MCcricket Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Gony and VRV Singh dismantle MP ESPNcricinfo staff March 25, 2012 Be the first to comment | Login via | Text size: A| A Punjab's new-ball duo of VRV Singh and Manpreet Gony rattled Madhya Pradesh early, and paved the way for their team to qualify for the semi-finals, with a seven-wicket win at the Bandra Kurla Complex. MP chose to bat, but VRV Singh and Gony reduced them to 16 for 6 in 5.2 overs. Rameez Khan and Ankit Sharma gave the score some respectability with their 74-run partnership, but 120 was not enough to challenge Punjab's batting. VRV Singh finished with 4 for 24, while Gony had remarkable figures of 4-3-5-3. Gurkeerat Singh ensured the chase was comfortable, with 57 off 49 balls. Punjab will play Mumbai in the second semi-final, on Monday. Vikram Singh India Full nameVikram Raj Vir Singh Born September 17, 1984, Chandigarh, Punjab, India Current age 27 years 190 days Major teams India, India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI, Kings XI Punjab, Punjab, Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI Also known as Vikram Rajvir Singh Batting style Right-hand bat Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast ODI debut India v England at Jamshedpur, Apr 12, 2006 scorecard Last ODI India v England at Indore, Apr 15, 2006 scorecard First-class debut Punjab v Uttar Pradesh at Mohali, Nov 7-10, 2004 scorecard Last First-class North Zone v West Zone at Mumbai, Feb 19-22, 2008 scorecard List A debut Himachal Pradesh v Punjab at Delhi, Jan 2, 2004 scorecard Last List A Himachal Pradesh v Punjab at Delhi, Mar 5, 2008 scorecard Twenty20 debut Haryana v Punjab at Delhi, Apr 3, 2007 scorecard Last Twenty20 Madhya Pradesh v Punjab at Mumbai, Mar 25, 2012 scorecard I though we have lost VRV Singh, who just made a great comeback after a year recuperating from an injury, he has been a domestic giant very good stats, was well ahead of all the bowlers in his u19 team for India, had a fantastic yorker and genuine pace at that stage, bowled very well for Punjab averages 25 with the ball, got loads of wickets, selected for WI TOUR, DID OK W I bowlers like Bishop loved what they saw of him , he bowled in 140 's and also passed 146 k's, had bounce pace, ability to seam, at that stage he was very unexperienced but has been thru the domestic grind now. Then came injuries, inconsistent performances, Punjab now has the best bowling line up with Gony, VRV. I AM HOPING HE GETS TO PLAY IN IPL , with Zak looking like he won't be hanging around for a longer time, U Yadav, Aaron, being rookies, my hopes are some one from the bunch Sreesanth, S Tyagi, VRV, Gony, Ishant take the mantle for leading the attack, all have pace and are capable of getting to the next stage.I hope selectors, Joe Dawes are watching the bowlers closely.VRV is a nice bloke, we all like to support the under dogs, lets see who will be our next strike bowler cum senior experienced pro.:hatsoff:
Dravid_TheWall Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Good for him. The more choice we have the better. Guy had height, bounce but was unable to get wickets. Hopefully he has learnt a thing or to. :)
MCcricket Posted March 25, 2012 Author Posted March 25, 2012 Good for him. The more choice we have the better. Guy had height' date=' bounce but was unable to get wickets. Hopefully he has learnt a thing or to. :)[/quote'] He had the ingredients to be successfull , I guess he did not mature quickly , but with soo many domestic seasons and performing very well, if he is fully fit, definetly comes in the picture, not a ODI bowler more of test kind bowler.
Crookbond Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 VRV is the Walsh kind-of bowler. Unfortunately, we have Ishant Sharma.
msb1991 Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 VRV Singh absolutely destroyed in his final Duleep Trophy before his injury(s). Let's hope he can return to such form. He was only around 80mph but was damn-near unplayable in the match that was broadcast on SkySports.
Dravid_TheWall Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 He had the ingredients to be successfull ' date=' I guess he did not mature quicky , but with soo many domestic seasons and performing very well, if he is fully fit, definetly comes in the picture, not a ODI bowler more of test kind bowler.[/quote'] He was very inaccurate that was his problem.
