Australia in India

[Leggie]

There's a reason he wasn't playing in the Twenty20.

Yeah totally agree, it's not rocket science why he wouldnt have been successful in T20 cricket because you need to be on your toes all the time, you need youth for it and Ganguly certainly doesnt into that category...

 

[Animator!]

I think it's fair to say that Bandrinath deserves a go at the top of the order. Being from England and to the best of my knowledge having no means of watching him play, I can only base this on stats but he sure as hell seems good enough to play for India in ODI's to begin with. Rohit, having impressed so far deserved a go in the middle order and at the moment I assume that Tiwary is going to have to wait till one of the big three has a horror trott of form, and the Indian selectors are brave enough to drop them.

 

[SaiSrini]

We lost the last game badly with the seniors. Why not try and see how we lose with the youngsters (with only one senior in the XI to guide them?). We certainly cant lose any worse. Agreed that we won at Chandigarh when the seniors fired but they are too inconsistent these days to fire regularly. And in Chandigarh, Sachin led a charmed life through the umpire.

I want both Dravid and Ganguly to rest, and get in Badrinath for Dravid and Rohit Sharma for Ganguly. And for god's sake, bring back our highest wicket taker into the XI (Sreesanth). If they're irked with his behavior, they dont deserve to be there. His aggression is required, and he has been bowling well too.

 

[Animator!]

Imo, In both forms of the game your attack needs to be picked around Sreesanth. He'll pick you up wickets, he normally goes for a few but that's the bi-product of taking wickets so if you could dig out at least one bowler that will go for only around 35-45 runs in their ten overs a game then you could well have a very complete ODI bowling attack.

 

[sohum]

Tiwary was actually placed higher in line than Rohit Sharma and Subramaniam Badrinath. He had earned a call-up into the Indian squad for Bangladesh before he had a freak accident in training. However, given that we have seen what Sharma can do, I guess he will be picked ahead of Tiwary. Tiwary vs. Badrinath could get tight, though. Is Tiwary even in this squad?

As for Sreesanth, I think the Aussies have managed to get into his head.

 

[SaiSrini]

Tiwary is not in the squad right now. he has to fight it out in the challenger series to get a call up again to the national squad.

i badly want to see badri in action in the next ODI on Sunday. just feel we got to give him the chance. he is an excellent fielder and seems like he is working on being a useful bowler too.

Imo, In both forms of the game your attack needs to be picked around Sreesanth. He'll pick you up wickets, he normally goes for a few but that's the bi-product of taking wickets so if you could dig out at least one bowler that will go for only around 35-45 runs in their ten overs a game then you could well have a very complete ODI bowling attack.

Harbhajan Singh does that (35-45 runs per over) almost regularly.

 

[RoboRocks]

Tiwary looks a good player indeed and looking at his record he has talent and India should definatly give him a good and as saisrini says he is a good fielder and India need a bit of help in that department and if he can bowl that would also be good especilly in the one day game.

 

[.Mob]

I read on Cricinfo that Badri is an excellent fielder at point, so it must be true.

Edit: Is it just me or does Badri look like RP when he is in a helmet?

 

[aussie1st]

Heres hoping Hilfy gets to play the next 2 games. He won't let the team down and he deserves to show what hes got. I would leave Johnson in for the next 2 to see if can continue his wicket taking form.

 

[Cricketman]

I say keep Sachin and top, play 7 batters, and do whatever you want to the rest.

 

[playkid12]

India in general are a weak side right now. The bowling sucks, the batting's inconsistent, and the fielding is okay at best.

The only people that've impressed me this series from the Indian team are Dhoni (who has been absolutely outstanding behind the stumps and pumps up the team morale), Ganguly, and Tendulkar.

But this is an interesting situation for the selectors. The big three cant be dropped: Ganguly's played two matches, done well in one and an unfortunate runout that wasn't his fault; Tendulkar's been in good form; and Dravid has just stepped down as captain and looks to get in form + he's the irreplacable 1 down. Yuvraj has to play as well, as he was in great form in the 20twenties, and India need him in the field. Dhoni's out of the question, so Robin Uthappa seems like the only person that can be dropped. I wouldn't mind Uthappa being dropped for someone like Tiwary, Karthik, or Rohit Sharma since he has an obvious weakness that the Australian bowlers can target.

Also, what happened to Piyush Chawla? He might've not been too great on the English wickets, but on the subcontinent, he's very dangerous. How did Ramesh Powar - who needs to improve on batting, fielding, bowling, and weight get a go above him in the earlier matches? Also, Zaheer needs to be rested. Spearhead or not, he's in horrible form. Rest him, along with loud-mouth Sreesanth. Keep RP Singh and Irfan Pathan as the frontline opening bowlers, and Harbajan with Piyush as the spinners. If another fast one is needed, bring in Zaheer, but dont make him open. Anyway, too late for this as its not even possible anymore so it doesnt even make sense for me to rant on about it.

Anyway thats my 2 cents.

