The biggest Flop of the Tournament

[Paki007]

no no Rod Tucker an umpire without ears and eyes

 

[icyman]

We already have it- the opening ceremony.

 

[Haarithan]

Judging by the extra hype created by fans over Sachin Tendulkar , i feel its not his tournament and thereby might turn out to be one of the biggest flops . No offence meant but he's really under some pressure now having played only 5 ODIs in 2010 where only his 200* was an innings worth watching .

 

[Kabooka]

Judging by the extra hype created by fans over Sachin Tendulkar , i feel its not his tournament and thereby might turn out to be one of the biggest flops . No offence meant but he's really under some pressure now having played only 5 ODIs in 2010 where only his 200* was an innings worth watching .

Sachin is a great player but I think that Indians have grown up over this fascination of Sachin being the lone entertainer for the team. Truth be told I dont expect many miracles out of Sachin (not because he is any lesser of a match winner now but because we have other bright players) , though a couple of reasonable 50+ innings from the old timer would be good.

 

[Paki007]

Yeah i think it will be hard for Sachin to perform according to his standards this time but you never know he may repeat his heroics once again no doubt on his ability to do so

 

[offdriven4]

The pakistani batting order-too brittle

 

[Papa_Smurf]

The pakistani batting order-too brittle

How? Each of the openers have scored a century in their last series. Misbah's in the form of his life, and Younis just hit a steady 80 against England in the warm-ups. Afridi and Razzaq are their mainly for end of the inning cameos, and both are capable of winning a losing match single-handedly (Razzaq against SA and Afridi almost against SL in the last year).

For the first-time in a long time, their batting is their stronger point. It's their bowling that's too hot-and-cold, with Gul and Akhtar leading the attack.

 

[SaiSrini]

Judging by the extra hype created by fans over Sachin Tendulkar , i feel its not his tournament and thereby might turn out to be one of the biggest flops . No offence meant but he's really under some pressure now having played only 5 ODIs in 2010 where only his 200* was an innings worth watching .

He has only played one game. Let him play a few games and then start judging him. He played only two ODI's in SA before he returned back home. Again here, he has played a warmup and the first WC ODI vs Bangladesh. Sachin starts slowly but hits top gear in a few games, and stays there for long. I wont be surprised to see a big innings from Sachin against either South Africa or West Indies (or against both) in our group.

 

[Cricketman]

He looked great for his 28 vs Bangla. Was really middling the ball. One of the more unfortunate run outs i've seen, Viru was totally out of it. The only thing he could have done to make up for running out Sachin was get a big hundred, and he did just that... escaped this time

 

[shravi]

He looked great for his 28 vs Bangla. Was really middling the ball. One of the more unfortunate run outs i've seen, Viru was totally out of it. The only thing he could have done to make up for running out Sachin was get a big hundred, and he did just that... escaped this time

Not Viru's fault. Sachin's to blame. There was never a single in that. Hit it straight to the fielder and the fielder was far too close to take a single off.

 

[Cricketman]

It was Sachin's call. If the ball goes in front of the wicket and the striker runs off like Sachin did, you go. AT LEAST Sehwag could have screamed no.

And I thought there was defo a run there. Sachin was able to get to the other end before the runout anyway.

Both were ball watching, though.

 

[AbhishekS]

The powerplays were on and there was no fielder at long on or deep mid-wicket. Sachin could have easily waited for the ball to pass through the in-field before running.

 

[Paki007]

well i think let sachin and sehwag settle it down we should be cool and calm :P