Differences and similarities between 1983 squad and 2011 squad

[desi pride 1234]

similarities: both teams got dashing opener- veeru and srikkanth. Technically strong openers- sachin , gavaskar. Gutsy and unorthodox middle order batsmen - mohinder , dhoni. Hard hitters yashpal and yusuf, Sandeep patil and yuvi. Got one outstanding bowler kapil and zaheer. Differences: they had allrounders like kapil and mohinder and their bowling suited to england conditions. This team don't have a proper alrounder and they gotta deal with part time spinners which is a big burden.

[rohitsilhi]

similarity- trundlers- madan lal and munaf patel difference- no weight of expectations in 1983 a world class allrounder in kapil dev 1983- excellent fielding unit with great physical fitness a captain who put the team first and not his bank balance

[zen]

Whenever I see threads like this I see India crashing out of the tourney so :antijinx:

[Mariyam]

Some glaring differences; we wore white in 1983. We will wear dark blue in 2011. Wills was our sponsor then. Sahara is now.

[Guest BossBhai]

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[nballa]

well the players who played in 83 are not playing in 11. so yeah glaring differences.

[Sooda]

well the players who played in 83 are not playing in 11. so yeah glaring differences.

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[coffee_rules]

1983 - Numbers add up to 21 which is the first and last digit of this year 2011. So, we win this year ....:eyedance: ....:headshake:...very lame...could have done better...:roller:

[flamy]

:headshake:

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[maniac]

Similarities:1983:Sunil Walson 2011:Piyush Chawla...will not get a single game

[urbestfriend]

similarities: both teams got dashing opener- veeru and srikkanth. Technically strong openers- sachin ' date=' gavaskar. Gutsy and unorthodox middle order batsmen - mohinder , dhoni. Hard hitters yashpal and yusuf, Sandeep patil and yuvi. Got one outstanding bowler kapil and zaheer. Differences: they had allrounders like kapil and mohinder and their bowling suited to england conditions. This team don't have a proper alrounder and they gotta deal with part time spinners which is a big burden.[/quote'] 2007 team was also similar with a dashing opener in uthappa, gutsy middle order batsmen in sehwag & sachin , hard hitters in Yuvi and Dhoni and one outstanding bowler in Zaheer. Even we had an allrounder in Sir Aggy. :haha:

[jf1gp_1]

difference or similarity will be clear once the final is over

[Ultimate_Game]

1. 1983 team had a much better balance which batted till 10 - Kirmani used to bat at #10 with only Sandhu as a genuine tailender!!! Our current team ha a tail starting at #8. 2. 1983 team had a bunch of medium paced all-rounders such as Madan Lal, Amarnath (not sure whether Roger Binny was there as well) with India's best ever all-rounder Kapil Dev leading the way. Current team has no genuine all-rounders to speak of and no medium/fast all-rounder. This is one area which hurts us a lot and I wish we can get 2003 version of Irfan Pathan back. Just imagine Munaf replaced by Irfan in the current team 3. 1983 team was a brilliant fielding team with literally none needed to be hidden in the field. Current lot consists of Munaf, Nehra, Zaheer and an unfit Yuvraj

[Online]

The thread title reminds me of a typical question we used to have in school Distinguish between A and B What are the similarities and differences between X and Y and we would draw a line down the middle making 2 columns and write 2 opposite statements on each side ahh those days :)

[nballa]

also add lack of expectations lack of reputation lack of endorsements lack of distractions lack of injuries lack of slackers lack of space fillers lack of non performing kupthaans eventually led them to concentrate only on cricket and winning, and played better. with the current crop of lard asses its the polar opposite.