Zaheer building up to full fitness

[Old guy]

Give him some respect... he will wreck havoc on any pitch but the others would need help from the surface to even pick batters like siddle

i do respect him but at this fitness level do u really think he is gonna bowl so many overs? even if he bowls 15-17 overs thats valuable and plz dont underestimate ishant idk im just getting feeling this might be his series lol zaheer is class no doubt abt it but he cant win u matches on his own zaheer hsould be used at important times whts it called the donkey work that would be done by yadav and ishant

[carnish]

i do respect him but at this fitness level do u really think he is gonna bowl so many overs? even if he bowls 15-17 overs thats valuable and plz dont underestimate ishant idk im just getting feeling this might be his series lol zaheer is class no doubt abt it but he cant win u matches on his own zaheer hsould be used at important times whts it called the donkey work that would be done by yadav and ishant

Nope, the donkey work should be done by ashwin and kohli... maybe dhoni can roll his arms too :winky: We cant risk losing Ishu or yadav doing donkey work

[Old guy]

Nope, the donkey work should be done by ashwin and kohli... maybe dhoni can roll his arms too :winky: We cant risk losing Ishu or yadav doing donkey work

ashwin wont bowl as much as he does in india and our part timers would be totally ineffective ..all im saying is if some one gotta do the hard work it wont be zaheer.. hope im clear

[deathmonger]

ashwin wont bowl as much as he does in india and our part timers would be totally ineffective ..all im saying is if some one gotta do the hard work it wont be zaheer.. hope im clear

even i believe ishu wil do well. he's got his pace back, was bowling well in the last test against the indies.

[Needforspeed]

If Zaheer can bowl only 15 overs in a day that means the other 3 will have to bowl 75 overs. It would be really useful if Kohli can develop his bowling a bit more. In his under 19 days actually he was considered an all rounder. Wish India had the luxury of going with 5 bowlers, dut dont think that will happen.

[saneindian]

Zaheer should play the first test only if he bowls at full tilt in the practice matches. If there is even the slightest of doubt about him not lasting 5 days, he should not play the first test. Can't afford another Lord's like scenario. If it means a bowling attack of Ishant, Umesh, VK and Ashwin so be it. Three and a half bowlers will be better than just three bowlers after a few overs on day 1 of the test match.

[Karan114]

Zaheer should play the first test only if he bowls at full tilt in the practice matches. If there is even the slightest of doubt about him not lasting 5 days, he should not play the first test. Can't afford another Lord's like scenario. If it means a bowling attack of Ishant, Umesh, VK and Ashwin so be it. Three and a half bowlers will be better than just three bowlers after a few overs on day 1 of the test match.

Absolutely. Just can't have any bowler, no matter how good, limping off after bowling 13 overs like in the England debacle.

[gaurav92]

People are delusional if they think ZK will last the 4 Tests. The max he'll play is 2 Tests and that too needs fitness commitment.

[gaurav92]

Zaheer should play the first test only if he bowls at full tilt in the practice matches. If there is even the slightest of doubt about him not lasting 5 days, he should not play the first test. Can't afford another Lord's like scenario. If it means a bowling attack of Ishant, Umesh, VK and Ashwin so be it. Three and a half bowlers will be better than just three bowlers after a few overs on day 1 of the test match.

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[The Outsider]

Yeah, let's pray. After all the "Om Namah Shivay" chant of delusional fools is what won India the World Cup : http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showthread.php?t=264201

[The Outsider]

So, I just tried this prayer thing and got through to KT's God - he said he does not have jurisdiction over Zaheer because Zaheer comes under a different God than the one KT believes in. He said, though that if KT converts and prays to the appropriate God things might work out. Will KT make the ultimate sacrifice for the country - dekhte rahiye, ICF!

[carnish]

So' date=' I just tried this prayer thing and got through to KT's God - he said he does not have jurisdiction over Zaheer because Zaheer comes under a different God than the one KT believes in. He said, though that if KT converts and prays to the appropriate God things might work out. Will KT make the ultimate sacrifice for the country - dekhte rahiye, ICF![/quote'] :hysterical::hysterical: