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Sachin to miss Trophy

Sudeep

International Captain
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

BTW, shouldn't this go into the Trophy forum?
 

delkap

State Vice-Captain
Sudeep said:
What's wrong with Gavaskar?
He hasn't delivered yet, and IMO no.7 doesn't look like the position for him. Indians might hv done better with Mongia (at 3/4) who has been in some good form playing for Lancashire. Or maybe give Karthik a go instead of Gavaskar at 7. I honestly cant see wht Gavaskar can do at 7 ....
 

Andre

International Regular
To me, Gavaskar offers more to the side than Dinesh Mongia. Gavaskar is a well composed batsman, competent part-time bowler and excellent fielder. For mine, Mongia isn't as good with the bat, ball or in the field. He's a proven failure at ODI level and it was a disgrace how he was selected ahead of Laxman in the World Cup.
 

biased indian

International Coach
Andre said:
To me, Gavaskar offers more to the side than Dinesh Mongia. Gavaskar is a well composed batsman, competent part-time bowler and excellent fielder. For mine, Mongia isn't as good with the bat, ball or in the field. He's a proven failure at ODI level and it was a disgrace how he was selected ahead of Laxman in the World Cup.
two reasons that mongia was selected ahead of Laxman was that he is a much better feilder and is not that shocking as laxman is in runing betwen wickets :@
 

Andre

International Regular
biased indian said:
two reasons that mongia was selected ahead of Laxman was that he is a much better feilder and is not that shocking as laxman is in runing betwen wickets :@
Neither reason cancels out the more runs that Laxman would have offered though.
 

Jono

Virat Kohli (c)
Devastating. I'm really upset about this. I think we should give up the 7th batsman in this series. Have Kaif come in earlier, and have either an extra bowler or give Karthik a chance to play the specialist keeper.

Well, I guess anything to make sure Sachin is fit and ready for the Australia/India series.
 
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howardj

International Coach
Tendulkar's absence really takes some of the lustre out of the tournament- especially the Pakistan v India match. Hopefully the little champ will be fit for the forthcoming test series against Australia. As for Gavaskar, it really is time that he delivered.
 

Nate

You'll Never Walk Alone
masterblaster said:
Not much of a 'Champions Trophy' without a true champion playing in it.

:(
ahhhh my child, it is called the 'Champions Trophy' to find the champion team not player. can india compete without their best player? if not, it may just show how much of a one-man team they are (it has so far...) nooot gavaskar, put in a keeper IMO
 

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
Injury worries continue

UPDATE: The Indian team's injury worries continue- Balaji is now out.

A local news channel, Headlines Today, said that Amit Bhandari will be flown in as a replacement. In that case, it's not that bad- it's a lot better. Bhandari has played before in England and has used the conditions here very well, and is a lot beter at it than Agarkar, Nehra and especially Balaji. He should make the starting lineup.
 

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