Whats the point of picking 5 bowlers?

[Chaos]

Terrible team selection. And bhajji is like 100000% better than stupid powar.

[Predator_05]

Good point. Yuvraj did alright today, and it's not like Tendulkar or Ganguly can't turn their arm over. The batsmen are the match-winners on Indian pitches, so it's always better to stick with 4 bowlers and as lengthy a batting lineup as possible.

[The Outsider]

Knee jerk reactions. With Dhoni and Pathan we can go in with 5 bowlers without impacting batting all that much. Powar has bowled superbly over the past few series and Harbhajan has been carted by Aussies in the past as well.

[Predator_05]

India should drop one of RPS, Zaheer, Sreesanth. Pathan and Powar should be the only certainties.

[Chaos]

Knee jerk reactions. With Dhoni and Pathan we can go in with 5 bowlers without impacting batting all that much. Powar has bowled superbly over the past few series and Harbhajan has been carted by Aussies in the past as well.

dude even hogg has average of 27, where as this pathetic powar has 35+ in past few series. And he is a sh!t fielder and batsman. Bhajji will save ATLEAST 6-10 runs more than powar.

[The Outsider]

dude even hogg has average of 27' date=' where as this pathetic powar has 35+ in past few series. And he is a sh!t fielder and batsman. Bhajji will save ATLEAST 6-10 runs more than powar.[/quote'] What do you mean by even Hogg? He has consistently been one of the best spinners in the world in ODIs over the last few years. And here is why Harbhajan was dropped.

[img=http://img.cricinfo.com/spacer.gif]
[FONT=MONOSPACE,COURIER NEW,COURIER](6 ball overs)       Mat    O       R   W   BB1    BB2     Ave  Econ    SR 4w 5w

unfiltered           151 1355.1  5619 174  5/31   5/43   32.29  4.14  46.7  2  2
filtered              15  137     646  12  3/48   2/37   53.83  4.71  68.5  0  0[/FONT]

[Chaos]

well thats wat we got now, terrible spinners who cant contain nor pick up wickets. Thanks to our stupid brainless captains.

[Yuvraj4Captaincy]

Powar for bhajji....what a joke!!!!! harbhajan should ve played. anywayz this match is washed out...better pick up for the next one.

[manali]

LOLZ - India is only team which play 5 specialists bowlers and still concedes 300+ runs:hysterical:

[Gambit]

LOLZ - India is only team which play 5 specialists bowlers and still concedes 300+ runs:hysterical:

And Pakistan is the only team which plays 5 bowlers and fails to defend 314 :hysterical: http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66136.html

[manali]

And Pakistan is the only team which plays 5 bowlers and fails to defend 314 :hysterical: http://content-www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66136.html

10 yrs ago & Pak played 3 specialist bowlers....:haha: Advise for Dhoni next match play 10 bowlers ...that might help in restricting Aus under 300:hysterical:

[Gambit]

10 yrs ago & Pak played 3 specialist bowlers....:haha: Advise for Dhoni next match play 10 bowlers ...that might help in restricting Aus under 300:hysterical:

Pathan these days is as specialist as Mahmood. And your beloved Afretard is supposed to be a bowler isn't he?

[ludhianvi]

It is still ok with Pathan there, although he is no specialist. But when they go with genuine 5 bowlers is when I dont get it

[suma25]

hey manali thanks for your sehri and dua during twenty20 so sweet of you looks like it really helps the indian team win:hysterical:

[novpj]

Manali Ponder over these before you throw stones our way; the problem is u guys dont learn from ur losses becoz u r too busy hoping for us to lose. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/250668.html - 392 runs seems like even 11 bowlers wouldnt have helped u!! http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/293506.html http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/226352.html http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64939.html

[Gambit]

Manali Ponder over these before you throw stones our way; the problem is u guys dont learn from ur losses becoz u r too busy hoping for us to lose. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/250668.html - 392 runs seems like even 11 bowlers wouldnt have helped u!! http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/293506.html http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/226352.html http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64939.html

OUCH! :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Yuvraj4Captaincy]

5 bowlers that need to be picked are pathan, harbhajan, chawla, rp singh and sreesanth.

[theguyinallblue]

you forgot zakky mate..!

[MundaPakistani]

Manali Ponder over these before you throw stones our way; the problem is u guys dont learn from ur losses becoz u r too busy hoping for us to lose. http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/250668.html - 392 runs seems like even 11 bowlers wouldnt have helped u!! http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/293506.html http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/226352.html http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/64939.html

good memories because PAK won 3 out of those 4 series.:two_thumbs_up:

[MundaPakistani]

India should drop one of RPS' date=' Zaheer, Sreesanth. Pathan and Powar should be the only certainties.[/quote'] No way man! RP went for runs but the way he bowled you could almost tell that he will pick a lot of wicket in the future, Sree was the bowler of the match and Zaheer has been the best Indian bowler for the last year or so.