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Team , strategy for tomorrow's game
by sameer naik on Mar 23, 2007 10:56 AM   Permalink | Hide replies

Utthapa
Pathan
Viru
Tendlya
Dada
Yuvi
Dravid
Dhoni
Zak
Munaf
Bhajji/Kumble

G anguly should not open, we should save him to tackle Murli and other slow bowlers later.

If you have obserevd Ind-lanka matches, Ganguly is one person who has handled Murli really wel, i think he is the most comfortable of all indian bastmen against him. And also, you dont want to expose him against one of the best fast bowlers in the world, thats not ganguly's strengths anyways. If ganguly opens Vaas will most likely knock him early.

Agarkar should seriously take a break.

Pathan opening ? He certainly has the batting technique to handle(read defend) quality fast bowling. He has opened for india in the past and has not dissapounted. Further it would be a sort of surpise element to the opposition, who right now must be making plans to knock Dada,Sehwag etc early on .

Why Uthhapa still in team despite failures off late? Well Uthappa is almost a sehwag like player, chances that these guys click are usually less but when they do its almost game over for the opposition. And thats why you tempted to keep them both, hoping either of them clicks...

Playing spin is not yuvi's forte. He would be vulnerable to murli, will typically go for that high risk sweep, and end up top edging to the wrong one.
So our game plan should be letting him play murli as less as possible. so when he comes to bat should be timed well. We dont want him to play entire quota of murli.

kumble is certainly a better bet than bhaji considering very recent form, but then Srilanka have lot of left handers, and so bhaji's off spin will help.


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by Rao Sahab on Mar 23, 2007 11:06 AM   Permalink
PLS TAKE THIS GANGULY OUT OF THIS TOURNAMENT, HE IS JUST SICK OF CAPTENCY.


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by neha chakravarty on Mar 23, 2007 11:28 AM   Permalink
Hello Rao Sahab,

Why don't you get your grammar right first and then talk anything about someone of the stature of Ganguly.

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by Rao Sahab on Mar 23, 2007 12:16 PM   Permalink
AMIT BHANDARI FROM DELHI

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by on Mar 23, 2007 12:22 PM   Permalink
Perhaps you have taken some drug.Otherwise you are in mental trouble. Please go imediately at any clinical and fees paid by More.

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by Rao Sahab on Mar 23, 2007 12:30 PM   Permalink
you mean to say, i am mentally not ok and u r saying go to clinic, do u think any one can find right mind doctor in kolka...nta

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by sekhar on Mar 23, 2007 12:10 PM   Permalink
look at the strike rate of other indian players in this world cup

Yuvraj Singh        123.8095238
Virender Sehwag       123.4042553
Sachin Tendulkar      114.2857143
MS Dhoni (wk)      100
Munaf Patel       93.75
Zaheer Khan       83.33333333
Rahul Dravid      67.74193548
Sourav Ganguly       63.52459016
Robin Uthappa       54.54545455


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by on Mar 23, 2007 12:06 PM   Permalink
WHO WILL BE PLAY AT TAHT PLACE? Rao Venu!!!!!

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