I think Sachin & Dravid scoreed lot in their days but failed to win matches due to our weak Bowling attack. Do you remember any 'great'(everyone was part timer) bowler of India in that era?? To win the test matches you should take 20 wickets of the opponents, dont you agree???
RE:@ Bunty
by Bunty on Jul 15, 2008 11:05 AM Permalink
i remember dravid won adeleiade match in aus in 4th innings.agarkar set up the match. we chased some 250 rus. some how sachin plays well in 1st innings and 3rd innings also but don't know he is able to fire in 4th innings. he came very close against pak in chennai in 1999, but didn't finish. bowling has been perennial problem for india.
Re: RE:@ Bunty
by Raghu Chadalavada on Jan 03, 2010 07:26 PM Permalink
Gavaskar, Vishy and Vengsarkar were great players. Bowling was more weaker then. Vengy won a series single handedly in England in 1996.That was something first by an Indian batsman overseas
so you accept that to win the matches you require good bowling attack also. We cant win on the batting line up only. pls dont deny the contribution from these players. they played according to the conditions of their era.
RE:RE:@ Bunty
by Bunty on Jul 15, 2008 11:15 AM Permalink
i always accept to win t20, or ODI and specially tests we need a good bowling attack. but the problem is if we are weak in one area, the other area has to compensate this. we have world class batting with so many records.
these players never fired up at once. if sachin played good in one match, another players failed & when Dravid played well, anothers failed. In order to this when Laxman, Ganguly played well anothers failed.
RE:@ Bunty
by Shammi on Jul 15, 2008 11:07 AM Permalink
sehwag also always scores in 1st inning of the test only..........his first inning avg is around 70 but in 2nd inning his batting is very poor
RE:@ Bunty
by Bunty on Jul 15, 2008 11:12 AM Permalink
hmm..u have point. he did save the last test in aus with his 150. i think that was his only century in 4th innings. i think only dravid in our side has good 4th innings average. i we had 2-3 players with good 4th inngs average we would have won many matches, that is not the case.
