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The_Goat · Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 2:28 am Post subject:

Sad to see Sachin go, but he must. It happens to everyone.

Sachin is the last of a very special club of players, under whom India evolved from a minnow to the most powerful entity in World Cricket. To many like me, who were born in the same year as him, the rise of Tendulkar symbolizes the rise of India itself.

I wonder what he will do post retirement. It will probably be as hard for him not to pad up and walk out on to the crease, as it will be for us, who have seen him do it and win games for India so many times, for the past so many years .

Whatever one may say about him, I will always remember Sachin Tendulkar as a master destroyer of bowling attacks. That he did so with so much humility about him, much like his former colleagues Rahul Dravid and V.V.S .Laxman, should make him the ideal role model for the youth today.

Farewell Sachin!
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Spiderguy252 · Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2013 8:04 am Post subject:

G-BYGB · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:03 pm Post subject:

What a One day match we witnessed in Jaipur. India chasing a target of 360 against Australia was amazing. Shocked

It has to be one of the best run chase by India and that too with 6 overs to spare.

I enjoyed the innings of Kholi and Rohit. Very Happy

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jbalonso777 · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:13 pm Post subject:

Holy hell my Sri Lankan friends would be fuming right now!
-Top 5 successful run chases have had Aussie on the losing side. (in ODI)
-Rohit's highest individual score. He was at the crease all the time! Plus that cramp, too.
-Kohli is the fastest Indian to get an ODI hundred.

Edit - Shame on Australia. They should've scored more so India could've broken the world record Laughing

Regards
Jish
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G-BYGB · Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 9:53 pm Post subject:

Before this match started, commentators were talking about Australia batting first against India in the last 27 ODIs and have won 26 times.

Well after this match, I suspect Bailey would want to field first because he won't like to be in the illustrious lists of Aussie captains who could not defend a 360 type total. Laughing

The dew factor is going to play a key role for the remainder of the series.
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The_Goat · Posted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:17 pm Post subject:

The one thing that should be on everyone's mind: Does India have someone with just 16 ODIs under his belt, who can effect a turnaround like Faulkner did yesterday? The Aussies needed 14 an over at one point !

and please, isn't it time we either dropped Ishant Sharma or sent him off to some county to hone his skills?
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G-BYGB · Posted: Sat Nov 02, 2013 11:50 pm Post subject:

What an amazing double ton by Rohit Sharma. Today, I was privileged to see this magnificent innings at KSCA stadium in Bangalore. Very Happy

He was scoring sixes and fours throughout the innings. He also made up for the mistake of getting Kohli run out for no score.

The match was equally awesome, almost going to the wire. Faulkner achieved his personal milestone of scoring a maiden century. At one stage, when he, Watson and Maxwell were going big guns, I thought we would loose. But then we managed to win because Australia lost early wickets. Smile

This entire series has been only a run feast and has not shown a good challenge between bat and bowl, except for the 1st ODI in Pune.
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sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

Lucky you, Sreenivas Smile

Let us take a moment from discrediting some batsmen with the flat-pitches-short-boundaries banter as on cricinfo.com (while not misplaced, let us also give credit to the batsmen for the effort too). Rohit, Dhoni, Shikhar, Maxwell, Falukner, Watson. Ashwin bowled well after a while, Jadeja was his smart self (even in the face of the tremendous assault) and Shami Ahmed is both quick as well as an intelligent bowler. Vinay seems to have lost a good bit of his variations and guile, given his limited speed: I wonder, why. Ishant may find the Oz pitches more suited to his style, but will he get his confidence back? I hope Umesh comes back with a bang, and Bhuvaneshwar (who bowled well today) gets back his confidence with his smart pitch-ups and big swing. I wonder when Varun Aaron will be in a position to join the team back.
Cheers, Sumantra.

