India A tour of England and Scotland 2010 : Pujara to lead

[Chandan]

he has bowled five overs given 4 runs obviously he is troubling them !

Where are the wickets? Remember a test match can't be won unless 20 wickets are taken and wickets in ODI are priceless too? If he can't dismiss a batsman from a club, what chances he has against well accomplished international batsmen? How difficult is it to understand that aim of bowling is to take wicket while aim of batting is to score runs?

[f2000560]

Where are the wickets? Remember a test match can't be won unless 20 wickets are taken and wickets in ODI are priceless too? If he can't dismiss a batsman from a club, what chances he has against well accomplished international batsmen? How difficult is it to understand that aim of bowling is to take wicket while aim of batting is to score runs?

he could be the one putting pressure on one end enabling the other guy to get the wickets. no ? all i am saying is its difficult to comment when we are not even watching the match who knows how well he is bowling ? i agree with you that pace is not everything but its just 5 overs he has been given

[rkt.india]

Tyagi didnt bowl a single over tody....all were bowled yesterday.....maybe he got injured coz they are giving bowling practice to the likes of dhavan and pandey not regular bowlers...

[Sachinism]

Tyagi didnt bowl a single over tody....all were bowled yesterday.....maybe he got injured coz they are giving bowling practice to the likes of dhavan and pandey not regular bowlers...

Yeh dunno whats going on there

[Sachinism]

Kulkarni gets number 5 5-28 in 18 Abdulla has also picked up one

[Sir john]

Yorkshire First innings Runs Balls 4s 6s JE Root c WP Saha b DS Kulkarni 4 5 1 0 *JJ Sayers c SI Abdulla b DS Kulkarni 19 85 2 0 GS Ballance b DS Kulkarni 0 3 0 0 CG Roebuck c SI Abdulla b DS Kulkarni 23 71 3 0 AZ Lees c CAP Pujara b DS Kulkarni 38 102 5 0 DJ Wainwright lbw b SI Abdulla 19 34 4 0 LJ Hodgson not out 32 60 4 0 TL Best not out 2 13 0 0 Extras (b 0, lb 12, nb 5, w 0) 17 Total for 6 wkt (61.2 overs) 154 To bat: +JR Lowe, OJ Hannon-Dalby, Moin Ashraf Fall of Wickets: 1-4 (4 JE Root, 3 mins), 2-6 (2 GS Ballance, 5 mins), 3-54 (48 CG Roebuck, 99 mins), 4-57 (3 JJ Sayers, 16 mins), 5-93 (36 DJ Wainwright, 41 mins), 6-151 (58 AZ Lees, 72 mins) Bowling Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Extras DS Kulkarni 19 6 30 5 (2nb) S Tyagi 5 2 4 0 - Jaskaran Singh 13 2 46 0 (3nb) M Pandey 2 0 12 0 - SI Abdulla 15 5 30 1 - S Dhawan 4 1 15 0 - MK Tiwary 3.2 1 5 0 -

india bowl well,kulkarni the star of day,

[Serani]

Yeh India must be bowling well, TINO BEST on 38.

[Sachinism]

Yeh India must be bowling well' date=' TINO BEST on 38.[/quote'] Don't mock Tino. Once he played for Ilford, he had to leave early, so they let him open the batting and he scored a 100 :haha:

[Chandan]

