Laaloo Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 According to Sachinism's post' date=' he has a genuine injury and needs to rest till the ODIs. Mind you, Mishra is no better. Its a real shame Ojha wasn't selected for this series.[/quote'] If the selectors had any common sense, with still more than 10 days to go, they would send Ojha on the next flight and make him play the tour game Link to comment
Karan114 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 i have read fans saying 'if we lose 2-1 we still keep no1 ranking' it would be a false ranking. we cant claim to be number 1 if we lose this series guys Hmm, we can't call ourselves outright no.1 now that we've lost this series, but I don't think England can either - they need to prove themselves in Asia first (after all, our lack of wins in Aus and SA have been continuously held against us during our reign as no.1). England play their conditions very well and they've beaten us on their own turf, yes, but they have to do it consistently away from home too. Link to comment
ravsdh Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 According to Sachinism's post' date=' he has a genuine injury and needs to rest till the ODIs. Mind you, Mishra is no better. Its a real shame Ojha wasn't selected for this series.[/quote'] ashwin Link to comment
Karan114 Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 If the selectors had any common sense' date=' with still more than 10 days to go, they would send Ojha on the next flight and make him play the tour game[/quote'] True, but I think our chief selector might be too busy charting out his son's path into the Indian team to worry about the Test team selection Link to comment
Midfielder Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Let us be rational, performance of Bhajji is a non-issue(upto some extent). The games have been lost because of our batsman. After the performance of Dravid and Laxman in the first inning no other batsman besides Yuvraj capitalized. The issue is batting if the supposedly the best lineup against this slightly above average bowling attack cannot get 300 even once then do you really expect to win. If we blame Bhajji and use him as a scapegoat we will never improve. Link to comment
Midfielder Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Don't pass judgement on Bhajji so quickly. Before I address this issue I would bring up this story from our heritage of Panchtantra. The Mongoose and the Brahmin’s Wife This is another good story from the collection of Panchatantra. Once upon a time, there lived a Brahman by the name of Deva Sharma with his wife. His wife delivered a son and they were happy to have their first child. The Brahmin wanted to have a pet animal to protect the child which would also be a companion to the child. The Brahmin kept his proposal before the Brahmani. She found the proposal acceptable and the Brahmin went to bring a pet. Deva Sharma went round the village and after much toil, got a mongoose as an escort to his child. Brahmani didn’t like the idea to keep a mongoose for her child. But as the pet was already brought, so she accepted it. Now, both of them started loving the mongoose as their own child. Yet, the Brahmani never left her son alone because she did not trust the mongoose, fearing that it could harm her son. One day, the farmer and his wife had to go out of the house leaving the child at home. The farmer confirmed that the mongoose would take care of the child while they would be away. So, they left the mongoose and the child at home and went out. Soon after they left, a cobra entered the home. Finding danger to the son of the Brahmin, the mongoose attacked the cobra. They had a bloody combat and the mongoose succeeded in killing the cobra. After this, mongoose heard the footfalls of Brahmin’s wife and went at the door to greet her. Brahmani was trembled to see the blood stained mouth of the mongoose. She inferred that the mongoose had killed the child. Without a second thought, she threw a heavy box on mongoose and the mongoose died at the spot. Brahmani quickly entered the house to see her child and to her great surprise, she found her child sleeping quietly in the cradle. As soon as, she saw a snake bitten into pieces lying near the cradle, she realized that the mongoose had saved her child. The Brahmani was struck by grief that she had killed the mongoose that was like a sibling to her son. She cried loud at her hasty action. Moral: Don’t act in haste. Think and Act. Be rational, it is the batting lineup that has failed to post 300 even once and we are casting stones on Bowling and Bhajji. They can only do so much. The whole team is low on confidence and that is the problem. It is more mental than anything else. Link to comment
Sid Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I really hope Harby misses the ODI tour as well,want to Ashwin as our 1st choice spinner in ODIs and it will be a great chance for Mishra if gets to play in the 3rd test match,though I think he is not that great a bowler in test cricket. Link to comment
Midfielder Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I am not absolving Harby of blame but he is not the reason of the current problems. Link to comment
Sid Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I am not absolving Harby of blame but he is not the reason of the current problems. Who is blaming Harby as the reason of the current problems :hmmmm2: Link to comment
Sachinism Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Sorry for causing confusion, no official word and part about rest was just me Link to comment
Sid Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Sorry for causing confusion' date=' no official word and part about rest was just me[/quote'] Stop spreading rumours and making people happy :mad: Link to comment
ludhianvi Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Wow, celebrating an injury? Class Link to comment
Midfielder Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 People who are happy that players are injured are absolutely classless. I never even wished an injury to a Pakistani player. This is sickening. Link to comment
Sid Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 People are not happy at his injury,they are happy at the fact that atlast some other bowler will play instead of Harby. Link to comment
Sachinism Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Wow' date=' celebrating an injury? Class[/quote'] He looks like he doesn't want to be there, so sit him out Link to comment
Trichromatic Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Yes 4 years is a short span to judge a player. Most of the people are passing judgment quickly. Maybe we should wait for at least 10 more years. Link to comment
pensionplan Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I really hope Harby misses the ODI tour as well' date='want to Ashwin as our 1st choice spinner in ODIs and it will be a great chance for Mishra if gets to play in the 3rd test match,though I think he is not that great a bowler in test cricket.[/quote']They should fly in Ojha like tomorrow and have him play the 2 day game on the 5th and then make a call based on that. Of course all this is a wishful thinking. Link to comment
Fontaine Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I completely agree with the orginal point. Bhajji has dropped a very heavy box on the team and killed the spin option. Link to comment
Fontaine Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 I expected very little from Bhajji in this series. He's delivered even less. Link to comment
Texan Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 he will be out from the 3rd test.. Don't bank on that. I felt he would have been out of this test too... He may just pick up a couple of tailenders and then Dhoni will think he is in top form and pick him again. He clearly has got a very long run in the team despite horrendous performances. He might just stay on. Remember that tour of Pak where he didn't even pick a single wicket and was still in the team? Link to comment
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