 

[sohum]

I think we have to play 2 of the 3 seniors. It doesn't make me happy but I think Ganguly would probably be a better choice of player to keep. Ideally, though, I would open with Sachin and Uthappa, but Uthappa looks to have some glaring flaws.

Bowling-wise Chawla was injured which is why he didn't play earlier. I don't know how Karthik got in ahead of him--I'm presuming he's still injured. I also want to see Irfan open the bowling.

 

[Cricket_god]

India in general are a weak side right now. The bowling sucks, the batting's inconsistent, and the fielding is okay at best.

The only people that've impressed me this series from the Indian team are Dhoni (who has been absolutely outstanding behind the stumps and pumps up the team morale), Ganguly, and Tendulkar.

But this is an interesting situation for the selectors. The big three cant be dropped: Ganguly's played two matches, done well in one and an unfortunate runout that wasn't his fault; Tendulkar's been in good form; and Dravid has just stepped down as captain and looks to get in form + he's the irreplacable 1 down. Yuvraj has to play as well, as he was in great form in the 20twenties, and India need him in the field. Dhoni's out of the question, so Robin Uthappa seems like the only person that can be dropped. I wouldn't mind Uthappa being dropped for someone like Tiwary, Karthik, or Rohit Sharma since he has an obvious weakness that the Australian bowlers can target.

Also, what happened to Piyush Chawla? He might've not been too great on the English wickets, but on the subcontinent, he's very dangerous. How did Ramesh Powar - who needs to improve on batting, fielding, bowling, and weight get a go above him in the earlier matches? Also, Zaheer needs to be rested. Spearhead or not, he's in horrible form. Rest him, along with loud-mouth Sreesanth. Keep RP Singh and Irfan Pathan as the frontline opening bowlers, and Harbajan with Piyush as the spinners. If another fast one is needed, bring in Zaheer, but dont make him open. Anyway, too late for this as its not even possible anymore so it doesnt even make sense for me to rant on about it.

Anyway thats my 2 cents.

Thats utter nonsense india have been out played by australia they are not a weak team but australia is a very good team.

First odi-i do not think many teams would have recovered from 90-4 to get 300

second odi-Again the same thing

third odi-When yuvraj and dhoni were going great still they kept attackin

fourth odi - we won

fifth odi-It wasa off day for india but brett lee was great everybody may heap praise on johnson but i think brett lee was the best bowler of the day.


No body is irreplaceble if dravid has not performd in 5 matches he should be rested and rohit sharma or badrinath should play,its simple players in form play.

Are you out of your mind questioning yuvraj he has been in sublime form

Robin utthapa should not be dropped he is attacking batsman who can himself win a match ,you cannot figure a batsman of his talent out he was extremely unlucky to be given out last match it wasa horrible decison,he may push his front put forward early on but if he stays for some time like in chandigarh or kochi he will destroy the attack.

Zaheer khan should be rested for odis he does not field well so sreesanth who is our strike bowler should play.

I think we have to play 2 of the 3 seniors. It doesn't make me happy but I think Ganguly would probably be a better choice of player to keep. Ideally, though, I would open with Sachin and Uthappa, but Uthappa looks to have some glaring flaws.

Bowling-wise Chawla was injured which is why he didn't play earlier. I don't know how Karthik got in ahead of him--I'm presuming he's still injured. I also want to see Irfan open the bowling.

I do not see it as a glaring flaw when he comes in first he does push his front foot many batsman including ricky ponting do it,its not a flaw but
his style .he has got runs against australia in the series so no need to change his batting order.

 

[varunvgiri]

We will probably lose at least one of the next two games with the current line-up and I think there is no harm in seeing what these guys are good for. They will have a hunger that is no doubt missing from some of our senior players. And they will also be able to match the Aussies in the field to a certain degree.

I don't think it's hunger that the senior players are missing. They are being put under needless pressure ever since we returned victors from the T20 world cup. I mean, the same yard sticks should be used to measure both seniors and juniors. Players like Dravid are really feeling the pressure and maybe a bit hurt by the lack of respect shown to them. It's like when the junior players under perform they are excused but not the senior guys. They are expected to perform in every match and criticized every time they fail. It's not so for the junior players. Maybe they feel it should be the opposite. The same applies for Ganguly and Tendulkar.

Regarding Yuvraj, whenever we lose early wickets like in the last game, he most probably will fail too. It's not that he always fails, but either he plays a great innings, which is like 1 time in 10 attempts, or he gets out without scoring much at all. The effort to make partnerships, the hard fought innings on those days when he hasn't got the touch is missing. It's just something that i feel. Maybe, it's just me.

 

[mattfb]

Heres hoping Hilfy gets to play the next 2 games. He won't let the team down and he deserves to show what hes got. I would leave Johnson in for the next 2 to see if can continue his wicket taking form.

Yes, we dont really have anything to lose, the series could be drawn but Hily is a good bowler and cant do to much damage so they should use these next to games to experiment with Hilfy and Johnson to have some good bowlers to rely on in the future.