Only two wicket takers in the Indian attack- Dhawal, who'd have been successful with his swing and Iqbal Abdullah who can hardly spin the ball. I wonder why was Jaskaran even chosen, ignoring the likes of Sangwan or Awana, even if Nacheem was ignored due to ICL. Shows the muddled thinking of selection group headed by Srikkant. Found first report on 1st and 2bd day with few quotes: Yorkshire put to sword by India A Sunday 6th June 2010 By Graham Hardcastle » A Yorkshire bowling attack including Tino Best, David Wainwright and Oliver Hannon-Dalby was flogged to all parts of Headingley by the Indian A batsmen on Saturday. Opener Shikhar Dhawan and No 3 Ajinkye Rahane both added eye-catching centuries as the visitors took full advantage of a superb batting track to post a mammoth 473 for three from 95 overs on the opening day of this three-day friendly. Left-handed Dhawan, who was a regular for the Mumbai Indians, the runners-up in the recent Indian Premier League, amassed a brilliant 179 off 208 balls, including 26 fours and two sixes. Rahane, who is also contracted to Mumbai, celebrated his 22nd birthday with 118 off 148 balls with 15 fours and a six. Each of the first three wickets shared century partnerships at least, while Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund, who recorded 91, put on 204 for the first wicket from 43.1 overs. “Dhawan played fantastically well,” said White Rose director of professional cricket Martyn Moxon. “I don’t know too much about his history, but he certainly looked a very fine player out there.” Joe Sayers captained a Yorkshire side including three debutants, batsmen Charlie Roebuck and Alex Lees and tidy wicketkeeper Jordan Lowe. But Best, Wainwright and Hannon-Dalby were all expensive. Wainwright finished with figures of nought for 134 from 25 overs. Best, Lee Hodgson and Moin Ashraf were the only wicket-takers on day one. “It’s been quite a challenge for us,” continued Moxon. “I always thought it would be, given the team we’ve got out there. But it’s been great experience for our younger lads. “The Indian team have some very good players. It was a tough day in the field.” The tourists, whose day one run-rate was 4.97 per over, declared on their overnight score, but rain meant that play was only able to get underway at 3.50pm for today's second day. When it did, Yorkshire’s batsmen also struggled to cope under gloomy skies. Further rain meant that only 10.1 overs were possible, and the White Rose lost both Joe Root and Gary Ballance as they finished on 20 for two. Root was caught behind by Wriddhiman Saha off the bowling of Dhawal Kulkarni for four in the first over. The seamer then forced Ballance into a misjudgement in his next over, the left-hander seeing his off-stump rocked back as he shouldered arms to one that nipped back. “The conditions were a little bit more tricky battingwise for us,” added Moxon.

[Gunner_Mania]

