PaceAttack Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Former Pakistan cricket captain Wasim Akram blamed Mahendra Singh Dhoni's flawed selection policy for India's failure in the World Twenty20. Akram said India failed to get the balance of the team. The legendary fast bowler asked why Harbhajan Singh was left out against South Africa, who are vulnerable to spin. "I am puzzled with the way the Indian team management has picked playing XIs. For example, I feel a wicket-taking bowler like Harbhajan Singh was missed against the ragged South Africans on Tuesday night," Akram was quoted as saying by ESPNStar.com. Akram also questioned the decision to allow Lakshmipathy Balaji bowl the last over against South Africa. "There is a lesson in every defeat. For India, there are genuine concerns about its bowling and, of course, top order batting. A team is world class only when it is complete in every respect. India's batting is one of the strongest in the world, but if you are expecting Zaheer Khan or a Balaji to win you a tight match every day, think again. "Giving Balaji the last over against South Africa was suicidal. A bowler on a comeback is always short of confidence and I think India were lucky to win by a run on Tuesday night," he said. Akram feels that Zaheer cannot be playing all forms of the game. "I have said before that Zaheer has to choose the format of cricket he wants to play. I can't see him running in hard every ball and bamboozling batsmen with pace and movement. "India must find replacements and very soon at that. India need fresh legs and stronger shoulders because they will be playing a series of matches at home from November," he said. The former Pakistan captain wondered what happened to India's next generation of pacers like Umesh Yadav and Varun Aaron. "Where is Umesh Yadav? And Varun Aaron seems to be a forgotten name. With the new selection committee in place, both Umesh and Varun should be groomed to power India's pace battery. I hear Varun is injured. I think the BCCI needs to get after him and pull him out of his problems. At least Umesh should have been in the T20 squad," he said http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/ICC-World-T20-2012-Wasim-Akram-questions-India-s-selection-policy/18531 Wasim :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up:
SLICKR392 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Worry about your own team first Wasim. What's wrong in him saying this? He is one person I wouldn't mind commenting on our team (from Pak). Though everything has been an obvious but good statements.
vvvslaxman Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Worry about your own team first Wasim. He is a retired cricketer who offers cricketing views. You cannot restrict anyone to "worry" (if you call that) about only their team. :facepalm:
Crookbond Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Yes what is is "our" team and "his" team? :dontknow: He does not play from Pakistan. In the same vein, ICF should not discuss anything but Indian cricket.
Number Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Worry about your own team first Wasim. You mean KKR in CL T20? :--D
jairamesh Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Agree, Yadav should been in this T20 team. He was the best Indian bowler in IPL 2012.
SLICKR392 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Agree' date=' Yadav should been in this T20 team. He was the best Indian bowler in IPL 2012.[/quote'] If you want your quickies or your future prospects to improve you need to have them in your side rather than giving the old boots a shot all over again. Piss poor selection by the board.
MCcricket Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Akram hits the nail on the head, selectors and captain are ignorant.
JourneyMan Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 He was so direct, don't know how Balaji and Zaheer are going to take this. Let's not forget that he's actually a bowling coach for Balaji under KKR.
SLICKR392 Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 He was so direct' date=' don't know how Balaji and Zaheer are going to take this. [b']Let's not forget that he's actually a bowling coach for Balaji under KKR. That shows how unbiased he was while making this statement. I still remember how pissed he was with us during the Aus tour :cantstop:
GautiMaan Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 Why is Wasim copying our statements?:hitler:
Crookbond Posted October 10, 2012 Posted October 10, 2012 He labeled out Unadkat and Aaron was our fast bowlers. Unadkat had a very poor start while Aaron had an average start to his career. Now, he's after Yadav - Akram's like KT for the cricket world.
vamos_rafa Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 He labeled out Unadkat and Aaron was our fast bowlers. Unadkat had a very poor start while Aaron had an average start to his career. Now' date=' he's after Yadav - Akram's like KT for the cricket world.[/quote'] No ya. He's being paid by the PCB to jinx our budding fast bowlers so that we never get to have one.
G_B_ Posted October 11, 2012 Posted October 11, 2012 Umesh Yadav is not ready for international t20. He was leaking it all over the place
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