India's Tour of Sri Lanka

[manee]

Parthiv looks like god in front on Kartick now. Time to change keeper in next match. Atleast then we can be sure that our keeper will not get out to slog shot.

Both are extremely poor keepers. Dinesh Karthik simply cannot continue in this Test team for the next Test, but replacing him with Parthiv will hardly help the poor quality of wicketkeeping. Bringing back Dhoni will be seen as desparation and a huge lack of faith in Parthiv - the selectors have really dug themselves in a hole now.

 

[aditya123]

Still a long way to go for India.
We still have it in us to throw it away.Another 100 runs and we will be back under pressure.
We need a wicket now because things it looks like we have just taken it a bit easy.
Bringing back our seamers would be a good idea.
The dropped catch by Karthik could still prove costly.

 

[SciD]

Both are extremely poor keepers. Dinesh Karthik simply cannot continue in this Test team for the next Test, but replacing him with Parthiv will hardly help the poor quality of wicketkeeping. Bringing back Dhoni will be seen as desparation and a huge lack of faith in Parthiv - the selectors have really dug themselves in a hole now.

What have selector done wrong?

Dhoni opted out himself. And these two are next best we have as most of wk talent is in ICL.

 

[manee]

I refuse to believe that they are the two best wicket keepers in India.

 

[SciD]

Best keeper in India at the moment is DD Gupta. He cant play for BCCI team. Do you know any other keeper that can bat also?

scion_sid added 8 Minutes and 52 Seconds later...

3 drop catches already. Can see repeat of yesterday when Eng lost

 

[Chetan0304]

:md: Ishant drops a catch : was difficult though

 

[SciD]

The spinners look ineffective. Need bowl to reverse swing now.

 

[manee]

The spinners look ineffective. Need bowl to reverse swing now.

This isn't a video game! Reverse swing is an art which must be practiced to use it as a weapon. It is about specially taking care of the ball (no lame ball tampering jokes please) to keep it generally dry and yet keep one side in far better condition than the other. You also need a great deal of backspin on the ball (usually generated by being a quick bowler) or have a wippy/slingy action with an angled seam too.

 

[angryangy]

Dilshan doesn't mess around and can make bowlers look retarded, but he can also give his wicket away.

 

[SciD]

This isn't a video game! Reverse swing is an art which must be practiced to use it as a weapon. It is about specially taking care of the ball (no lame ball tampering jokes please) to keep it generally dry and yet keep one side in far better condition than the other. You also need a great deal of backspin on the ball (usually generated by being a quick bowler) or have a wippy/slingy action with an angled seam too.

I wanted to post something in reply to this but this annoying new system wont let me speak my mind. Just to say I dont need leasons on fast bowling.

And I dont think in video games reverse swing happens. Cant say confidently as I have hardly played this game and maybe patchers have made patch for it.

 

[evertonfan]

This isn't a video game!

Even if it was, the bowler has to have the 'reverse swing' ability ticked.

 

[manee]

I wanted to post something in reply to this but this annoying new system wont let me speak my mind. Just to say I dont need leasons on fast bowling.

Just say whats on your mind, it isn't hard to say what you think without breaking the rules. I know you don't need lessons on fast bowling but saying "need bowl to reverse swing now" implies that it is not a skill and rather a natural process or something which you can just 'turn on'.

 

[SciD]

India should go for kill today now. Cant trust the rain gods.

 

[Chetan0304]

Stop please don't say rain this one is in our pocket hope Ishi take more wickets :

 

[Neo95]

India should go for kill today now. Cant trust the rain gods.

They are going for the kill now.