yoda Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Ashwin seems to be losing it. At this rate I can see R Sharma taking over from him as the #1 spinner. And who is the dumb feck who decided to go with 3 spinners on this track?
Ultimate_Game Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Says it all when our best bowler was Vinay Kumar and Raina and Rohit Sharma were better spinners than our main spinners :haha: I wonder why Dhoni didn't give Raina and Rohit more overs? They couldn't have done any worse :dontknow:
Number Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Ashwin seems to be losing it. At this rate I can see R Sharma taking over from him as the #1 spinner. And who is the dumb feck who decided to go with 3 spinners on this track? Seriously. He is turning into such a big disappointment. More than anything else , his bowling is showing lack of mental strength in him. He is a big prospect for us , hope he comes good.
yadhav500 Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 You are in for a surprise. SL chased 300+ against SA in their last game and won the last 2 odis. With fast bowling all-rounders like Angelo Matthews' date=' Thissera Pereira and Kulasekara they will be no push-overs and I can't see the team we played y'day getting the better of SL.[/quote'] Let's wait and see shall we? :--D PS: Perera is a blind slogger
akshayxyz Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Resting Sehwag = madness. even though I don't like Sehwag's approach in ODIs.. ( or even in Tests :().. but I would pick him ahead of Gambhir - in ODIs.
Ultimate_Game Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Let's wait and see shall we? :--D PS: Perera is a blind slogger Perera may be a blind slogger but he shows up against India. He has a knack of getting 9 ball 20s and 30s against us :haha:
asterix Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Skipper Dhoni blames loose deliveries by spinners for loss MELBOURNE: Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni was scathing in his criticism of his bowlers for bowling too many loose deliveries against Australia as they lost the first match of the one-day series at the MCG on Sunday. "If you see the game, they bowled too short. Two (bowlers) went for a lot of runs. You do bowl loose deliveries but there are certain so loose that they would always go for a four or a six," Dhoni said after his side's 65-run defeat. :hysterical: "Today we bowled a lot of these deliveries. Even if it's a big ground, the execution wasn't great and that was the reason they could score 216 runs," he added. The two bowlers facing Dhoni's ire were Ravinder Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin who leaked runs liberally. "It's a worry. If Jadeja doesn't bowl well, then the stability of the side is affected. You also need a batsman who can bat at number seven. You need to restrict the opponents, you can't let them score too many runs, thinking your batters can chase down any total. "You have to bowl well for the batters to have a reasonable chance to chase down a total." Jadjea conceded 41 runs in his 2.4 overs and was hit for three sixes. He also bowled two no-balls and a wide. "As for Ashwin, it's very difficult. At times bowlers don't bowl well. It has effect on everyone. He is a good bowler, he has done well. But then it's his first series in Australia. "He is still getting used to it, especially with the white ball and the bounce of the wicket. If you bowl a loose delivery here, more often than not you would be scored off. It could be playing on his mind." One bowler who earned the skipper's approval was young leg-spinner Rahul Sharma, who picked up Australian opener Mathew Wade's wicket and induced a lot of edges. "He did a decent job for us. He was someone who was not consistently getting hit. There were a lot of edges which went to places where there were no fielders. The ball went to short fine leg and there wasn't anyone. The ball went to midwicket and there was no fielder. Overall he did a good job for us." Dhoni said with the failure of the spinners, he would have to look at the options among the resources he has. "We will have to look at options. If Plan A doesn't work then you have to go with Plan B. We also have to look at our resources. We don't have a fast bowling all-rounder. Irfan has just come in, we have to see if we can have variations. "If you have bowlers who are bowling below 130kmph, then you have to decide to go with three spinners or three fast bowlers. With pace, there is also opportunity to get scored quickly so you have to be careful." India's fielding also was ragged in the middle but Dhoni didn't blame his fielders. "The loose deliveries were a bit too loose. :cantstop: You can put an effort in fielding but if the ball goes to deep midwicket and long on and there are no fielders, you could try your best but it's no help. "Most of the boundaries went to vacant areas. Of course the fielders also were under pressure from the batsmen. On a big ground it happens, if you put the shot in right area, you could be the best fielder in the world but the batsmen would pick up runs." Dhoni took a potshot at his batsmen as they could put up just 151 on board in 29-odd overs. "It's not blaming bowlers. We need to bat as well. There was a moment when we had a good stand going. There's a moment between 10-20 overs, if you don't lose a wicket, you can chase down 200-plus total." The Australian method of going all-out against the batsmen in Tests was also visible in the first one-day game. "This ball game is completely different you don't have to play with patience. It means you are positive and looking to score. You are looking to get off strike and if it's in your area, you look to score boundary. "The positive state of mind is always a help. The white ball also doesn't swing as much so. It's always a different ball game altogether." The Indian captain believed his strategy was affected due to prolonged rain break which lasted three hours. "We were expecting rains but not to the extent it happened. The forecast said at most it will be 2-4 millimeters. But here we lost 18 overs It affects your strategy for you were left with only three overs with pacemen (on resumption). As in cricket, weather also doesn't always go your way." The focus of his team, Dhoni said, should be to now make it to the finals -- probably at the expense of Sri Lanka. "It's important for us to get into the finals. It's not Australia or Sri Lanka. We first and foremost need to be in the finals and then channelize our energies." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/series-tournaments/india-in-australia/top-stories/Skipper-Dhoni-blames-loose-deliveries-by-spinners-for-loss/articleshow/11766968.cms
Sid Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 "If you have bowlers who are bowling below 130kmph, then you have to decide to go with three spinners or three fast bowlers. With pace, there is also opportunity to get scored quickly so you have to be careful." :hmmm: :WTF:
asterix Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 :hmmm: :WTF: Oops..I missed that gem.. Mashallah..
div Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 :hmmm: :WTF: He is basically saying Irfan Pathan is not good enough
ganeshran Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Lankan ODI team is a good one, only their test side sucks. Plus its alien conditions for both teams so no one has any advantage. The match is quite evenly poised
chainsmoker1985 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Posted February 5, 2012 Says it all when our best bowler was Vinay Kumar and Raina and Rohit Sharma were better spinners than our main spinners :haha: I wonder why Dhoni didn't give Raina and Rohit more overs? They couldn't have done any worse :dontknow: Last over of Jadeja was EPIC :hysterical: Dhoni must wanted to pull his hair out when Jadeja couldn't bowl 4 balls properly, 4, wide, no ball, then 6. :hysterical:
Aussie-r-best Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Wait, there is a pilot for a new show in India..... Its called: The Indian Cricket Fan excuses Wheel of Fortune The reasons don't change and the wheel is dominaned by tiles for BCCI, Dhoni, Sehwag (only sometimes), IPL, Dravid, SRT, Gambhir, Ishant, and laxman.... The show is said to be fantasy and have no basis in reality. Unbelievable... Sehwag has been smashed here (and rightly so) because he has delivered nothing on tour... he rarely if ever does outside SC and definitely no against Aust. Dhoni perfomrs in ODIs including against Aust... The answer is not to blame everyone else, its called dreamland that so many live in.... The fault lies with the players on the field... they are either not good enough (off the SC) or not up to te standard... Blame everyone/everything else because that fallicy is easier than admitting what the rest clearly see. One word explains it for many, many, many here... Fickle
chainsmoker1985 Posted February 5, 2012 Author Posted February 5, 2012 Seriously. He is turning into such a big disappointment. More than anything else ' date=' his bowling is showing lack of mental strength in him. He is a big prospect for us , hope he comes good.[/quote'] Before Test series, Ashwin was my trump card. Seriously I was thinking that Aussies would be absolute clueless against him but not the situation is totally :((
Aussie-r-best Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Lankan ODI team is a good one' date=' only their test side sucks. Plus its alien conditions for both teams so no one has any advantage. The match is quite evenly poised[/quote'] This is almost the story of SL cricket for decades.... Good and sometimes great at ODIs (they have a WC and a couple of WC final appearances) but terrible at the long form
Old guy Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Wait, there is a pilot for a new show in India..... Its called: The Indian Cricket Fan excuses Wheel of Fortune The reasons don't change and the wheel is dominaned by tiles for BCCI, Dhoni, Sehwag (only sometimes), IPL, Dravid, SRT, Gambhir, Ishant, and laxman.... The show is said to be fantasy and have no basis in reality. Unbelievable... Sehwag has been smashed here (and rightly so) because he has delivered nothing on tour... he rarely if ever does outside SC and definitely no against Aust. Dhoni perfomrs in ODIs including against Aust... The answer is not to blame everyone else, its called dreamland that so many live in.... The fault lies with the players on the field... they are either not good enough (off the SC) or not up to te standard... Blame everyone/everything else because that fallicy is easier than admitting what the rest clearly see. One word explains it for many, many, many here... Fickle i dont blame them , its jsut that we are too good for them first 4 bowlers injured and still bowled so well, we are truly back:two_thumbs_up:
VRV Singh Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 What the hell kind of post is that? You are scathing of Indian fans blaming the players, then you say we should blame the players?
Aussie-r-best Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Before Test series' date=' Ashwin was my trump card. Seriously I was thinking that Aussies would be absolute clueless against him but not the situation is totally :(([/quote'] So far off.... In fact it is Ashwin that is clueless to Aussie bats.. they dispatch him to all parts with relative ease.... Watching spinners around the world, there are many you would be conserned facing well ahead of Ashwin... India's spinners are behind the English and Paki spinners in quallity
VRV Singh Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 :hmmm: :WTF: Yeah he doesn't rate Pathan. Seems extreme...does he want Garry Sobers? I don't like my all-rounder, I will pick a buffet spinner instead :hmmm:
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