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| ![]() Yesterday Maninder Singh mentioned something interesting about Dhoni's field placement. His field placements are according to Dhoni's own technique (or lack of it) and hence is not suitable for spinners. Mr Singh has been saying this for last 2 years it seems ![]() Will support and follow South Africa seriously from now on. |
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If the media can make a huge issue out of dropping of Sehwag, even though he was going through a very lean patch at that time, just imagine what would happen if Sachin is dropped or for that matter made to rest (without he himself opting for it) Moreover, Sachin is like a hen that lays golden egg for the BCCI. Till the time India is playing in India, Sachin alone is capable enough to fill in half the stadium. With no Sachin the crowd at the stadium would probably be under 75% of what they are with Sachin there in the squad. Its not as if Sachin would retire and someone would come in his place and take the world by storm. The onus is on Sachin to take a decision & rest assured, he would go once he feels the time is right for him to go, once he knows and is sure of the replacements. | |
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| ![]() The squad for the third test has been announced. No changes, at least in the 15. Lets see what the playing XI is ! Last edited by Eddy : 27th November 2012 at 14:03. |
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| ![]() India retain squad for Kolkata Test 4-0 England, same team. 4-0 Australia, same team. Now 1-1 so far and same team ! If Dravid & Laxman weren't retired, the batting line-up would be same for all 18 innings in losing tests...Dhoni is lucky to have survived this. Is it because of TINA factor? Quote:
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| ![]() There's absolutely no hope until the test team is completely overhauled. Sachin just has to go. He is well past his prime. The sooner he realizes this the better for the team. An ideal replacement at this stage would be Manoj Tiwary who has performed admirably in the limited chances he has got in the shorter formats. Yuvraj and Sehwag should be nowhere near the test team. They need to stick to only ODIs and T20s. I think Abhinav Mukund is worth an investment in place of Sehwag, and we can have someone like Unmukt Chand for Yuvraj in tests. Also I will give Ajinkya Rahane a go ahead of Gambhir, who clearly needs to get his attitude sorted out. Harbhajan needs to be kicked out. Get in maybe Baba Aparajith instead. Even Amit Mishra/Piyush Chawla would be better options. Dhoni too needs to be kicked out of tests. We don't need a specialist captain, and as a captain too, he has been horrible in tests. I'd give Dinesh Karthik a go instead and make Kohli the test captain. Most people underestimate Sreesanth. He is crap in the shorter formats but is a pretty useful test match bowler. I'd be inclined to play him in tests. Or maybe Ashok Dinda in place of Zaheer, who I think is on his last legs as well. The selectors really need to grow a pair and take these hard decisions. EDIT: Just saw a couple of posts above. We are in a seriously hopeless situation. Last edited by Oxy : 27th November 2012 at 14:26. |
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| ![]() Abhinav Mukund and Unmukt Chand are a looooonnngg way away from test match class. IMO, as an armchair critic, here is the pecking order Middle Order : Ajinkya Rahane, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Bist Openers : Sehwag, Gambhir, Vijay, Rahane |
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It's high time we get Tiwary in. Don't know what the guy needs to do to be in the eleven. Did you see the way Gambhir batted on the fourth morning in the Mumbai test? He didn't even make an effort to take most of the strike. | |
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The selection panel has been unfair to Manoj Tiwary. With the limited chances he has got, he has performed well. Gambhir didn't even try to rotate the strike & was exposing Ojha to the English bowlers. Sad state of affairs in Indian cricket. Bottomline is Indians love cricket & a good win is all it takes to forget the past :-) Last edited by Rufus_M : 27th November 2012 at 22:50. | |
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I feel he will retire sometime next year! Quote:
I don't really see Yuvraj Singh cementing his place in the Test team so there is an opening for Tiwary. But has Tiwary ever made it to the Test squad? He is always 12th man during the ODI's. | ||
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| ![]() It was most painful to see the way GG batted with no intention to shield the lower order, come on that's not the right way to ensure your place in the team XI. |
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| ![]() Sachin is going to come back amongst the runs soon. As Dravid said we need him there in the team very badly. If Rahane needs to come in it should be at Number 6. With all respect to Yuvraj Singh I feel that he is not Test class. More than the Batting I'm worried about the bowling attack. Unfortunately without helpful pitches I don't see them bowling out any sides twice in a match. And even on a helpful pitch they came up short. I feel that we need one of our great Spinners as a Bowling consultant ASAP. A former Aussie medium pacer is not an ideal Coach to assist our Spinners ![]() http://www.espncricinfo.com/india-v-...ry/593834.html |
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| ![]() Apparently it seems Sachin had a talk with the selectors and is believed to have told them, ' I m not making runs, it's now your call'(As per Hindustan Times front page). Not that I expect them to drop him, but are we about to see a retirement announcement soon? Last edited by vibbs : 28th November 2012 at 09:27. |
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Its high time people stopped worrying about Sachin. I do not really care if he is in the team or making runs or dropping catches or whatever. He has done it all and is now there as a passenger (or a guide maybe to the younger players) but it is now upto the younger players to rise up, show us they can make us forget the likes of Sachin, Dravid, VVS, Kumble etc. I do not look at Sachin now. I want to look at Pujara or Virat or Ashwin. There must be much much more talk of these players as they are the future of Indian cricket. Sachin will fade away inevitably. And to repeat myself again, the selectors/captain SHOULD have the audacity to drop Sachin. If they dont have that, its not Sachin's fault. In any case I'd them rather worry about our abysmal bowling. Its a miracle we were top ranked test side once (shows you how flawed the rankings are!) | |
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