Aus vs India 4th ODI Post match discussion

[Sid]

:wtf: Too flashy and doesnt play according to the situation? :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Maybe tell that to Sehwag first.

From where Sehwag is coming into this,Am I saying play Sehwag ahead of Rohit :blink:

[peterparker]

rohit sharma needs to be given a long run now..they persisted with kohli after 2009 october..and rohit sharma was only used to be a filler..now he must be persisted with..even kohli had lot of failures..starting from asia cup in 2010..he came back strongly after that

[zep1706]

rohit sharma needs to be given a long run now..they persisted with kohli after 2009 october..and rohit sharma was only used to be a filler..now he must be persisted with..even kohli had lot of failures..starting from asia cup in 2010..he came back strongly after that

Agreed. You play better when you know your place is secured. He has the talent, will come good eventually.

[Old guy]

im happy with our bowling would ideally like rahul sharma in team but ashwin imo is good batsman maybe cant hit fours on will but stil so lets give him a run only thing that disappointed me was rohit again played in air and threw wicket away with kohli its understandable he was scoring them quickly so went for **** but rohit had no pressure at that moment like always wanted to become hero and looked stupid in end next match sachin in for sehwag maybe rest zaheer

[Number]

Rohit Sharma's pull shot that went for six was awesome. Only he can pull like that.

[Old guy]

Rohit Sharma's pull shot that went for six was awesome. Only he can pull like that.

yep.. he is a good player no question about that but the way he throws his wicket away if he does not learns quickly he needs to go

[Show_stopper]

Rohit Sharma's pull shot that went for six was awesome. Only he can pull like that.

+1. Doing it to a bowler who was bowling around 145 kph is no joke.

[akshayxyz]

7/10 times you will lose the match .Specially the way dhoni played initially .

THIS. 12 of 4, most of the times bowling team will have their tail up, and wont dish out sixer/no-ball deliveries - esp a bowler who was the best of the day, until those last 3 balls.

[Magneto]

Rohit played to his average :giggle:

[Old guy]

Rohit played to his average :giggle:

2 more fails and he is out :D but i think he is gonna score heavily in next match :P

[MCcricket]

Guys be patient, he is an outstanding talent, the best bat I have seen after Sachin.Dhoni's captaincy, not getting a game on this tour before the ODI'S, player rotation not conducive to his thought process,he has performed very well in int cricket this year also.

[1983-2011]

Uncle Tony Greig Strikes Again Adelaide: Former England captain Tony Greig has labelled the decision to rest Sachin Tendulkar and Mike Hussey during Sunday's tri-series match between India and Australia as a "disgrace". Expressing displeasure at the rotation policy of India and Australia, cricketer-turned-commentator Greig said the fans and Channel Nine should receive financial compensation. "TV networks should receive a rebate on TV rights fees if stars are rested and the same should apply to those who have bought tickets," Greig wrote on his twitter page. "Tendulkar rested - that's a disgrace as is the resting of Hussey!!!! What about the cricket lovers?" Tendulkar, who is one short of his milestone 100th international century, and Hussey, were rested as per the rotation policy of the two teams. Channel Nine's executive producer of cricket, Brad McNamara also expressed his displeasure and said he expected the best players to be involved in every game. "We want the best players playing every game, as simple as that. Anything that affects our viewing audience is an issue, it's as simple as that. If it has the potential to do that, it is an issue," McNamara was quoted as saying in the Sydney Morning Herald. "Imagine what it has done to the viewing audience in India?" McNamara said. "That particular resting probably has more of an issue for the Indian audience although there are a lot of people (in Australia) who like watching Tendulkar bat. We would much prefer he was playing, put it that way." http://cricketnext.in.com/news/resting-tendulkar-hussey-a-disgrace/63787-13.html

[Ultimate_Game]

You know a sport is in trouble when on field decisions are dictated by external factors. So far so good; let's see how long this situation lasts.

[VRV Singh]

Lol. Greig in retard shocker. How long is this tri-series again?

[Show_stopper]

Sorry but the playing 11 is the prerogative of the team management and as such any of 5 from the 16 can sit out.In any case the reasoning behind the claim is pretty lame and as such isn't likely to hold water with the BCCI who aren't exactly fans of the ch9 network(their association with ICL).

[goose]

Gambhir pretty much involved in a public spat with Dhoni over the captain's finishing strategy.