Cricketics Posted March 25, 2012 Posted March 25, 2012 Maybe not in the Indian team rite away, atleast he might get a contract for an IPL team if he keeps doing well. Used to play for Yuvraj's Punjab team before.
rkt.india Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 I am not thinking of injury: VRV Singh A national selector observing the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament was impressed with the return to fitness of Punjab speedster VRV Singh. The way he bowled in the first two matches (at CCI on Friday and BKC on Sunday) at full throttle, his body language would not give you any impression that the tall 27-year-old was returning to action after being out for nearly two years due to injury. It is a known fact that fast bowlers are prone to injuries. But, in recent times, young quicks the world over have broken down so early in their careers, and their number is only rising. The examples of Aussies James Pattinson and Pat Cummins, and IndiaÃÔ very own Varun Aaron, just to name a few, are alarming as to how fast bowlers get injured so early in their first international season. Ū have no answer as to why fast bowlers get injured so early in their career, Singh, who has had his share of injuries since arriving nearly a decade ago, said. Ÿhen I began in 2002, we (fast bowlers) worked a lot harder. We only kept bowling day in and day out, and each player had his own gym routine according to his requirement. We know that injuries are part and parcel of fast bowlers. Having said that, we donÃÕ make the mistake of overdoing our gym routines. Singh, who played five Test matches for India from June 2006 to May 2007 besides two ODIs, is keen on returning to the national side, but thatÃÔ not his immediate goal. Ū feel very good about my own bowling. Hopefully, I will make use of the opportunities that I get, he said. Having undergone surgery in 2010 end in Sydney following by six-seven months of rehabilitation, Singh has remained positive. Ūf you think about getting injured again, you will not play. I gave myself time to recover. I started playing in local circles in Punjab early this year and got selected for this tournament. The more I play, the more pace and bounce I will get. I am enjoying my game, especially in Mumbai, where the surface offers good bounce. http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_i-am-not-thinking-of-injury-vrv-singh_1667465 On comeback trail, VRV rips through MP batting When players perform their post-match warm-downs during the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament, their conversations aren’t restricted to the IPL and the limelight they expect upon them over the coming two months. For many of the players, their domestic season will come to an end once their respective teams exit the tournament, and they will witness the IPL only on TV or as spectators in the stadium. Punjab’s VRV Singh will be among those players, after failing to attract any buyers during the IPL auction. On Sunday, when Sachin Tendulkar was addressing the media as a celebration of his 100th hundred in international cricket, VRV started his comeback journey few kilometers away. VRV and old friend Manpreet Singh Gony shared seven wickets to help Punjab beat Madhya Pradesh by seven wickets and enter the semi-finals of the Mushtaq Ali Trophy at the MCA-BKC ground. Having been away from serious cricket for nearly two years due to a back surgery that forced him to frequently visit the rehabilitation centre, VRV is not upset that he will miss IPL-5. Being away from cricket has taught him plenty of things, key among which is to remain patient. “I was not expecting my name to be picked in the auction,” VRV admits. “Logically, I have not played a single game after my surgery and who will buy a player who has not played any matches?” Against MP, the VRV-Gony duo had an early say over their opponents. MP were tottering at 16 for six with the two burly pacers taking three wickets each. Had Rameez Khan and Ankit Sharma not batted sensibly from there, MP could have been skittled out for far less. VRV finished with four for 24 while Gony’s splendid spell gave him figures of 4-3-5-3, as Punjab breezed into the semifinals, where Mumbai await them. The other last four clash will see Baroda take on Delhi. VRV last bowled alongside Gony in 2008, before injuries began playing hide-and-seek with his body. Deep in his heart, he fears a recurrence of his back injury, but VRV is not thinking too far ahead. “I’m happy to be back on the field,” he says. “What matters is how I do in the upcoming matches. Injuries can happen to any cricketer at any time. As a bowler, you just pray that things don’t repeat and I can play as much as possible.” A lot has changed in Indian cricket in the last two years and VRV is far behind in a long line of pacers hoping for a call or recall to the national side. He is hopeful but at the same time he knows that it all depends on his body staying injury-free. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/on-comeback-trail-vrv-rips-through-mp-batting/928345/2
