Jersey #10 Posted July 29, 2012 Author Posted July 29, 2012 Why are you dragging my name dipsh** :cantstop: Wait your name is dipshit?:haha: I have this thing where I could read a post and figure out who's post it is. When I read something sh!tty like that...I just can't help but think about you :finger:
Sidhoni Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 I knew we were in hunt till Raina was there. :hatsoff: Not to forget the support by Pathan. If Raina would not have got that support, winning would have been really difficult.
jj_28 Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 Time for Raina to move up the order and Tiwary can come in behind him
Crookbond Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 i still remember the day when raina made his debut alongside venugopal rao against Sri Lanka as 18 year old. he came in to bat when india were 63-4 after 19 overs. raina faced his first international ball from murali and got out lbw by his doosra first ball and i was like wtf are these newbie doing in indian team but he has come a long way since And if you remember it was he and Dhoni (I guess) who won us a game in that series when we were around 180 odd for 5 chasing around 2607-270. Quite identical to yesterday's game.
Tendulkar_Bhai Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 When under pressure chasing in the SC he more often then not produces the goods. Also his position is fine, he mostly comes in during the 30-40 overs which gives some time to settle down, no need for him to move up as we dont have finishers.
Texy Posted July 29, 2012 Posted July 29, 2012 whether he scores heap of runs or not ...rest assured his strike rate will always be above 100 and his running between wickets is simply exemplary...2 key factors in any successful run chase
Ultimate_Game Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 Raina and the art of finishing Nice article which finally gives Raina his due... Here's the excerpt... Say what you will about his abilities as a Test batsman, but Suresh Raina showed once again on Saturday why he is one of the finest finishers in limited-overs cricket. He walked in to face Lasith Malinga's hat-trick ball with India needing more than a 100 runs at an asking-rate approaching seven-and-a-half. He saw it gallop to above nine an over after the fall of the centurion Gautam Gambhir before taking India home in the last over along with Irfan Pathan. The big guns at the top of the India batting order get the hundreds and set up the game but it is Raina who walks into a no-win situation at No. 5 or No. 6. If he gets quick runs, it is said to be because of the platform provided by the preceding batsmen; if he doesn't, he is blamed for failing to utilise it. What helps Raina is that he backs his style of play, whatever the state of the game. He'll walk in busily, take a few brisk singles to size up the situation, and before you know it, he would have moved into the 20s with a four or two. More often than not, the boundary will be a nudge down the leg side or a guide past point unless he gets a really loose ball. All the time, he'll look to push hard for the second or the third run, putting the fielders under pressure. When he is certain that the time has arrived, he will pull out his signature strokes - the bent-knee loft over extra cover and the heave over midwicket. There was a time against West Indies last year when he was going for big strokes too early in his innings and perishing. But now, he is back to his usual style of building an innings and has three fifties in his last five outings. Every now and then, Raina has been rescuing Indian chases when early wickets have fallen or when the asking-rate has risen too high. In only his eighth ODI innings, Raina hit an unbeaten 81 as India recovered from 92 for 5 to chase 227 against England in 2006. He even has a hundred at No. 6, when he took India to 245 from 60 for 5 in a tri-series final against Sri Lanka in 2010. Probably the most memorable instance is when he hit a quick unbeaten 34 to help Yuvraj Singh lift India into the 2011 World Cup semi-final. India were 187 for 5 chasing Australia's 260 when Raina came in for only his second game of the tournament, with Yusuf Pathan having been preferred over him earlier. Click the link below for complete article... Link... http://www.espncricinfo.com/sri-lanka-v-india-2012/content/current/story/574656.html
vvvslaxman Posted July 30, 2012 Posted July 30, 2012 Wait your name is dipshit?:haha: I have this thing where I could read a post and figure out who's post it is. When I read something sh!tty like that...I just can't help but think about you :finger: Really homo? :cantstop:
Jersey #10 Posted July 31, 2012 Author Posted July 31, 2012 Really homo? :cantstop: not possible in this lifetime stop having wet dreams :headshake:
suntex Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 Raina is a different type of player. Super star of cricket... :)
vamos_rafa Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 And if you remember it was he and Dhoni (I guess) who won us a game in that series when we were around 180 odd for 5 chasing around 2607-270. Quite identical to yesterday's game. I think it was against England. The Poms had really gone gaga over Raina and called him as the next Sachin.
Crookbond Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 I think it was against England. The Poms had really gone gaga over Raina and called him as the next Sachin. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/223902.html This game. It looks a stroll in the park now but far from it in reality. 180-6 at one stage, one wicket and the game was over. A typical Raina situation.
vamos_rafa Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/223902.html This game. It looks a stroll in the park now but far from it in reality. 180-6 at one stage, one wicket and the game was over. A typical Raina situation. :-D.. Good old days.
jind Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 So now Raina has stated himself that he wants to bat higher up the order in ODIS A couple of days after winning India a game with an unbeaten fifty at No. 6, Suresh Raina has said he wants to bat higher up the order in ODIs so that he can score hundreds and make a case for a Test comeback. Raina, who has played 15 Tests, was ignored for India's home series against West Indies and the tour of Australia after averaging 13.12 in four Tests in England in mid-2011. "I would love to [move up the order]," Raina said. "If I get to bat up the order I can play more overs and score more hundreds. I have scored only three [ODI] hundreds in my career. I need to play longer innings and score more runs [so that] I can come back into the Test team. Wherever I get a chance to bat, at No. 4, 5 or 6, I have to bat anywhere."
velu Posted July 31, 2012 Posted July 31, 2012 And again his innings will overshadowed by others. still a decent innings from him
PaceAttack Posted August 2, 2012 Posted August 2, 2012 Raina is a better finisher compared to kohli...
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