Cricket_Hacker Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Indian team departs for England tonight First tour game starts on the 26th Good luck :two_thumbs_up: .You will need it.
SLICKR392 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 Virat Kohli @ imVkohli 4h Off to England soon. Every trip feels like my first match for India! Proud, awesome, amazing. Goosebumps! Words can't describe the feeling. Rohit Sharma's tweet before the Tour. Rohit Sharma @ ImRo45 1d . @DrinkRestlesstastes awesome!! Still haven't tried?Serious?Why?!Sign up on liverestless.com! They're giving away free cans & stuff! :cantstop:
Cricket_Hacker Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Virat Kohli @ imVkohli 4h Off to England soon. Every trip feels like my first match for India! Proud, awesome, amazing. Goosebumps! Words can't describe the feeling. Rohit Sharma's tweet before the Tour. Rohit Sharma @ ImRo45 1d . @DrinkRestlesstastes awesome!! Still haven't tried?Serious?Why?!Sign up on liverestless.com! They're giving away free cans & stuff! :cantstop: :facepalm:
express bowling Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Pankaj I guess is skilled but of bk "s pace... Skills standpoint bk is a shade better than Pankaj. .. I guess Dhoni will go with varun shammi I shan't and a spinner. Pankaj and BK are not similar kinds of bowlers even though their release speeds are often similar. Pankaj hits the deck hard with a significant % of his deliveries, is really tall and gets steep bounce. He can swing as well as seam the ball. BK is a short and skiddy bowler. He can get seam movement at times but is more of a swing bowler.
gattaca Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Good luck indian team. Cook must be happy to see Ishant bowling again.
gattaca Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Virat Kohli @ imVkohli 4h Off to England soon. Every trip feels like my first match for India! Proud, awesome, amazing. Goosebumps! Words can't describe the feeling. Rohit Sharma's tweet before the Tour. Rohit Sharma @ ImRo45 1d . @DrinkRestlesstastes awesome!! Still haven't tried?Serious?Why?!Sign up on liverestless.com! They're giving away free cans & stuff! :cantstop: Any ashwin , dhoni tweets?
vishalvirsingh Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Pankaj and BK are not similar kinds of bowlers even though their release speeds are often similar. Pankaj hits the deck hard with a significant % of his deliveries, is really tall and gets steep bounce. He can swing as well as seam the ball. BK is a short and skiddy bowler. He can get seam movement at times but is more of a swing bowler. With I shan't a bounce bowler a certainty for first 2 rests. ..its sure that pankaj will carry drinks even if 4 pacers play... If I shan't fails then pankaj has a chance... Dhoni didn't show faith on but I So I guess he may play varun..shammi is a certain. I wud actually play binny ahead of a spinner.
moniker Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 It's kind of funny how our fastest bowlers Yadav, Aaron and Shami are short, skiddy bowlers while the hit-the-deck bowlers like Pankaj and Ishant bowl at 130-135.
vishalvirsingh Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 From 23 June to 8 July. .. Our motto coach has enuf days To get batsman and bowlers to get adjusted To English swing conditions. .15 days is enuf Is fair...If Our batsman practice well in nets and In the practice match...They shud play well if not in first Test then from second test for sure....
vishalvirsingh Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 I beleive rajasthan and bcci joining hands got pankaj in Ahead of umesh.. I don't think he will be played at all...If A bowler gets hurt umesh may fly as replacement. ..I will not be Surprised if umesh is played ahead of pander Pankaj etc.
express bowling Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 It's kind of funny how our fastest bowlers Yadav' date=' Aaron and Shami are short, skiddy bowlers while the hit-the-deck bowlers like Pankaj and Ishant bowl at 130-135.[/quote'] Ishant could bowl 135 to 145 k. Still bowls 130 to 140 k. So does Pankaj. But it is true that we need a couple of tall bouncy pacers who can bowl at atleast 135 to 145 k and get seam movement regularly. Our attack lacks good bouncy bowlers.
