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| ![]() Chasing 318 for victory, India end up 299 all out in 49.1 overs. Chasing 300 in Australia is always a difficult task. Good fight put up the young team. One more wicket in hand and India would have been victorious. 1. Time for little master to think about hanging the boots and exit gracefully. 7 consecutive failures is too much for a team to compensate. 2. Yuvraj, Rohit Sharma, Sehwag - all are in good touch. They should practise just staying at the wicket for first 20 deliveries. 3. For next game its time to get Suresh Raina in place of Rohit Sharma. 4. Sreesanth just sprayed the ball all around. He may not play the next game. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() Tendulkar has been in fine fettle in both forms of the game over the last couple of years, but just like the fourth innings has been a bit of a jinx for him in Tests, the run-chase has caught him cold in ODIs: over the last three years, Tendulkar averages a mere 26.94 in the 39 matches that India have chased, with 18 single-digit scores. During the same period, he has averaged 56.03 in the 32 innings when India have batted first, with four centuries and just seven scores of less than ten. The last time Tendulkar scored a century in a run-chase was nearly four years ago, when he stroked a glorious 141 in Rawalpindi against Pakistan. The above is taken from this - Cricinfo Article |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() It was good watching Gambhir & Uthappa yesterday; Rohit Sharma went early but no sweat - he's been pretty consistent so far. The remaining "seniors" - well, what can one say ![]() ![]() |
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| ![]() So the team should be chosen after the toss?? How ridiculous. So choose Sachin if we bat first. What are the stats on other players - setting a target and chasing one? Good show by "TEAM INDIA" and thats what matters. Ifs and buts are always going to be there. From being called the Hope of India to (white) elephant its sad to be selfless as a player for your country. Now dont start about Ferrari's and tax saving if anyone of us were in his place we could have burned out long back. Compare Sachin to other sport personalities who were thrown into the mad world at a age of 16 and survived. Last edited by Spitfire : 25th February 2008 at 12:56. |
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What matters is that he delivers when he plays for the country, without having to fall back on excuses such as 'played for India at 16', 'hope of the nation', 'unplayable ball', 'unable to convert big starts' etc If he cannot deliver as before, he should stand down understanding that we are quite a forgiving lot and will never ask for a person of his stature to stand down. That would be the mark of a great person. Else he will be the elephant in the dressing room that nobody wants to talk about. | |
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We can always tell him to come in at No. 4. We can change the batting order after the toss as the team has to be announced before the toss. Think about it - if Sachin is there in at No 4 , the rest of the players can bat freely knowing that the maestro is there at the other end. (for how long though is anyone's guess ![]() But as everyone knows - Sachin gets cranky and irritable when he is asked to bat to No 4 - why ?? I think he wants the maximum number of overs to bat so that he can go on creating records !! I am sorry but that is all I can assume looking at his reluctance to bat down the order. He is a great enough batsman to score at No 4 like he does at No 1 - think it even reduces the risk of him getting wrong LBW decisions. ![]() Last edited by normally_crazy : 25th February 2008 at 13:55. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() I am sure sachin & the captain have considered all your ideas, if they still persist with it, there must be a reason. I am sure sachin himself knows why. |
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| ![]() DNA - Sport - Skipper backs Sachin says he will fire - Daily News & Analysis Quote:
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He needs to accept that offer by heart and come down at.4. Losing him at top of the order is a positive start for the opponents and puts pressure on our middle order batsmen. He might not get the same scoring opportunity as he opens, but for the benefit of the team he needs to come down. Last edited by Surprise : 25th February 2008 at 14:37. | ||
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| ![]() I dont argue with the fact that Sachin is not performing and he does need to pick up his game. But why does every loss have to be due to him, maybe his failure pushes our team to defeat. Dont make it sound that he is the only one to be blamed. I am sure when he goes out to play he wants to win the match for his country atleast give him that instead of assuming that he opens to create records. How many of you here who have played for either their state or club or company goes after records when playing. When we used to play it was only for the state other things be damned. On that same note is Ishant Sharma and others trying to do good only to get more money? when they do well why is it for the country and when Sachin does well it is for himslef. Hypocracy?? you tell me? Last edited by Spitfire : 25th February 2008 at 14:57. |
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It is a known fact that Sachin has fired in fits and starts after his 1998 Sharjah series win against the Aussies. A stray innings here and there which won India matches (a couple of important ones) - but never the important ones. Last edited by normally_crazy : 25th February 2008 at 15:28. | |||
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| ![]() Well, it makes sense to me to have sachin bat down the order. For one, he wont be under immense pressure to go hammer and tongs after the bowling in first 15 overs. He wont also be exposed to moving ball, which is apparent from # of clean bolds in recent times. This can be a temp arrangement in australia..he can bat as a opener again when team plays in subcontinent. If sachin can came in to bat around 20-25 overs mark and gets his eye in, he can get a hundred in remaining overs easily. I would like to see him cross the 20k runs mark rather than see him struggling continously as a opener. |
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