Commonwealth Bank Series Feb-Mar 2011/12

[angryangy]

@fielders: omg what is the point of you?

 

[Prithvi]

What a mess up!
Malinga-Tharanga-

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Did anyone notice Mark Nicholas whispering to Ashwin "Show it off" when he gave that cheque

 

[Gurjot95]

I am more worried about Kohli. Hope he is fit to play Sunday's match. Oh and btw Why the hell he was going for quick single? Didn't he improved from the same mistake he did in Test match.

 

[SLICKR392]

I am more worried about Kohli. Hope he is fit to play Sunday's match. Oh and btw Why the hell he was going for quick single? Didn't he improved from the same mistake he did in Test match.

He is fit.


What happened in the end :P Ashwin remained not out! Thanks to the much confused trio.

 

[Ahad]

This guy Virat Kolhi impressed me a lot. I waited for his overseas performances before commenting and I must say what a player he is. He knows how to bat in different conditions. He just need to to adjust his attitude. I don't really like 4x M** k* c*** on every catch or century

 

[Paki007]

India should had won this more convincingly nevertheless they won it.SL could had pulled thing in their favor when Virat went.They had a big chance,If they had shown more aggressive approach there.Still good batting by the lower order to Guide India home.

I was expecting SL to struggle to post a good total.They could had reached a fighting score but didn't do well in the later part of the innings and also there was some good bowling by Ashwin who didn't let them to score freely

 

[angryangy]

I am more worried about Kohli. Hope he is fit to play Sunday's match. Oh and btw Why the hell he was going for quick single? Didn't he improved from the same mistake he did in Test match.

I guess it's one thing to say 'this next one's going to the fence' and another to say 'this next one is going to be my single to retain strike', especially when you can't run properly.

 

[6ry4nj]

That failure to catch Ashwin on the last ball looked extremely sus. I'm getting a strong vibe of: "Our lords and masters have bet a lot of money on Ashwin to get MOM so it's more than your life/career is worth to do anything to jeopardize that". Especially (with hindsight) considering the gifts made of Raina, Dhoni and Kohli's wickets to ensure Ashwin would bat.

 

[Biggy]

That failure to catch Ashwin on the last ball looked extremely sus. I'm getting a strong vibe of: "Our lords and masters have bet a lot of money on Ashwin to get MOM so it's more than your life/career is worth to do anything to jeopardize that". Especially (with hindsight) considering the gifts made of Raina, Dhoni and Kohli's wickets to ensure Ashwin would bat.

Hahaha, wow.

 

[aayush93]

Test Matches has really helped Kohli to convert his weakness (playing short ball) into strength. In last 4-5 innings he has scored runs on every short ball, which clearly tells that for him now short ball is a scoring opportunity.
He is now a perfect No.3 player and i hope next time when he plays Test cricket for India, he bats at No.3.

 

[macintosh]

]Test Matches has really helped Kohli to convert his weakness (playing short ball) into strength.[/B] In last 4-5 innings he has scored runs on every short ball, which clearly tells that for him now short ball is a scoring opportunity.
He is now a perfect No.3 player and i hope next time when he plays Test cricket for India, he bats at No.3.

Kohli anyways did not have much problems with the short stuff, he had done well even in South Africa(ODIs) right before the WC where he was tested with some short bowling.
It was just his temperament which was the main issue in tests.

 

[jacobfelix]

Poor Mohitdude must be cursing Ashwin & Jadeja for taking India thru...He lost 1 lac vcash betting on Lanka

http://www.planetcricket.org/forums...-odi-india-v-sri-lanka-77972.html#post2268253

 

[aayush93]

Kohli anyways did not have much problems with the short stuff, he had done well even in South Africa(ODIs) right before the WC where he was tested with some short bowling.
It was just his temperament which was the main issue in tests.

See you did not understand my comment properly. I will try to explain you what i am saying.
Sehwag doesn't have problem against short ball stuff if he is not looking to score runs on that delievery, but that doesn't make him good against short stuff. Similarly before Aus tour, Kohli didn't had problems against short stuff if he wants to duck it but after playing Test matches in Aus, now he can score runs off short balls very comfortably. Ponting is called very good player of short ball stuff (specially balls on body) because he can score runs off those delivery unlike Tendulkar who looks to duck it most of the time.

 

[SLICKR392]

See you did not understand my comment properly. I will try to explain you what i am saying.
Sehwag doesn't have problem against short ball stuff if he is not looking to score runs on that delievery, but that doesn't make him good against short stuff. Similarly before Aus tour, Kohli didn't had problems against short stuff if he wants to duck it but after playing Test matches in Aus, now he can score runs off short balls very comfortably. Ponting is called very good player of short ball stuff (specially balls on body) because he can score runs off those delivery unlike Tendulkar who looks to duck it most of the time.

Since when is Kohli bad against Short Balls? He is good against Short Balls since the Kiwis toured India. He plays the short ball better than any other Indian.

 

[macintosh]

See you did not understand my comment properly. I will try to explain you what i am saying.
Sehwag doesn't have problem against short ball stuff if he is not looking to score runs on that delievery, but that doesn't make him good against short stuff. Similarly before Aus tour, Kohli didn't had problems against short stuff if he wants to duck it but after playing Test matches in Aus, now he can score runs off short balls very comfortably. Ponting is called very good player of short ball stuff (specially balls on body) because he can score runs off those delivery unlike Tendulkar who looks to duck it most of the time.

Yap, agreed