MCcricket Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 I JUST READ AN ARTICLE AND fLETCHER AND dHONI'S THOUGHTS ON THE UPCOMING TOUR, THEY ARE ALREADY MAKING EXCUSES AND I HAVE LOST ANY HOPE FROM DHONI WHAT AN IDIOT, NOW HE IS TALKING ABOUT MISSING ZAK, SAURAV, DRAVID LOL, AND THEM SAYING England HAVE A GOOD TEAM AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO , IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE FROM LAST TOUR LOL 0-0 WHICH THEY ARE PROUD OF AS THEY SAY IT WAS A TOUR TO GAIN EXPERIENCE LOL
vishalvirsingh Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 I JUST READ AN ARTICLE AND fLETCHER AND dHONI'S THOUGHTS ON THE UPCOMING TOUR' date=' THEY ARE ALREADY MAKING EXCUSES AND I HAVE LOST ANY HOPE FROM DHONI WHAT AN IDIOT, NOW HE IS TALKING ABOUT MISSING ZAK, SAURAV, DRAVID LOL, AND THEM SAYING England HAVE A GOOD TEAM AND WE WILL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO , IMPROVE OUR PERFORMANCE FROM LAST TOUR LOL 0-0 WHICH THEY ARE PROUD OF AS THEY SAY IT WAS A TOUR TO GAIN EXPERIENCE LOL[/quote'] Where did you read this
MCcricket Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 'We know what our challenges in England are' - Dhoni Amol Karhadkar June 21, 2014 Comments: 2 | Post yours as Mahmood Baporia | Text size: A | A India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni addresses a press conference the day before the World Cup final, Mumbai, April 1 2011 MS Dhoni has called for his young team to seize the 50-50 moments in England © Getty Images Related Links Players/Officials: MS Dhoni Series/Tournaments: India tour of England Teams: India India coach Duncan Fletcher expects an interesting series for India in England, terming the home team as a side that is "rebuilding". While captain MS Dhoni preferred to focus on India's strengths, Fletcher assessed the England side in comparison to the one that whitewashed India in a four-Test series in 2011. "I think they [England] have lost some crucial players," Fletcher told reporters during the team's pre-departure media conference in Mumbai. "[The loss of Kevin] Pietersen has been a huge blow to them. And looking at them, they are in a rebuilding phase as well, so that's going to make the series quite interesting. "I do believe though that they have got some quality batters who have got a lot of experience at Test level. [Alastair] Cook and [ian] Bell have scored some big runs up the order. The focus will be to get them out as cheaply as we can. The bowling side is fairly well-balanced. "They have got [James] Anderson and [stuart] Broad who have been bowling well and picking up wickets. We will focus on going there and producing as good cricket as we can. We have done that in India and we will look forward to adapt to the conditions as quickly as possible and will look to put them under pressure." Fletcher termed the 2011 series whitewashes in England and Australia "not easy to take", but added that the recent performance during the two Test series in South Africa and New Zealand has given the team much-needed confidence. The key, according to the coach, will be to take the lead in the series. "Obviously it was disappointing. The 4-0 losses to England and Australia were not easy to take. It is difficult to tour England with a young side, but sometimes it results in an advantage," Fletcher said. "You go out there and play some good cricket - as we did in South Africa and New Zealand - and you learn from there and I hope we can do that. I think it's important to win a match early on in the series. It will give us the confidence that we can win the series. And you never know what the end result will be after that." After the forgettable outing three years ago, the India line-up has seen drastic changes. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman have all retired, while Viredner Sehwag has lost his place in the side. Dhoni said the series will provide yet another opportunity to the youngsters who fared well in South Africa and New Zealand to showcase their talent. 'I should go for my shots' - Dhoni MS Dhoni, speaking about his batting, said he felt he should not be conservative during the five-Test series against England. "For me, what's important is that I have to be far more aggressive. That's something that I have observed. When I play freely, I tend to fare much better than when I try to play like a proper batsman. I think it's something important to back your instinct and not think too much about the situation," Dhoni said. In his seven Tests in England, Dhoni has scored 429 runs at 39, which is slightly better than his career average of 38.77. "In a set of six to seven batsmen, it's important that I back my instincts and try and score boundaries. That way I will score more runs rather than playing for time. That can be the job of other batsmen but I feel that it's important I should go for the shots." "Quite a few of the players will be playing their first series in England. But most of the players in the squad have got exposure in South Africa and New Zealand, so they have got a few games behind them and they know what the challenges will be," Dhoni said, adding that the team's early departure - two weeks prior to the start of the first Test on July 9 - will benefit them. "The good thing will be we are going a bit early, so we can take our time to get into the groove, play a few practice games and prepare ourselves," he said. "Besides, it's a five-match series and I don't think any of us have played a five-Test series. Overall, it should be good, the reason being we