West Indian overseas bowler Tino Best top scored for the White Rose with 40 off 77 balls, including four fours and one six, as the hosts replied to a first day 473-3 declared from the visitors. Dhawal Kulkarni, 21, was the pick of the Indian bowlers with figures of 5-31 from 20 overs, while slow left-armer Iqbal Abdulla was the only other wicket-taker with 4-42 from 27.2 overs. Regular captain Andrew Gale and England duo Tim Bresnan and Ajmal Shahzad were amongst the spectators as the inexperienced hosts struggled against a disciplined attack. Captain Cheteshwar Pujara used nine bowlers, the only two not to get a bowl were himself and wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha. Academy batsman Alex Lees added an encouraging 38 off 102 balls and all-rounder Lee Hodgson 34 off 76 balls, but nobody else made it beyond Charlie Roebuck’s 23. Captain Joe Sayers and David Wainwright both recorded 19. Yorkshire began the day at 20-2 in the eleventh over, and lost Roebuck caught at fine leg off the bowling of Kulkarni to leave the score at 54-3 at the end of the 25th. Sayers was the next to go, also caught by Abdulla off Kulkarni, this time in the covers, three overs later. Wainwright was trapped lbw by Abdulla in the first over after lunch, leaving the score at 93-5 in the 40th. Lees and Hodgson then shared 58 for the sixth wicket in 19 overs before the former was brilliant caught by a diving Pujara, who had run around from mid-on, off Kulkarni. And when Hodgson went, caught by a substitute at mid-on, to Abdulla, Yorkshire were 165-7 in the 66th. Wicketkeeper Jordan Lowe was run out by Abdulla shortly afterwards before the same man took advantage of a huge swipe to bowl Best, who had earlier hit Manoj Tiwary for a hefty straight six. At that stage Yorkshire were 204-9 in the 83rd over, and Yorkshire were bowled out in the 92nd when Moin Ashraf was trapped lbw by Abdulla. Oliver Hannon-Dalby finished on eight not out. Meanwhile Indian A squad member Saurabh Tiwary, a left-handed batsman who looks remarkably like a long haired MS Dhoni, was informed at lunch time of a maiden call up for the full Indian squad for their forthcoming Asia Cup campaign in Sri Lanka. DAY TWO REPORT India A took their first innings to a mammoth 473-3 declared and reduced Yorkshire to 20-2 by the close. The two men out were Joe Root for 4 and Gary Ballance for a duck, both to Dhawal Kulkarni. DAY ONE REPORT A majestic 179 from opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan lit up the opening day of Yorkshire’s three-day friendly against the touring India A side at Headingley today. Dhawan, a 24 year-old left-hander from Delhi, hit 26 fours and two sixes in a 208-ball effort to help his colleagues reach a commanding 473-3 from 95 overs at close after captain Cheteshwar Pujara had won the toss and elected to bat. Fellow opener Abhinav Mukund added 91 and Ajinkya Rahane, who is celebrating his 22nd birthday today, finished with 118 off 148 balls against a youthful White Rose eleven including three first-class debutants, Alex Lees, Charlie Roebuck and wicketkeeper Jordan Lowe, who was impressive. But first team trio Tino Best, Oliver Hannon-Dalby and David Wainwright were amongst those taken to task by Dhawan and company. Wainwright went for 134 runs from his 25 overs. While birthday boy Rahane’s entertaining knock included 15 fours and a six, it was not quite as eye-catching as Dhawan’s on a good batting track. Yorkshire, captained by Joe Sayers, will certainly be rueing handing Dhawan, who opened the batting for the Mumbai Indians in the recent IPL final, a life when he was on ten. Roebuck was the culprit at point off the bowling of Hannon-Dalby. Dhawan later crashed 18 of 19 runs off a Hannon-Dalby over early in the evening session, taking three successive fours, one all run, and a six off the front foot over mid-wicket from four balls. Yorkshire had to wait until the 43rd over to claim their first wicket when Mukund was caught at point by Lee Hodgson off the bowling of Moin Ashraf to leave the score at 204-1. Mukund, also a left-hander, had hit 12 fours and a six in his 118-ball stay at the crease. Dhawan and Rahane then set about a second wicket stand of 141 in 26.1 overs either side of the tea break. Rahane hit Wainwright straight for six and Dhawan hit Hodgson for his first maximum over mid-wicket off the last ball of the afternoon session. But, after the latter had taken a liking to Hannon-Dalby in the 68th over, he fell in the next when he skied an attempted thump over the top to Gary Ballance running round from point off Hodgson. Rahane and Pujara then shared a third wicket partnership of 107 in 21 overs before the former edged Best, bowling with the second new ball, to Joe Root at second slip. The Indians were 452-3 after 91. Pujara also reached a half century off 80 balls with seven boundaries, and finished unbeaten on 55 off 86 with Manish Pandey also at the crease. The Indians’ run rate for the day was a healthy 4.98 per over.

[mastana]

Where are the wickets? Remember a test match can't be won unless 20 wickets are taken and wickets in ODI are priceless too? If he can't dismiss a batsman from a club, what chances he has against well accomplished international batsmen? How difficult is it to understand that aim of bowling is to take wicket while aim of batting is to score runs?

He only bowled 5 overs and got injured after that. You should also remember that a test match can't be finished in 5 overs. What were you expecting from him? 5 wickets in 5 overs?

[Chandan]

The "trundling" swing bowler has taken 2 more wickets today while other seamers including Tyagi have been ineffective against even this "galli-mohalla" side!

he has bowled five overs given 4 runs obviously he is troubling them !

Where are the wickets? Remember a test match can't be won unless 20 wickets are taken and wickets in ODI are priceless too? If he can't dismiss a batsman from a club, what chances he has against well accomplished international batsmen? How difficult is it to understand that aim of bowling is to take wicket while aim of batting is to score runs?

He only bowled 5 overs and got injured after that. You should also remember that a test match can't be finished in 5 overs. What were you expecting from him? 5 wickets in 5 overs?

Read the entire sequence of discussion Mastana and then comment? So where was I expecting a 5 fer in 5 overs? My comment was that swing bowler Dhawla Kulkarni was effective with the new ball taking 2 wickets in 4 overs while Tyagi or others were not effective. Secondly, bowlers whose body is made of glass which breaks down just after bowling 5 overs are not of great use to Indian cricket where players have to go through incredible grind! And in team composition like India where just two seamers players, if one will get injured, the match will be gone there and then. Tyagi seems to be very injury prone and loses out in that count too.

