Duleep Trophy 2010-2011

[cowboysfan]

uthappa can play at any spot in the lineup and he can be a backup WK too,its a no-brainer that he should be the next in line if any of our batsmen get injured.I also would not be surprised if nohit somehow worms his way into the team before uthappa.

[Sir john]

southie bros have a drink today in joy :nice:

[Sachinism]

http://twitpic.com/3wqj31

[vaibhav_delhi]

^ good on the southies!!

[jibranpatel15]

expected, southzone completely dominating north. South is the best side in INDIA currently. Badrinath :good: Pandey :good: Ojha :good:

[daryl1985]

f *** Uthappa the big show off' date=',,tries to show that he is a christian every time he gets an opportunity...Never seen any natl player do it...:finger: Uthappa..I don't feel bad for him to miss out the Indian cap anymore. Keep playing T20..you steroid pumpkin...[/quote'] Don't see what the problem is here to be honest, the guy obviously takes his religion very seriously and likes to express how much it means to him. At least he apologised. Good effort from him in the 2nd innings and i hope hen gets another chance for the national team!

[kabira]

expected, southzone completely dominating north. South is the best side in INDIA currently. Badrinath :good: Pandey :good: Ojha :good:

how is south best, when none of their teams can reach Ranji Finals..

[Chandan]

FINAL, DAY FOUR Scorecard South Zone claims Duleep Trophy The Hindu THE SMILES SAY IT ALL: The South Zone team in a jubiliant mood after winning the Duleep Trophy beating North Zone at Visakhapatnam on Saturday. South Zone lifted the Duleep trophy after a gap of 15 years, beating North Zone by seven wickets after a rampaging Robin Uthappa forced the match to close on the fourth day itself, with a day to spare. After a patient, and at times innovative, performance by their bowlers, South Zone's batsmen played as if they had already made plans for a celebration on Sunday, scoring at 7.52 an over and making sure they completed the win on the fourth day itself. The victory marks the first time South has lifted the Duleep Trophy since the 1995-96 season. Abhinav Mukund (64 not out, 67b, 8x4, 1x6) who was a shade less aggressive than Uthappa (71, 45b, 8x4, 3x6) in the 100-run opening stand in 13.5 overs to set the early win, and Manish Pandey (37, 24b, 2x4, 3x6) were part of the run riot as South Zone reached the target of 178. Aggressive batting North had stumbled from 230 for 3 to 317 all out, leaving South 178 to win and Robin Uthappa had no intention of waiting until the fifth day to complete the chase. Uthappa went berserk on a flat track, smashing fours and sixes to all parts of the ground. The contest between Ishant Sharma and Uthappa was one to watch, after the two had been involved in an altercation on the second day that had cost them both their match fee. Uthappa was the clear winner of the bout. He slapped Ishant for six in his first over, and then pulled him for four in his next. One sensed at this stage that Uthappa was looking to finish it on Saturday itself, and that was made clear in the next over, when Uthappa mauled a hapless Sumit Narwal for 19 runs. On a slow wicket that was providing no sideways movement, Narwal was treated like a gentle medium-pacer. Uthappa was lucky to have an edge carry over the slips for four, but the next three shots were all off the middle of the bat. He dismissed Narwal over mid-on for four, guided him over the slips for another boundary, and then pulled him over fine leg for his second six of the innings. The mayhem continued when Amit Mishra brought himself on, with Uthappa favouring the straight boundaries but mixing things up with a reverse sweep to the deep point fence. When Uthappa holed out to Narwal, skying one to long-off, he had scored 71 off 45 balls with three sixes, and South had already brought up their 100 with 14 overs bowled. Yashpal Singh dismissed Amit Verma in the next over, but there was little respite for North as Manish Pandey came in and played in typically aggressive fashion. Pandey smashed three sixes and two fours before falling to Yashpal Singh, but by then South needed just 12 runs to win. Abhinav Mukund had been relatively quiet while Uthappa was around, but opened up after his opening partner was dismissed. He finished the match with a six over long-on off Shikhar Dhawan. South had taken just 23.4 overs to reach North's total. Good bowling Earlier left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha and mediumpacers Sreenath Aravind and Abhimanyu Mithun who was deadly with the second new ball, picked up three wickets each and restricted the North Zone second innings to 317. The target North set was never going to be enough, and they would have hoped to have got more after Mithun Manhas and Paras Dogra had put together 85 for the fourth wicket. Sreenath Aravind had switched to left-arm spin instead of his seamers, and got the crucial wicket of Manhas, for 79. Manhas got a leading edge and Pandey took the catch at cover. Dogra was soon to follow, this time to South's regular left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha, playing an unnecessary slog and holing out to cover. Yashpal Singh held one end up, but the wickets kept falling at the other end. Aravind got another with his left-arm spin - an arm ball deceiving Uday Kaul - and Abhimanyu Mithun wiped out the tail with the new ball. North were out for 317, and though the speed of South's chase was unexpected, they were always favourites to win after dominating most of the match. This was the 11th time that South won the inter-zone tournament, after finishing runner-up to West Zone last season. Paying the price North captain Amit Mitra's statement after the match that his batsmen paid for playing extravagant strokes and the South bowlers bowled intelligently and in good areas, explained the fourth day's proceedings. North needed a good total in the second knock to stay in the game or force a honourable draw after trailing by 140. Post lunch session saw the collapse of North even as Mithun Manhas and Nitin Saini made half centuries and Paras Dogra, followed by Yashpal Singh and captian Amit Mishra tried to stem the rot. Even as the ACA and VDCA were planning to arrange the trophy presentation on Sunday morning, the match ended and ACA vice-president D.V.V.S. Somayajulu presented the Duleep Trophy to South Zone captain S. Badrinath, who was also adjudged Man-of-the-Match and the V.J. Divecha Trophy to runner-up North Zone. “We created tremendous pressure early in the match by not conceding many runs and that brought us wickets. Discipline was the watchword for the team”, Badrinath said after the match.

