Indian Cricket Dhaba

[Cruxdude]

I think it is more an indictment of our lack of power hitters. I wouldn't grudge Yuvraj his chance. Let him have a go in Australia and if it does work out I would love having him in the team. An ATG LOI player.

 

[Salamuddin]

If India can find a decent seam bowling allrounder to bat six in tests instead of Binny (perhaps Vijay 'Vendakkai Sambar' Shankar) is the man, I think they will have a seriously good test team.

 

[honestbharani]

If Vendakkai Sambar is the answer to everything, I am having it right now as I Post this.

 

[Daemon]

Skip to 1:02:27

nailed viru getting out. sachin's one was a bit weak. he has the bowling actions pretty spot on as well.

 

[Cruxdude]

Why the hell is Cricinfo adding riders about the umpiring for Kumble's 10/74? I have seen the highlights for that numerous times and the only one that maybe not out seems to be the Afridi decision and even that is not a shocker by any means. ****ing gets on the nerves.

 

[honestbharani]

Yeah I thought the umpiring was worse in the first innings when India bowled but yeah, whatever, its crapinfo... They put riders about the SA series just now too.

 

[longranger]

Looks like Barinder Sran is in line for an ODI debut tomorrow. Interesting stuff from the selectors to leapfrog him in front of quite a few other options. The kid has only played 8 List A games and 11 first class matches, and it looks like he's going to open the bowling to Warner and Finch.

 

[cnerd123]

Source?

 

[honestbharani]

And looks like Rishi Dhawan could be the 3rd seamer too. I am guessing they do want a longer batting line up.

 

[Daemon]

Source?

Opened the bowling and did alright in both warm ups and Shami is injured again.

Not keen at all for Rishi Dhawan. He's Mohit Sharma lite with the ball, very meh.

 

[cnerd123]

Tbf wouldn't be the worst thing if Sran got a few games here. This series is meaningless and if they feel he has potential to be a member of the 2019 lineup then the experience is worth it.

Also I'm a big Mohit fan and dont understand why people don't like him. If Rishi bowls like Mohit then I'm excited.

 

[indiaholic]

Not as good as Mohit.. Rishi will get smashed.

 

[Daemon]

Tbf wouldn't be the worst thing if Sran got a few games here. This series is meaningless and if they feel he has potential to be a member of the 2019 lineup then the experience is worth it.

Also I'm a big Mohit fan and dont understand why people don't like him. If Rishi bowls like Mohit then I'm excited.

I think Mohit is alright as a 3rd seamer because of that awkward length he bowls, but Dhawan is less accurate and slower. He's just a 10-0-80-0 waiting to happen.

 

[cnerd123]

Sigh. Does he atleast get swing? Maybe we can get 5-6 cheap overs out of him with the new ball, ala Binny. And maybe a few overs in the middle of the innings with 5 men back if he can bowl slow cutters.

 

[Niall]

Sigh. Does he atleast get swing? Maybe we can get 5-6 cheap overs out of him with the new ball, ala Binny. And maybe a few overs in the middle of the innings with 5 men back if he can bowl slow cutters.

From what I seen in the IPL, I'd be doubtful and medium pacers don't really do well in Australia, but we wait and see.

 

[Daemon]

He's a better bowler than Binny.

 

[honestbharani]

The real question is can he actually improve as both a batsman and a bowler from this experience? If that happens, and we get an Abdul Razzaq lite out of him, I would say this entire series was worth it.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Why the hell is Cricinfo adding riders about the umpiring for Kumble's 10/74? I have seen the highlights for that numerous times and the only one that maybe not out seems to be the Afridi decision and even that is not a shocker by any means. ****ing gets on the nerves.

Yeah I thought the umpiring was worse in the first innings when India bowled but yeah, whatever, its crapinfo... They put riders about the SA series just now too.

What're riders?

 

[honestbharani]

EVery time they mentioned about a spell from that series in the recent best performances of the year article, it was "yeah the pitches were bad and not good for cricket, blah blah blah"... Just the usual tripe they serve up.

 

[Cruxdude]

What're riders?

Basically adding a qualifier to the achievement. In the recent greatest performances article they had mentioned that Kumble's ten wicket haul was a great achievement despite the poor pitch and bad (meaning biased here) umpiring. I really do not see any bad umpiring in that video.