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Why all is not lost yet!

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The outrage is only to be expected. How can a team that is number two in the ICC Test rankings go down to a team wallowing at eighth (when the series began) on the table? How can a captain not win a Test match outside India in his last 14 attempts? Why the stars who earn millions in IPL can't bat, bowl and field? What are the coach and the support staff, who are being paid crores, doing? To a great extent these are apt queries after India lost the two-Test series 1-0 to New Zealand. The loss has come close on the heels of a similar defeat in South Africa, and the ever demanding Indian cricket fan wants answers. And why shouldn't he for he is the one investing his emotions. But maybe if he/she is ready to take a deep breath, gulp some water and count back from ten, the realisation that all is not lost might sink in. As someone tweeted after the draw at Wellington on Tuesday: It's Wellington, not Waterloo. Here are three things we need to look at while passing a judgment on this Indian team's performance in South Africa and New Zealand. We lost all matches in England and Australia with a team that had Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman. Remember that this batting order crossed 300 just once in those eight Test matches. In the current Indian team there are players such as Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane who have not played a single Test outside India before the South Africa series. The likes of M Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli are still relatively inexperienced on foreign turfs. And look at their returns from these twin tours: Dhawan, Pujara, Kohli and Rahane each has a ton under his belt, and Vijay has a 90-plus score against Dale Steyn and Co. Frankly, how many of us would have expected that Indian batsmen will score tons in South Africa or for that matter on grassy tracks in New Zealand? The glass is half-full and if any inference can be drawn from the two series on the batting unit it has to be that the core of the Indian batting is ready for the five-Test English summer. Yes, there is scope for improvement. The glass is fully empty when it comes to bowling, and it's because of their show that Dhoni is seen in even worse light. What does it suggest about the bowling talent in the country when you go into an overseas Test with three bowlers and a Ravindra Jadeja? Bankruptcy. How long can you hope that Ishant Sharma has woken up from the right side of the bed and will be among the wickets today? Can we afford a bowler, Jadeja, whose only job is to check the flow of runs? Is R Ashwin the best off-spinner in India or should we look back at Harbhajan Singh or look forward to Parvez Rasool? And is there anyone beyond R Vinay Kumar or Ashok Dinda? Can we expect a fit Varun Aaron or Umesh Yadav to mark their run-ups in England? Scarily, there are no straight and definite answers to any of these questions. The good thing is that by bowling those 50-plus overs in the second innings at Wellington, Zaheer Khan has proved his fitness and one can look forward to him in England. And yes, please don't expect that with a Rs 100 note in the pocket you can buy a Merc. And lastly, stop reading too much into the ICC rankings. Rankings matter when all have the chance to play similar number of matches. It's not the case here. And just think, how can a team that has lost 12 Tests in the last three years be number two in the world? No way. So, calm down and give this team some time.
http://www.bangaloremirror.com/sports/cricket/Why-all-is-not-lost-yet/articleshow/30687073.cms
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aLL THIS IS BULLSHIT, dHONGI HAS BEEN A CAPT FOR A LONG LONG TIME, HE WONT CHANGE HIS WAYS AND THERE IS NO HOPE AS LONG AS HE IS AT THE HELM, HE WONT PLAY GUYS ON THE SIDELINES AND REPEATEDLY PUT HIS FAITH ON LOOSERS, AND HIS LOOSING MENTALITY AND TACTICS, THIS SIDE WITH A CAPTAIN LIKE gANGULY WOULD BE THE WORLD BEATERS, WE HAVE A GREAT BATTING LINEUP, NEED A GOOD CAPTAIN, GET IN Pandey, sUYAL, Aaron, uMESH, . tHIS BATTING LINEUP UNDER A DYNAMIC CAPTAIN, JUST IMAGINE A CHANGE WHEN Arthur WAS KICKED OUT AND Australia LOOKED ZERO TO WORLD BEATERS, dHONGI IS A IMPOSTER DOESNT CARE ABOUT TEST CRICKET, A SMART CAPTAIN, COACH, SELECION PANEL KNOWS A GOOD TEAM SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK FOR TALENT, WET NEW PLAYERS, HOW CAN WE COMPLAIN WE DONT HAVE PLAYERS WHEN WE DONT GIVE THEM A GO. I'll bet anything if we have the team which has Virat capt Vijay Gambhir Sehwag Dhawan Rohit Rahane Pujara Saha Jadhav/Pandey/Unmkt Pankaj Suyal Aaron Umesh Pandey Shami R Dhawan Ashwin Jadeja Rasool fROM THIS SQUAD WE CAN WIN SERIES AWAY WITH NEW CAPTAIN AND APPROACH, Ishant is the worst bowler in the history of cricket after playing that many games he averages double then any decent bowler,Zak is done finished, Dhongi is the root of all the problem

