Faisal1985
International Vice-Captain
Seems like Karthik is a rare Indian breed who is able to tackle the short stuff.
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ret
International Debutant
no team from the sub continent can claim that all of its players are good enough to tackle short stuff
kingkallis
International Coach
Great shot by MSD!
kingkallis
International Coach
Fazeer was spot on when he said that Taylor can never be used as a death option! Windies need Collymore in situations like this...
stumpski
International Captain
Rampaul could have bowled this over couldn't he?
kingkallis
International Coach
Phewww that was a tight finish! Good game....
kingkallis
International Coach
I prefered Gayle there. He could have bowled his famous straight ones or maybe Bernard!
Taylor really looked offcolor today and Gayle made a mistake there...
ret
International Debutant
So India goes 2-1 up, which mean it can't lose this series but has a chance of winning it .... The guys have done well in ODIs of late and even without some of the regular players in this series the team has been competitive
Nice to see Nehra bowling well .... Karthik and Dhoni did the job .... Gambhir scratched around despite not being in the best of touch
Nice to see Nehra bowling well .... Karthik and Dhoni did the job .... Gambhir scratched around despite not being in the best of touch
Jigga988
State 12th Man
Collymore was never that good, Rampaul had to bowl the last over but Gayle made another questionable decision, I know they guy motivates the team to a big degree but regarding tactics and decisions on the field he can get them wrong. Rampaul had bowled a good over before that except for the no ball. Gayle effectively lost that ODI for us backing a guy who was bowling so poorly at that stage and has done for a while.
ret
International Debutant
The last ODI is marred by rain. The real interest is abt India being on the verge of its 5th successive ODI series win. The only way this cannot happen is if the WI win to tie the series
Looking at the positives of the series from an Indian PoV, Karthik and Nehra have done well after being drafted in to the squad .... Dhoni seems to have got back some form. I read somewhere that he averages over 90 in ODIs this year! And he is only the 3rd batsman to have a career average of over 50 in ODIs from those who have played a certain number of ODIs. The others I guess are Bevan and Hussey
For the future couple of ODI tours, India would do well to mix those who have done well here with some of those regulars who would be coming back in to the squad
A squad like the one below would make sense for the tri-series in SL and the Champions Trophy
- Tendulkar
- Sehwag
- Gambhir
- Yuvi
- Karthik
- Dhoni
With a top 6 like the above, I would be tempted to play 5 specialist bowlers so
- Bhajji [for his useful batting as well as economical spells]
- Zak [useful bat]
- Mishra [spinner who can go for wkts]
- Ishant
- Nehra
12th man - YP, the batting all-rounder. If batting needs to be strengthened then he can come in at #7
13th and 14th:
- Bring in a couple of fresh faces to give them an exposure like Pandey and may be Pujara
- 15th: Munaf
- 16th [if that's the squad size]: one from .....
Looking at the positives of the series from an Indian PoV, Karthik and Nehra have done well after being drafted in to the squad .... Dhoni seems to have got back some form. I read somewhere that he averages over 90 in ODIs this year! And he is only the 3rd batsman to have a career average of over 50 in ODIs from those who have played a certain number of ODIs. The others I guess are Bevan and Hussey
For the future couple of ODI tours, India would do well to mix those who have done well here with some of those regulars who would be coming back in to the squad
A squad like the one below would make sense for the tri-series in SL and the Champions Trophy
- Tendulkar
- Sehwag
- Gambhir
- Yuvi
- Karthik
- Dhoni
With a top 6 like the above, I would be tempted to play 5 specialist bowlers so
- Bhajji [for his useful batting as well as economical spells]
- Zak [useful bat]
- Mishra [spinner who can go for wkts]
- Ishant
- Nehra
12th man - YP, the batting all-rounder. If batting needs to be strengthened then he can come in at #7
13th and 14th:
- Bring in a couple of fresh faces to give them an exposure like Pandey and may be Pujara
- 15th: Munaf
- 16th [if that's the squad size]: one from .....
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Dissector
International Debutant
I wasn't following this series much but it's still a bit disappointing that it had to end like this. Still I think these random ODI games need to be brought under control. IMO an ODI series should only take place alongside a test series. And those silly triangular tournaments which no one gives a hoot for need to be eliminated altogether.