Jersey #10 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 In before many more threads like this one are created before the game tomorrow. Link to comment
WC2011INDIA Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Let Dhoni win the toss first maaaaan... Link to comment
TheYuvi02 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Hope we can draw his test Link to comment
WC2011INDIA Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Eng - 100/7 in 50 overs 320/10 in 90 overs India - 250/all out in 55 overs Link to comment
Karan114 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 India 103 all out England 174 for 1 Link to comment
Andy Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I'm concerned at the optimism over Gambhir. He isn't the same player playing abroad. Not really betting on him getting a big score. Would be happy to be proved wrong. What? Come again. Link to comment
anotherhawkeye Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Have our guys thrown in the towel already? TOI article states that our guys are dispirited in the practice and some didn't even practice to begin with. Not sure whether this is TOI being unfair to the players or reality. But not the kind of article I was hoping to read on the day before the 3rd test. We are already playing a side that's in top form while we are plagued by injury concerns and out of form batsmen. If we have to salvage this tour some how, we need to play our hearts out. If we just go through the motions, further humiliation (worse than 2nd test - innings defeat/follow on type humiliation) will await us. BIRMINGHAM: After being at the top for two years, India may not have expected their world to turn topsy-turvy in just two weeks; but the defeats at Lord's and Trent Bridge have done exactly that, leaving them virtually down in the dumps. It showed rather alarmingly in their body language here at the Edgbaston ground on Monday morning as they prepared for the remaining two Tests. Being back-to-back matches, India won't even find the time, space or energy to regroup or revitalize from any major setback. They need to win both the games, with the first starting on Wednesday, to hang on edgily to their World No. 1 ranking. But one more defeat and England will catapult over South Africa, from No. 3 to No. 1. It is the final stretch for both, the champions and the contenders. In such a scenario, you would have hoped - if not expected - the players to show a little more enthusiasm, if not passion, in their penultimate training session; it was glaringly missing, though, as they went through the routine in a lackadaisical manner. England, on the other hand, looked that much more desperate and fervent in their approach. Like always, the morning began with a light loosening-up session; it quickly dissolved into the mandatory football game but the players were barely kicked about it. The bonhomie or even the desire to go one-up was conspicuously missing as they scrambled after the ball listlessly. Where had the confidence, if not the aura, evaporated? If that was not enough, they trooped away from the stunning ground towards the "nets" in ones and twos. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Rahul Dravid took guard quickly enough and Munaf Patel, Praveen Kumar and Amit Mishra bowled at them, with support from local bowlers and fielding coach Trevor Penny. The others, however, seemed least interested. If Ishant Sharma sat in one corner, Abhinav Mukund was in another. Sachin Tendulkar quietly padded up, keeping an eye on Dravid's footwork. Virat Kohli walked around aimlessly while Suresh Raina was not his usual energetic self either. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, after showing his fast bowling skills in the first Test, worked on his spinning abilities. Maybe, he realizes that he may need to back this up now in the absence of Harbhajan Singh. Pragyan Ojha, who finally joined the team, seemed in his own world too. All the others who are likely to figure in the playing XI had a go with their bats, including Virat Kohli. Mukund, who scored a hundred in the practice game, didn't even bother to pad up, which means he is not in the reckoning at all. There was no sign of Sreesanth for the most part either. Clearly, this team is not just dispirited; it is too low on confidence and will need a miracle or a standout performance by someone to make a comeback. Sadly, Edgbaston is not the best place for such a turnaround. India's record here, even when it used to be a batting track, is dismal. Now, of course, it has a tinge of green and promises to be pacy and helpful to England's attack. Maybe, that's why they are already down in the dumps. Link to comment
Blue Panther Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 No, i am yet take a bath today. Link to comment
Utalk Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I would not surprised if India beat Eng in Birmingham. Link to comment
anotherhawkeye Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 I would not surprised if India beat Eng in Birmingham. Not sure which India team you are following. They could do it, of course, but I would be (pleasantly) surprised. Link to comment
luvablubba Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 England have all the momentum with them so the Indian team are up against it a bit, but that could bring the best out of them, so, who knows!? ... But would almost be an upset if India won a match in this series on the evidence of the last two matches. Link to comment
StatsRock Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I would not read much into a simple net session. For all we know this is how the Indians could have practicsed at Kolkata 2001. If a couple of the established giants click, India could be a different team altogether. Lets wait and watch. Strange things can happen in cricket. Link to comment
varun Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 If England bats: England 227/5 If India bats: India 220 a.o, England 20/1 Link to comment
Cricketics Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I don't know about all that. I know my team is going to fight like CHEETAHS. This will be the backlash of the summer. Backlash of years. Years to come people will remember that this Dhoni team was hard to beat all out. Unfinished series this, and unfinished outcome this. My team WILL SHOW IT'S TRUE STYLE TOMORROW. INDIA, GO CONQUER THE BRITLAND.. Link to comment
Desi Cartman Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Eng 33 AO India 46 AO Eng 23 AO India 11-9 Link to comment
CG Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Dhoni wins again...opts for a bat India - 212 AO England 50/0 anybody who says england opening batsman can survive are either joking or joking ,they cannot play on playstation let alone in the real game ,they will block and block till they get out. Link to comment
luvablubba Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 ^^ did you KNOW India were going to fight like Cheetahs before the last two tests?... Also interestingly the Cheetah is actually quite a lightweight animal. Other similar sized predators such as hyenas and lions out-muscle them from their kills, rather than fight the Cheetah will run away, as they cannot defend themselves from most other predator species, they will immediately surrender a kill even to a single hyena rather than risk injury.... Fun fact of the day supplied by me Whooping of the day supplied by England Cricket Team :--D Link to comment
Pagalpanti Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 If India bat Ind 171 A.O Eng 83/2 If Eng bat Eng 264 AO Ind 23/1 -- Also its about time that Sachin hits form, we might see his 100th century finally. Link to comment
Utalk Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 309/5 to whoever bats first.Bell and Laxman to do well. Link to comment
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