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aLL THIS IS BULLSHIT, dHONGI HAS BEEN A CAPT FOR A LONG LONG TIME, HE WONT CHANGE HIS WAYS AND THERE IS NO HOPE AS LONG AS HE IS AT THE HELM, HE WONT PLAY GUYS ON THE SIDELINES AND REPEATEDLY PUT HIS FAITH ON LOOSERS, AND HIS LOOSING MENTALITY AND TACTICS, THIS SIDE WITH A CAPTAIN LIKE gANGULY WOULD BE THE WORLD BEATERS, WE HAVE A GREAT BATTING LINEUP, NEED A GOOD CAPTAIN, GET IN Pandey, sUYAL, Aaron, uMESH, . tHIS BATTING LINEUP UNDER A DYNAMIC CAPTAIN, JUST IMAGINE A CHANGE WHEN Arthur WAS KICKED OUT AND Australia LOOKED ZERO TO WORLD BEATERS, dHONGI IS A IMPOSTER DOESNT CARE ABOUT TEST CRICKET, A SMART CAPTAIN, COACH, SELECION PANEL KNOWS A GOOD TEAM SHOULD ALWAYS LOOK FOR TALENT, WET NEW PLAYERS, HOW CAN WE COMPLAIN WE DONT HAVE PLAYERS WHEN WE DONT GIVE THEM A GO. I'll bet anything if we have the team which has Virat capt Vijay Gambhir Sehwag Dhawan Rohit Rahane Pujara Saha Jadhav/Pandey/Unmkt Pankaj Suyal Aaron Umesh Pandey Shami R Dhawan Ashwin Jadeja Rasool fROM THIS SQUAD WE CAN WIN SERIES AWAY WITH NEW CAPTAIN AND APPROACH, Ishant is the worst bowler in the history of cricket after playing that many games he averages double then any decent bowler,Zak is done finished, Dhongi is the root of all the problem
Once I saw She-wag the tailender (in team 2nd innings) on top of that list, I knew it was meant to be a joke, and stopped reading.
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Nohitamam ul haq Sanath Moolisurya vijay AB de hahane Adam Gildhawan MS Dhondulkar
Rohit Mam Ul Haq Shikhar Gilchrist Virat Ponting Ajinkya Devillers Suresh Beavan /Ambati Martyn/Cheteshwar Waugh Stuart Symonds Mahendra Border Ravindra Klusner/Ravichandaran Warne Vinay Mcgrath Varun Lee Umesh Holding Ishant Garner Mohammed Hariss :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
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Rohit Mam Ul Haq Shikhar Gilchrist Virat Ponting Ajinkya Devillers Suresh Beavan /Ambati Martyn/Cheteshwar Waugh Stuart Symonds Mahendra Border Ravindra Klusner/Ravichandaran Warne Vinay Mcgrath Varun Lee Umesh Holding Ishant Garner Mohammed Hariss :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
:hysterical: :hysterical: :hysterical: esp the bolded ones :hysterical:

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