[b555]

:yay: where are the northies?

[The Outsider]

:yay: where are the northies?

Getting ready to play international cricket for India. :isalute:

[pensionplan]

After I looked at some of the highlights of the finals and also the scorecard UUU is IPL ready and he made good use of the final and the preceding games to fine tune his 20-20 game.

[riwi999]

how is south best' date=' when none of their teams can reach Ranji Finals..[/quote'] That's because strength in South is distributed across teams. Badrinath - TN Pandey/Uthappa - Karnataka Ojha - Hyderabad. When they come together as South Zone, they are a potent force at national level instead of as Ranji teams. Having said that, TN and Karnataka are not too bad at Ranji level. Hyderabad has gone down the drain.

[flamy]

Getting ready to play international cricket for India. :isalute:

:D

[flamy]

Hopefully. Somebody should tell northies batsmen that there is so much at stake at ICF that they have no option but winning this (for the sake of northies on ICF :--D)

:haha::haha: lollers

[flamy]

There are all kinds of match threads, each one does it in their own style. Unless this was a funny remark @SJ, it is just preachy. Other posters can post previews or squads. Does not have to be the match thread starter only. Are we going to write a syntax for match threads, LOL

fiiiiiiiiiiiineeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey's got a cruuuuuuuuuuuush! :woot:

[b555]

:rotfl:

[coffee_rules]

Getting ready to play international cricket for India. :isalute:

With a team selected by a south Indian!!:--D

[Chandan]

Akash Chopra brings once again the contencious point of the format of Duleep trophy, in his latest column, and says that they need a overhaul. I think the entire format of domestic system, be it Ranji trophy, Duleep trophy, Vijay Hazare trophy, Deodhar trophy, Challengers trophy or Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament--- need an overhaul. But I don't think BCCI has time to even think about these"petty" tournaments as they are busy with the all important IPL! Some ignorant fans think that IPL is more popular than even the world cup which takes place once in 4 years! So why will the administators care for the domestic tournaments which no fans cares for, and hence which does not bring any revenue! Anyway, this is what Akash has to say: The Duleep Trophy needs a revamp The 2010-11 Duleep Trophy winners South Zone had not won the tournament since the 1995-96 season Fresh from the Ranji games and straight in to the Duleep Trophy; one can’t help but marvel at the latter’s standard and the quality of cricket on display. Just a look at the net session of a zone team is enough to gauge the palpable difference from a state side. After all, the team which represents a particular zone is made up of the best and most in-form players of all the states falling in its purview. Not too long ago, the Duleep Trophy was the fulcrum around which Indian domestic cricket revolved. While performing for the state, one always had an eye on a possible place in the Duleep Trophy team. You would keep a tab on how your competitors were faring and what exactly was needed to get a look in. Back then, the Duleep Trophy was held on a league basis, which meant you played at least one game against each of the remaining four zones. This was then altered a bit by involving a foreign team to raise the level of competition, and having two groups of three teams. Even then, it meant at least two league games, with the top team from each group making it to the finals. The format has now changed completely, with the exclusion of foreign teams and the tournament being held on a knock-out basis. The finalists from last season, along with a team picked randomly, get a bye to the semi-finals, while the remaining two teams play a quarter-final. While, in theory, a bye is a fitting reward for the defending champions and runners-up, it may not actually be the best situation for the players involved. By playing one less match, their batting and bowling statistics take a hit. One wants to have as many innings under the belt to pile on the runs or increase one’s tally of wickets. But in this case, if your team did well the previous season, you get fewer chances to play. The knock-out matches, with the exception of the final, are four-day games, which in most cases means the match gets decided on the basis of the first-innings lead, unless the track is under-prepared which is very unlikely at this level. A four-day knock-out match doesn’t exactly challenge the teams enough and also mean that you might end up getting only one opportunity to showcase your skills, which may be insufficient and also dull to watch. Just to make matters tougher for the players, there are only three days between the end of the Ranji final and the first Duleep Trophy game. The players who feature in the finals are, quite understandably, a tired lot and seldom find the enthusiasm to raise the bar so soon. Also, since the team has only one or two practice sessions together before the match, the chances of these talented individuals working as a team are not too high. Obviously then, the emphasis is on personal performances with very little regard to the demands of the team. The Duleep Trophy is a great concept, but to ensure that its importance is not wasted on the players, the tournament needs an overhaul. More matches need to be played in order to give everyone a fair chance to make a mark, while a longer gap between the Ranji and Duleep Trophy games would ensure the zones play as teams. ------------- According to me Duleep trophy needs to be the premere tournament and the top 65 FC players need to play just this tournament and no Ranji trophy. Each zone must play at least 10 FC match before playing final. Only 5 FC matches as some players get to play in a season, are too less for their development. Some uniformity must come. Players excelling in Ranji will be chosen dor Duleep and players excelling there will be considered for tests. Then only we are going to get battled hardened batsmen and bowlers rather than depending on chances. Anyway, I'll put Akash's this article in my OP of the thread for Duleep trophy.

