Can't defend 338? You can't win the WC!

[fallstuff]

I was under the impression that your batsmen had actually scored those runs, now you tell me that we had leaked them which implies that the credit for your scoring 283 also goes to us and not to your batsmen. All I can say is that I am sorry that I was wrong.

Those are not my comments. Its an article I posted for discussion.

 

[@nline]

Dosen`t matter, India is still most power full and dangerous team in this world cup.

 

[EastWest]

I said it once i will say it again. India Batsman Top notch they are unstoppable, India's Bowlers now that is a disater. I think we all know in our head that the Game should have belonged to England, India got abit lucky and if they didn't take powerplay 3 wat would have been the outcome. India is still strong no doubt about it but it lacks the bowlers which is a crucial thing that makes the game of cricket.

2 brilliant games happened this weekend the Cricket world cup is truly underway

Cricket is a game of luck...if u say india was lucky coz england had to take power play..then let me tell u..we would nt have come to that position..if Ian bell was rightly judged out..we would have cleaned the english batsmen in less thn 100 runs...so england was lucky to have survived..

Iam not saying india has played exceptionally..but we have performed better than u guys are giving us credit..

 

[Hyde]

well let bygones be bygones

what would have happened and what not is not a question anymore

the results are in front of you so move on

 

[GUNS-N- ROSES]

i think dhoni as a captain erred big time in his capataincy. there was no real pressure put on english. they were happy to take ones and twos and there was no urgency shown by dhoni to put pressure on batsmen. i think he erred in his calculations.

our bowling suck big time. i think it wd be prudent to have five bowlers in our line up. let the so called best batting line up share some more responsibility. its become neccessary to play five bowlers now.

 

[Guli Danda]

I have a very strong feeling that India will come back very strongly and prove the Pakistanis wrong here.They were jumping in the air,that India's gotta loose,but the Indian bowlers,brought the game back and it was a tie.Though we could have won it when 2 overs were left,but still what a comeback it was and all due to bowlers.I have observed that when the Indian team is criticized for something,they comeback and hit hard the next time,just wait and watch what happens in the next game....
NOTE MY WORDS.

 

[Guli Danda]

I agree with Guns n Roses.Dhoni's captaincy sucks..he is an overrated captain.Gautam Gambhir should replace Dhoni.

 

[Hyde]

i think dhoni as a captain erred big time in his capataincy. there was no real pressure put on english. they were happy to take ones and twos and there was no urgency shown by dhoni to put pressure on batsmen. i think he erred in his calculations.

our bowling suck big time. i think it wd be prudent to have five bowlers in our line up. let the so called best batting line up share some more responsibility. its become neccessary to play five bowlers now.

You are very right....
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In my humble opinion, India cannot win the World cup with this line up.

They simply don't have bowlers to defend the total... part timers can do their job well but not in every game.

In my opinion India must replace at least one batsmen from their squad and play 1 extra bowler in the forthcoming matches. India's batting is already the best and I am sure they will be able to share the burden of each other and play 50 overs properly. Why you need such a long batting line up in the first place?

Go for specialist Bowler in the forthcoming matches.. or if you don't have one in the World cup squad - make sure you have good specialist bowlers in the final 11 after the world cup. See India has Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Kohli... 7 specialists batsmen and on top of that Harbhajan too can bat a little.

They must replace at least one batsmen with the specialist bowler. Rest Yuvraj, Pathan or Kohli in the forcoming matches and you will see a big boost in your bowling department. Otherwise i repeat my words again... India can chase 450 runs but they can't defend 450 in response

 

[fatman17]

india is built on their batting power - 371 v. BD and 338 v. ENG. in both games india's bowling came under duress. if BD batsmen did not play too many 'dot' balls, the game wld have been closer. it happened v. ENG. english batsmen esp strauss took a 4 from almost each over. they shd have won. india shd thank zaheer khan for the tie!

what happens when india's batting does not click!?

 

[Hyde]

india is built on their batting power - 371 v. BD and 338 v. ENG. in both games india's bowling came under duress. if BD batsmen did not play too many 'dot' balls, the game wld have been closer. it happened v. ENG. english batsmen esp strauss took a 4 from almost each over. they shd have won. india shd thank zaheer khan for the tie!

what happens when india's batting does not click!?

This happens when Indian batting collapses. Average players like Shoaib Malik also scores 100 cause they don't have many wicket takers in squad and if their batting collapses, they lose by good margin

6th Match, Group A: India v Pakistan at Centurion, Sep 26, 2009 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo

 

[Guli Danda]

Guys if you go through a deep analysis,England didn't play like anything special,Except Strauss every one failed,Ian Bell didn't deserve to be there,he was plain plain plain out,the decision couldn't have got easier.My appreciation to Strauss,that said,you won't get every game where a batsmen will score 160 and a decision like that for Ian Bell would come in that game and the rest of the team fails.So bowling only suffered at the hands of Strauss,no doubt because he was at his very best and thus scored his career best.But these days come rarely.

So in my view,England was completely dependent on Strauss and i have just a bit of complaint against Dhoni's captaincy and whyyyyyyy the heckkkkkk do we play Munaf Patel,except this,I am fine with the bowling.

 

[twoplustwoisfour]

Not to mention the fact that Strauss clearly nicked the ball TWICE but the Indians didn't appeal

 

[Guli Danda]

Not to mention the fact that Strauss clearly nicked the ball TWICE but the Indians didn't appeal

Correct!!I missed it!Going by that England actually didn't deserve a tie at all.

 

[Royan]

My view is that We should give Gambhir a rest and get Ashish back in

 

[Guli Danda]

My view is that We should give Gambhir a rest and get Ashish back in

Gambhir a rest?????????
And play with munaf patel?why not replace munaf with Ashish nehra?Btw,Ashish nehra would have played,but he wasn't completely fit.