pinkfreud Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 If Malinga is fit' date=' he would get in for Oram.[/quote'] Won't happen thanks to the politics over SL cricketers playing in Chennai. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Won't happen thanks to the politics over SL cricketers playing in Chennai. ohh ya, next match in Chennai :facepalm: Damn.... MI can't play the best bowler in IPL history thanks to Chennai politics :whack: All CSK matches should have got shifted out of TN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkfreud Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 ohh ya, next match in Chennai :facepalm: Damn.... MI can't play the best bowler in IPL history thanks to Chennai politics :whack: All CSK matches should have got shifted out of TN. Fairness is a word which doesn't exist in Srinivasan Baba's dictionary. KKR and CSK are the only teams not affected by this nonsense. CSK has Kulasekara but they aren't heavily dependant on him, so everything plays into their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Taught they were not that bad in first game. Ponting and Sachin can be a good opening pair. However' date=' they need to balance their teams in terms of quantity of batsman vs bowlers.[/quote'] I think the balance is fine. Can't afford to play with a bowler less. Its the batting order that needs to be reshuffled. Tendulkar Rohit Sharma Karthik Pollard Ponting Rayadu Oram/Mitchell rest... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I think the balance is fine. Can't afford to play with a bowler less. Its the batting order that needs to be reshuffled. Tendulkar Rohit Sharma Karthik Pollard Ponting Rayadu Oram/Mitchell rest... ponting is a poor player of spin. He needs to be opening to face pace. Murali had him dancing. Tendulkar Ponting Kartick Sharma Pollard Rayadu Johnson Oram/Malinga (if fit) Bhajji Kulkarni/Nechim Ojha/ Bumrah Mumbai need to look beyond Munaf patel. The man can field to save his life. You cant carry a dead weight in the field at the T20 level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diga Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 ponting is a poor player of spin. He needs to be opening to face pace. Murali had him dancing. These days teams open with Spin & pace equally & the opening bat has to be good against both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 These days teams open with Spin & pace equally & the opening bat has to be good against both i know that. But as he is the captain and cant be dropped IMO he is better suited to opening. If i was him i would personally drop myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 i know that. But as he is the captain and cant be dropped IMO he is better suited to opening. If i was him i would personally drop myself. Why make Ponting the captain in the first place? That ensures that he has to be started. One foreign player slot is compulsorily occupied. We should have kept Bhajji as the captain. Just hope the management have thought this through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Why make Ponting the captain in the first place? That ensures that he has to be started. One foreign player slot is compulsorily occupied. We should have kept Bhajji as the captain. Just hope the management have thought this through. It's not managements decision. It's somebody else...:giggle: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Why make Ponting the captain in the first place? That ensures that he has to be started. One foreign player slot is compulsorily occupied. We should have kept Bhajji as the captain. Just hope the management have thought this through. fully agree Based on the first match even Pontings captaincy in the field was ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 It's not managements decision. It's somebody else...:giggle: come on dude, it was ponting decision to give Munaf the last over when Johnson (who was bowling well) had an over up his sleeve. That over went for nearly 16-20 runs (cant remember). I saw ponting immediately toss the ball to Munaf. Enough of this "lets all blame sachin for everything" mentality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asterix Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 come on dude, it was ponting decision to give Munaf the last over when Johnson (who was bowling well) had an over up his sleeve. That over went for nearly 16-20 runs (cant remember). I saw ponting immediately toss the ball to Munaf. Enough of this "lets all blame sachin for everything" mentality. That's the way it is. It's like Congress party. Power centre is somewhere else. And people are made official PM or captain to get all the blame... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFanatic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 NYamp16ngvI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Drive Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 It makes sense to bat only the openers and Rohit ahead of Pollard. There is no point giving one of the best T20 player so few overs to bat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFanatic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 It makes sense to bat only the openers and Rohit ahead of Pollard. There is no point giving one of the best T20 player so few overs to bat. + no use of him facing just 5 to 10 balls every match Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr cricket Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Too many old farts in Mumbai team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G_B_ Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Too many old farts in Mumbai team. there are just two old farts in the mumbai indian team sachin and ponting, rest everybody is less than 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFanatic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 AND THATS IT B!T$$$$!!!!:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaFanatic Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 our next match is against delhi on our home ground sop who wants to open the match thread ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mariyam Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 I was mildly bored during the CSK match. We should take it easy, its too one-sided otherwise. :asleep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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