[rkt.india]

BCCI needs to get rid of domestic T20s and Zonal ODIs like Devdhar trophy only Ranji trophy, Ranji ODIs, and Duleep trophy expanded, no corporate trophy plz

[Chandan]

BCCI needs to get rid of domestic T20s and Zonal ODIs like Devdhar trophy only Ranji trophy, Ranji ODIs, and Duleep trophy expanded, no corporate trophy plz

rkt, Deodhar or Ranji are NOT ODI! They are just one dayers or list A matches. As for your suggestion, yes, I completely agree that they don't need to have any T20 domestic tournament, when we already have a ten team IPL which runs for 6 weeks, much more than any FC tournament. As for Deodhar, I'd like to have them, and would like them to be played by the same set of players who came out as cream of the crop for Duleep trophy. These guys don't need to play the Ranji FC or Ranji One dayers. It should be like this: Club cricket---->Ranji trophy------>Duleep trophy----->test cricket Each should be one level above the other and mutually exclusive. Hence in one season, if you are chosen for Duleep trophy, you'll be playing that as it'll be a promotion from Ranji trophy. Same in 50 over format too. If we don't narrow down the teams from 27 to 5-6, we'll NEVER have a competitive domestic system! And Makrand Waingankar talks about similar things but then he talked about some corporate tournament which I failed to understand about:

LINK Need to stress on quality and not quantity Makarand Waingankar One of the reasons for the phenomenal growth of Indian cricket is seen as the Board of Control for Cricket in India's promotion of matches. It organises more than 700 matches at junior and senior level. Players get exposure and confidence. This has immensely helped the players from mofussil areas as they hardly have tournaments. But it's time the BCCI rethinks the number of tournaments. The Duleep Trophy was introduced as the best players playing for weaker teams in the Ranji Trophy would not get more than four Ranji Trophy matches in a season. The top teams would score heavily against poor opposition. There was no balance in the tournament structure. With the introduction of Duleep Trophy the best performers played for zones and the quality of the game improved. West playing South at the Brabourne Stadium would attract a full house. In one incident there was a mild lathi charge by police when youngsters tried to break into the east stand to watch teams practise before the match. Now not even a dozen watch the final. When Pataudi, Jaisimha, Viswanath and Brijesh Patel batted against the top bowlers of West Zone, one could see class. You could witness some of the finest aspects of the game when Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Venkatraghavan bowled to Borde, Wadekar, Sardesai and Gavaskar. Duleep Trophy now has lost its sheen because of lack of participation of the stars. This is not to say that stars are unavailable for Duleep Trophy. But due to their hectic international schedule they choose to stay away from the tournament. They agree to the fact that only if they play youngsters will learn how to play but their schedule doesn't permit them to participate. Earning crores With top players earning crores through IPL and endorsements, the Duleep Trophy dates are used by stars for shooting commercials. And those who play are reconciled to the fact that they will find it difficult to break into the Indian team. Now that the number of Ranji Trophy matches has increased and quality teams play in the Elite for three months, it's pointless wasting three weeks in January playing Duleep Trophy. Instead, the Ranji one-day tournament could be played in January after the Ranji Trophy final and the October slot could be used for one more off season tournament for the corporates who are reluctant to employ cricketers for want of tournaments. There have been more than 300 corporates taking part in one major inter-company tournament in Mumbai for more than 75 years but not even one per cent of the total lot playing is employed. Some are on seasonal contracts, others get match fees. In the 60s the All India State Bank team had all internationals playing for them. Later ACC, Tatas and Mafatlals made competition tough. These teams would play in tournaments all over the country. As the number of tournaments reduced, corporates lost interest and disbanded their teams. This is perhaps the reason every aspiring cricketer is keen to play in IPL. What he can earn in six weeks, he might not earn in six years! Get the season reorganised, reduce the number of tournaments and introduce one good corporate tournament. Only then the players will get jobs and matches will produce quality players. At the moment Indian cricket is on mass production mode. It needs to focus on reviving class and not merely quantity.

Anyone knows what corporate tournaments is he talking about? The kind of Corporate trophy we have now or some Pakistan style domestic tournament? If it is the latter, then this writer needs to give up writing soon!