India-SriLanka-NewZealand Tri Series Aug 2010

[saneindian]

ya me too Ishant was never a great ODI bowleer.It isnt a coincidence that since he was dropped from ODI squad,his test performances have gone up,the pace n penetration has gone up,the aggression has returned.among alll the madness,i thought one good decision that selectors too is to keep Ishant for tests only. i was wrong. now see Ishant getting hammered,try his slower balls,change his action n completely screw up his bowling before the all important Aussie series

He was getting hammered on batting beauties. Dambulla isn't exactly a road. There is enough help for the pacers especially when bowling under the lights. I hope we win all the tosses and bowl 2nd to give the best bowling conditions to not just Ishant but to the entire bowling attack.

[Lord]

He was getting hammered on batting beauties. Dambulla isn't exactly a road. There is enough help for the pacers especially when bowling under the lights. I hope we win all the tosses and bowl 2nd to give the best bowling conditions to not just Ishant but to the entire bowling attack.

well Dambulla helps swing bowlers,not hit the deck bowlers like Ishant.lets hope he does well. i dont see him in our WC squad though

[Feed]

Dhoni: Injuries blessing in disguise India will be without many key players in the tri-series due to injuries but MS Dhoni says it's a blessing in disguise as it presents them with an opportunity to test bench strength ahead of the World Cup More... Monday 9th August 2010 Dhoni: Injuries blessing in disguise India will be without many key players in the tri-series due to injuries but MS Dhoni says it's a blessing in disguise as it presents them with an opportunity to test bench strength ahead of the World Cup Missing from the Indian line-up are Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh and the latest to join them is Ishant Sharma, who will miss the tournament opener against New Zealand on Tuesday. "You can call it a blessing in disguise that we have lost quite a few players in the last few series because of injuries which gives us a chance to look at quite a few newcomers or our bench strength. "We are just hoping that we will play with our best 15 members when it comes to the World Cup but till then, we are getting some time to have a look at our bench strength," Dhoni said at a joint press conference. Dhoni said the team management is careful about the injuries, keeping in mind the World Cup and does every bit to ensure that the players do not aggravate their problems. "Whatever series we are playing, we are expected to win them and do well. So it gets very difficult to give players some rest. But at the same time, what we have done is if we find that some player is having some kind of a niggle or problem which can really convert into a major injury, then we give them some rest. Like Harbhajan and Gautam here. "We are just trying to balance it out in a way that we don't have injuries right in front of the World Cup," he said. The India captain admitted that his players are a tired lot after the drawn three-Test series against Sri Lanka. "Most of the games, we fielded for 120-130 overs. We might have won the last Test but at the end of the day, you are quite tired.. "As far as the gap in between the matches is concerned, that is mainly because of the reserve day. With the reserve day, I can't really complain, that's the schedule. We will take some time off, maybe a couple of days completely away from cricket, and then get back into the groove. Dhoni said players should not hesitate to take a break when they feel that playing continuously may injure them. "When I get a feeling that if I go and play this series, I may get injured, I try to take some time off, which I did when India came to Sri Lanka last time I didn't play the Test series. "It's very important to see exactly how your body is feeling. You have to assess which is the better option and more often than not, taking rest is a better option than getting injured," he said. Dhoni said he sees no problem in leading a young side which is low on experience as compared to the Test team. "Among the older or senior guys, all of a sudden I find myself being one of them along with Viru, Yuvraj and Ashish Nehra. I don't think it's much difficult, you just have to channelise the efforts more compared to the Test side where you have a lot of experienced players. "It's always good to have fresh legs in the side who can field really well, give more than 100 percent whenever needed It will be exciting, hopefully it will be good too." Dhoni also defended playing too much cricket against Sri Lanka, saying there is hardly any controversy when the two countries play "For the last few years, if you see, we have been playing each other quite consistently which means we know each other quite well when it comes to ones strengths and weaknesses. It's always good to play against Sri Lanka because most of the time, it is controversy-free," he said.

[Roshanrocks]

we are blessed with lots of bllessing in lots of disguises..

[b555]

we are blessed with lots of bllessing in lots of disguises..

:rotfl:

[vamos_rafa]

we are blessed with lots of bllessing in lots of disguises..

:hysterical:

[philcric]

Of Course, that's true at the end of the day.

[hitman1980]

lets see how many such blessing we get once the IPL start ...

[sportshero]

Also this time Ross Taylor is to lead the NZ team in absence of Denial Vettori, and is very confident. Waiting to see how NZ will perform!!!!

[Andy]

Dhoni: I'm very disappointed India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni described their humiliating 200-run defeat to New Zealand as "disappointing" and said they paid the price for not holding on to their chances.

"We are very disappointed with the way we played. We got couple of chances but we didn't accept it. Probably we are on the losing side because of that," Dhoni said after his team was bowled out for a paltry 88 chasing 289 to win. "We didn't bat well at all. When we got into batting, they got a kind of bounce that put us in awkward situation," he added. Dhoni, however, praised the bowlers for their performance on a pitch which was favouring the bowlers. "The bowlers did well. More than the pace it was the bounce here. The wicket had spongy bounce and that was what did the trick. Ashish Nehra and Praveen (Kumar) bowled well. For them Ross and Styris batted really well," he said. His New Zealand counterpart Ross Taylor acknowledged that Nehra and Praveen bowled well but said with three seamers in their rank, they knew anything above 250 would be competitive. "It was a tough decision to leave out Jeetan Patel. We are happy with the way we came back . Nehra and Praveen bowled really well. But we had three seamers and so we just wanted to push the score. "We wanted not to lose too many wickets and get a partnership going and thought it would be great to reach 250-260 but we reached 288. So we are very happy," he said.

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[Sir john]

poor batting by india

[Andy]

STFU Dhoni .:finger:

[asterix]

Kya Baat Karta Hain Re Dhoni..Kuch Bhi Fultu Bakwaas Karta Hain, Khali-Pili..

[DomainK]

India pulled a Pakistan.:headshake:

[The Dark Horse]

u appoint Jaddu, then be disappointed:finger:

[Andy]

u appoint Jaddu' date=' then be disappointed:finger:[/quote'] +++

[cowboysfan]

marriage has taken away his luck,saala cant even win a single toss.

[vvvslaxman]

Jaddu is a bad omen. For every fortune Jaddu brings to them, he will bring 100 misfortunes.

[Andy]

Jaddu is a bad omen. For every fortune Jaddu brings to them' date=' he will bring 100 misfortunes.[/quote'] What about performance? The lad has bowled 9 overs on this pitch and gave away 63 runs.

[King]

It's only a ODI, get over it. No one's going to die if you lose a game as long as there was effort.