rkt.india Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 MUMBAI: A forgotten fast bowler fought back a career-threatening back injury that forced a surgery and a two-year hiatus from the game, to emerge out of moth balls at the MCA ground, on Sunday. Vikram Raj Vir Singh made the ball hit the deck and the bat menacingly, exploiting the pace and bounce in the wicket to the hilt, taking four for 24 to bowl Punjab to a seven-wicket victory over Madhya Pradesh in the quarterfinals of the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. Punjab, thus, set up a semifinal date with hosts Mumbai, while Baroda, who won earlier in the day against Bengal, will take on Delhi in the first semi. Both matches will be played on Monday. At one stage, VRV and Manpreet Singh Gony, firing on all cylinders, reduced a clueless MP to four for four and then 16 for six, and it seemed a record low score in T20 cricket was on its way. VRV began with a bang, by pocketing two sticks off the first two balls of the day, uprooting Zafar Ali's middle stump, and then getting Jalaj Saxena caught at gully. The long-discarded Gony was a handful too, and returned figures of 4-3-5-3 , the likes of which you won't see in T20 cricket. A shell-shocked MP recovered through a 74-run stand for the seventh wicket between Rameez Khan (45, 49, 4x4, 1x6) and Ankit Sharma (41, 37b, 4x4, 1x6), and eventually finished at 120 for nine. That, however, was never going to be enough, as youngsters Gurkeerat Singh (57 not out, 49b, 9x4) and Mandeep Singh (28, 22b, 3x4) ensured that Harbhajan Singh had a smile on his face by the end of the day. At a time when average trundlers are turning their arm over for India, with the pace bowling cupboard appearing empty, it was gladdening to see a genuine quick put the 'curse of the injury' behind and remind about his existence with a fabulous display of quality fast bowling. VRV played a couple of Tests and five ODIs for India back in 2006-07, and was a favourite of the then-India coach Greg Chappell before fading away. The only time he came into the news was when he was ignored at last two IPL auctions (if he keeps bowling like this, the franchisees would surely change their mind!) . Few knew that the tall Punjab bowler, after the 2010 IPL, had to undergo a back surgery in Sydney that kept him out of the game for so long. "Hats off to him! He worked very hard to come back from injury , it requires a lot of effort. He is bowling superbly now, and I hope he continues to bowl like this in the next semis and hopefully , in the final too," gushed Harbhajan about his ex-India teammate. "I enjoy bowling in Mumbai, as the wickets here are good. Earlier too, I took 10 wickets in a Duleep Trophy game here. I enjoyed the bounce on offer here. The start of the second part of my career has been good. I now want to improve my fitness and grab the chances that come my way," VRV said. Recalling his battle with injury , and the rehab, VRV said: "I underwent rehab for six months in Sydney post the surgery. The idea of undergoing a surgery was that I wanted to make a comeback , so there was no shortage of motivation. I started from scratch, the way I began my career, playing club cricket. My family, friends, teammates and the association were supportive. Harbhajan and Yuvraj Singh encouraged me a lot too." Was that phase depressing? "I wasn't expecting anything when I started out after the surgery. At least, I was back to normal. That period made me mentally strong, which you need to be as a fast bowler," he added. There is a slight change in action too. "I am hopeful I can bowl for India again. That is why I am playing." Mumbai better watch out for VRV's 2.0 version. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/VRV-Singh-Punjab-dance-in-MP-rout/articleshow/12409890.cms
Needforspeed Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 All the best VRV. He promised much when he made his debut. BTW, rkt what was the exact nature of his injury?
rkt.india Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 All the best VRV. He promised much when he made his debut. BTW' date=' rkt what was the exact nature of his injury?[/quote'] Back injury.
Needforspeed Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Our bowling looked so helpless and pathetic in the Asia Cup..Hope Aaron also recovers fast from his injury. Gony is also back now. There are a few guys like Nechim and Shami Ahmed on the fringes and a few new guys coming up. Only problem is - our selectors and captain are obseessed with trundlers.
hari504504 Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Hope VRV has turned the corner.. he looked very ordinary whenever I've seen him bowl for India..no swing..no seam movement..dead straight line at 130-135ks..no variations.just begging to be hit.
VRV Singh Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 VRV Singh? Are you ****ing kidding me? u mad bro?
chainsmoker1985 Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Hope VRV has turned the corner.. he looked very ordinary whenever I've seen him bowl for India..no swing..no seam movement..dead straight line at 130-135ks..no variations.just begging to be hit. Maar do koi, bhai koi to maaro muje 4s and 6s :haha:
The Realist Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Going back to a gun-barrel straight bowler like VRV Singh just highlights the extreme poverty in bowling resources. However given the abundance of talentless trundlers currently in the team who can’t buy a wicket, I suppose it can’t hurt to give him another go.
vvvslaxman Posted March 27, 2012 Posted March 27, 2012 Think about bowling with a bit variation. I think Gony would come ahead of him.
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