ICC World T20, 2012 SriLanka

[SLICKR392]

Sehwag Gambhir Kohli Yuvraj Rohit Tiwary Dhoni Pathan Ashwin Bhaji Zaheer Go with the usual opening or open with Kohli-GG and Sehwag on 4. Yuvraj on 3, to give him some time to settle down. Open with Zaheer_Pathan. Finish Pathan's spell or give me 3 as he is horrendous with the old ball. Give Ashwin an over to see if the ball spins followed by 2 overs to Yuvi and start a fresh spell of Ashwin-Bhaji combo.

[gaurav92]

I would play with 7 batsmen Sehwag gambhir Kohli Rohit Raina Yuvraj Pathan Ashwin Dhoni Zaheer Balaji Batting order should be the same as I mentioned above and it should not change.

[Executioner]

what does he do? He sells chaa, thats what chai-walas do right?

[Crookbond]

If Sehwag plays - he should play at the top not in the middle. Why? Because it is the best time to capitalize - hard ball. God forbid, if Sehwag gets in - we are in for a treat.

[SLICKR392]

If Sehwag plays - he should play at the top not in the middle. Why? Because it is the best time to capitalize - hard ball. God forbid' date=' if Sehwag gets in - [b']we are in for a treat.

Only if he would be there for 11-12 overs Ajmal and Co. would be taken to the cleaners.

[Lord]

If Sehwag plays - he should play at the top not in the middle. Why? Because it is the best time to capitalize - hard ball. God forbid' date=' if Sehwag gets in - we are in for a treat.[/quote'] ++

[Number]

Dhoni wants fearless batting from teammates

OLOMBO: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni wants his batsmen to throw caution to the wind and play their natural attacking game in Sunday's crucial match against Pakistan to revive their stuttering World Twenty20 campaign. India, who suffered a humiliating nine-wicket loss against Australia in their first Super Eights match, meet arch-rivals Pakistan in a must-win game in Colombo. Batting first, the 2007 champions laboured to 140 for seven wickets before a record opening stand of 133 by David Warner and Shane Watson helped Australia canter to victory on Friday. Dhoni urged his teammates to walk out and express themselves against Pakistan without fearing about the result. "I think if you just see the potential, the team has got the potential and it's just that you have to implement it on the field," he told reporters. "Also what's important for us is to go in and just express ourselves... let's play the big shots and play with lot of confidence. "And whatever the result may be, let's not care about the result because it's a very different format. "You can't do lot of planning... just go out, you have the talent, you have resources, just express yourself." India left out opener Virender Sehwag to accommodate an extra spinner against Australia but none of the three slow bowlers managed to make an impact. But Dhoni felt that the spinners would still have an effective role to play in the tournament. "The wicket has slowed down a lot you know compared to the last series we played and the first few games," Dhoni said. "Even when the Australian spinners were bowling it was gripping and it was not really coming on to the bat... "Specially the big shots were not really easy to play... I still think it'll be on the slower side because they'll use the same stretch to play the matches. So we are hoping that the slower bowlers will come in to action." India also lost the warm-up match against Pakistan in the tournament and Dhoni was aware of the weight of expectation from the country when they play their neighbours. "We are always at the top when it comes to the pressure chain... because of the expectation level back in home we are expected to win everything," he said. "So I don't think it can go really beyond that limit so already we are there. So it doesn't really matter for us, what's important is to enjoy the game and not think about the result too much." Pakistan also loaded their team with spinners against South Africa on Friday but captain Mohammad Hafeez said that the team were yet to decide on their combination against India. "Well I think the conditions are really suitable for the spinners," Hafeez said. "But really at the moment I can't tell you what it would be but we will come out tomorrow to see what the pitch will be. "We know that India got a good batting lineup but we have to see how we approach the game. "I think the plan might be different, for this game (against South Africa) we made this plan to go with three spinners so we have to think what it will be, how the pitch will be and then we will decide."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/t20-world-cup/news/Dhoni-wants-fearless-batting-from-teammates/articleshow/16602265.cms Dhoni talking about fearless batting. :giggle: But I think overall good attitude, don't worry about the result much and play freely.

[Sid]

He should do that himself first.Bloody joke of a T20 batsman.

[asterix]

This guy played a maiden 18th over in the last match if I remember correctly. Shameless swine...

[Laaloo]

:nice:

[Raghav_12]

:hysterical::hysterical:

[Crookbond]

This guy played a maiden 18th over in the last match if I remember correctly. Shameless swine...

Dhoni got out in the 16th over. :finger:

[Tridibans_16]

Joke of the year. He scored 21 off 15 and never ever tried to hit a big shot, before that crap drive off a wide delivery.

[Sooda]

We can go with 8 batsmen, Tiwary for Zaheer and get Virat to open to open the bowling with his canny right arm medium pace swing. Gambhir, Virat, Rohit, Yuvraj, Sehwag, MSD, Raina, Tiwary, Irfan, Ashwin, Bhaji, Team bats deep :D

[Tiger80]

sitting order in flight to India should be Yuraj Dhoni ----------- Raina Rohit Gauti Sehwag ------------- Zak Irfan Chawla Bhajji -------------- Dinda Balaji Kohli Tiwary -------------- F L E T C H E R

:hysterical::hysterical:

[Mariyam]

This guy played a maiden 18th over in the last match if I remember correctly. Shameless swine...

So what? He was fearless when he played a maiden 18th over. He wasn't scared of the BCCI/Srinivasan. He stood his ground and fearlessly wasted the entire over. Dhoni leads by example. He's a true leader. Now he's only asking his team mates to emulate his gutsy antics.

[CG]

So what? He was fearless when he played a maiden 18th over. He wasn't scared of the BCCI/Srinivasan. He stood his ground and fearlessly wasted the entire over. Dhoni leads by example. He's a true leader. Now he's only asking his team mates to emulate his gutsy antics.

:hysterical::hysterical:

[Lord]

We can go with 8 batsmen, Tiwary for Zaheer and get Virat to open to open the bowling with his canny right arm medium pace swing. Gambhir, Virat, Rohit, Yuvraj, Sehwag, MSD, Raina, Tiwary, Irfan, Ashwin, Bhaji, Team bats deep :D

good idea.anyway except Ashwin we hv part timers who can bat n those cant,lets go with those who can:dance:

[Sid]

So what? He was fearless when he played a maiden 18th over. He wasn't scared of the BCCI/Srinivasan. He stood his ground and fearlessly wasted the entire over. Dhoni leads by example. He's a true leader. Now he's only asking his team mates to emulate his gutsy antics.

Epic :cantstop:

[Tiger80]

So what? He was fearless when he played a maiden 18th over. He wasn't scared of the BCCI/Srinivasan. He stood his ground and fearlessly wasted the entire over. Dhoni leads by example. He's a true leader. Now he's only asking his team mates to emulate his gutsy antics.

What happened to your relative that had 100% record for india winning when he goes to see the match :orderorder: