akshayxyz Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Nehra was still best choice, esp since Dada has played more cricket with Nehra - he knows & trusts his skills better.
Needforspeed Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 PWI lost due to 2 overs. The Rahul Sharma over and the last over. Just wasn't our day.
Magneto Posted April 17, 2012 Author Posted April 17, 2012 Samuels should of been brought for Mathews (18th over?) who went for a few. And, no Rahul Sharma and Samuels are two different types of bowlers. :zelig: Samuels could have easily gotten for a couple of sixes as well :dontknow:
master22 Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Samuels 2-0-5-1 and yet not given any more overs by dada.What a lame decision.
GautiMaan Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 zelig,why couldnt dale steyn defend 15 runs in the other match,coz he is a *****y bowler? Sh!t happens man and its always great to have the benefit of hindisght
Zelig Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Samuels could have easily gotten for a couple of sixes as well :dontknow: zelig,why couldnt dale steyn defend 15 runs in the other match,coz he is a *****y bowler? Sh!t happens man and its always great to have the benefit of hindisght Ya, but he gave away just 5 runs from 2 overs and he is not a bad death bowler too :dontknow: He gave away just 5 runs in the penultimate over in the last T20 vs Australia (D.Hussey & Wade) :idunno:
yoda Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 All these hindsight arguments aside, a captain needs to see who are his bowlers who are doing well on a given day and try to maximize his resources. I mean 2 overs 5 runs and a wicket and you don't think the guy needs to bowl again the match. WTF!
GautiMaan Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Ya, but he gave away just 5 runs from 2 overs and he is not a bad death bowler too :dontknow: He gave away just 5 runs in the penultimate over in the last T20 vs Australia (D.Hussey & Wade) :idunno: Yo Mahesh's stats b4 the last over against pw were something like 2-12-1,still couldnt defend the last over.Samuels could have also failed the same way
Zelig Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Yo Mahesh's stats b4 the last over against pw were something like 2-12-1' date='still couldnt defend the last over.Samuels could have also failed the same way[/quote'] I'm not talking about the last over. All I'm saying is that Samuels should of been given one more over, maybe the 18th (16 runs), instead of Mathews.
dibyabttb Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 With the advantage of knowing the result now, many will say that Dada erred by giving Nehra the last over. But Dada didn't have that advantage after the 19th over ended. Samuels is a spinner: too much risk to take in the last over. Nehra on the other hand had bowled good in his previous over taking the all important wicket of Gayle with a brilliant yorker (may be that was his career's best yorker)/ So Nehra was an obvious choice for Dada. Just because the over was the last over, you can't blame Nehra for the loss. Those two scoop shots were almost unavoidable. If you want some bowler to blame, it can be Rahul Sharma. Getting hit for 5 consecutive sixes is not something you would expect from a bowler like Rahul.
akshayxyz Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 With the advantage of knowing the result now, many will say that Dada erred by giving Nehra the last over. But Dada didn't have that advantage after the 19th over ended. Samuels is a spinner: too much risk to take in the last over. Nehra on the other hand had bowled good in his previous over taking the all important wicket of Gayle with a brilliant yorker (may be that was his career's best yorker)/ So Nehra was an obvious choice for Dada. Just because the over was the last over, you can't blame Nehra for the loss. Those two scoop shots were almost unavoidable. If you want some bowler to blame, it can be Rahul Sharma. Getting hit for 5 consecutive sixes is not something you would expect from a bowler like Rahul. ^this.
Yoda-esque Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 I knew we would lose it when Nehra got the last over :((
dibyabttb Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 which idiot has made the schedule for this IPL Pune had to play 2 back to back games against Punjab in the past. I thought it was just one coincidence. May be you thought the same as well. Now check the upcoming matches for Pune. Apr 19 vs CSK (Pune's last game vs CSK was on Apr 14) Apr 21 vs DD Apr 24 vs DD Apr 26 vs DC May 1 vs DC :hmmm:
akshayxyz Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 really idiotic schedule.. most teams have played 5-6 games, and DC is still at 3
Ram Posted April 17, 2012 Posted April 17, 2012 Chris Gayle is a BEAST And to think he has not played for West Indies in over two years! :(( P.S; Good to see the Puppies losing. :D
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