The_Goat · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 12:39 am Post subject:

sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

Bhuvaneshwar possibly needs some support and needs to be persisted with, given his pitching up and large swing, which will not quite work that well in conditions such as those in view in this series. Ishant possibly needs some help: gone are those days of his landing it on the seam, bowling with the seam upright, and he has lost his pace again, and a lot of his confidence. I think Vinay is also short of confidence: his smart thinking had made him an ideal bowler towards the end, at one time. I wonder if Zaheer has regained some of his earlier form and rhythm: Sharada Ugra's cricinfo feature suggests that he may have got a raw deal right now. What do others feel about this one?

shivendrashukla · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:57 am Post subject:

sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

jbalonso777 · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:01 am Post subject:

I find it rather sad that people are cursing Rohit Sharma because he got Virat Kohli out last night. His 209 isn't being appreciated.
They are taking the arrogant way.
No wonder people from other countries in this subcontinent hate us.

Anyways.

What a show of 'fireworks' from Rohit Sharma last night! That lad has improved big time after being dropped from the 2011 World Cup squad, and of course, captaining the Mumbai Indians team! I'm sure he has pretty much silenced his critics by now, and I hope he does do well in the future games, and hopefully gets a test debut while Sachin leaves for good.

Sumantra sir.
That is an amazing write up! I never knew you were into cricket this much! Shocked

This comes as a welcome surprise! I do hope to read more from you, along with the trip reports!

Regards
Jish
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G-BYGB · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 10:56 am Post subject:

G-BYGB · Posted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 7:53 pm Post subject:

sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

While I agree with Jishnu in not discrediting Rohit's success simply because the pitches were flat and boundaries small, I do not quite agree with Sreenivas's assessment in India focussing on 140kmph+ bowlers. Remember that Zaheer at his lethal best was when he had dropped his pace from the initial days, before Srinath's retirement. Zaheer at his peak occassionally let one rip at 140+, but his variations (including the famous `knuckle ball') and getting the ball to reverse at a much slower pace (even in the late 120s) brought him just rewards. Bowlers such as Bhuvaneshwar pitch the new ball up a bit more than others, and get some good swing - this is again coming into vogue as an effective weapon. I am not very sure if he will get much purchase in Australia, where traditionally those who drop it on the seam at just short of a good-length spot - at a decent pace - have got good dividends (at most grounds, except for Sydney, of course), and of course, there have been exceptions - Karsan Ghavri could hardly be called a `pace bowler', but he had some nice spells to show for his Oz exploits. Agarkar's 6-for comes to memory, so does Ishant leaving Ponting perplexed. Kapil Dev in his days was reasonably quick, but not an out-and-out express bowler. He was successful in Australia with his swing, and pitching the ball in the right areas. I wonder about India's current crop of 140+ bowlers: Umesh, Shami and Varun Aaron (who is unfortunately injured). Will Umesh and Shami find the right lengths? When the much slower Vinay came into the scene, he was known as a good limited-overs bowler, more so towards the end overs, where he could keep it tight. His confidence is not fantastic right now. Ishant is hardly high on confidence, and it shows in his bowling. Sreesanth at his peak was not just reasonably quick, he could land it beautifully on the seam and move it around, and reverse it well. As for the spinners, I think Ashwin should do well (his confidence seems to have gone a bit low), and the hard-working Ojha and the street-smart Jadeja should be a good force, though except for Sydney, Indian spinners have traditionally not found much purchase in Australia (with notable exceptions, of course). I wish I could watch cricket regularly, to be able to comment on these matters better, but I have been too addicted to cricinfo.com to offer slightly unbiased comments. Of course, Dileep Premachandran, Siddharth Ravindran, George Binoy and the like are good commentators, and their analysis and editorials are a joy to read, and behold.
Cheers, Sumantra.

Spiderguy252 · Posted: Mon Nov 04, 2013 12:20 am Post subject:

The problem is that ODIs were fun when they used to seemingly be mini test matches in the past.

