Pre match discussion for The Final

[Andy]

Heard the Pitch would offer turn. Going by Dhoni's win Loss record for Tosses, he would lose this crucial Toss. Ahh.. The Horrors of Calcutta 96 have already started giving me Nightmares.

[Andy]

Nehra plays or he doesnt not much of a Problem when you have ashwin.

[Sachin=GOD]

Now Nehra is definitely out so its between Ashwin & Sreesanth for a place in the playing 11. I hope they select Ashwin

[pinkfreud]

Now Nehra is definitely out so its between Ashwin & Sreesanth for a place in the playing 11. I hope they select Ashwin

It will be Ashwin in all probability. Wankhede is a turning pitch.

[Sachin=GOD]

Angelo Mathews is definitely out for Sri Lanka - just saw this on NDTV.

[Lord]

I know everybody wants to play Ashwin but i would go with 3 pacers unless its a turner.this has been our strategy for a long time and we should stick to it .

agree,specially against SL,no point playing Ashwin

[Lord]

Angelo Mathews is definitely out for Sri Lanka - just saw this on NDTV.

so Vaas:nervous:

[Lord]

It will be Ashwin in all probability. Wankhede is a turning pitch.

no it isnt.saw the SL-NZ match.it was seaming n bouncing,but had nothing for spinners except bounce

[Lord]

Hell No' date=' We need to play with two spinners and 2 seamers. I know we got lucky in Mohali but dont want to repeat the same mistake again. We can chose one of the Nehra or Munaf for the final but Ashwin is a must.[/quote'] lucky?both Nehra n Munaf did well.Ashwin wasnt played because Pakis play spin well.SL play spin even better.

[Sachin=GOD]

so Vaas:nervous:

I'm actually not that worried about Vass - he has'nt played an international game in a very, very long time so even with all his experience, it would'nt be very easy to come in straight away and perform well in The World Cup Final.

[Andy]

no it isnt.saw the SL-NZ match.it was seaming n bouncing' date='but had nothing for spinners except bounce[/quote'] The curator says its turner. Heard so.

[abhinav]

so Vaas:nervous:

No, Mathooz has been replaced by Randiv..the Lankan tail now starts from No. 7 :two_thumbs_up:

[pinkfreud]

no it isnt.saw the SL-NZ match.it was seaming n bouncing' date='but had nothing for spinners except bounce[/quote'] http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/story/cricket.yahoonews.com/wankhede-pitch-will-slow-turner-says-curator-20110331/ Will be easier for the team batting first.

[pinkfreud]

No' date=' Mathooz has been replaced by Randiv..[/quote'] Fantastic. Cue Sehwag pulling off another Gul 2.0 tomorrow.

[Lord]

http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/news/article?id=item/2.0/-/story/cricket.yahoonews.com/wankhede-pitch-will-slow-turner-says-curator-20110331/

that sucks.why are we hell bent on making them feel at home.they mauled NZ n Eng on same kind of tracks.yes we'll fare better,but we can also play swing well.they can't

[CoverDrive]

One thing i like about our present batting order is right down to Raina everyone is a proper batsman. In fact except for Yuvi all others have good experience at No. 3 (Kohli, Gambhir, MSD, Raina) and can bat long. That is what helped us in SF when we were 4 down just halfway in the match.

[abhinav]

The curator says the pitch will be a slow turner and 270-280 is a par score..so a better pitch then Mohali IMO

[Karan114]

so Vaas:nervous:

Actually its Randiv who has replaced Mathews in the squad

[Sachin=GOD]

So Sri Lanka will have lots and lots of spinners - Murali, Mendis, Randiv, Dilshan. I think seeing this India will most certainly go with Ashwin.

[pinkfreud]

The curator says the pitch will be a slow turner and 270-280 is a par score..so a better pitch then Mohali IMO

Yes it is, but we also have reason to worry. Lanka have the batsmen who can easily chase down that much without breaking a sweat- unlike Pakistan. The burden of stopping them in their tracks will all be on Zak's shoulders. Him, and hopefully the other guys who are willing to attack rather than contain tomorrow. The containment tactic will just :fail: against SL.