Among Harbajan & Kumble whom do you think is the right person in the next match with SL. My vote is for Kumble - bcoz for his experience & the talent he has. Please give your votes..
RE:Harbajan or Kumble..
by amer on Mar 23, 2007 01:23 AM Permalink
I would say BOTH! And replace Uthappa with Pathan for your third seamer. He is as good a batsman, down the order. Even if he doesn't bowl good, no worries fill in with SRT/VS/YS/SG
Aus, Ind, and NZ have 2 more points than other teams, which makes them favorites at this point. Now consider the points that teams have carried from pool games. Aus's and Ind's are hard earned because they beat stronger teams (SA and SL). That makes them bigger favorites to move on to semis. Now India will have to look at games against England and WI as must wins, then they will be very close to making to semis.
Even though WI will move to Super-8 with 2 points, it has to consider unlucky because those points are from a win over the weakest team in Super-8. But on the brighter side, they will have an extra game compared to other teams if you take out Ireland from the picture.
RE:Looking ahead...
by ForMenInBlue on Mar 23, 2007 12:47 AM Permalink
Interesting observation. I wish this were true. If we beat England and Windies (ofcourse Ireland too), we have brighter chances of making it to semis.
Semis probables - Aus vs NZ and Ind vs South Africa. India meets NewZealand in finals.
I want to see India - NewZealand final and beat them black and blue to get the cup home.
RE:RE:Looking ahead...
by SIVANANDAM NATARAJAN on Mar 23, 2007 01:36 AM Permalink
Are you people live in the dream world. Its ridicule to imagine such things which is never going to happen.
Come on guys, I know India chokes at the last minute most of the times. It is also our own psycology mentally. How many times did you get what you wanted. Did you all get Green Card in US even when your processing dates is in place.
Develop an attitude to support our guys whereever they are and it would boost them and also your personality.
Irrespective of the rumors that ICC would lose some millions of dollars, our guys would still fight to give us the best entertainment. This group would not give up till the end.
Hope India does it in style. I appreciate the facts compiled by nikunj thakkar.
RE:india lose to srilanka in advance
by Beamer Bees on Mar 23, 2007 12:37 AM Permalink
unlike our neighbours, we indians know that cricket is just a game. So .. no tomatars for them should they lose against SL. BTW, I heard that there is a controversy surrounding Woolmers death .. need I say more about the our neighbouring nation :)
RE:RE:india lose to srilanka in advance
by mrpaki on Mar 23, 2007 01:37 AM Permalink
r u sure u r not wrost then the neighbours? cus last sunday i seen u burning pic of your superstars and trying to break in to their homes
RE:what is the rain rule??
by Rajeev Kapoor on Mar 23, 2007 12:20 AM Permalink
i think there is a reserve day. if even the reserve day washes out then its exactly the way told by Beamer Bees.
RE:RE:what is the rain rule??
by RKrishna on Mar 23, 2007 12:51 AM Permalink
If "R" stands for reserve day, then there is reserve day(see the below link.) http://cricketworldcup.indya.com/pdfs/MatchSchedulePrinter.pdf
RE:RE:RE:what is the rain rule??
by Chintulcs on Mar 23, 2007 01:30 AM Permalink
There is a reserve day for all matches. Also some interesting world cup Rules. http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/rules/wc07_playing_conditions.pdf
RE:what is the rain rule??
by on Mar 23, 2007 01:54 AM Permalink
do we always have need our rain gods to support our fate wheather sprot or politics or our own life
RE:RE:what is the rain rule??
by Chintulcs on Mar 23, 2007 02:13 AM Permalink
Rain has never helped india in cricket. By the way, now we are only hoping rain will not spoil our chances.
RE:RE:RE:what is the rain rule??
by on Mar 23, 2007 02:21 AM Permalink
but we always think some rain god should come and help us in desperate situations we have been rescused by rains in these circumstances. dont worry we are a country of many gods and they will definately help us in crisis keep praying
RE:what is the rain rule??
by Beamer Bees on Mar 23, 2007 12:17 AM Permalink
there are no reserve dsy. Points get split .. SL goes to the S8. Indians will have sitting , warming up their chairs, hoping that BD loses to BER (fat chances of that happening). The other way they can qualify is if the BER and BD also gets washed out and India go to S8 on better RR
Do we really deserve to win tomorrow's match ? - Inconsistent Batting - Pathetic Fielding - Useless Bowling. eg)In the match against BER, they could not get the only professional batsmen in the team, that is, Hemp who scored an unbeaten 75. If thats the case how can you expect the team to beat a very good batting line-up that SL has. I have lil hopes abt India winning the match. Your take ?
RE:RE:Common Guys .. Be Honest and answer this one
by Beamer Bees on Mar 22, 2007 11:59 PM Permalink
you can do better than that .. at least complete the loop statement ;)
RE:Common Guys .. Be Honest and answer this one
by RKrishna on Mar 23, 2007 12:31 AM Permalink
Toothless bowling rather than Useless Bowling. Its tragedy that indian bowlers cant even wrapup tail-enders quickly. Lets wish india in super-8.
RE:RE:Common Guys .. Be Honest and answer this one
by ForMenInBlue on Mar 23, 2007 12:48 AM Permalink
India is known for choking against the tailenders. Lets hope they take the top 5-6 Lanka batsman for 100 and then bundle up the rest atleast for 200.
ICC has FIXED the match between ind vs srilanka. coz ICC cant affort to lose such a big audience and money come from India, if india fail to qualify; 60% of INDIAN audience give up to watch WC means big loss to sponsors and it head to tremendous loss to ICC. lets see INDIA will win. I BET
RE:ATTENTION ALL U PEOPLE !!!!
by Varun Jain on Mar 23, 2007 02:57 AM Permalink
How come they let Pakistan go out then... thats also a pretty big audience... bigger then Ireland for sure..
RE:ATTENTION ALL U PEOPLE !!!!
by mehul vyas on Mar 22, 2007 11:35 PM Permalink
I am totally agree with what my friend says. It's matter of money and nothing else.
RE:ATTENTION ALL U PEOPLE !!!!
by abhishek uppu on Mar 22, 2007 11:32 PM Permalink
Unfortunately, people like you are the one because of whom the game is loosing essence
Ek match mein usual result kya aajaataa hai, u guys cry loud that it was fixed. Kisi ki mehnat ki kyon wajoode udaate ho boss
Think it like this... U get the best achievement of life some day in the field u r in and some one cries... "oh it was only acting" how on earth u would feel
That day bangladesh played really well and thats a good reason they deserved a win. Can't there be situations like this in sports??? Does it only have to be FIXING always.
RE:ATTENTION ALL U PEOPLE !!!!
by vijay seshadri on Mar 22, 2007 11:49 PM Permalink
Tushar, you are 100% right ... this is the fact ... the loss to ICC in case India loses would be to the tune of 1500 crores ... beleive it or not !!!
RE:ATTENTION ALL U PEOPLE !!!!
by narendar longwani on Mar 23, 2007 01:38 AM Permalink
u r 100% correct match is fixed fixed fixed i heard they are sending 20 cr to srilanka board as they need to recover themself. srilanka board is one of the poor boards. and also they need to rennovate their stadiums like jaipur stadium. so match is fixed fixed fixed
RE:RE:ATTENTION ALL U PEOPLE !!!!
by on Mar 23, 2007 02:09 AM Permalink
narendra, i think you may be correct but still this is not the sportsman spirit (can be sprite)