[saneindian]

Galmorgan played a nearly full stregth side against WI A, but against India A Yorkshire fielded a B team. Does the BCCI care? Why not play a series of 4-5 4 day games with WI A itself? WOuld be much better than playing the B teams of county sides.

[Sir john]

next match vs west indies A.:yay:

[Serani]

The WI A side is rubbish, Justin Guillen, Kirk Edwards, Chadwick Walton....these boys cant bat. Hopefully kraigg Brathwaite is playing. Even the WI seamers are only marginally better than Indias.

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After impressive opening, India A ready for more "We will now be playing on a new ground against a good side and our focus will be on that. West Indies have a number of talented fast bowlers," says coach Pravin Amre. More... After impressive opening, India A ready for more Indianexpress, Devendra Pandey, 09 June 2010 There are few venues in the world that have proved to be the scourge of visiting batsmen like Headingly in Leeds, the ground infamous of its inhospitable swinging conditions and tricky wickets. But while almost all the young India A batsmen were up to the challenge during their opening encounter against Yorkshire, coach Pravin Amre insists that the real challenge for his boys was set to begin on Thursday, when they face West Indies A at Leicester. "It was a good game for us but we are not thinking about the last game anymore. The pitch was very flat. We will now be playing on a new ground against a good side and our focus will be on that. West Indies have a number of talented fast bowlers," says the former Indian batsman. While the batting�led by Shikhar Dhawan's 179 and Ajinkya Rahane's 118�took most of the limelight against Yorkshire, Amre believes it was the performance of his bowlers that was most impressive. And it was Dhawal Kulkarni and left-arm spinner Iqbal Abdulla, who did the most damage, finishing with five and four wickets respectively. Though India A were jolted by the injury to strike-bowler Sudeep Tyagi in the early going, on a pitch which had nothing on offer for pacers, Amre adds that Kulkarni, who returned figures of 5-31, did a great job of leading the depleted attack. "He bowled remarkably well," says Amre about his young pacer. "There was nothing on the pitch and he got us breakthroughs in the first session. And later Iqbal chipped in nicely. Though it was merely a practice game, it feels good that our bowlers showed such maturity," adds the two-time Ranji Trophy winning coach. Though they weren't faced by a very threatening attack�which was incidentally led by flashy out-of-favour West Indian fast bowler Tino Best �the performance of the batsmen cannot be simply underplayed. In addition to Dhawan and Rahene, opener Abhinav Mukund (91) and captain Cheteshwar Pujara (55), too seemed to settle into the English conditions quite comfortably. But it was the Delhi opener's breathtaking century�laced with 26 fours and two sixes �that received the maximum kudos from the coach. Amre, who has seen Dhawan right since his under-19 days, is confident that the 24-year-old left-hander was now pushing hard to regain his temporarily lost reputation as one of the most promising batsmen in the country. "He has been riddled with injuries over the years. There is no doubt that he is very talented. Now he seems to know what more he requires to take his game to the next level," explains Amre. Though pleased with the happy beginning, for now, Amre doesn't want his players to get carried away with their early successes and rather concentrate on overcoming the bigger challenges that lie ahead over the next month or so. Brief scores: India A 473 for 3 decl in 95 overs (S Dhawan 179, A Rahane 118; T Best 1/66) Yorkshire: 210 all out in 91.2 overs (T Best 40, Alexn Lees 38; D Kulkarni 5/31, I Abdullah 4/42).

[Mr. Wicket]

Amre is the right guy to be coaching these youngsters. Promising. I hope Rahane, Dhawan and co. get some callups soon.

[Sir john]

Any moderator will change title of thris threa.

[Sir john]

The WI A side is rubbish, Justin Guillen, Kirk Edwards, Chadwick Walton....these boys cant bat. Hopefully kraigg Brathwaite is playing. Even the WI seamers are only marginally better than Indias.

i doubt your knowledge about west indies players,they all are emerging stars.

[Chandan]

Any moderator will change title of thris threa.

Why? What is wrong here?