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Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: EU - Nordic
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When a team batting first loses, it's very easy to say that X or Y should have scored more quickly or they should've got more runs on the board. That's the benefit of hindsight. So each time a side batting first loses, it's easy to pick and choose a few players or a few incidents in their innings and make comments to suit anyone's own agenda - like I just did. It's debatable whether an extra few runs would've won India the match the other day. It's also possible that BD would still have won by pacing their innings a little differently. Good thing is that now the batsmen know that 289 is not be defendable against BD on this pitch with this bowling attack and score a few more next time. You also make it sound like a certainty that India would've scored 30 or 40 extra runs if we had starting attacking earlier. It's also just as likely that we would've lost 2-3 wickets quickly by attacking too early and may have ended up getting even less than 289. And then we would be blaming the batsmen for attacking too early - again with the benefit of hindsight. I think teams batting first often have a plan of how many to score in each match. India scored barely 15 runs more against SL (304, IIRC) in the same tournament and won easily by 50 runs. Would the same score have helped us against BD, which is more often than not seen as an inferior team to SL? Maybe we wrongly targeted around 290 against BD because we thought we could win. Pakistan captain said they thought they could defend 320-330 against India with their bowling attack. Quote:
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While Pak batsmen were making merry, I was still reasonably confident of India's win as if you see the history, most of the times the team batting first and where there are two centuries are scored, ended up loosing, especially against India. | |
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We are a very capable batting unit, which needs some sting in the bowling. Even our fielding has been exceptional. Kohli needs to calm down a bit. With a cool head, he can be a brilliant batsman and a great captain (in the future) it's probably too early to label him as the future captain. The pressure might just get to him and he could lose his form. Dhoni is perfect for the role. He has a great view of his field while squatting behind the stumps. He comes in at no. 6 and can change the course of the game if he needs to, or steer India home. He can adapt very well. He just needs to get his formula right again. Maybe have a re-look at his fielding strategies. Otherwise, I'd say he's just right for the job. Kohli could provide him with support as stand-in captain and vice-captain till the next World Cup. He can lean the tricks-of-the-trade from Dhoni and gain much needed experience in leading the side. And when the time is right, Dhoni can let Kohli take over. I'd say, the right time would be 4 years from now. Agreed. Lets leave the past behind for now. We have something to look forward to. If Sachin plays like the way he used to, and Kohli hitting a purple-patch, Rohit/Raina regaining form, all we need is some shock-inducing bowling and we're capable of being on of the most lethal teams in the ODI format. Last edited by suhaas307 : 20th March 2012 at 11:50. | |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() | ![]() People say that India looses a game when Sachin Tendulkar scores a century and I say that India gets out of the tournament when Virat Kohli Scores a century. Good performance by Bangladesh, well deserved win. Bad luck for India, effort of Kohli wasted! |
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![]() Jokes apart, Its sad to see that his efforts went in vain two times in two consecutive tourneys. The celebrations today after the win was as though they have won the world cup. It shows how it feels when an emerging team does something special for the first time. Bangladesh deserved this thoroughly. Found the below humor on Facebook. ![]() | |
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| ![]() Our World Champion team failed to make it to 2 consecutive finals, certainly a worrying sign! And i guess Virat scoring a century is not so lucky , especially when it comes to making finals. Another unexpected well deserved break for our team before they converge to see Katy Perry at the IPL 5 opening ceremony. ![]() |
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| ![]() When you are the world beating team, you shouldnot have to depend on other team's performance as your fate ![]() |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Looks like Sri Lanka have decided to make sure that we dont make it to any final that they are involved in...must be a hangover of the WC last year.. |
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he played well in CB series and India did not reach the final he played well in Asia cup and India did not reach the final ![]() | |
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Kohli should retire and find something else to do with his after-the-hundred profanities spitting, maybe become a DJ. |
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![]() He will slowly get there. | |
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