the start as he is a very good bowler with the new ball but not that good at the death ... Zak's overs can be divided 2-2 at the start and death .. UV, YP, Viru and Raina can fill in the 5th bowler's quota

and finally a 'sane' post about the team composition in this thread..Cant believe most of you guys want 5 bowlers in ur T20 ...Jadeja is not a batsman..Guy cant clear the inner circle for god sake.. when Australia and RSA batting lineup goes to number 9 where M.Johsnon n Parnell are batting, u guys want 5 bowlers.. I feel this IPL was just a waste as we only selected V.Kumar.. Here is my team Sehwag Gambhir Yusuf Yuvi Raina Dhoni Rohit(though I want Tiwari or Uthappa) Bhajji Z.Khan P.Kumar ???(Jadeja if spinning pitch or our fake pacer V.kumar if pacy pitch) so 4 bowlers and 7 batsmen... also Dhoni has this habit of consuming too many deleveries in the middle overs(like in 2009 T20) so I think we should have him in last 5-6 overs where he cant play his tuk-tuk game.. I find him more efficient when he plays agressive cricket...

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Vinay Kumar has a legacy to live up to More... Vinay Kumar has a legacy to live up to K.C. Vijaya Kumar Bangalore: Indian cricket's latest heroes are continuing to emerge from the hinterland. R. Vinay Kumar, who has been selected for the Indian team scheduled to compete in the ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies during May, is a fresh example of an iron-willed small-town lad carving his space under the sun. The 26-year old who grew up in Davangere swiftly emerged as a crafty seamer from being an under-study to Dodda Ganesh. He made the transition to being a mentor to the likes of A. Mithun while guiding Karnataka to the Ranji Trophy final, last season. Vinay grabbed 57 wickets in the recent season, bowling for Karnataka and South Zone and in the current Indian Premier League, he pocketed eight wickets for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB), including the prized scalps of Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag. Vinay was thrilled with his belated but welcome selection. “I have been expecting this for a long time and every time I would be disappointed. I would tell my parents that may be I am not destined to play for the country. But now I am happy seeing them happy. “We weren't financially strong but they never made me feel guilty about the fact that I wasn't helping them. It's a huge opportunity for me and it's important that I don't get overawed by the situation,” said an elated Vinay. The seamer expressed his gratitude to his first coach, the late Prakash Powar and other mentors like Anil Kumble and Rahul Dravid. With a tally of 202 first-class wickets, the added ability to score handy runs and a large clutch of Twenty20 games under his belt ranging from playing for Belagavi Panthers in the Karnataka Premier League to RCB in the IPL, Vinay is eager to deliver on the big stage. He also has a legacy to live up to in a State enlivened by the exploits of men like Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad.

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I have got my due, says Karnataka's R Vinay Kumar Karnataka’s R Vinay Kumar was finally rewarded for his domestic performance over the last three years as he was the lone new face in the 15-man Indian squad for the World T20 in the West Indies. More... I have got my due, says Karnataka's R Vinay Kumar Angshuman Deb Barma / DNA Saturday, March 27, 2010 Bangalore: Karnataka’s R Vinay Kumar was finally rewarded for his domestic performance over the last three years as he was the lone new face in the 15-man Indian squad for the World T20 in the West Indies. A thrilled Kumar, who came to know of his selection through the media, said he had got his due. “Right from the morning I got countless calls from friends and well-wishers asking me to be optimistic. So I was perhaps expecting this and when I heard the news, I was thrilled. Finally I got my due. The Davangere lad, however, felt that his responsibilities have increased manifold. “Right now it feels great. But I also know that along with it comes a lot of responsibility. I don’t usually set targets and concentrate on bowling well. If I get a chance in the playing XI, I will just go out there and bowl well so that I can make my Davangere and Karnataka proud,” he said. It was a double bonanza for Kumar as his India debut will be for the ICC World Twenty20, a fact not lost on Kumar. “Maybe because I had to wait for so long that it came as a double bonanza for me,” he quipped. “It’s a big event and very few get the chance to represent their country in such an event. I am happy that I will be one of them.” The 24-year-old wants to take advice from Karnataka seniors on how to bowl on West Indian tracks. “I have heard that the wickets in the Caribbean are not unlike India. If that’s the case, I’ll be happy since most of my variations are compatible with Indian conditions. I will also speak to Anilbhai, Srinathbhai and Rahulbhai about the pitches and how I can bowl better.” Kumar was over the moon with Anil Kumble, his captain in Royal Challengers Bangalore, congratulating him on his selection. “Everyone wished me. In fact, Anilbhai spoke to me. He told me that now that I have made it into the team, I should go out there and prove myself.”

