ICC World T20 2014

[SLICKR392]

enjoy guys .we r really bored of sneaking into almost every wc semis and finals last 10 yrs .enjoy guys as u rarely see those stages but mark my words it will be very short lived ur team in semis.

And how many did you end up winning, chu?

[great siri]

And how many did you end up winning' date=' chu?[/quote'] who cares.every wc we enjoy upto whole last of the tournament.wheras other teams cry after being exited early.atleast every wc we hav full entertainment upto the final

[SLICKR392]

who cares.every wc we enjoy upto whole last of the tournament.wheras other teams cry after being exited early.atleast every wc we hav full entertainment upto the final

Who cares? Then why play the effing tournament, dude? LOL!

[velu]

epic

[bulbul]

:rcb:

[velu]

[BlueBee]

That was epic :hysterical::hysterical:

[StriKe]

who cares.every wc we enjoy upto whole last of the tournament.wheras other teams cry after being exited early.atleast every wc we hav full entertainment upto the final

Lankans Logic

[undisputed chap]

Imagine gayle dancing in kohli's wedding. Boy that i would like to see.

[rkt.india]

Healthy team environment key to success: Dhoni

There’s something about controversies that brings the best out of the Indian team. The Indians went to the Champions Trophy in England last June not long after the sordid spot-fixing saga in the Indian Premier League surfaced. Contrary to expectations, they went all the way in the tournament, going through five matches unbeaten to come home champions. No sooner had the team begun its Super 10 campaign in the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 2014 than the Supreme Court stepped in to change power equations within the BCCI. There was the threat of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals being suspended from IPL 7, and aspersions have been cast on the integrity of the Indian captain. Through it all, the team has managed to retain its focus, and has been rewarded with a place in the semifinals of the World T20, becoming the first team to seal a berth in the knockout phase after its eight-wicket rout of Bangladesh on Friday (March 28) night. “A good dressing room atmosphere, having belief in yourself and enjoying each other’s success, you can put everything on to it,†said Mahendra Singh Dhoni, calm as ever and showing no signs of any potential inner turmoil during what must personally be a very demanding period. “A lot of things happen around cricket but you have to be focused when you are representing your country. That is one thing this team has done really well. And of course accepting the challenges, enjoying the challenges, trying to prove that you are one of the best when it comes to international cricket. It is all about the dressing room atmosphere and we have kept it really nice.†Once again, it was the bowlers who set up India’s victory, restricting Bangladesh to 138 for 7 from their 20 overs. “When you know the bowlers are getting some kind of help….†Dhoni began as he sought to explain the success of the bowling group, which had also restricted Pakistan to 130 and West Indies to 129. “Where we have struggled in the limited-overs format – both T20 and 50-over cricket – is wickets which are good to bat on and which don’t support the spinners. That means even the part-timers have struggled in those few overs apart from (Suresh) Raina in the subcontinental conditions. If there’s not much lateral movement, they bowl at the right pace to get hit, maybe. The bowlers who bowl quick, they don’t bowl in the same areas. We have definitely got some potential when it comes to sheer fast bowling. Varun (Aaron) is someone who can bowl quick, Umesh (Yadav) is someone who can bowl at 140-plus. But still they are struggling to find their line and length, it may take a bit of time. “Once they go back and play a domestic season, they can bowl back of a length and get away with it in most games. But in the international circuit, it doesn’t really happen. In this tournament particularly, there is a bit of purchase for the spinners. We are playing with three spinners and even the part-timers… Raina has been bowling well, we have still not used Yuvraj Singh, Virat Kohli is there, Rohit (Sharma) is there. When the conditions favour us, our bowlers become very exciting and they make the most out of it. But they have struggled on wickets where there is no purchase for spinners.†This is India’s first entry into the semifinals of the World T20 since their title triumph in 2007. “We have given a very good performance so far,†said Dhoni. “There are still some areas where we can improve. Fielding too has been good. We have dropped some catches but we have seen in this tournament that quite a few catches have been dropped. If our middle order has not been tested, then it’s beyond our control. We can’t do much about it. Virat has batted well and so has Rohit.†The team hadn’t discussed the lack of success in World T20s coming into this tournament, Dhoni revealed. “We do not really discuss all that because one of the facts is that you are supposed to play well,†he offered. “That is what the criterion is. If the consideration was just getting into the semifinals, then what do you do once you reach the semifinals? You should be happy and just stay there and say okay, we have reached the semifinals, we don’t want to play it. We came in with nothing in mind. We knew the conditions quite well, we play a fair bit in the subcontinent, especially the IPL, so we had the right kind of exposure. We knew the kind of problems we could face when it comes to bowling and batting, and we had to work on that. Again, we were concentrating on the process irrespective of what format we are playing. I feel it is always the process that is very important. Once you know the problem area, you can work on it and in a tournament like this, it is very important that you do not expose yourself, your weak link, to the opposition too much.â€

