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older unfit players
by Rajesh Potti on Mar 28, 2007 01:54 AM

I think India lost and pakistan lost due to old or unfit players. Ganguly, kumble, dravid, sehwag, agarkar, munaf are slow in the field and also running between the wickets. Compare this with srilanka and bangladesh. They have younger fit players, who could choke the indian players, when there is pressure. When the pitch does something, excellenet running between the wickets is required for the batting team. And the bowling team could further choke the batsmen by drying off singles. India gives away 50 runs in the field, and while batting is unable to add another 50 runs through good running. Yuvraj and to some extent robin uthappa were good in both aspects.
I think Kaif/raina should at least have been played in place of ganguly/tendulkar. Kaif did 3 50s when he went to WI. Like he said - WI pitches require a lot more running between the wickets", unlike desi pitches where you can easily get a 4 or 6. And also find better players.
And also get a better coach - someone homegrown like jimmy, patil might be at least better than chappel.
There was only one real bowler who played for India - That was Munaf, though he fielded badly.
And get rid of zaheer and Agarkar. They only get occasional wickets like tendulkar and sehwag. They are not real strike bowlers. Find real ones like Munaf

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