[Roshanrocks]

well done.... you deserve achance after performing so well in the domestic season for 6 years... all the best... hope u get achance in the playing 11

[Show_stopper]

Vinay to get his due from the opposition batsmen as well this T-20 WC :cantstop:

[Show_stopper]

I'm sure he won't have problems living upto Prasad's legacy!! Srinath, not so much.

[Roshanrocks]

yaaaaaaaaaaaashhhhhhhhhhhh y so many threads on articles on vinay kumar......... put all of them in asingle thread so we can read and keep track easily

[Show_stopper]

Vinay Kumar makes World Twenty20 cut ^ Exactly...its not like he is going to play for India after this particular tournament.

[Sachinism]

A break that was long overdue Vinay Kumar's friend, Harshan, used to tell him, "If you get Sachin's [Tendulkar] wicket, you will definitely play for India. Whoever has bowled him - Sreesanth, Piyush Chawla - has played for India." Last year, in the IPL in South Africa, Vinay got Tendulkar with a beauty in Port Elizabeth. It pitched just short of driving length, just outside off, and then held its line enough to take the edge. Vinay, by then the most consistent and successful bowler on domestic scene, had right to be cynical. He was no middle-order batsman, who couldn't get past the Fab Four. Despite strong performances in Ranji Trophy, he had seen bowlers get into the Indian team on the back of IPL performances. There were vacancies, but they were being filled by bowlers who didn't have first-class credentials but had done well in the IPL. So Vinay called Harshan, and asked, "Okay maga [mate] I have got his wicket, now tell me, I'll play for India or what?" Harshan, like the selectors, had an excuse ready. "No, I told you to get him bowled." In the third season of the IPL, at the Brabourne Stadium, Tendulkar was in much better form than he was in Port Elizabeth. He was moving across and playing unbelievable flick shots from in front of the stumps. Vinay, though, got one to nip in a touch extra, and hit the exposed leg stump. Harshan texted immediately, "Get ready to play for India." Six days later, when he was driving to another friend's place, on a short break from continuous IPL matches, Vinay got the belated call-up. It is a nice story to tell, but the irony is not to be missed either. Between those two Tendulkar wickets in the IPL, he had seen that the national selectors didn't consider him one of the best 41 players, the contracted ones, in the country. Between those two Tendulkar wickets, he had carried Karnataka to a Ranji final, but he also saw his team-mate Abhimanyu Mithun get an ODI debut after just one good season. Mithun had got only one more wicket than Vinay. For years, in front of empty stands, he took wicket after wicket with classical outswing bowling. Over the years, he developed the inswinger to become a more effective bowler. One fine day, when at the Chinnaswamy Satdium, Sanjay Bangar was negotiating his bouncers well, he developed a slower bouncer too. But only the Ranji tragics knew Vinay Kumar, the man who did all the hard work and saw others steal the limelight. Selectors didn't seem to know him, and hence a vast majority of Indian fans. The same stadiums were now full, the roles had reversed too. Vinay was now capitalising on the pressure created by the likes of Anil Kumble and Dale Steyn. And just eight wickets in the IPL proved to be the final nudge for the selectors. Vinay doesn't grudge the other bowlers the chances they got ("They also did well, so they got their chance."), but admits it wasn't easy to stay motivated. "When you do well for years and are not doing well, negative thoughts come to your mind," he says. "You think [about] what the selectors are thinking. So you can get desperate, and give it all up, and get into some other work." That the BCCI has made sure first-class cricket is now a viable working option by itself meant Vinay, the eldest son of an auto-rickshaw driver, didn't have to look for "some other work". He could concentrate on his game. "Maybe God wanted me to work harder and longer. Few people get their chance early, few have to wait." Such philosophical thinking wasn't easy to come by, but he had - besides his coach LM Prakash - two of the wisest and strongest personalities of Indian cricket to advise him. "Whenever I got upset I would speak to my coach, Anil Kumble or Rahul Dravid," Vinay says. "They used to tell me you are doing well, just don't give up. "Especially Anil bhai was a great help. Whenever I got very sad, I used to message him. Because I didn't know what to speak, I just used to message. 'This is what happened, they haven't picked me again.' Anil would tell me, 'Don't worry Vinay, you are doing well. I also feel bad for you, but keep doing well, your chance will come.'" Perhaps this back-up in his corner kept Vinay going. He kept growing as a bowler. From one relying on just outswing, he now had a potent inswinger, and to adjust to the demands of limited-overs cricket, he has now developed legcutters, offcutters, slower bouncers, all sorts of tricks. He kind of mirrors his Royal Challengers Bangalore team-mate Praveen Kumar - only that Praveen went from being an outswing bowler to an effective all-round limited-overs bowler in public eye. Both of them have limited pace and unlimited heart. "Really glad to have Praveen in our team," says Vinay. "Street-smart cricketer. How he manages to bowl to big batsmen, how he implements himself. If you bowl 130-135 with swing, you can trouble any batsman. But when it stops swinging, which is usually after four overs with the white ball, then only it is trouble. So we both have both swings, but we both have accuracy and variations." Vinay can also see the positives that the snubs have brought him. "My coach used to say, 'See Vinay, your chance will definitely come, but the thing is, when it does come, you don't want to just play one game and come back.' I think I am mature enough now, I know how to handle pressure now. That feeling won't be there, that 'Oh I am playing for India, and this is the World Cup.' I will just play my game." Before he "plays his game", though, he will need to get another break, a chance ahead of either one of Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra or bowling twin Praveen. http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/453692.html

