Lord Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 He has at least tried to win and came very close defending low totals. And look at his squad' date=' no raina, dhoni, yuvi but more test batters than odi bats[/quote'] so close matches under Kohli = trying to win close warmup match under Dhoni = not trying to win :hmmm:
Yoda-esque Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 so close matches under Kohli = trying to win close warmup match under Dhoni = not trying to win :hmmm: Lol,got him
Lord Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 He has at least tried to win and came very close defending low totals. And look at his squad' date= no raina, dhoni, yuvi but more test batters than odi bats :cantstop: who could have kept wickets instead?
Austin 3:!6 Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Guys - Dhoni got injured while keeping against Aaron. That beamer ball which went to leg side..he immediately shook his hand in mild pain. Not sure how many of you noticed he was stretching his fingers with a band in the dug out while India were batting.
maniac Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Guys - Dhoni got injured while keeping against Aaron. That beamer ball which went to leg side..he immediately shook his hand in mild pain. Not sure how many of you noticed he was stretching his fingers with a band in the dug out while India were batting. Just opened a Pandora's box my friend :--D
game_changerr Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 team hasnt recovered from johensburg test,,,,,throwing away that test (from winning pos)has dented the morale of team badly.....
South_Paw Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 But no one complains about chokohli :finger: 'Kohli's brand value is dipping down' says NDTV. Now I said something about him.
moniker Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Now I don't want Dhoni to be in both the test and T20I teams, but this thread is damn stupid.
cowboysfan Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 you guys need to chill out,we are going to lose a lot of games in the near future,this is a meaningless game anyway.
ThePhenomenal1 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 so close matches under Kohli = trying to win close warmup match under Dhoni = not trying to win :hmmm: Kohli has won matches against WI, SL and Zim when he was made impromptu captain. Then in asia cup where our batting failed he atleast made good matches out of them, brought everyone's spirits up, ashwin was fired up, bhuvi bowled a superb death over which iv never seen him do - where he took 2 wickets. We didnt win but cant forget that DK cost us too. Still, he had that NEVER SAY DIE attitude. I can guarantee that kohli would have finished the match off. Dhoni: 7 off 4 balls, can come in a finish it or try, yet sends bhuvi in? What message does that send? Went from a winning position to a losing one and that is typical MSD overseas, and now it seems he is like that on the sub too. Close warmup match under dhoni? :hysterical: the batsmen did the work and dhoni shat on it all. Ashwin tried, scored something, binny tried but maybe not good enough. yes the other batsmen failed but 7 off 4 cmon.. why send bhuvi? one six and game over
veer Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 We already did in the Asia Cup' date='yet people were calm[/quote'] there was an excuse with some players missing out.. here it's a World Cup and dont want that unbeaten streak to end.
saneindian Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Unless Dhoni was not in a position to bat, this was absolutely pathetic. Despite that finger injury, he did continue to keep, if it was so dangerous should have stopped keeping the moment he got hit! The team doesnt look like going past round one and that would be another feather in the cap for Dhoni.
Lord Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Unless Dhoni was not in a position to bat, this was absolutely pathetic. Despite that finger injury, he did continue to keep, if it was so dangerous should have stopped keeping the moment he got hit! The team doesnt look like going past round one and that would be another feather in the cap for Dhoni. we have no reserve keeper.so he had no option of not keeping
saneindian Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 we have no reserve keeper.so he had no option of not keeping Are yaar koi bhi keeping kar sakta tha..if batting for 4 deliveries is so dangerous, keeping especially against Aaron would have been far more dangerous. And this excuse of of a warm up match doesnt quite make sense. You always play to win, especially with a team which hasnt won much for ages now. Anyways I dont have much hope with the team, so such an approach doesn't surprise me.
Lord Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Are yaar koi bhi keeping kar sakta tha..if batting for 4 deliveries is so dangerous, keeping especially against Aaron would have been far more dangerous. And this excuse of of a warm up match doesnt quite make sense. You always play to win, especially with a team which hasnt won much for ages now. Anyways I dont have much hope with the team, so such an approach doesn't surprise me. injured Dhoni keeping against Aaron was dangerous,but a non-keeper who hasnt done it in his life,keeping against Aaron would have doubly dangerous and downright stupid.Injured Dhoni was still the safest bet for the job. He had the option of not batting which he did. About your other point ,yes you play to win,but you don't risk or down the chance of losing main matches in trying to win a warmup.At the end,it counts for nothing
zen Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Forum rivalry at the fever pitch, a loss = an opportunity lost at one-up-man-ship ----> calm down,this was just a practice game. In 2007 ODI WC, iirc, we won our practice games but were knocked out in the 1st round .... Win the battle that counts :icflove:
Lord Posted March 17, 2014 Posted March 17, 2014 Forum rivalry at the fever pitch' date=' a loss = an opportunity lost at one-up-man-ship ----> calm down,this was just a practice game. In 2007 ODI WC, iirc, we won our practice games but were knocked out in the 1st round .... Win the battle that counts :icflove:[/quote'] and in 2011 WC,we lost both our warmups IIRC
ThePhenomenal1 Posted March 17, 2014 Author Posted March 17, 2014 dont be surprised to see aaron excluded.. dhoni doesnt want his little fingers hurt.. was annoying when the ball kept hitting his pads and ricocheting everywhere
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