Asia Cup 2012

[Lord]

The team should be- Gauti SRT Kohli Raina Tiwari Dhoni I Pathan Ashwin Dinda PK R Sharma

hopefully,but Jaddu n VK are sureshot starters

[jusarrived]

I was hearing the press conference held by Shrikkanth. What a royal piece of sh^t this guys is! I mean how the hell can he ask someone to shut up. If he can't answer the questions about his bewildering selection policies, he has no business being a selector. Mr Shrikkanth, do India a favour and buzz off! Don't understand why Sehwag and Tendulkar are "un-droppable". If this idiot and the others in the selection committee can't drop non-performing players, then he has no business being a selector.

they are un-dropable cos of blind fans and the media .. you seriously think if Tendulkar is droped it will go down well & help srikants popularity ?..the same guys who wanted Viru left out are cursing the selectors after the squad was announced yesterday .

[vishalvirsingh]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: According to Aaj tak ,Sachin ko mahashatak kaa junoon hai aur woh Bangladesh ke khilaaf bana na chahate hain hain mahashatak

Yes- I suppose if we ask Irfan to Pad up and go at no 1 He will also score a century against Bangladesh- even if sachin scores will that actually Mean ANYTHING?

[vishalvirsingh]

PK' date=' Irfan and Dinda :hmmm:[/quote'] PK- A 120 to 130 K Swing bowler irfan - A 126 to 135K Swing Bowler. VK - a 130 to 140K Medium pace Bowler. Dinda_ a 135k to 144K Medium fast bowler. even his fastest in these macthes will not be faster than 144K but we dont have a fast Bowler at all. For me they should play IRFAN, VK,DINDA,Rahul definitely in a team and play yusuf , tiwary ,raina ( rohit and jedeja should sit out) along with dhoni sachin virat and gauti. even the offspinner ashwin is not looking too impressive.i wud prefer rahul over Ashwin as he is a wicekt taker in ONE days and also for variety.

[SachDan]

Yes- I suppose if we ask Irfan to Pad up and go at no 1 He will also score a century against Bangladesh- even if sachin scores will that actually Mean ANYTHING?

For record, the number of ODI centuries Sachin scored against Bangladesh stands at ZERO.

[adi B]

paki bowling will destroy the indian batting, only chance was if we had genuine fast bowlers in the squad, but now pakis very well know, this is a sh1t bowling line up so their batsmen will also fancy themselves+ the middle order consists of rohit,jadeja nd raina who are noway stable enough to play paki spinners, the batting nd the bowling seems very unstable pakistan nd srl are the favourites to win against india

[Old guy]

paki bowling will destroy the indian batting, only chance was if we had genuine fast bowlers in the squad, but now pakis very well know, this is a sh1t bowling line up so their batsmen will also fancy themselves+ the middle order consists of rohit,jadeja nd raina who are noway stable enough to play paki spinners, the batting nd the bowling seems very unstable pakistan nd srl are the favourites to win against india

i back raina to play well against there spinners i think he is stable enough for odis

[Zelig]

Tamilians are THE shyt!

:bow:

[Pagalpanti]

Umesh should have played imo, if he is rested every other series, it wont help him. If his body is taking toll, 2 months of IPL is there, he could've easily rested in few of those games.

[chainsmoker1985]

Umesh should have played imo, if he is rested every other series, it wont help him. If his body is taking toll, 2 months of IPL is there, he could've easily rested in few of those games.

Same thing I ve been saying as well that if anyone wants rest, take rest after Asia Cup as much as you want. Take rest in IPL. But, this funda of resting in a big series like Asia cup is beyond me. Also, if you see, Umesh needs 2 play more and more ODIs so that he gets familiar with different situations and different kind of pitches as you can see he needs 2 learn a lot about how 2 bowl in ODIs. Whereas exactly opposite is happening. Dhoni is using him as if Umesh is already a legendary ODI bowler like Malinga

[Old guy]

Same thing I ve been saying as well that if anyone wants rest, take rest after Asia Cup as much as you want. Take rest in IPL. But, this funda of resting in a big series like Asia cup is beyond me. Also, if you see, Umesh needs 2 play more and more ODIs so that he gets familiar with different situations and different kind of pitches as you can see he needs 2 learn a lot about how 2 bowl in ODIs. Whereas exactly opposite is happening. Dhoni is using him as if Umesh is already a legendary ODI bowler like Malinga

no umesh does not needs to play more and more odis from wht i have seen .. it owuld be easier for him to become a test bowler he should first concentrate on that .. odis ..well he is still very young.. this hamering in odis can dent his confidence and make him turn into another line and length bowler! and this tour was so long.. no other bowler played from start till end! he needed rest im with this decision but sehwag restedi n asia cup.. wonder if he will take some more rest in ipl? :--D

[koksmayu]

yusuf pathan is bloody lucky otherwise he should be nowhere near any form of cricket i mean why? selecter pity on him? even r jadeja i would rathar give chance to youngster its a crap

[Ultimate_Game]

yusuf pathan is bloody lucky otherwise he should be nowhere near any form of cricket i mean why? selecter pity on him? even r jadeja i would rathar give chance to youngster its a crap

Yusuf has done lot more than Pappu Patel and Jaddu put together. He's a match-winner in the lower order and without Sehwag or Yuvi around we will need bi hitters. You can't rely on Jaddu coming in at 7 and doing much. Against Pak spinners on flat pattas I would prefer to have someone like Yusuf come in and smack them around.

