Group E - England, India, New Zealand, South Africa

[nightprowler10]

Whose bright idea was it to give Pathan 2 overs and Yuvraj 3?

 

[baburao]

Pathan bowled just two overs.And Agarkar grrrr :

Whose bright idea was it to give Pathan 2 overs and Yuvraj 3?

Ofcourse Dhoni i wont blame him becoz yuvraj bowled two very good overs and then went for runs in the third one.But look at Agarkar who has been playing cricket for india for the last 8-9 years he cant use his so called bloody experience.:

 

[Cricketman]

I think India made a mistake with Agarkar and Sreesanth. They're a liability in T20 as they get clattered around all over the park. We need three good regular spinners to make a difference. We cannot afford 4 seamers on a good pitch.

What did Sreesanth do?
Not only did he practically tie the match for us against Pakistan, he did well today AND his batting was good to get us at least close..
Agarkar, yeah. Send him to the dump for god's sake. No matter what happens,
even if he gets dropped, he comes back. Does well for like 2 matches then gets clattered.
NO ONE LIKES YOU AJIT

 

[WORLD CHAMPIONS]

Whose bright idea was it to give Pathan 2 overs and Yuvraj 3?

India's Current captain Dhoni

 

[harishankar]

Pathan bowled just two overs.And Agarkar grrrr :


Ofcourse Dhoni i wont blame him becoz yuvraj bowled two very good overs and then went for runs in the third one.But look at Agarkar who has been playing cricket for india for the last 8-9 years he cant use his so called bloody experience.:

Yet Mr. Sunil Gavaskar keeps saying that Agarkar has to bring all his experience into play... like that happens : Let's face it. Agarkar is over the hill.

All seam bowlers of India are just the right pace to get clattered. Neither too quick nor do they bowl like Collingwood or Styris (slow medium with a nagging line and length)

What did Sreesanth do?
Not only did he practically tie the match for us against Pakistan, he did well today AND his batting was good to get us at least close..
Agarkar, yeah. Send him to the dump for god's sake. No matter what happens,
even if he gets dropped, he comes back. Does well for like 2 matches then gets clattered.
NO ONE LIKES YOU AJIT

Yeah, maybe I'm a bit harsh against Sreesanth. I wanted to mention RP Singh as well. Now he keeps bowling some juicy half-trackers for the batsmen to gobble up.

Sreesanth tries at least and he should definitely bat ahead of Agarkar in the order.

If you look at it, Agarkar has absolutely nothing going for him - bowling = liability, batting = nothing, fielding = decent.

 

[baburao]

Yet Mr. Sunil Gavaskar keeps saying that Agarkar has to bring all his experience into play... like that happens : Let's face it. Agarkar is over the hill.

All seam bowlers of India are just the right pace to get clattered. Neither too quick nor do they bowl like Collingwood or Styris (slow medium with a nagging line and length)



Yeah, maybe I'm a bit harsh against Sreesanth. I wanted to mention RP Singh as well. Now he keeps bowling some juicy half-trackers for the batsmen to gobble up.

Sreesanth tries at least and he should definitely bat ahead of Agarkar in the order.

If you look at it, Agarkar has absolutely nothing going for him - bowling = liability, batting = nothing, fielding = decent.

I bet if it was Joginder Sharma then he would have been out of this team based on this performance.

 

[harishankar]

I bet if it was Joginder Sharma then he would have been out of this team based on this performance.

Yes, it's always the fringe players who take the hit.

Dhoni as a captain hasn't impressed me so far, but what I'm really worried is about is his batting. It's seriously gone downhill and looks like he cannot hit big shots any more.

 

[baburao]

Yes, it's always the fringe players who take the hit.

Dhoni as a captain hasn't impressed me so far, but what I'm really worried is about is his batting. It's seriously gone downhill and looks like he cannot hit big shots any more.

BCCI is busy making money.Guess what Agarkar wont be out of this team becoz he is mumbaikar.: For god sake kick him.:

 

[manee]

Dhoni as a captain hasn't impressed me so far, but what I'm really worried is about is his batting. It's seriously gone downhill and looks like he cannot hit big shots any more.

He has not lost anything in his batting. He just has the tough task of batting four which means he has to put the pace on the ball and slog spinners whilst rebuilding after quick wickets - tis not easy.

Disappointing loss for India, the culprit was poor death bowling, must be looked at.

 

[harishankar]

I also think that another reason why India lost this match was because they haven't got the hang of batting in T20 yet. You have to keep going for big shots all the time even when losing wickets because dot balls simply stop the momentum of the innings.

Look at all other teams. They lose early wickets and still hit out of trouble. India got a great start, lost just 2 wickets and what happens? The momentum is killed. And it takes a good 3-4 overs just to get going again.

I think such aspects should be considered. You haven't done the job with the bat if you just got off to a quick start. In T20 the whole innings has to have momentum. Otherwise you risk losing out on valuable scoring opportunities.

He has not lost anything in his batting. He just has the tough task of batting four which means he has to put the pace on the ball and slog spinners whilst rebuilding after quick wickets - tis not easy.

Disappointing loss for India, the culprit was poor death bowling, must be looked at.

He has lost out on his batting. He keeps getting bogged down when the bowlers bowl short of a length at his body. He doesn't make room for himself and has very little footwork. So that's why he has lost his hitting power. You have to play with a flat bat and make room to hit. He just doesn't flat bat it any more from what I've seen and tries to play too straight which is not his strength. He needs to use his feet more and play more innovative strokes. Slogging won't help his cause.

 

[Cricketman]

I'm surprised why Irfan didn't come back for the death.
I seriously think we need that extra batter. Even if he hit 11 or 12 runs today we would have won.
Next game: Bring in Piyush and Yousuf for Ajit and someone else..
I would have said Ghambir but..He did well today.

 

[harishankar]

I'm surprised why Irfan didn't come back for the death.
I seriously think we need that extra batter. Even if he hit 11 or 12 runs today we would have won.
Next game: Bring in Piyush and Yousuf for Ajit and someone else..
I would have said Ghambir but..He did well today.

That's the correct move. India need an extra regular spinner. Even if they get hit, it's the batsmen taking a chance against them. But with fast bowlers, they get hit all over the park with minimum risk.

New Zealand were just more disciplined today. All credit to them.

One advantage for India with the net run-rate situation. They've not lost by too big a margin. They need to go out and win the next two games though. Will be tough...

 

[Adarsh]

Agarkar has to go. Forever. The idiot is getting on my nerves now. There was a time when I liked him, but I'm now quite embarassed to be an ex Agarkar fan. He's lost pace, and just bowls boundary balls almost every ball. India are running out of pace bowler options. They've got too many mediocre ones. The only decent ones now are Zaheer and RP. Sreesanth....maybe but at the moment he's too inconsistent. Surely there are other decent guys out there in the domestic circuit ??

 

[harishankar]

Ishant Sharma. He looked impressive in the India A v SA A match. But he should be brought into the Test side, not a T20 or ODI side first or he'll lose all his confidence.

I can see Ishant on the plane to Australia later this season. Hope the selectors pick him,

 

[Adarsh]

Ishant Sharma. He looked impressive in the India A v SA A match. But he should be brought into the Test side, not a T20 or ODI side first or he'll lose all his confidence.

I can see Ishant on the plane to Australia later this season. Hope the selectors pick him,

NO! A test is not a warm up for a T20. He needs to be brought in here. Obviously it's too late now to change the squad but India are desperate for fast bowling options. Spinners - they've got plenty.