Maxkarter
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I'd have to say, Indias performance aside. Smith batted almost perfectly today, and his 133* will stay with him for a very long time, especially because he got it at Eden Gradens.
Cricketman93 said:Looking at the scorecard...looks like india played under their best today. Over confidence, perhaps? Sending pathan opening was a blunder, let alon pushing greats like Sachin and Viru down the order. And Dhoni at 8?? Its not going to work out. Kaif at 7 was let alone a dumb idea....
It was a crappy line-up and batting order today. That's why we lost. Gambhir should be dropped, not because he did anything wrong, just because it would benifit the team.
vibs89 said:Yap you're right. They can do ****. India couldn't even manage to pick one wicket that's obvious. I mean comeon. India should be shame on their self. A huge patnership of 189 Runs!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!.
aussie1st said:As I said Pathan was way too high. He had never opened before and this game was a cruical one. Yet India send Pathan to open. Stupid move that one.
And of course I still don't understand why India is producing all these green pitches. You go to India to play on flat spinning wickets. You go to England to play on green pitches.
saisrini80 said:India should produce sporting pitches that provide good bounce and carry, but not this type of a pitch which assists so much of seam movement! Pollock and Nel got some really huge movement that surprised the commentators!
No team can play that easily on grassy wickets! All India needs to learn is not to crumble on such grassy wickets! India needs competent specialist openers as back up in ODI's if the wicket behaves like this. Only they can play out the initial overs well. Pathan was a stupid option as we saw today! May be Dravid or Kaif can do the opener's job on these wickets! You just need to see the first 15 overs off without much damage!
I dont think West Indies World Cup would have these type of wickets. I mean, come on, if the World Cup has to be a success, then it has to produce high scoring games that sees boundaries and sixes raining from the batsman! West Indies wickets have slowed down greatly over the years and wont be of this type for most part!
aussie1st said:Usually flat pitches are the way to go for ODI games. If your bowlers are good enough they will restrict the batsmen to a lowish score. Then your batsmen can chase down the runs. Thats how it should be. From the looks of the current Indian wickets, the team that bats first has the worst of the conditions then when the 2nd team bats it perfect batting conditions.