India tour of New Zealand 2014

[adi B]

Skindia u need a brain transplant ASAP

[saneindian]

I know as long as Dhoni is there as a captain, you can never hate Indian Cricket no matter what.:--D Chill I am just joking.:icflove:

Are nahin, gaali bhi doonga but ye kabhi nahi kahoonga ki I hate Indian cricket and hence will continue to post here :--D

[jhakati]

Retard

f@ggot

[jhakati]

Ishant is a different class compared to the yadavs and aarons of this world who get pasted all over.

[ThePhenomenal1]

im indian and i agree, the indian morons here think it's all about pace, but crap bowlers like yadav and aaron who have pace but spray the ball over are nowhere in the class of ishant or zaheer.

[Switchblade]

Semi column: Zak loses a yard, his sting http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/semi-column-zak-loses-a-yard-his-sting/ He has run in hard, bowled long spells and, surprisingly, even avoided injuries. Never ever in his long career has Zaheer Khan, 35, has looked fitter, or leaner. But sharper? Certainly not. Since his return to the Indian team about two months back, he has bowled 144 overs, 50 of those coming during his comeback Test against South Africa at Johannesburg last December. He has taken 11 wickets in three and half Tests only to concede 55 runs for each of his scalps. New ball bowlers do concede runs because of the attacking field and the vast empty spaces in front of the wicket. But the boundaries through the empty cover region are generally followed by edges that land in the hands of the cordon behind the stumps. Runs are not grudged since they are used to buy those all-important early breakthroughs that spread panic in dressing rooms. During the South Africa Test series, in the three innings he bowled, Zaheer got his first wicket in his 15th, 14th and 24th over. It was a long wait that has frustrated the captain, fans and, of course, Zaheer himself. The Zaheer of old, had a ‘Zaheer special’ ball that would give him early wickets. It was a delivery in the high 130s, landing at a perfect length and putting the batsman in a dilemma. Play, leave, move ahead, step back … That Zaheer ball asked too many questions. Plus there wasn’t much time for the batsman to hit the right button. In October, during the Mumbai-Haryana Ranji opener, watching the new-look, lighter Zaheer one expected to sight those ‘magic balls’ again. Many felt the left-arm pacer would blow away Haryana on the pacy Lahli track. He didn’t. In the subsequent Ranji games too, Zaheer didn’t make the top-order domestic batsmen nervous wrecks. He is saving it for South Africa, they said. The early part of the South Africa tour proved the assumption wrong. Zaheer’s legs were stronger but his deliveries were weaker. The balls weren’t hitting the bat as they used to. It was official, Zaheer had lost pace. He wasn’t hurrying the batsmen any longer. They had time at hand to decide whether to play, leave, go forward or step back. Kevin Pietersen’s tweet after watching Mitchell Johnson at Wanderers summed up the situation: “When you facing someone as quick as Mitchell, your instinct occasionally makes you do things you shouldn’t.. PACE causes indecision!†A slower Zaheer means no reverse swing, which makes batsmen decisive. They no longer are edging those Zaheer specials. Of his four wickets in NZ, only once was a batsman caught behind the stumps.

[gakgupta]

Can Zaheer get his Mojo back? What is going wrong for him? He isn't even half threatening as he was.....I think he has lost his zip big time and now his bowling looks completely spineless At this age, does he has a chance to get the zip back??......I would wish he should but seems unlikely.....Should India pursue with him as a player ?? or drop him and make him a bowling coach.....One thing is for sure....he is definetly helping the nextGen

[tweaker]

Zaheer at 35 has lost pace,but there are many young bowlers who bowls at similar pace at younger age.Certainly time had now come to move on & blood young fast bowler for England tour

[Old guy]

His body is giving up I think he will retire now

[SLICKR392]

Probably his last Test. Zak has totally lost his Mojo-jojo !

[express bowling]

Very good article. Spot on. Time for him to either retire or be dropped.

[virufan]

True worth of 'Sir' would have been known if he come as nightwatchman instead of Ishant As Gavaskar said during the commentary, Jaddu should have come yesterday itself instead of Ishant (from now I will not say Pissant). His batting skills could have come to the fore. He is a good batting talent from what I can see and Sunny also was discussing positive things about his batting with Ian Smith. He is coming at a position where he needs to hit the ball from the word go.

[vvvslaxman]

I know bebo Kareena kapoor. Is Mojo Isha Sarvani?

[Old guy]

U send totally useless guy as night watchmen England sends Anderson not broad or swann who can score runs

[Switchblade]

Very good article. Spot on. Time for him to either retire or be dropped.

He feels he still has a lot to offer to the young guys on the team

[gaurav92]

I know bebo Kareena kapoor. Is Mojo Isha Sarvani?

:giggle:

[The Outsider]

U send totally useless guy as night watchmen England sends Anderson not broad or swann who can score runs

Then Jaddu should have been a no brainer.

[gaurav92]

Then Jaddu should have been a no brainer.

Spot on.

[Old guy]

Then Jaddu should have been a no brainer.

While I agree but jaddu has scored runs in Odis here and in last inning scored around 50 I think..they expected him to score some runs lower down

[Cricketics]

Even though it would have been practically right, but it would have been against Dhoni's ego to send Jadeja as "night watchman" since he consider him a all rounder.