Dasa
International Vice-Captain
Yes, we do. We really don't deserve you...JustTool said:Truly, all you guys deserve each other
Yes, we do. We really don't deserve you...JustTool said:Truly, all you guys deserve each other
Well said.Dasa said:Yes, we do. We really don't deserve you...
i thought that was what i was indicating there...all along i was saying that they(as in the windies) were lucky not to have been down much earlier in this series...SJS said:Give some credit to the Indian team too, Anil. Luck did not win the series for them. Bad luck prevented them from winning by a bigger margin.
Oh sh**. You are right!!Anil said:i thought that was what i was indicating there...all along i was saying that they(as in the windies) were lucky not to have been down much earlier in this series...
Were Jaffer and Laxman's performances really positives? They (everyone except Dravid actually) capitulated on the one pitch where they needed to stand up and be countered. The batting really looks very fragile at the moment.Dasa said:Quite a few positives to come out of this tour I think - Jaffer, Laxman, Sreesanth and Munaf, and of course the performance of Kumble and Harbhajan away from home.
What part of Harbhjan being injured didn't your understand.. wasn't Harbhjan injured hence why he wasn't picked for the first 2 test matches and plus he wasn't in great form. He took 3 wickets in ODI's and he hasn't been too flash in test cricket.JustTool said:"Harbhajan and Anil have always bowled well in tandem. Both bowled brilliantly and played a big part in the victory. In fact, it was a mistake in not playing Harbhajan in the first two Tests. Otherwise, India could have won the series stylishly with a handsomely bigger margin," the former left-handed stylish batsman said.
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shankar said:Were Jaffer and Laxman's performances really positives? They (everyone except Dravid actually) capitulated on the one pitch where they needed to stand up and be countered. The batting really looks very fragile at the moment.
Yeah that is rather worrying, but all of the Windies batsmen failed too. A little consolation, but that's not close to good enough if we hope to be a strong team. Jaffer, Laxman and Kaif have the temperament to succeed in this type of situation I think, while Yuvraj has done so in Karachi. Still, potential doesn't mean much, we need results when it counts.silentstriker said:The following Indian batsmen capitulated on that pitch (in bold):
Virender Sehwag
Wasim Jaffer
VVS Laxman
Rahul Dravid
Yuraj Singh
Mohammad Kaif
MS Dhoni
We are way way too reliant on one guy.
adharcric said:Yeah that is rather worrying, but all of the Windies batsmen failed too. A little consolation, but that's not close to good enough if we hope to be a strong team. Jaffer, Laxman and Kaif have the temperament to succeed in this type of situation I think, while Yuvraj has done so in Karachi. Still, potential doesn't mean much, we need results when it counts.
Yeah Right Bhajji was injured. Did you know that Bhajji was fully fit before the first test, it was only before the second test he had a slight groin strain ?R_D said:What part of Harbhjan being injured didn't your understand.. wasn't Harbhjan injured hence why he wasn't picked for the first 2 test matches and plus he wasn't in great form. He took 3 wickets in ODI's and he hasn't been too flash in test cricket.
Thats what I thought.vic_orthdox said:Didn't Harbhajan (sp) and Pathan miss a Test because of a discipline thingy?
I believe that is true though the management isn't going to go public with that irrespective of media noise on the selection flaws. Rightly so.vic_orthdox said:Didn't Harbhajan (sp) and Pathan miss a Test because of a discipline thingy?
Not sure abt Lara being disappointing. I thought he captained the side he was given very well and had a couple of rough decisions and a couple of very good deliveries in the series. And in one of the innings he was going for broke as well. If I were a member of whatever side the Windies are playing next, I will definitely not consider Lara to be in poor form. In whatever opportunities he got, he was middling the ball pretty well. Even the last dismissal of his, we saw the ball kept a tad low, like what happened to Sachin in Mumbai or Karachi (not sure). NOt unplayable, but def. kept a bit lower than expected.Xuhaib said:Great stuff India they deserved to win. Dravid is an absolute legend on the other hand Lara was dissapointing but one got to understand the guy is in his 37th year and a very small amount of cricket is left in him.
http://foxsports.news.com.au/story/0,8659,19668616-23212,00.htmlThe legendary Gavaskar and current superstar Tendulkar have long been regarded as the greatest Indian batsmen, but Dravid appeared to have leapfrogged ahead in the eyes of the media.
If there were any doubts about Rahul Dravid being his country's greatest ever Test batsman, he dispelled them in the fourth Test," wrote the Hindu's cricket correspondent from Sabina Park.
The Indian Express concurred. "Let's say it once again here: Rahul Dravid is today the greatest batsman in Indian cricket, the finest in the world on all pitches," it said.
Bad decisions or not, but averaging 26 is dissapointing for someone of Lara's stature.honestbharani said:Not sure abt Lara being disappointing. I thought he captained the side he was given very well and had a couple of rough decisions and a couple of very good deliveries in the series. And in one of the innings he was going for broke as well.
"His performance on the tour was outstanding, particularly his performance in this Test match," said Chappell at the Hilton Hotel in Kingston. "If he would not have been Man of the Match, I would have been disappointed, His performance was critical - obviously Harbhajan, Kumble and the pace bowlers contributed - but on that wicket he was the outstanding batsman from both sides.
"He is continuously striving to get better; when he got out in the first innings he did not complain abut the wicket, he just said I should have been forward. It shows the mindset of the individual - wanting to get better and better. For our young batsman to have that as an example in this Test was just fantastic. We couldn't have had a better example of commitment, application, desperation, determination, patience and technique to cope with the difficult conditions than we saw from our captain. History will show that he is one of the best players for anyone, forget India, anywhere, anytime. He makes runs anywhere and does it consistently."
If you get sawn off first ball every innings you average 0 - but that says nothing about anyone's ability.silentstriker said:Bad decisions or not, but averaging 26 is dissapointing for someone of Lara's stature.
marc71178 said:If you get sawn off first ball every innings you average 0 - but that says nothing about anyone's ability.