karan316
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***Official*** 2014 Asia Cup
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karan316
State Vice-Captain
Bhuvneshwar is a pretty good option and should be a part of our bowling line up, his control, ability to swing the ball along with his recently improved death bowling makes him an important part of our attack. Pandey is not a good limited overs bowler, he is still very raw, but mostly he'll get a few chances to see what he can do. Aaron should definitely get a longer rope for the ODIs, looked a bit rusty against NZ, but he is a wicket taker and is much better than Umesh Yadav who is quite wayward. Shami's case is also a bit tricky, like most Indian bowlers, he has been poor in the death overs.
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ajdude
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i've noticed over the last year or so that people from the subcontinent not only struggle with the short ball but also struggle with memes
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Bangladesh Cricket News: Shakib Al Hasan suspended for three ODIs | ESPN Cricinfo
Shakib will miss the two games against India and Afghan
Any idea what he did?
Shakib will miss the two games against India and Afghan
Any idea what he did?
ajdude
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that's the point, i've seen people churn out "cricket memes" on facebook and the like that just end up being **** like the above.
also shakib did this shameful act (or whatever)
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Bhuvneshwar has been terrible since the start of the ODI series at home against Australia. He struggles on any pitch that isn't slow and low. The figures give you a hint- high economy rate and barely a wicket a match. That's not good for a specialist bowler. His economy rate has soared lately, when he's out of his comfort zone. There's no point taking in a specialist bowler who doesn't take enough wickets.
I'd take Pandey's OD figures with a pinch of salt. OD series in India throw up oddball successes like Pritam Das, once a year. Or Jaydev Unadkat, with very good OD figures, but can't survive an entire ODI series. Most of the bowlers who have a great OD season are really not good enough to represent India, and I mentioned it at least once on the Indian Domestic Season thread. You have to make do with what you have in Ranji.
Both Aaron and Umesh have the potential to be competent, if not great, strike bowlers, and the combination can be quite productive, but they have been managed very poorly. There has to be a way to take care of their high economy rates, or occasional loose deliveries, and somehow milk their ability to chip wickets regularly, which isn't the case with some other bowlers with unquestioned places in the side. Likewise Shami, whose struggles in the closing overs are often the result of the spinners' struggles in the middle overs, when they go wicketless for long spells, but it's always the pacers in the closing overs who draw flak all the time.