Indians Bowled well, and they should not forget the fieding of lankans will be good, and openers should blast and should not give more burden for the middle order, because they will always put us in trouble
it can be one of those fixed matches that the BCCI has been conducting lately.Its hardly surpring that the sri lankan skipper is giving statements about how India has to perform.when west Indies can take money for throwing mathces so can sri lanka.After all its BCCI which is running the show these days rather than ICC.well i dont know why millions of indians waste thier time in such fixed matches and neglect other sports where the record of India is much better than the Indian cricket team,After all how many world cups we have won?just one?that too when there are only 10-12 countries playing cricket unlike football and hockey where atleast 40 countries play
RE:today is india turn to win
by dhruv sharma on Feb 14, 2007 01:38 PM Permalink
U SEE HOW SRI LANKA HAS EATEN MONEY TO THROW THIS MATCH.If India was gonna loose who will watch the cup?its all stage managed by BCCI
RE:today is india turn to win
by aman singh on Feb 14, 2007 01:33 PM Permalink
today is india turn to win by aman singh on Feb 14, 2007 01:32 PM | Hide replies
today india win is set !! dravid boys are goin to set their bat on fire regards, Aman (Lidder)
I have to really appreciate the lankans for thier fighting spirit. Consider the state that they were in 6/3 in 4 overs, if our team was in this position. We would have had Dravid/Tendulkar with Yuvraj on the crease. The Indian team would have certainly done one of the following a. conitnue to lose wickets b. Completely shut down and score at a measly 2 rpo to be something like 30/3 in 15 overs.
In both situations if the tail wags a little it would have ended up with a score of 160-180. But look at the scores the lankans managed 230. They were able to confidently increase the scoring rate from under 2 rpo to 4.6. I cant imagine something like this from India. They had done this only on one occasion that I can remember of , the one day series against Pakistan where both Yuvraj, Dravid were in great form and the rear was superbly guided by Dhoni. SO they key to Indias success now squarely lies on Yuvraj and Dravid. One thing that seems to be coming out after seeing the other teams is that they have key guys with specific work. Dilshan, Attapattu and Arnold are entrusted with the gritty work in the middle overs scoring singles and twos. They way they ran their singles and picked the gaps today are wonderful assessment of how they have understood their job. India never had such players in the middle overs. The last batsman who could pick gaps and milk singles was Azhar. Dravid was doing that well in the Pakistan series along with Yuvraj but now both are woefully out of form. This gets me to think why cant the Indian team practice with say 14 fielders in a match like situation to get the players to find gaps and improve thier judgement of singles. It shouldnt be too difficult to do that. This is some out of the box thinking that we need
RE:INDIA WILL LOOSE TODAY
by cheripadi yatheen on Feb 14, 2007 01:40 PM Permalink
be an Indian. Support India - India will get through easily. Since all the guys ensured their flight ticket to WI for WC. Watch the real indian tream
Dravid is to Blame for Srilanka scoring above 225 after Zaheer Gave a Rollicking Start 6/3WoW!
Dravid has been taking Team India from one defeat to another he came into Team India captaincy with a coup staged by Him, Chapell and More with the likes of Durgandhpur and support of the lungis. The Team was at No 2 position in one dayers Just after Australia and more than 16 months India is below Pakistan in the last 3. He talks big about experiments and what not. He has a miserable sad face always looks constipated and for him smiling does not happen to be a part of Human emotions. He is a poor motivator and mumbles in press interviews. Why should he be retained in Team India. He is out of form so why not rest him. Let him prove is next domestic season till such time get laxman, Kaif,Raina or Powar in the Team.
He blames Sachin and Ganguli for Team Indias Defeat in Rajkot. where both scored a 100 partnership and both were highest scorers for India. Ganguly played with a Injury and sachin was in his classical best. Rahul scored a magnanimous 5
He insisted for Kumble though kumle cant field nor bat and he is definitely not a good option for one days. He is supporting him because he is his buddy.
Rahul may not be sacked but warned and dropped for a few matches so that he gets some signals and even after that if he continues to score 5 drop him.
Poor Pawar he got a raw deal although he performed par excellence. NOT FAIR DRAVID
RE:Dravid a Poor Captain and a Demotivator
by Mannu on Feb 14, 2007 01:38 PM Permalink
Critisizing some one is good so that the person can rectify the mistake. but tell me how one person can be responsible for SL scoring above 225 after a dismal Start at 6/3? he can put the players to field or bowl or so. but then its upto the player to perform. and if you dont have atleast 5 full-fledged bowlers in the team so what one can do! and is only Dravid responsible for the team selection! and as its has been discussed in yesterdays newspaper(ToI), Dravid batting form is 2nd best after Dhoni in indian team as far as LAST 10 MATCHES are concerned. (have a look on yesterdays ToI, Sports page). Before one start critisising one should keep oneself in the shoes of the person ion ques. then you'll find Dravid is not faring as bad as your article is portrying.
RE:Dravid a Poor Captain and a Demotivator
by pravin nahata on Feb 14, 2007 01:44 PM Permalink
perfect judgement buddy. the experimentation went by too far & too long, ruining great prospects like laxman, kaif, raina etc. indian cricket is poorer today. i don't know who will prowl the covers, mid off & point region in thier absence. i guess kumble will be entrusted to guard at least 2 of these positions, the great lion hearted trier that he is. the best part is if anyone throws at the stumps during kumble's bowling & it marginally misses the stumps, he gets wild at the fielder for missing the stumps. while it should be him to backup at the stumps & effect a run out, which he invariably misses. great lion hearted trier from karnataka (b'lore) that he is. shame how people promote a particlar region or a player & throw out insultingly a proven performer at the cost of the game itself. what wrong have the others done to be not able to find a place in the WC team. what use is a coach if he is not able to develop a good player like raina & kaif into better players. if they are not able to learn then why do we need a coach at all. even a captain & the selection process is good enough. isn't it? if laxman is not fit enough to run fast enough & is not an athletic fielder then do away with the trainers & psychos. & reduce the ticket cover charges so that more people are able to watch cricket than the current ticket prices allow. we need some really radical changes in the whole system
ALL BATSMEN EXCEPT SAUAV & ROBIN ARE OVER-RATED BUNCH OF JOKERS. HAS SACHIN DRIVEN US TO A SINGLE VICTORY WITHOUT GETTING 3/3 LIVES. WHAT HAS DRAVID DONE FOR THE TEAM. HE'S A WALL ALRIGHT --BUT ONLY IN HIS PRIVATE BACKYARD...
Congratulation, good bowling performace but still we could have finished the srilankan's inning litter earlier. 230 is competitive score and early wickets of ours will make it difficult for us. Let us hope atleast now shehwag will comeback in form