[Cricketics]

I think it's a pretty good squad and we really didn't need much changes. Zaheer and Sehwag are resting and that's good. Good to see Sachin stillt here. Really wanted him to be part of this India-Pak game. Also let's not forget, we have been disastrous in Test matches and not Odi's that we would need to change the odi team rite away.

[Number]

Also let's not forget, we have been disastrous in Test matches and not Odi's that we would need to change the odi team rite away.

+1. In ODIs there is no need of massive changes.

[vishalvirsingh]

I think it's a pretty good squad and we really didn't need much changes. Zaheer and Sehwag are resting and that's good. Good to see Sachin stillt here. Really wanted him to be part of this India-Pak game. Also let's not forget, we have been disastrous in Test matches and not Odi's that we would need to change the odi team rite away.

Sachin is not future- his fielding standards are way too Low - I am kinda surprised as to why he still wanna play , its like a kid arguing in a park that he wanna play more---- VVS is found wanting in fielding too now- his batting has also bcome a questions mark and dravid has been brutally humiliated in these series- only batter who has come wit head held high is Virat and all others have failed---------- the seniors are even bad in fielding so they have to be criticesed doubly. Sachin will hit bangla guys and all will forget that sachin was a NON PERFORMER in Australia--------even DHONI as a batter outclassed Sachin- gauti , virat and dhoni scored more runs than Sachin - and possibly even AShwin scored as many as Sachin------i hope thats enuf for sachin to know that he shud not go to Foreign lands and bat now atleast where pacers enjoi bowling. i bet as on today he will not be able to face 15 regular pacy deliveries of Umesh yadav with good fielding positions- we shud also credit asutralian batters who cud bat very well against the unlucky ISHant Umesh and ZAK bcos for me that ATTACK was DREADFUL and i was really sure that INDIA Should win if we play ZAK ISHant and Umesh- i still feel its a very good attack on a good wicket....umesh got some wicekts and zak also but ishant cud not achieve any success and australians survived.

[vishalvirsingh]

no umesh does not needs to play more and more odis from wht i have seen .. it owuld be easier for him to become a test bowler he should first concentrate on that .. odis ..well he is still very young.. this hamering in odis can dent his confidence and make him turn into another line and length bowler! and this tour was so long.. no other bowler played from start till end! he needed rest im with this decision but sehwag restedi n asia cup.. wonder if he will take some more rest in ipl? :--D

i totally agree UMESH should be played only in TESTS.

[SLICKR392]

Umesh should be used for TESTS. He is getting worse than Shreeshanth in ODIs.

[Laaloo]

Sachin is not future- his fielding standards are way too Low - I am kinda surprised as to why he still wanna play , its like a kid arguing in a park that he wanna play more---- VVS is found wanting in fielding too now- his batting has also bcome a questions mark and dravid has been brutally humiliated in these series- only batter who has come wit head held high is Virat and all others have failed---------- the seniors are even bad in fielding so they have to be criticesed doubly. Sachin will hit bangla guys and all will forget that sachin was a NON PERFORMER in Australia--------even DHONI as a batter outclassed Sachin- gauti , virat and dhoni scored more runs than Sachin - and possibly even AShwin scored as many as Sachin------i hope thats enuf for sachin to know that he shud not go to Foreign lands and bat now atleast where pacers enjoi bowling. i bet as on today he will not be able to face 15 regular pacy deliveries of Umesh yadav with good fielding positions- we shud also credit asutralian batters who cud bat very well against the unlucky ISHant Umesh and ZAK bcos for me that ATTACK was DREADFUL and i was really sure that INDIA Should win if we play ZAK ISHant and Umesh- i still feel its a very good attack on a good wicket....umesh got some wicekts and zak also but ishant cud not achieve any success and australians survived.

:WTF:

[vishalvirsingh]

i back raina to play well against there spinners i think he is stable enough for odis

DINDA is in the form of his LIFE - i bet he will be a SUCCESS. Irfan and VK are Improving and should perform well atleast with the new ball- both are shrewd enough to fool other batters and are skilled one day bowlers......i bet VK's pace iss issue may also have been resolved now , if he can maintain 135K pace or more , he is one of the toughest bowlers to face as his line n length is normally Good enough. Irfan definitely swings- there r no two ways and if he can maintain 132K+- its more than enough for him but yes if he bowls less than 129K..than even that swing wont help as it wll be read easily. PPK is shrewd but i dont wanna play him as he is not a future material. Yusuf pathan shoudl always play ahead of Jaddu...i wish yusuf is sent at 5 rather than later it will give him a chance to bat.......as Jadu is a misfit at no 6 or no 7 and he is not a international class no 5 player so he is a misfit- bcos is he only a BOWLER. rohit is too good to fail for long- i hope he improves else he will loose his place. Manoj may get a chance and he fully deserves it. Dhoni shud himself come to bat at no 4 sachin n gauti opening virat as no 3 mSD at 4 raina at 5 yusuf at 6 irfan at 7 dinda/vk/ashwin/rahul or manoj tiwary ashwin irfan yusuf are ALL rounders and can genuinely BAT dinda vk and rahul shud play if we make bowling heavy team , it will ensure we will restrct the opposition by getting them OUT within 50 overs........ i wud prescribe this else i wud consider playing Manoj tiwary ahead of ashwin rather than rahul