Improvements in Indian domestic cricket

[Arjun]

who will ever forget the way he tried to slog everything of harbhajan's out of the park in that world cup final in 03.....

More than that, I remember succeeding in cleanly hitting everything thrown at him by the pacers- they bowled 27 overs, while Harbhajan bowled 7.

 

[tooextracool]

More than that, I remember succeeding in cleanly hitting everything thrown at him by the pacers- they bowled 27 overs, while Harbhajan bowled 7.

oh so the wild slogging against the spinner doesnt count does it?

 

[Deja moo]

Luckily.....Safe sixes, and shots that travel a long way, such as those hit by Yuvraj and Pathan. These two batsmen are most capable of hitting safe sixes that go a long way. Nothing wrong with Sehwag's style of batting, but this batsman that I want to have will help the team a lot, just as Gilchrist and Gayle are helping their teams. Besides, such batsmen are needed in domestic matches, for 3 reasons-

1. Bowlers get used to six-hitting batsmen and they work them out, thus making them better prepared for the big hitters of international cricket.
2. The batting sides aim for a win.
3. The matches are more exciting.

Waht safe sixes ?

give me one instance where Sehwag was caught in the deep off a mi**** ?

 

[Arjun]

Waht safe sixes ?

give me one instance where Sehwag was caught in the deep off a mi**** ?

Quite often, especially till the Australia tour. He gets caught all over the place. Besides, most of his sixes just scrape the boundary ropes, but don't go into the stands.

 

[chris.hinton]

Perhaps 26 states is too many and it could be cut to 8 Super clubs

 

[Arjun]

Perhaps 26 states is too many and it could be cut to 8 Super clubs

In the Duleep Trophy, all players are grouped in 5 zones- North, East, West, South and Central. In Ranji, they have 26 state teams, but the top 12 make an Elite league.

 

[Arjun]

Does Indian domestic cricket really breed good captains? The national team really needs one.

 

[Arjun]

Another facet that needs a lot of improvement is the umpiring. There have been incidences of bad umpiring, and even one which did not go well with the Mumbai captain at all- CricInfo's India page has that article on the front page.