Australia in India

[aussie_ben91]

Last year after whitewashing England in the Ashes there was a competition called 'Tonk-A-Pom' where I think the winner got to nominate how many sixes that would be hit in one of the ODI's.

There has already been some speculation in Australia over the recent occurances in the current India-Australia ODI series' that this competiton might be used again if India fail a win game in the series, but only to be renamed; 'Tonk-A-Curry'. Or in Sreesanth's case, 'Chuck-A-Tantrum'.

 

[surendar]

Its also impossible to chase in india no matter how ordinary the bowling is.

If i remember rightly, majority of world record of winning by Chasing ( i think its some 20+ by us though i am not sure about the number but it ended in our Windies tour ) have come in matches played in India? Sorry if i was wrong.

Shreesanth bowled consistently over 143 in the first match
i think today the indian bowlers tried to swing the ball cutting down on pace there were no bouncers.

Our bowlers should spot the block holes rightly in depth overs. Remember how Umar Gul bowled in the Twenty20 finals? We had no clue how to put those consistent yorker deliveries.

At initial period of Zaheer's career, i rememember very well, Steve Waugh appreciated his yorkers so much. We are missing those(Yorkers) plenty these days.

Yeah he did well, but so did Haddin and Roy. They accelerated very well at the end. Especially haddin to play some marvelous shots to get us just over 300.

But I liked watching Hayden's gameplay though. He kept his head cool and played absolutely wonderful inspite of the pressure. He(Hayden) was under similar pressure situations in both the games, but his gameplay was completely matured on both the occasions.

Hayden and Dhoni impressed me today with their matured knocks.

 

[Cricket_god]

Last year after whitewashing England in the Ashes there was a competition called 'Tonk-A-Pom' where I think the winner got to nominate how many sixes that would be hit in one of the ODI's.

There has already been some speculation in Australia over the recent occurances in the current India-Australia ODI series' that this competiton might be used again if India fail a win game in the series, but only to be renamed; 'Tonk-A-Curry'. Or in Sreesanth's case, 'Chuck-A-Tantrum'.[/
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Do not worry This team is not that good ,If they will lose the series then you might have a competiton named "“Don’t Count Your Chickens before They Hatch"

If i remember rightly, majority of world record of winning by Chasing ( i think its some 20+ by us though i am not sure about the number but it ended in our Windies tour ) have come in matches played in India? Sorry if i was wrong.



Our bowlers should spot the block holes rightly in depth overs. Remember how Umar Gul bowled in the Twenty20 finals? We had no clue how to put those consistent yorker deliveries.

At initial period of Zaheer's career, i rememember very well, Steve Waugh appreciated his yorkers so much. We are missing those(Yorkers) plenty these days.



But I liked watching Hayden's gameplay though. He kept his head cool and played absolutely wonderful inspite of the pressure. He(Hayden) was under similar pressure situations in both the games, but his gameplay was completely matured on both the occasions.

Hayden and Dhoni impressed me today with their matured knocks.

I Admit india chased down 20 but not all of them were in india some were outside ,My point is in india the pitch will crumble and it is hard to chase anything above 250 even ordinary spinners become monsters .

We have won all our matche batting first even if the wicket is seaming around.

Sreesanth just tries so much tricks he has the ability to bowl yorkers

 

[baburao]

Last year after whitewashing England in the Ashes there was a competition called 'Tonk-A-Pom' where I think the winner got to nominate how many sixes that would be hit in one of the ODI's.

There has already been some speculation in Australia over the recent occurances in the current India-Australia ODI series' that this competiton might be used again if India fail a win game in the series, but only to be renamed; 'Tonk-A-Curry'. Or in Sreesanth's case, 'Chuck-A-Tantrum'.

You are over-confident isnt it?

 

[SaiSrini]

You are over-confident isnt it?

Dont give him too much importance. The way their team is winning, he is filled with arrogance that an Aussie fan is expected to have. I would be the same if I were in his shoes. One WC victory doesnt make our team the best, and one defeat here in this game doesnt make us bad.

Btw, what happened between Sreesanth and Haddin? Any interesting stuff? Sorry, didnt watch the match (Disclaimer: question directed to Indian fans).

Symonds may get his helmet rocked in the next match

I Think dhoni made a real blunder by bowling first you never bowl first in india.
Both the teams have weak bowling lineups so according to me it was a shocker

Dhoni tried to play according to Australia's weakness (they had this minor weakness defending targets). But India have been doing well setting targets. It has been our strength always.

