I'm tired of the brand of cricket in sub continent

[I6MTW]

This is a learning curve for the batsmen. Bowlers on other hand' date=' if we wana compete away we sure need to find a couple of world class bowlers, or story will remain same.[/quote'] As nowadays Indians are getting fitter each generation, we might get a fit, tall, fast bowler that can compete with the world.

[Tiger80]

As nowadays Indians are getting fitter each generation' date=' we might get a fit, tall, fast bowler that can compete with the world.[/quote'] From 1980 onwards we always had atleast 1 fast medium bowler now we don't even have that 1980s-- Kapil Dev 1990s Srinath 2000s --Zak 2010s---No one

[goose]

More than the losing of these two one-dayers is a greater sadness that i no longer care. Nothing about this Indian side's skills or personnel inspires me in the slightest.

[Pagalpanti]

^We even had a rich history of World class spinners.. Harby was last of those, even he had a poor last 4-5 years.

[I6MTW]

From 1980 onwards we always had atleast 1 fast medium bowler now we don't even have that 1980s-- Kapil Dev 1990s Srinath 2000s --Zak 2010s---No one

2010's- Shami, Yadav(at times), Bhuvi(early this year), Aaron(when healthy).

[Sarkar]

may be you should have asked this question when we won champions trophy in england and tri series in west indies and dont give that crap oh they havent won outisde home.

[Tiger80]

2010's- Shami' date=' Yadav(at times), Bhuvi(early this year), Aaron(when healthy).[/quote'] They all are emerging .We don't know how many of them will become like Zak or srinath .By this logic even Aus could say we have cummins , Starc , Mckay etc but we all know none of them are established similarly none of indian bowlers are established in world cricket

[amiret]

Are India really any good at cricket?

All time Win/loss ratio of 0.81 in TEST matches , India is at 7th position below Sri Lanka . So the answer is No. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;orderby=win_loss_ratio;template=results;type=team

[I6MTW]

They all are emerging .We don't know how many of them will become like Zak or srinath .By this logic even Aus could say we have cummins ' date=' Starc , Mckay etc but we all know none of them are established similarly none of indian bowlers are established in world cricket[/quote'] India is as bad at bowling just as Pakistan is bad at batting

[hhunaeh]

These merchants of misery from india are worse than pakistani posters who's trolling is very understandable.

[Deleted_User_1]

Why are you guys wasting your time watching these humiliations after humiliations which will continue for one and a half more years? The captain himself believes away matches are for practice only. BCCI will line up some sitting ducks like WI and SL for the home season to rejuvenate the fan base and there is of course' date=' IPL.[/quote'] +++++++ Once fans stay away from cash cows like IPL, BCCI does not give a feck. Plus there is always WI or NZ to beat up at home when the morale is down. With all the overseas tours this year is going to be devastating for Indian fans until after WC 2015.

[StriKe]

Mohandas Menon ‏@mohanstatsman 7m India first ODI series/tournament loss in 2013 since losing 1-2 to Pakistan in January. In btwn have won 6 in a row

[Deleted_User_1]

yeah we have won odd global competition here and there, and some good patches supplemented by good home form. but it seems like it is the same story over and over again when we go to Australia, SA, and Eng. we struggle to play pace, bounce, and swing and more frustrating we don't have the firepower to return the favour. every single away series to these three countries we go in as massive underdogs both in odis and tests. at least the likes of Australia, South Africa, and England come to the Asia and put up a fight and sometimes even go away with wins. I can't help but think without big fast bowlers in our team and domestic circuit, India cricket won't go much further in terms of competiveness in away series.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

[cric_fan]

Excuses

[amiret]

Rohit , Raina , Kohli , Yuvi , Dhoni ....have all played in SA before.

[Sid]

Why are you guys wasting your time watching these humiliations after humiliations which will continue for one and a half more years? The captain himself believes away matches are for practice only. BCCI will line up some sitting ducks like WI and SL for the home season to rejuvenate the fan base and there is of course' date=' IPL.[/quote'] We or atleast I am watching because I love watching this sport,pure entertainment.

[Sidhoni]

Too much of a reaction after just one bad series? 2 of the last 6 ODI series we won were away(CT in England, Tri series in WI). I am sure we would have been much better if this was a full tour and we were given time and warmup matches for practice.

[Sidhoni]

:facepalm:

[NareshK]

There has to be some preparation for any series to Eng, SA, Aus or even NZ or WI - at least a 3 day or 4 day game and a week to get acclimatized to the conditions. Pitches there are vastly different to anything we face in India.

[Brainfade]

Why are you guys wasting your time watching these humiliations after humiliations which will continue for one and a half more years? The captain himself believes away matches are for practice only. BCCI will line up some sitting ducks like WI and SL for the home season to rejuvenate the fan base and there is of course' date= IPL.

I have a vague memory of beating Australia in an ODI series recently. Oh wait, that doesn't count because: (1) We have patta wickets, fast outlfields, no reverse swing and short boundaries only when our guys bat. The groundspeople miraculously reset the playing conditions such that even stalwarts like Shane Watson and Brad Haddin could not score consistently and fast enough when it was their turn. (2) They didn't have Mitchell Johnson in any of the matches they lost. Oh wait ... (3) It's not real cricket when India scores more than 350. (4) George Bailey is unlucky as captain. (5) Come on - the heat, dust, pollution, food, spices, crowd-noise, dew, and beggars on the streets were all unfair distractions to the touring firangs. (5) Ozzies are minnows, too. (6) Victories only count when they come on greentop wickets with sand-logged outfields in SA. All other matches are exhibitions. What else am I missing?