Australia in India

[Rangeela]

not a bad suggestion :

 

[squiz]

Well they couldn't do any worse than India are doing now

 

[rahulk666]

Well they couldn't do any worse than India are doing now

I wouldn't be surprised if they even beat Australia.

 

[Rangeela]

Kirti Azad, the former national selector, has added to the clamour over Parthiv Patel's continued selection in the Indian team, saying that politics within the selection committee was the reason for his prolonged presence in the line-up.

Speaking to The Times of India, Azad said that he and Syed Kirmani, the former chairman of selectors, had proposed the names of other wicketkeepers, but were constantly outvoted by the other three on the five-man panel. "Kiran More [the West Zone selector], Pranab Roy [East Zone], and Sanjay Jagdale [Central Zone] simply voted against us," Azad claimed. "It was nothing but vote politics."

More shockingly, Azad also claimed that More humiliated Kirmani during the selection meetings. "More not only shouted at Kirmani but also insulted him by calling him a goalkeeper. He even said that Kirmani didn't have the credentials to judge Parthiv," alleged Azad. "It was, in fact, one of the most shameful scenes during my tenure as selector. How can anybody behave like that with a player of Kirmani's stature? He is, after all, the best wicketkeeper that India has produced." The report also added that More refused to comment on the allegations.

Azad, Kirmani and Jagdale were in the selection committee till last month, when they finished their terms and were replaced by Yashpal Sharma, VB Chandrasekhar and Gopal Sharma, while More took over as the chairman of the panel.

Patel's wicketkeeping has come in for increasing criticism after a string of shoddy performances over the last year. There was plenty of speculation that he would be dropped after his dismal display in the second Test of the current series against Australia, but he managed to retain his place, only to make more errors in the Nagpur game.

? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd

 

[vibs89]

Oh my goodness Australia will win this test series man Austrakia wiil Obviously will beat the crap out of India

 

[T20]

Kirti Azad, the former national selector, has added to the clamour over Parthiv Patel's continued selection in the Indian team, saying that politics within the selection committee was the reason for his prolonged presence in the line-up...

? Wisden Cricinfo Ltd

For me things started to go wrong from Sydney test where Patel made a series of mistakes and cost India a series win. his and others failure were hidden due to success in Pakistan and dropping Chopra there was first of many mistakes. After the break amazingly the whole top order went out of form, Sachin got injured and everyone started noticing things that were wrong for some time. In matter of months the team that almost won a series in Australia is now close to losing one at home.
As for immediate steps, Patel should be dropped and Ratra (who has some intl experience) should be brought back. Though he has a bad batting avg. I would prefer a keeper who takes his catches than someone who drops top order batsmen and scores 30+ runs.
Also someone like Dinesh Mongia should be brought back in the middle order. Time for Ganguly who disturbed a good looking opening pair in first place to now back Chopra for remaining of the season, there is no way someone like Yuvraj can open in test matches! Time is running out for Laxman as well, but judging by the way things go in Indian cricket I won't be surprised to see him hit a big one in next 2-3 innings Hopefully in 2nd inning here and India can rally to draw this one to look to square the series in Mumbai.

 

[hi ppl]

Australia 398 & 329/5d
India 185 & 118/7 (36.3 ov)

Oooo. Australia will probaly win by 400 runs.

 

[Ajit]

Yes thats for true. Agarkar still is not that bad for One Dayers.

For ODIs, he should be taken only as an all-rounder and asked to bat at No.3 or 4(as Razzaq used to do 4-5 years earlier).
He(Agarkar) once played at 3 and got 95(against WI).

If he doesn't get his line, then he should not be allowed to complete his overs.

And, HE SHOULD NEVER BOWL IN LAST FEW OVERS.

Chopra now averages 23.00 and Parthiv has 32.

 

[brad352]

For ODIs, he should be taken only as an all-rounder and asked to bat at No.3 or 4(as Razzaq used to do 4-5 years earlier).

The only problem being he's not a good batsman

India 9 down

 

[Rangeela]

3rd Test Result

Australia 1st Inning 398 (Martyn 114, Lehmann 70, Clarke 91) (Khan 4/95, Kartik 3/57)
India 1st Inning 185 (Kaif 55) (McGrath 3/27, Gillespie 5/56 )
Australia 2nd Inning 329/5 decl (Katich 99, Martyn 97, Clarke 73) (Khan 2/64, Kartik 2/74)
India 2nd Inning 200 (Sehwag 58) (Gillespie 4/24)

Result: Australia win by 342 runs

Man of the Match: D.Martyn

Series: Australia leads the 4-Test series 2-0

 

[aditya123]

atrocius batting
was this the team that played so well in AUS and PAK last season ? I doubt !!!!!
C`mon guys u can do better !!

 

[aditya123]

india can play yuvraj in place of chopra anytime as he offers a lot more than chopra , Yuvraj is a more talented youngster than chopra .
He may fail once or twice in a few innings but yuvraj, like sehwag has the ability to put the bowlers under pressure
I don`t think that chopra can do that ?
The only times that chopras knocks have been useful is when sehwag plays well .
When sehwag fails , chopras batting becomes a waste of time and he keeps defending and finally gets out for virtually nothing .
He just has no shots in his armory

 

[vibs89]

Man India lost againg man India doesn't even kno how to play man

 

[hi ppl]

History is made. Australia hasn't won in 35 years till now.

 

[gold639]

Three Aussie Batsmen got out in the nineties :crying :crying : :