Good attacking innings from Uthappa. Dravid came good too but didnt go for long. Another failure from Sachin is what sets us back always. I think it is high time we do something with Sachin. I too have started feeling that Sachin is this guy who brings with him too much of pressure along with expectations that we get bogged down too often than not. It is turning out to be a pain on our back. I am not saying he is bad (I am one of his biggest fans!) but I feel it could be hurting the team. I dont see our seniors adapting well to this 'fearless cricket' attitude that Dhoni is trying to bring into our team. Only Dravid looks likely to adapt to it and play accordingly.

 

[aussie_ben91]

I don't see what's so wrong with being confident when you're consistantly getting scores over 300 & getting ontop of the opposition.

Especially when the guy whose ranked the number #1 batsman in both Test & ODI cricket will be coming into the side in the next couple of games...

 

[playkid12]

Another failure from Sachin is what sets us back always. I think it is high time we do something with Sachin. I too have started feeling that Sachin is this guy who brings with him too much of pressure along with expectations that we get bogged down too often than not. It is turning out to be a pain on our back. I am not saying he is bad (I am one of his biggest fans!) but I feel it could be hurting the team. I dont see our seniors adapting well to this 'fearless cricket' attitude that Dhoni is trying to bring into our team. Only Dravid looks likely to adapt to it and play accordingly.

What about the failure from almost everyone else in the team? You know, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Zaheer, Sreesanth, and Harbajan? I personally think the bowlers let us down again. After pinning Australia early, they couldn't put a brake on the scoring. Zaheer was doing well early, but he lost it in his later overs. Sreesanth goes for too many runs and loves to make a fool of himself. I rate RP Singh above him by a mile but we can't have all left-arm fast medium pacers.

Anyway, that isnt the first time I've seen Tendulkar get dismissed like that at short cover. The cut shot tends to be his problem. I think he underestimated the 5th bowler and got cocky in his approach (ie. the paddle sweep that he tried and changed at the last minute earlier in the over). Overconfidence lost him his wicket.

 

[baburao]

I think in both the matches what made the difference was the new ball which was taken after 35th over.I think becoz of this new rule spinners will have a tough time.You cant play 2 spinners now.They have to finish their quota before 35th over and thats difficult.It will be interesting to see what will happen when India bats first.

 

[Leggie]

this looking like a white-wash to me, tendulkar is so crap, i bet he feels so embarressed after india's youngsters beat the aussies...i say drop him, give rohit sharma a flippin chance!

 

[sohum]

Geez--we've lost one game. There are 5 games left! That is almost a regulation one day series.

Things will eventually click for India, I feel. We were pretty good at home during Chappell's regime and I think our team is stronger now. We had then toppled Sri Lanka and South Africa from the top of the ratings, I believe. It can happen again--the Aussies have had 2 innings compared to India's one to get out of T20 mode.

 

[baburao]

this looking like a white-wash to me, tendulkar is so crap, i bet he feels so embarressed after india's youngsters beat the aussies...i say drop him, give rohit sharma a flippin chance!

Its just a matter of time.He will be dropped for not performing.But you shouldnt forget he played really well on England tour.Missed 4-5 centuries.He still has his place in the team.Two failures doesnt make him bad.He is a human after all.He cant score in every inning.

 

[sohum]

I don't see what's so wrong with being confident when you're consistantly getting scores over 300 & getting ontop of the opposition.

There's nothing wrong in being confident but the way in which Aussie supporters generally exhibit their confidence.

 

[newzolt]

India lost in the spin department.Bowling needs to be reviewed.chasing 300+ score isn't easy against aussies.Indians need to bounce back.Maybe harbhajan in place of pawar for the next match.

Its just a matter of time.He will be dropped for not performing.But you shouldnt forget he played really well on England tour.Missed 4-5 centuries.He still has his place in the team.Two failures doesnt make him bad.He is a human after all.He cant score in every inning.

maybe his batting position can be changed.

 

[baburao]

India lost in the spin department.Bowling needs to be reviewed.chasing 300+ score isn't easy against aussies.Indians need to bounce back.Maybe harbhajan in place of pawar for the next match.


maybe his batting position can be changed.

Missing Chawla's googlies.:

 

[Leggie]

i wanna see pathan open the bowling next match, we all saw how much swing he got to dismiss haydos with.