CG Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Dhoni should be given be Bharat Ratna. Single handedly ridding Indians of their cricket addiction. Finally we will realise our potential as a nation. :cantstop:
StriKe Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 https://www.change.org/petitions/board-of-control-for-cricket-in-india-drop-ishant-sharma-from-india-cricket-team-forever Sign up guys :giggle:
express bowling Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Easy way to stay in the team. Don't perform , especially abroad, and you will remain. Motu coach has done just that. Well done. He is a professional and knows what is expected of him.
amiret Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Nope. After all he is the next sehwag . With Sehwag type scores 187, 23, 33, 13, 15, 29, 19 and 0.
diga Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Dhoni should be given be Bharat Ratna. Single handedly ridding Indians of their cricket addiction. Finally we will realise our potential as a nation. :haha:
beetle Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Dhoni should be given be Bharat Ratna. Single handedly ridding Indians of their cricket addiction. Finally we will realise our potential as a nation. :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
AnkurUpadhyay Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Ishant Sharma has 155 Test wickets. Kapil Dev, Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath are the only Indian fast bowlers ahead of him. Ishant is only 25 and will probably overtake Srinath, perhaps even Zaheer, form and fitness permitting. One day, Ishant might be India's second most successful fast bowler. At the moment, Ishant's average of 38.18 is the worst among specialist bowlers who have taken at least 150 Test wickets. His 6 for 134 at Eden Park was his first haul of five or more since July 2011. It was his fourth five-for in 54 Tests. On the second morning in Auckland, Ishant bowled a nine-over spell. The New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum appreciated the tireless effort, and said that just when they thought India were going to make a bowling change, Ishant would come back and give his cap to the umpire. McCullum did not mention that New Zealand scored 60 runs in those nine overs. Ishant neither contained, nor was he especially threatening. The wicket of Corey Anderson was a gift from umpire Steve Davis. That spell, along with poor bowling from Zaheer Khan, helped New Zealand gallop away when they should have been tested under overcast skies with a new ball that was only ten overs old. Bowling with a 7-2 offside field, Ishant strayed on Anderson's pads in the fourth over of the day, and was picked for four easy runs. In his next over, he bowled short balls at 131 and 127 kph. Anderson swatted both for fours. Ishant then bowled short and wide to McCullum and was taken for two more boundaries. India had overdone the short ball on day one and had been punished for it. Ishant, however, said they had bowled in the "right areas". He kept repeating the short stuff this morning. Even Tim Southee hooked him for a couple of sixes. Ishant's colleagues were probably worse. Zaheer certainly was. But a fast bowler playing his 54th Test should be able to pick up the slack when the senior seamer is having a disappointing match, and not continue to pitch short when it is clear that approach didn't work a day ago and isn't working again. After so many years, it is fair to have that much expectation from Ishant. MS Dhoni had said before the start of this Test that Ishant's role as the third seamer was to contain when the ball stopped swinging. It is probably only a captain such as Dhoni who places such a premium on restricting the run-rate, who could be satisfied with a containing role from a bowler who has played since 2007. It is not to say that there is no need for such a role. Most captain would like having someone who is willing to charge in for long spells. But Ishant could not contain New Zealand, although he did begin well with the wickets of Hamish Rutherford and Ross Taylor. The fact remains that he ended the innings with six wickets. How much can be read into those figures? Can India hope for a different Ishant in the future, one who can finally lead an attack? It is a hope that has been repeatedly dashed by Ishant, and Dhoni has remained content with a workhorse. That routine is unlikely to change, in which case Ishant's performance today might end up clouding the bigger picture. For on the day he took six wickets, Ishant also played a major part in allowing New Zealand to sprint ahead. http://www.espncricinfo.com/new-zealand-v-india-2014/content/story/717111.html
Baasir Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Why all this bashing. The guy took a 6fer for God sake. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk
Trichromatic Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 He just getting a fifer' date=' now where all the haters hiding ? Ishant being most promising young bowler in the world. Likes of Juanid and [b']Trent Boult no having 5fer against NZ but Ishant having one. :omg: This deserves a separate thread.
Sachin=GOD Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 no need to panic. He is a good batsman and will start scoring again.
BeautifulGame Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Its getting a bit ridiculous now . Yeah he didn't deserve to be selected for this test but his performance deserves credit. Zak and Shami opened with the new ball under overcast conditions. How many wkts they took with the new ball and overcast conditions? Both were wasting the new ball and until Ishant picked those two wickets we were looking embarrassing . True both his wkts were due to poor shots but he bowled a lot of threatening deliveries in BTW and looked our most treating bowler in the morning session.
King Tendulkar Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 His seam position is a joke for international cricketer. His pace is lowest its ever been, operates in 120s. At least zak has excuse for his 120 bowling in age, whats lankys excuse? He is slower then bk, vinnay now!!! No offence, once in a blue moon gets wickets poroves nothing. His over all carrer stats are rubbish and in last 2 years even worse. This is no new ishant folks!!
kubrickian Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 One thing that people who hate Ishant need to understand is he can't do much better than this. He is a limited bowler because he doesn't have a lot of pace, the seam position is wobbly, doesnt bowl a consistent line and length and doesnt have intelligence to work a batsman out. He doesnt have a lot going for him to pick wickets consistently in test cricket. You can blame the captain all you want for selecting Ishant but what can Ishant do other than turn up and be Ishant. He can't wake up and bowl like Steyn or Marshall just because Indian fans want him to. You will get one good performance followed by 10 mediocre efforts from him. That's the best he can do. The thing is captain seems to be happy with his bowling, so he most likely won't be replaced and Ishant thinks he is doing a good job because captain is happy. That's the long and short of it.
King Tendulkar Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 One thing that people who hate Ishant need to understand is he can't do much better than this. He is a limited bowler because he doesn't have a lot of pace, the seam position is wobbly, doesnt bowl a consistent line and length and doesnt have intelligence to work a batsman out. He doesnt have a lot going for him to pick wickets consistently in test cricket. You can blame the captain all you want for selecting Ishant but what can Ishant do other than turn up and be Ishant. He can't wake up and bowl like Steyn or Marshall just because Indian fans want him to. You will get one good performance followed by 10 mediocre efforts from him. The thing is captain seems to be happy with his bowling, so he most likely won't be replaced and Ishant thinks he is doing a good job because captain is happy. That's the long and short of it. The question is. Why is the captain happy with this?
kubrickian Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 The question is. Why is the captain happy with this? Ask him. :hysterical: The probable answer is he thinks others are worse than him.
Gollum Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 He i getting on my nerves a bit now. Hope he starts scoring.
kubrickian Posted February 7, 2014 Posted February 7, 2014 Another thing with Ishant is he is a genuine trier. You can say a hundred things about his bowling but he gives 110 % every time he bowls for India but he is just not a good enough bowler, so he will be mediocre most of the time and will occasionally get wickets.
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