RE:w
by farah nil ashraf on Feb 25, 2007 06:47 PM Permalink
how can u forget mohd. kaif...he is an excellent player. he is not getting the chance to prove. the best thing would be to add yuvraj n kaif instead of tendulkar and sehwag.
The weak links of the Indian cricket team are:- 1) Kumble 2) Sehwag 3) Pathan 4) Karthik
1)if Kumble is in team, it reduces the batting strength and fielding strength. At the moment, he is unpredictable in bowling form in ODI as well. Powar would have been a better choice because he performed in all matches given chance to him and can bat as well and has taken match winning wickets. 2) If Sehwag is in team, the question is whether he is going to be consistent in his batting. Unpredictable in whether he will deliver or not. 3) If Karthik is in team, A good player but lack of experience. Unpredictable in whether he will deliver or not. 4) If Pathan is in team, it is the only question of his bowling form.
The batting lineup should be 1) S . GANGULY 2) V . SEHWAG / R . UTTHAPA (should be bat within powerplay) 3) S . TENDULKAR 4) Y . SINGH 5) R . DRAVID 6) M . DHONI 7) I . PATHAN 8) A . AGARKAR 9) H . SINGH 10) Z . KHAN 11) M . PATEL
I prefer if Yuvi comes above Dravid ie. Yuvi at no.4 and Dravid at no.5 Then Dravid will get the pivot role of rotating the strike and in case of a batting collapse, he can be the wall to stay there till the end. It will be similar to Inzamaan's batting positon in his team.
I think this idea was also suggested by Dravid or Chapell also. The prevoius team I mentioned is used to increase the bowling strength. In case, you want use only 4 bowlers only, then the team becomes 1) S . GANGULY 2) V . SEHWAG (should be bat within powerplay) 3) R . UTTHAPA (should be bat within powerplay) 4) S . TENDULKAR 5) Y . SINGH 6) R . DRAVID 7) M . DHONI 8) A . AGARKAR 9) H . SINGH 10) Z . KHAN 11) M . PATEL I . PATHAN
RE:RE:Indian team 11 batting lineup
by Thilakh Chacko on Feb 25, 2007 12:46 PM Permalink
Putting Agarkar and Sreesanth at the same time, will be dangerous. The chances that they will be expensive is nearly 50%. If both become expensive in the same match, the target to chase will be large. Or, if bowling second, this will make things worse. Therefore, at any cost, do not put both Agarkar and Sresanth in the same team. Plus Agarkar can bat and Munaf is economical.