have enough time to prepare ourselves." Dhoni said comparisons should not be drawn between the famed batting line-up of the last two decades, and the young lot of 2014. "It will be very difficult to fill the shoes of Sehwag as an opener and Rahul at No.3, Sachin coming in and then Laxman and Sourav. I think we shouldn't compare, but think more about the current generation," Dhoni said. "They have come in and are going to serve Indian cricket. It will be a big challenge for them. The good thing is they have had good exposure, playing a few games abroad and having played a lot at home. They have the talent. It's just that they have to get used to the conditions, apply themselves and give respect to the opposition and read the conditions." Besides the lack of experience in the batting unit, India will also be without veteran new-ball bowler Zaheer Khan, who has been sidelined with an injury, and Dhoni hoped that India would not suffer in his absence. "Zak is someone who reads the game really well and I always felt that left-arm fast bowlers really have the advantage. They can bring the ball back in and add variation of the ball going away from the batsmen. I felt from the first game he played in South Africa till the last game, there was a considerable amount of improvement. "Zak is someone who loves to play games. The more games he plays, the better he gets. As far as missing Zaheer is concerned, I can't really say much because with the kind of experience he has, the fast bowling unit doesn't really have that kind of experience. Hopefully we won't miss him, but as I said, I can't really say anything." Dwelling on the disastrous 2011 series, Dhoni said the team had learned its lessons from the twin tours of England and Australia. "You can call it 7-0 [8-0] because after that we went to Australia and that was also a tough series for us. As I said, it's a constant process. I think those were very difficult periods for us. "We were not winning games. We were behind in the games and were not able to compete. So the focus will be initially to get into the groove and to create competition. Once we are in a position when the game is kind of 50-50, that's the time when we want to capitalise, so that's what it's all about and we are looking forward to it. "You go through tough times. What I personally believe in is you should forget the stats. But also, it pushes you to see the areas where you have to work on to be a consistent team. These were the lessons that came out of those tough twin tours. It helped us when we came back to India and when we went to South Africa." Taking into account that this will be India's first five-Test series in England for more than five decades, the national selectors have opted for an 18-member squad. Dhoni termed it as a "good decision" since it will not only help reserves get acclimatised to the conditions, but also benefit the team immensely during practice sessions. "What an 18-member squad does is that in case of an injury, the players who would be replacing the injured players are already used to the conditions, especially if you see the duration of the tour," he said. "In a way, it will help us if needed and at the same time, we can get some really good practice and it will give us good bench strength. They will know the conditions and what lengths to bowl. And also the batsmen, they can get used to playing the fast bowlers a little more. "Once the series starts, the main bowlers who have bowled a lot during matches tend to take time out [in the nets] and the other lot of bowlers will bowl at batsmen. I think it's very important to have good practice sessions because it reflects in the games. "It's a good decision but at the same time, it's something that is really needed because last time we lost quite a few players [to injury] and [replacement] players had to be flown in. We had to play them without them getting used to the conditions. It will be a good environment for the reserves to get used to the conditions, and help us when it comes to going ahead with them." Amol Karhadkar is a correspondent at ESPNcricinfo sO EXCUSE NO zAHEER, RELATIVELY UNEXPERIENCED SIDE, CHANCE FOR UNEXPERIENCED TEAM TO LEARN LOL, NO SENIORS LOL, ALREADY ON DEFENSIVE, not saying what all good sides do, we have a young very talented team, we will be aggressive and get results, ill back my team, see the same stage when Australia lost all their players and the approach n attitude, Dhoni is still making excuses after three years , now about loosing them and before that about having an old side lol what a looser
SLICKR392 Posted June 21, 2014 Author Posted June 21, 2014 ^ What sort of excuses? Any team would say that. England did after the Ashes. Nothing wrong in that part.
MCcricket Posted June 22, 2014 Posted June 22, 2014 ^ What sort of excuses? Any team would say that. England did after the Ashes. Nothing wrong in that part. We lost our senior players around 3 years back and Zak was useless for last 2 years atleast so he is already setting himself for a failure , our problem is Dhoni 90% of it in the test side.
BlueBee Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 We lost our senior players around 3 years back and Zak was useless for last 2 years atleast so he is already setting himself for a failure ' date=' [b']our problem is Dhoni 90% of it in the test side. Quote my post if you didn't understand this!
MCcricket Posted June 23, 2014 Posted June 23, 2014 Quote my post if you didn't understand anything what he said ! :roti:
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