[thevortex]

Cricket is an easy sport to get romantic about. But the effectiveness of cricket writing lies in the pithiness, the significance and the underlying truth of the actual romantic feeling. As much as Vinay Kumar has struggled in domestic cricket, he is just not good enough to be international class. What is the point then of romanticizing his story? His selection is, in my mind, nothing but a mistake.

[King Tendulkar]

^ Agree. Really don't understand how we continually produce 80 mph trundlers who then get selected for India.

[Sachinism]

I dont mind his selection so much, the guy has worked hard, done everything he should be doing to get selected. In the national side we have bowlers who you couldn't trust to defend 400 in an ODI, whats wrong with giving someone else an opportunity? What have the others done to keep their places in the team apart from being quicker than the trundler?

[thevortex]

Sachinism - do you think he will be played in the T20 World Cup games? Do you think he is good enough to play at international level? That he has succeeded at domestic level is a statement on Indian cricket. He is not a bad sort. He is an honest trier who gives it his all. If he was part of county cricket then he would be called a 'journeyman cricketer'. I dont think he has what it is needed to succeed at the highest level. All this is just plain stupid when the Indian selectors do not find it fit to select Murali Karthik who has been the best spinner by far in this competition (IPL, I mean).

[Sachinism]

Maybe he may get a chance, all our bowlers are unreliable, I don't believe we should keep playing the same people who become comfortable with a spot in the side regardless of how they perform. There are a lot of issues with the selections, he was selected and I believe he at least deserves one chance otherwise what is the point of having a domestic set up. I remember when P Kumar was selected for the CB series how everyone (bar few) were knocking him for being a trundler and he showed why he has been selected.