Why Nehra

[slippy888]

Ishant Sharma should have been in the squad not Nehra.

 

[smash84]

Ishant Sharma should have been in the squad not Nehra.

Ishant is no McGrath either.

 

[tooextracool]

Ishant Sharma should have been in the squad not Nehra.

Why?

 

[vcs]

Haha yeah. He'd have finished the match a couple of overs earlier. At least Nehra has a decent record in the last year, bowled well in the ODIs in SL and in the Asia Cup. It's gone pear-shaped for him since the series in SA this year.

 

[Daemon]

Yeah he was doing great until SA

 

[NUFAN]

Ishant Sharma should have been in the squad not Nehra.

Or Unadkat!

I don't care who bowled the last over, but it definitely was poor captaincy not bowling out Harby.

 

[slippy888]

Two other points i want to make india are better off using the batting powerplay if they are setting a total in the last 5 overs, they get to excited and try to slog every ball for a 4 or a 6 and end up losing wickets. And in the death overs when india are bowling you never see them bowl the bouncer or short ball to the tailenders, this ball is a good ball to bowl to the lower order and tailenders.

 

[Shri]

Salman's post was deleted. I agree there's no need to spell anything out. FFS, there might be kids reading this. There's a 99.99% chance they'll still know exactly what we're talking about, but no need to make it explicit.

Someone is thinking of the children! Looks like PEWS has company.

 

[smash84]

Someone is thinking of the children! Looks like PEWS has company.

 

[Prad100w]

Ishant Sharma should have been in the squad not Nehra.

Don't think there would have been any change with the result.

 

[smash84]

haha.......good observation

 

[marc71178]

I think it's obvious why Nehra bowled the last over yesterday. It's all part of getting different people to get experience in meaningless group games so that they're ready for the knockout ganes, a bit like the top order slogging to get the middle order time in the middle (a plan which incidentally clearly showed its benefits yesterday)

 

[Shri]

hush!

 

[Daemon]

I think it's obvious why Nehra bowled the last over yesterday. It's all part of getting different people to get experience in meaningless group games so that they're ready for the knockout ganes, a bit like the top order slogging to get the middle order time in the middle (a plan which incidentally clearly showed its benefits yesterday)

 

[Jono]

Marc is mocking the posting of Dhoni Fan.

 

[Daemon]

Marc is mocking the posting of Dhoni Fan.

Oh right didn't catch that

I need to start looking at who makes the post before reading it..

 

[prampar]

amazing decision..Nehra seems too have Dhoni's confidence. Dhoni says he has been our priemier bowler over the last two years.I dont understand he was taken apart by New Zealand and South Africa. Not the time for MS to have a brain freeze.

 

[IndiaLose]

amazing decision..Nehra seems too have Dhoni's confidence. Dhoni says he has been our priemier bowler over the last two years.I dont understand he was taken apart by New Zealand and South Africa. Not the time for MS to have a brain freeze.

The entire Indian team alongwith Captian cave in under pressure when it comes down to last over.

 

[ankitj]

Everyone I spoke to before that last over was bowled (people watching the game with me, mates that SMSed me right before the over, and a friend emailing me from friggin' London) immediately criticised the Nehra decision before he even bowled a ball. Check out the match thread, CW said the same thing.

Not sure why everyone is pretending like this criticism is hindsight.

+1

I also wanted Harbhajan to bowl that last over. There is generally a tendency to avoid bowling spinners the last over when defending a total, and I mostly agree with that thinking. But Harbhajan is a very intelligent limited over bowler (and again, that is not hindsight. I have always maintained that in spite of his wicket drought that was being roundly criticised). If he is good enough to bowl the 47th over, he should be considered good enough for the 50th too.

 

[Blaze 18]

I think it's obvious why Nehra bowled the last over yesterday. It's all part of getting different people to get experience in meaningless group games so that they're ready for the knockout ganes, a bit like the top order slogging to get the middle order time in the middle (a plan which incidentally clearly showed its benefits yesterday)