http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-news/healthy-team-environment-key-success-dhoni/104536

[G_B_]

could it be that the scandals help India create a bunker mentality or a siege mentality? Ie when they feel its us v the world they play their best stuff? I think however we are over analysing stuff. Mishra has been the difference. Simple as that. Its one player who is reducing the load on other players. Indian batsman for example have never really had much pressure on them in the T20 WC.

[skindia]

Healthy subcontinent conditions is key

[goose]

Gayle versus Aussie has become compulsory viewing now! Don't think i've seen intimidation on this scale in all my years of watching cricket. Gayle you legend!

[TheWall]

Aussies made the same mistake great Tony Greig did all those years ago to rile up West Indians.

Tony Grieg was one fool to do so....

[kubrickian]

Never seen Gangnam style done with so much anger.

[Pagalpanti]

Healthy subcontinent conditions is key

Was same in Asia cup, anyway India do look a lot more focused. Although batting is still untested.

[SLICKR392]

Look at Sammy behind him. wooof!!!

[jf1gp_1]

Faulkener said he doesn't like them carribean flok

Which translates to I hate black guys

[Switchblade]

ICC World Twenty20: Pakistan tyred and tested for challenging road ahead http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/icc-world-twenty20-pakistan-tyred-and-tested-for-challenging-road-ahead/ Mohammad Akram, Pakistan’s newest bowling coach, has come up with a unique method to help his bowlers practice bowling the yorker. No, there were no plastic cones or markings that the bowlers were targeting or even a pair of shoes at the batting crease. In this day and age of specialised short-blade bats for catching drills, reaction balls to improve reflexes and a tool called side-arm for giving precision throwdowns to batsmen, Akram used an innovative method to help his bowlers target the block hole. He brought out a car tyre that was cut in half. The tyre, resting on the cut-off ends, was placed at the batting crease. The bowlers were asked to bowling through the arch. The bowling coach stood where a wicketkeeper would to fast bowlers and yelled out the kind of batsmen, imaginary of course, were taking strike. Spinners first Spinners Saeed Ajmal and Shahid Afridi were the first to have a go at the tyre. Hitting the object was not considered a success; Akram only nodded in appreciation when the ball dipped and passed through the arch cleanly without disturbing the rubber. The fast bowlers were next — Junaid Khan, Sohail Tanvir, Bilawal Bhatti and Umar Gul. Serious drill The seriousness of the drill could be ascertained from the fact that captain Mohammed Hafeez and former fast bowler Shoaib Akthar were guiding the pacemen from the bowler’s end. Akram said that he has been using the cut tyre for the past two months.

“In one-day cricket the two new balls from either end means reverse swing is not a factor anymore. In T20 even if you have pace you need variations to be successful. The ball aimed at the block-hole has become an extremely important skill in the shorter formats of the game,†Akram said.

Pakistan struggled to contain Australian Glenn Maxwell, who scored 74 at a strike rate of 224, and looking listless when defending a low total against India. Akram was ensuring that his bowlers were tyre-ed and tested when it came to bowling the yorker before the side’s next game

[G_B_]

must say very innovative. I have always wondered if India should hire a pakistani bowling coach.