Mongia? You mean Dinesh Mongia? We're talking ODI's here. There's no way he'd fit in one. He's got a dreadful strike rate and hasn't converted his scratchy starts into big scores- a certain ODI misfit has six scores over 100, while Dinesh only has 3 over 50!Jameee999 said:
Name one man better than Dhoni. Kaarthick? He can't hit the ball!honestbharani said:
You mention pace bowlers, but can you name any with real pace? That's always been a problem, even when they play three seamers abroad. They're all seam/swing bowlers and once the batsmen get set, it's easy to get set against them. Little wonder then, that they're at the bottom of the ODI table. If you look at the top pace attacks in international cricket in the recent past, there is at least one tearaway pacer in every attack.tooextracool said:
true, india really havent had too many really quick bowlers. srinath was relatively quick when he first burst on to the scene, but whatever pace he had was compensated by his lack of accuracy and his tendency to bowl too short. zaheer khan too had a bit off pace when he first came on, but he was just rubbish and injuries have only made him worse. they certainly havent had anyone who could bowl at 90+ mph perhaps ever.Arjun said:
With all these new experts, they can retrieve lost pace in this attack. Zaheer and Nehra were bowling in the 140's for the later part of 2002, particularly in England, SL and India. Nehra let one loose at 139 in the IndianOil Cup final, so he's getting some of it back. There is VR Singh of Punjab and Abid Nabi of unfancied J&K who are supposed to be fast if you believe these reporters, who watch more domestic matches than those five unwise clowns who pick the same team time and again. There may be many more, but the doors have to be open and they need all the support of the people in charge.tooextracool said:
As indicated by his 93 under pressure against Pak?Arjun said:
Dhoni is no good as a batsman in ODIs. Forget his bad keeping, he cannot even merit any arguments for his batting. He cannot play quickish spin and doesn't have shots around the ground. He scores in the V and that is not good enough in any form of the game these days. He struggles when he has a few overs to go and is asked to play himself in.Arjun said:
I have got 6 specialist batsmen, and an allrounder at no. 7, more than a decent wicketkeeper batsman at no. 8 and 3 bowlers.ramkumar_gr said:
and Irfan is in as an allrounder. 
