The "What if......." Scenario

[vaibhav_delhi]

Flamy cant say wrong!!!!!!

[ganeshran]

Is he fit yet.. I am sure a Nehra injury can be "arranged"

[Sachinism]

Flamy if you were a real man there would be no 69, no giving, only receiving :P Joking aside, he would have been handy, but even he sucks at the death, we'd have to make sure to complete his quota up front. That is what we gave to do with Munaf, he just serves up length deliveries at the death. He got hit for a 4 and 6 off length balls and followed that up with another length delivery which luckily the batsman mistimed and raina took a brilliant catch

[b555]

actually munaf was trying to get the batsman slog and get a wicket same leg cutter twice first one was 6 second one wicket

[gult]

I think Munaf patel is doing quite well in his absence. So, we are not really missing him.

[achilles]

Koomar was last heard saying, "MSD is the Obama of cricket". Chaila, sycophancy ki hadd par

[saneindian]

Again the "tum hote to asia hota" syndrom. The 15 in the squad are good enough to win it for us. If they wont, lets accpet we aren't good enough rather than talk about "what ifs". If nehra hadn't lost his form If Sreesanth wasn't as expensive If Bhajji had bowled his first 5 overs well If Dhoni still had some luck.. If Sehwag and Sachin could still roll their arm over for a few overs If Dhoni had heard Strauss' nicks If Viart and Gambo wouldn't have spilled chances If Virat and Raina could have converted the run out chances Goes on and on..We played poorly lost it. The worst thing is we did not learn much from the England game and repeated the old mistakes. Unless we rectify those mistakes, we will suffer.

[pakexpress]

yep agreee.... If Salman Butt hadn't been involved in spot fixing (pak best opening batsmen for the last 3-4yr If Amir ------------(one of the best bowler going around) If Asif-----( he wouldn't have made it to 11, but still) If Shoaib Malik wasn't being an @sss (10000 times better than Hafeez) If MOYo wasn't such a drama Queen If MYK was still the leading the team.. oh well..just IF's

[saneindian]

yep agreee.... If Salman Butt hadn't been involved in spot fixing (pak best opening batsmen for the last 3-4yr If Amir ------------(one of the best bowler going around) If Asif-----( he wouldn't have made it to 11, but still) If Shoaib Malik wasn't being an @sss (10000 times better than Hafeez) If MOYo wasn't such a drama Queen If MYK was still the leading the team.. oh well..just IF's

If all those Ifs were true, before the WC, the pakistani players would have gathered at Inzi's house and taken an oath to underperform :--D

[Sooda]

Look at im. Sexy SOB too. Sorely missed.

[Ultimate_Game]

What's the status of Praveen Kumar's injury by the way? If he is fit by the quarter finals (I think March 23rd or 24th) maybe Indian team can arrange an "accident" involving Chawla at the nets and get PK in like Aussies did with Hussey :winky: If Praveen Kumar is in the team, we can have two decent bowlers up front - Zaheer and PK followed by two spinners who can control middle overs - Harbhajan and Ashwin with Yuvraj & Pathan sharing 10 overs. Plus PK managed to find swing in any conditions with the new ball.

[Ultimate_Game]

If all those Ifs were true' date=' before the WC, the pakistani players would have gathered at Inzi's house and taken an oath to underperform :--D[/quote'] :cantstop:

[ZodiaC]

Well I'm sure we would have played Nehra still and PK would've done what Munaf did.

[flamy]

Dood' date=' can i have what you smoking, for sure it aint cigarettes :woot:[/quote'] why ever wud i smoke cancer sticks?

[flamy]

Flamy cant say wrong!!!!!!

:icflove:

Flamy if you were a real man there would be no 69, no giving, only receiving :P Joking aside, he would have been handy, but even he sucks at the death, we'd have to make sure to complete his quota up front. That is what we gave to do with Munaf, he just serves up length deliveries at the death. He got hit for a 4 and 6 off length balls and followed that up with another length delivery which luckily the batsman mistimed and raina took a brilliant catch

:hysterical::hysterical: ya, he is not a death option, but he would definitely get us wickets up front

[saneindian]

What's the status of Praveen Kumar's injury by the way? If he is fit by the quarter finals (I think March 23rd or 24th) maybe Indian team can arrange an "accident" involving Chawla at the nets and get PK in like Aussies did with Hussey :winky: If Praveen Kumar is in the team, we can have two decent bowlers up front - Zaheer and PK followed by two spinners who can control middle overs - Harbhajan and Ashwin with Yuvraj & Pathan sharing 10 overs. Plus PK managed to find swing in any conditions with the new ball.

Out for at least 1 month after an elbow surgery.Has been undergoing rehab at the NCA. A report in The Telegraph on 4th March read as below: Meanwhile, Praveen Kumar, who recently underwent surgery on his right elbow, in the UK, is undergoing rehab at the National Cricket Academy. “I expect to be bowling after 25 days or so,” Praveen, who had to be withdrawn from the World Cup XV, said, speaking exclusively. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110305/jsp/sports/story_13670662.jsp

[Ultimate_Game]

Out for at least 1 month after an elbow surgery.Has been undergoing rehab at the NCA. A report in The Telegraph on 4th March read as below: Meanwhile, Praveen Kumar, who recently underwent surgery on his right elbow, in the UK, is undergoing rehab at the National Cricket Academy. “I expect to be bowling after 25 days or so,†Praveen, who had to be withdrawn from the World Cup XV, said, speaking exclusively. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110305/jsp/sports/story_13670662.jsp

:(( Oh well. Guess Ashwin has to be our saviour coz if Ashwin doesn't step up, we can kiss the cup goodbye