[Magneto]

Some of the things he said: "It's easier said than done. There is far more pressure on the players who are in the middle. It's their turn to take the decision. I don't know why he (Dhoni) delayed it. Perhaps, he wanted somebody else to take the responsibility. Still the most important shot in the match was played by him," Gambhir said. "More importantly, this is the XI that had the belief that they could beat any opposition in the park. One or two can't make the difference. It's the XI with belief. You don't want names. You want people who can deliver. Gambhir also said that as long as he is consistent, he is not bothered about landmarks. "It's important to get consistent runs. If I am desperate for a century, it would go away. Any amount of runs that helps the team win is good rather than make a hundred on a losing cause." Diplomacy is not surely his forte. :giggle:

[Raghav_12]

:cantstop: :cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop::cantstop:

This headline is so misleading. I woke up in morning and half-awakened, checked Cricinfo saw this headline. Thought Dhoni would have hit a ton (i had an idea about target for Indian team) and proceeded to check scorecard. But then checked that Dhoni had not scored even half of the runs that Gambhir scored and that too at a poorer strike rate. (I mean a strike rate that poor for somebody coming at the business end of a steep chase is criminal.) Couldn't understand reason behind that headline from CI. Did he bowl some of his seam ups and picked few wickets? However then checked commentary and realized what had happened. It was really poor from Dhoni and he just got lucky in the end. This is second time in recent past when media robbed Gambhir of deserving attention just to glorify media's boy Dhoni.

[Raghav_12]

Some of the things he said: "It's easier said than done. There is far more pressure on the players who are in the middle. It's their turn to take the decision. I don't know why he (Dhoni) delayed it. Perhaps, he wanted somebody else to take the responsibility. Still the most important shot in the match was played by him," Gambhir said. "More importantly, this is the XI that had the belief that they could beat any opposition in the park. One or two can't make the difference. It's the XI with belief. You don't want names. You want people who can deliver. Gambhir also said that as long as he is consistent, he is not bothered about landmarks. "It's important to get consistent runs. If I am desperate for a century, it would go away. Any amount of runs that helps the team win is good rather than make a hundred on a losing cause." Diplomacy is not surely his forte. :giggle:

Looks like everything is not well in the dressing room.

[CG]

We could've chased better, says Dhoni | Shouldn't have taken game to 50th over - Gambhir Gautam Gambhir said he would have liked to finish the game earlier than MS Dhoni did Gautam Gambhir, who scored 92 runs in India's tight win against Australia, has said the match should never have got as close as it did. India needed 12 off the last four balls and Gambhir's captain, MS Dhoni, hit a massive six under pressure to help India cross the line. Gambhir had fallen at 4 for 178 in the 35th over, leaving India 92 to get in 15.5 overs. Dhoni started slowly, scoring 2 off the first 16 balls he faced, but as wickets fell around him, he stayed calm and delivered the six when it was needed. "We should have finished this game in the 48th over," Gambhir said. "We shouldn't have taken the game to the 50th over, that's my personal observation. I know it's always easier to talk when you are in the dressing room, and it's always tough in the middle, but my personal observation is we shouldn't have let this game go into the last over. Obviously when you put yourself in that situation, someone has to pick his hand up and say, 'I want to finish this game'. It shouldn't have gone into the last over." It was an interesting observation from Gambhir. Over the last few years, Dhoni has been India's best ODI batsman, especially when it comes to finishing games off. He has his method of doing things: he takes the game deep, and more often than not it pays off. Gambhir, however, feels otherwise. He said that perhaps Dhoni wanted someone else to take the responsibility of going for the final assault. "I know it's easier said than done," Gambhir said. "It's always different. The pressure on players in the middle is far more. It's they who have to take that decision. It's their game plan. I don't know what was going through MS's mind, but maybe he wanted to delay it, maybe he wanted someone else to take that responsibility. Cometh the hour, I think the most important shot of the match was made by him. Six balls, 13 runs, with the kind of shot he played, he has done a fantastic job, he has always been a finisher, but that's his game plan. He wants to delay it. "Someone like me, if I was there, I wouldn't have taken it to the last over, because I always feel that any runs in the last over is far more pressure than finishing one or two overs before. Even if you need five or six runs in the last over, the pressure is far more on the batting side. We are different human beings, we think differently, we have different gameplans." Gambhir was asked if he was happy with the rotation policy, which has him sitting out every third game, and when India would start playing their best playing XI in this tournament. Gambhir said even tonight's side was the best XI, and that it was not about big names. "To be honest, any [XI] - for me this is the best XI too," Gambhir said. "For me, the best XI is if 11 players have the belief they can beat any opposition on the park. And this playing XI had the belief that they could beat Australia in Australia and in this ODI. For me, one or two individuals don't make a difference. It's about 11 people who have the belief that they can beat any opposition on that given day. "This XI had that belief that we can beat Australia today. For me this was the best playing XI. It's not about names, it's about people who can go out there and have that belief from No. 1 to No. 11. If they have the belief that 'yes, we can win this game', that's the best playing XI. You don't want names, you want people who can deliver. We have shown it, I think." Cricinfo. Gambhir does the dirty Job and Msd takes the credit.:winky: