ICC World T20, 2012 SriLanka

[Magneto]

dude y u had to say it after i covered you :mad:

This is exactly how Bangladesh plays. One player covers the noob, but the noob again goes and makes a fool of himself :--D

[Rick James]

Can Bangladesh cause an upset tomorrow? :giggle:

[Crookbond]

This is exactly how Bangladesh plays. One player covers the noob' date=' but the noob again goes and makes a fool of himself :--D[/quote'] :haha:

[Crookbond]

^ It is sometimes wise to take the pitch into consideration.

[Mahaa Raavana]

India don't have to worry about the pitch.SLC would ensure India gets favourable pitches with ample spin.

[carnish]

You confused me too :hysterical: I actually wanted to say SL v SAF as SL (a minnow then) beat Saf.

Even SAF was new back then .. although no minnows by any means.

[Aniruddha]

Cricket is the game of uncertainity and Pakistan is the "baap" of that.... but Pak's win is better for India considering that they hav a good chance of beating Aus and SA

[Baasir]

Only chance BD has is if they bat first and put a decent total on board 150+. U never know Pak can bundle out under 100.

[Crookbond]

Porterfield pleads for more opportunities

''We should be playing more regularly,'' said Porterfield. ''Especially in this format as well because there is a lot of cricket played in this format. Getting to play the bigger teams, the full member teams, in this format, is going to be the key to keep developing in the one-day game. Test cricket is the ultimate goal but a lot of steps have to be taken before we can get to that stage. Getting on the FTP will give us guaranteed fixtures over a couple of years’ period. We will know exactly what we are doing and what we are preparing for as opposed to now going back home and actually not playing cricket again as a squad until March. That’s a long break for an international side to have. We would love a few tours to come up in the meantime as well. At the moment we can’t plan for that, we have to take what comes our way. The Board’s grovelling for that, but as a nation, we can’t really plan that far ahead.''

http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/porterfield-pleads-opportunities/27006 I feel quite sorry for Ireland. They are a very talented group of cricketers and we may lose them if ICC does not protect them. ECB/BCCI are capitalist cronies who want to make a buck without being worried about the interests of the game at large.

[Sidhoni]

I agree with Trent here. They are a really good side and can beat Bang/Zim every now and then if given opportunities.

[Sidhoni]

abey yeh kaunsa mod hai :wall: jab dekho mere threads ke saath khelta rehta hai. Ab kaunsa thread merge kar diya. Edit the title to the original. :hitler:

:giggle:

[Lord]

I just wonder what would happen if kohli goes out in first five overs.. we'll go with very slow approach.. dont think we should make him open the inning as some suggested specially against SA and Aus.. either go with pathan or stick with veeru and gauti..

best batsman should get maximum overs.so Kohli should open n we should play 5 bowlers

[Crookbond]

India don't have to worry about the pitch.SLC would ensure India gets favourable pitches with ample spin.

How was the banned time? Looks like you want some more. :giggle:

[vvvslaxman]

Against Pakistan India should take Hafeez to cleaners and force them to bring Ajmal inside powerplay.

[Lord]

Need to drop a batsman now' date='If Bhajji has got his mojo back then one of Ash/Bhaji can bowl during pp and the other at the death,Pathan can finish his spell with the new ball.This will solve a lot of our problems.If only Zak can come into his own:pray:[/quote'] I would open with Ashwin n Pathan,bowl bhajji/5th bowler in middle over n save Zak exclusively for the death overs.tell him to practise yorkers n slowers only

[JourneyMan]

When it comes to Pak you need to capitalize in the powerplay and go after their pacemen as much as possible. If you force them to bring Ajmal in early, then you can go after them in the death overs as well. Also, Afridi and Hafeez get TOO much respect from batsmen. You don't need to knock them for sixes, but the Pakistani fielders are so rubbish it's not too hard to get four runs, or even 3 when 2 would have been more realistic. At the very least, you need to be running between the wickets in the crucial middle overs where Pak usually slow the game down.

[rkt.india]

No.. that 170 for 5 was due to Kohli's clear headed hitting. If he had slowed up like Gauti did India would have fallen well short. Teams post good totals in T20 only because of belligerent' date=' fearless cricketer. Not run a ball batsman. Be it is Gayle or Watson or Jamshed they were the one responsible for solid total for their team. Not the Hafeezes or Gambhir..[/quote'] But there was not much difference in SR of GG or Kohli, GG 45 of 38, Kohli 40 of 32 balls.

[vvvslaxman]

But there was not much difference in SR of GG or Kohli' date=' GG 45 of 38, Kohli 40 of 32 balls.[/quote'] When Kohli got out Gauti's SR was barely over 100.

[SLICKR392]

Against Pakistan India should take Hafeez to cleaners and force them to bring Ajmal inside powerplay.

Sehwag treated Ajmal like any other bowler. The ball he got out was a well timed shot but placement was wrong . Only if he could come down the order at 3-4 and Kohli opened. By the 9-10th over Ajmal would surely start bowling.

[SLICKR392]

So far this tourney has been an EPIC :fail: . If BD causes an upset here...it would be awesome !!