India v England 2008

[sohum]

I'd drop Rohit. I used to support him but he's looked well out of his depth in anything but Twenty20 cricket.

 

[encounter88]

Well Well Well.. Lots of talks and thoughts So count mine too

Indian team for next match:

Virendra Sehwag
Gautam Gambhir
Sachin Tendulkar
Rohit Sharma
Yuviraj Singh
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Yousuf Pathan
Irfan Pathan
Harbhajan Singh
Zaheer Khan
Munaf Patel
Suresh Raina (12th man)

I dropped Raina because he is no more comfortable.. needs to regain confidence..I still beleive Rohit should be there in the team..but may be team select suresh raina over him because raina is a left hander. But still not sure

Indian Team Goes Very Far away from the reach of England team with the return of the Master the Little Master Sachin Legendary Tendulkar.
Thing to be noted IF Irfan came to his original form which he was once against Pakistan when he took a great hatirck in test match then There is no single way for England to win any match..

encounter88 added 11 Minutes and 12 Seconds later...

One thing is for sure Comparing both Indian And England team, Indian team is Far more better with a skipper who done lot more better than Pieterson. Yes i know he did well too but not that much as Dhoni did. Still he is a newbie as a captain right now. Hope he last long for england and i hope he came to his original look that Ashes 2005 sheep look one

Look Teams should have specialists in their teams. Wicket taking bowlers needed.
England team wanna win the match because they say we finished on a high against South African.
England Team players which u should look for is Ian Bell and Kevin Pieterson only there two. U can say these are specialists in the team. Ian Bell should play at no.3 rather opening.

Freddie is a wicket taking bowler for england i will not take him as a match saver in batting.
One more important key player is The young Stuart Broad. He has lots of potential.
The rest of the team is good but not upto the mark. some of them out of form some of them never in form .

England Need Openers. Just the same problem which Pakistan is suffering after the lose of Aamir Sohail and Saeed Anwar. The need specialist openers.
England need a Wicket keeper who can be so dangerous in batting too. No team can be no.1 unless having a Fantabulous Wicket keeper.

YOur opinion on my thoughts ...

 

[Cricketman]

Raina >>>>>> Rohit Sharma.

He's just had a few bad games and has been ridiculously consistent, compared to a guy who's had two good innings in about 30 or some matches.

Btw, Irfan is back in the squad for the next two ODI's, replacing RP Singh. Personally, I'd get him in for Yuseless Pathan; play Irfan as a pure allrounder.

 

[Justcrazy]

yousf wont be dropped after blistering 50 and quick runs in da last game...PLeasee drop raina and robhit both flat track bully...Kholi is a great act...full of energy and willing to do anything for the team....Irfan wont do much on these flat tracks with that 120ish pace....sharma khan patel gud enough in quick department...midget should come one down..gambhir n Monk are dangerous at the top of da business...

 

[smssia0112]

yousf wont be dropped after blistering 50 and quick runs in da last game...PLeasee drop raina and robhit both flat track bully...Kholi is a great act...full of energy and willing to do anything for the team....Irfan wont do much on these flat tracks with that 120ish pace....sharma khan patel gud enough in quick department...midget should come one down..gambhir n Monk are dangerous at the top of da business...

... is not a comma or a full stop.

 

[.Mob]

PLeasee drop raina and robhit both flat track bully

Please attempt to post in better English, because looking at that post, you know better English, you're just attempting to look cool or something.
Also, India is full of flat tracks, so why not keep flat track bullies in there? How do you think Yuvraj has succeded in this series? The first pitch was a road, gave him confidence and now he is back to his best form again.

 

[encounter88]

Raina >>>>>> Rohit Sharma.

He's just had a few bad games and has been ridiculously consistent, compared to a guy who's had two good innings in about 30 or some matches.

Btw, Irfan is back in the squad for the next two ODI's, replacing RP Singh. Personally, I'd get him in for Yuseless Pathan; play Irfan as a pure allrounder.

Its not about few bad games Man, its about being comfortable and in the last match Raina level of comfort was zero. Did you watch him? he was totally out of control.. coming front foot to a short pitched ball and vice versa. and the ball in which he got himself out in the last match was just a ....
I can't take Rohit out of team .. Believe me he will do well in the next match..

 

[Justcrazy]

Its not about few bad games Man, its about being comfortable and in the last match Raina level of comfort was zero. Did you watch him? he was totally out of control.. coming front foot to a short pitched ball and vice versa. and the ball in which he got himself out in the last match was just a ....
I can't take Rohit out of team .. Believe me he will do well in the next match..

hey i believe you're right there! Raina looked in trouble where sharma can't play brillant inning like yuvi or sehwag...we need Kholi in the next match...he can surely play some classy innings as he did in Lanka.

 

[Cricketman]

Its not about few bad games Man, its about being comfortable and in the last match Raina level of comfort was zero. Did you watch him? he was totally out of control.. coming front foot to a short pitched ball and vice versa. and the ball in which he got himself out in the last match was just a ....
I can't take Rohit out of team .. Believe me he will do well in the next match..

HAHA. You are talking about comfort? Rohit Sharma got OWNED by a short ball in the second match, couldn't score runs on a road in the 1st, and I didn't watch him bat in the third so I can't say much. I hate the double standards. Believe me, RAINA>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SHARMA

 

[shubhrayu]

Hey guys BarmyArmy seems to be quite lol.Come we need to give them one game atleast to get some posts in this thread.

 

[Chetan0304]

^^ Blame Yuvraj ,Gambhir and Harbhajan for Barmyarmy's Absence

Day night match in Bangalore.(u) excited hope Sachin gets a ton :happy

 

[Leicester Fox]

Why are you so obsessed with the barmy army? India is one of the worst tours you can go on and they've already said they are more bothered about test cricket so I can understand why they wouldn't be here for this ODI series.

Anyway Shah to get some runs in the next game, someones got to hit a century in a 7 match series.

 

[Leggie]

http://www.cricketnirvana.com/news/international/2008/November/news-20081122-536.html

Well I hope this is all rubbish as claimed in the report, But I don't understand why Dhoni would want RP in the side after two mediocre performances in the first 2 ODI's. Apparently Dhoni and RP are close friends...Aren't Irfan and Dhoni too?

 

[srikarr12]

what happened to Uthappa, is he gone for good or what? I think he can be a suitable replacement as a finisher for the team. Hope he comes back.

 

[Leggie]

Nah, I reckon Yusuf is a better finisher.