Now they're just long T20s.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Thu Nov 14, 2013 11:57 am Post subject:

The final test for sachin begins........what a carrier.....
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The_Goat · Posted: Fri Nov 15, 2013 1:36 am Post subject:

A fantastic speech by Anil Kumble. Must read

http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/688255.html

Great advice he gives to the BCCI about power with responsibility. I hope they listen.
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HAWK21M · Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 3:20 pm Post subject:

Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

Feel real fortunate to have seen his final 50 at the grounds, lot of fond memories of his playing days in my growing up years

Sadly cricket for me wont have the same passion it did a few years ago with most of the players like Dravid Kumble Sachin Ganguly retired and the likes of Harbhajan Sehwag Zahir Khan and Yuvraj dropped or out of form

Thanks for the memories guys

Karan

The_Goat · Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:05 pm Post subject:

Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

In addition to them there were many in the same era , I guess only Gayle Sangakara and Jaywardene , Graeme smith still playing who let their achievements or performance rather than their mouth do the talking

Ambrose, Walsh ,Pollock, Rohdes, Akram , Younis, Klusener , Jayasuirya, Mark Greatbatch, Stephen Fleming, Nathan Astle, Chris Crains, Brian McMillan, to name just a few whom I would wake up at odd hours to see their performace

I doubt there is anyone left who will evoke that passion for the game in me

Karan

G-BYGB · Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 6:57 pm Post subject:

The_Goat · Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 7:13 pm Post subject:

Karan69 · Member Joined: 22 Dec 2006 Posts: 1334

Nothing against the Aussies, I specially enjoyed Steve Waugh, McGrath, and the fatty Boon. Border was on his way out when I started watching ,
Taylor was a level headed captain but Ponting the less said the better [though a brilliant batsman]

Karan

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G-BYGB · Posted: Sun Nov 17, 2013 10:36 pm Post subject:

ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1710

While Tendulkar and Dravid scored their thousands of (esp) test runs against all high quaility bowlers, I think the likes of Gavaskar, Vishwanath ,Vengsarkar had to contend with a slightly higher level of quality bowlers, especially WI, Australia and England.

It would be really interesting to see how SRT and the Wall would have responded to Garner, Marshall, Holding, Roberts, Lillee, Thompson, Bob Willis etc..or Imran for that matter..
I think they wud have struggled.. Ganguly would have simply hopped about , blinking all the time.

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The_Goat · Posted: Tue Nov 19, 2013 1:24 am Post subject:

ssbmat · Member Joined: 20 Dec 2006 Posts: 1710

The only "weak" aspect of the earlier eras was probably the fielding. Nowadays, the top 3-4 sides are at absolutely top level on this front.

Earlier, you had one or two exceptions in each team..others would pretty much fetch the ball from the ropes, escort it to the ropes (like Ganguly lol) or worse, let it past in between their legs Shocked

But batting and bowling, for me were definitely of a higher standard, and bowlers and batsmen vied for top honors in test matches..and of course, NO HELMETs for the batsmen..

The_Goat · Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 1:47 am Post subject:

You gotta love it when the pitch offers something to the seamers. Very Happy

http://www.espncricinfo.com/the-ashes-2013-14/engine/match/592397.html

Lovely contest. Guess this Ashes is going to be a battle of the pacers.
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G-BYGB · Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2013 9:33 pm Post subject:

Good to see Australia finally sniffing a victory after a long win less streak in test matches for their standards. Very Happy

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The_Goat · Posted: Sun Nov 24, 2013 4:28 pm Post subject:

England comprehensively trashed there! Good work by the Aussies.

But one can expect England to bounce back in the second test, like they did in India. It would be silly on the part of the Aussies to take them for granted.

Australia need to work on their batting lineup. Other than Clarke, Haddin and Warner, the rest are all somewhat shaky.
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The_Goat · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 7:53 pm Post subject:

OK, I take back what I said. England aren't bouncing back. They are running ...away!

Two words - Mitchell Johnson! What a bowler he has become! Absolutely devastating! England seem clueless against him. And to think it was only sometime ago that people were saying that he would never play for Australia again! Love it when players bounce back like that, proving everyone wrong.

Our merry bowlers got thrashed the other night, by a rookie called Quinton de Kock! He even had the chutzpah to point out the technical faults of our guys in the post match conference! I hope we do better in Durban.
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sumantra · Member Joined: 28 Oct 2007 Posts: 4685 Location: New Delhi

The_Goat · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 2:51 am Post subject: