Asia Cup Updates

by ZC » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:20 am

akhilis2cool wrote:I think v shld trust him when he says he is ready to play.for some one whes played for 15 yrs. a 2 mths break is more than enuf...

yes....every Tom, _ and Harry comments abt Sachin's performance :roll:

by **akhilis2cool** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:21 am

its time we just sit back and enjaai the indian teams performance

by ZC » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:22 am

akhilis2cool wrote:its time we just sit back and enjaai the indian teams performance

enjaaaiiii ......... chai chai..........enjaaiii

by **CtrlAltDel** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:25 am

ZC wrote:
akhilis2cool wrote:its time we just sit back and enjaai the indian teams performance
enjaaaiiii ......... chai chai..........enjaaiii

thats the only thing we can do now... :roll:

hope he makes great runs there..

by **akhilis2cool** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 5:35 pm

CtrlAltDel wrote:
ZC wrote:
akhilis2cool wrote:its time we just sit back and enjaai the indian teams performance
enjaaaiiii ......... chai chai..........enjaaiii
thats the only thing we can do now... hope he makes great runs there..

he will.

if not runs he will take wickets....he will take catches.

by **rock_26iin** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 6:16 pm

Interesting stat,

Yesterday,

India bt UAE by 116 runs (Hurray!!!)

Bangladesh bt Hong Kong by 116 runs

Has this ever happened bfore??

by **The Rainmaker** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:46 pm

asli_badmash wrote:I feel he is loosing focus on the field. What with all the opening of the hotels and other stuff. I think his performance level has gone down considerably.

I want him on the team, he is an exceptional performer but he needs to get his priorities straight.

some of Us are losing focus.. and not seeing him for what he is. as i said earlier, a 10 point drop in average by him is enough for you to start hankering, but ganguly's total lack of application while batting (he got three lifes in his painstaking innings of 54 yesterday... and prior to that he had made only 180 runs in his previous 10 games). sehwag said he would make 200, and off he went for 0. and our laxman was done in by a simple ball.

i think every player should be in the team based on current form. sachin is putting the runs up there on the board, and if the axe has to fall on a Batsman, it would have to be ganguly.

laxman and sehwag are having a poor run but i know they'll bounce back soon. form is temporary, class is permanent. axing players and rotating the team constantly is unfair to the players and unhealthy for the team.

PS: sachin has his priorities in the right place. sehwag was fielding lazily against UAE yest coz we were on the way to victory... but sachin ran hard and also bowled us to a faster victory through his 3 wickets. (kumble and zaheer werent able to snap up the tail-enders).

by **The Rainmaker** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 8:52 pm

according to me every player in the team is giving 100% (dravid 200%). i'm a fan of all our batsmen from sehwag to kaif, and the quicks from pathan to nehra.

but.... if i wanted someone from our One Day team to "sit on the bench", it would be Ganguly and Zaheer. they've been doing badly since such a loooong time!

by **rock_26iin** » Sat Jul 17, 2004 11:43 pm

The Rainmaker wrote:but.... if i wanted someone from our One Day team to "sit on the bench", it would be Ganguly and Zaheer. they've been doing badly since such a loooong time!

i disagree with you here, rainie. Maybe Zaheer can sit out a match but definitely not Ganguly. He is the very back-bone of the team, he inspires the younger players, i.e. Yuvraj, Harbhajan etc. 2 perform well. Therefore even though he doesn't perform well with the bat, his very presence makes him an indispenseble part of the team.

by **rock_26iin** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:15 pm

Sril Lanka make 282.

India lose 4 early wickets

Dravid, Yuvraj steady India ship.

100 partnership up.

India - 173/4 after 36.3 overs :roll:

by **rock_26iin** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:28 pm

88 req off 65 balls

go INDIA

by **rock_26iin** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:38 pm

Yuvraj gaya!!!

sh!t

by **rabbithole** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:40 pm

SHITTTTTTTTT! yuvraj out!

kaif aur dravid can do it...err win it

by **asli_badmash** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 10:48 pm

You guys are getting this all wrong.. I want sachin to be there. I like the way he plays. I beleive he does inspire people to perfom better. He has been a Key to India's success. He is awesome on and off the field.

I think the guy is just too stressed or maybe he isnt. I dont know cricket like the rest of you.. but maybe we should give him a choice.. ask him does he want a break.. if he opts for one; let him say how many days and then let him come back. Thats it!

~badmash~

by **asli_badmash** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:13 pm

Read this..

http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jul/18jones.htm

and

http://specials.rediff.com/cricket/2004/jul/16jones.htm

maybe I dont know cricket. but I dont say things in vain.

~badmash~

by **asli_badmash** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:14 pm

rabbithole wrote:SHITTTTTTTTT! yuvraj out!

kaif aur dravid can do it...err win it

Scroe and required Runs kya hai??

~badmash~

by **The Rainmaker** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 11:48 pm

asli_badmash wrote:maybe I dont know cricket. but I dont say things in vain.

the indian team is playing after two months. what rest are u talking about? in fact, it is because of this long rest that they are not playing as well as they should be.

they are short of match practice. the more they play, they better they will get. the bowlers gave away too many runs in this match... even the UAE managed to bowl well against lanka (they gave them only 240).

as i have said earlier, ganguly's captaincy is not up to the mark, and his batting leaves a lot to be desired. he struggled to make 6 off 16 balls. same as parthiv.

dravid as usual keeps fighting. the blasters saching and sehwag are known for hitting the ball in the air -- saching got caught, sehwag was dropped when he was on 4. that is their job in the team, and players do get out in the process. the asia cup is not over yet, so hold yer horses.

by **rabbithole** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:47 am

rock_26iin wrote:
The Rainmaker wrote:but.... if i wanted someone from our One Day team to "sit on the bench", it would be Ganguly and Zaheer. they've been doing badly since such a loooong time!

i disagree with you here, rainie. Maybe Zaheer can sit out a match but definitely not Ganguly. He is the very back-bone of the team, he inspires the younger players, i.e. Yuvraj, Harbhajan etc. 2 perform well. Therefore even though he doesn't perform well with the bat, his very presence makes him an indispenseble part of the team.

true that ganguly inspires the team and has made yonug lads perform well.... but can he stay in the team even if he is out of form only on that account :shock:

...his last good innings was in australia in the first test....he shud b rested...other batsmen can b tested in a couple of one dayers while he rests!

by **rabbithole** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:48 am

dravid captain..horraahh!

by ZC » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:07 am

i just realised that India lost !!

by **The Rainmaker** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 11:13 am

rabbithole wrote:dravid captain..horraahh!

Yeah! Dravid has the brains, the cricketing acumen and the Right to lead.

by **akhilis2cool** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 12:00 pm

The Rainmaker wrote:
rabbithole wrote:dravid captain..horraahh!

Yeah! Dravid has the brains, the cricketing acumen and the Right to lead.

he is already over burdened. if he becomes the captain then he will not keep wickets, it will b too much for him...so i think he shld. stay as the deputy to ganguly.

ganguly, even though not in good form is the best person to lead the team. he`s been there for such a long time now.

by **The Rainmaker** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 9:24 pm

all you critics of the Little Master Tendulkar, visit this link:

http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/JUL/003490_IND_22JUL2004.html

by **asli_badmash** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:22 pm

The Rainmaker wrote:all you critics of the Little Master Tendulkar, visit this link:http://usa.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2004/JUL/003490_IND_22JUL2004.html

The Asia cup isnt over yet.. lets see what the little master has up his sleeve. I hope more run's... Maybe I am expecting too much from the Man.. I mean he is human.

But I respect him a lot. He is a very professional!

~badmash~

by **Habitual Perfectionist** » Thu Jul 22, 2004 10:41 pm

asli_badmash wrote:But I respect him a lot. He is a very professional!

~badmash~

Even I had a lot of respect for him earlier, but it vanished after the double century episode in Pak. The way he reacted was in no way professional and did not befit a player of his stature.

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