sometimes I wish this was a 50over wc, again!!!!! our team is ready made to go to wc with that batting line up, and especially knowing how gd in form gambhir, kohli and dhoni are in the 50 over format.
but anyway besides the teams and selection, have u guys been impressed by the crowd turn out? I hv been amazed by how many people have come in almost all the matches, and as soon as we go in semis no seat will be empty.
I was suprised anyway that India wanted to play 5 proper bowlers. Yuvraj was always more than good enough, if not, Raina and Kohli are no slouches either.
You just cannot win against India when it matters
And yeah I agree about Yuvraj. I wouldn't call him a part timer, over the past couple of years, he has really developed his bowling. Second highest wick-taker in the world cup..more than part time.
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
However Yuvraj did bowl a lot of drag downs, at least 4/5, only one was punished for 6 by Akmal
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
I've seen him ball worse Neon... But Pakistan were dire with the bat
The only good decision of the day was promoting Afridi to 3 imo. We would never had made 128 if he was batting at 7!
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
Think we would have made 140+ if Razzaq was batting at 8... Malik got out in the 15th over, then Arafat came and wasted an over, then Akmal got under pressure and got out...
He got out towards the end of the 4th over Neon. That's not early in a T20 game. However, if they did want fireworks at the start of the innings, they should have promoted U Akmal.
Personally feel Hafeez's 'misbah' innings put the pressure on the middle order.
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
I think if we had a decent score, our spinners would have been much more effective. It's all about the mentality
Hafeez was blocking when afridi was at the crease Neon. In the powerplay he is expected to get at least 2 boundaries away nevertheless. If he was holding an end up, he should have played the way Malik played
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
Yeah we do have Raza Hassan who bowled well today aswell. Next T20 tournament we should see the likes of Hammad Azam and Raza Hasan regulars.
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
dont understand why dhoni doesnt give the ball to raina. he always brings a wicket in his bowling. he used to be the partnership breaker whenever the main bowlers werent able to get wickets. hope he gives raina a coupl of chances ahead of kohli. ow SA will be waiting for a kohli over to score more runs.
also hard to trust bhajji. dont understand whether he is in form or not. maybe t20s is not the right format to bring him back? but would go with balaji cause he has a gd slower ball which is hard to hit esp, towards the end.
main concern though for indian fans shud be zak. he looks out of sorts, and doesnt even have the fitness. looked like he wud faint any moment when he was bowling. he is a match away from being hit for runs. today was very lucky since pak batting crumbled ow zak wud have gone for so many runs.
Robin I would drop minnow basher Nazir and put Jamshed back as opener and bring in Shafiq in middle order and finally drop Arafat and bring in Razzaq.
This should be Afridi and Razzaq last tournament
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
also kohli does his hw. has mastered how to play malinga and since then every other batsmen got the confident to play malinga.
today he was probably the only batsman so far that picked ajmal so well,
and wont be suprised if steyn also finds it hard against kohli cause he does his hw against the best bowlers.
I rate Raina very highly. Feel he is under utilised as a batsman aswell, comes in at 6 (?) A bit like Umar Akmal for Pakistan.
Raina is easily > Kohli as bowler.
Kohli's bowling is actually quiet funny They are just straight bowls, aren't they?
Yeah Kash, next game:
Hafeez
Jamshed
K Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Abdul Razzaq
Umar Gul
Raza Hasan
Saeed Ajmal
Shahid Afridi
That's 10 players Robin
Shafiq is the only other option in the squad. These tracks might suit his workman style of play.
Sign in if you want to comment
8 Batsman a must vs India!
Page 1 of 3
posted on 30/9/12
sometimes I wish this was a 50over wc, again!!!!! our team is ready made to go to wc with that batting line up, and especially knowing how gd in form gambhir, kohli and dhoni are in the 50 over format.
but anyway besides the teams and selection, have u guys been impressed by the crowd turn out? I hv been amazed by how many people have come in almost all the matches, and as soon as we go in semis no seat will be empty.
posted on 30/9/12
I was suprised anyway that India wanted to play 5 proper bowlers. Yuvraj was always more than good enough, if not, Raina and Kohli are no slouches either.
posted on 30/9/12
You just cannot win against India when it matters
posted on 30/9/12
And yeah I agree about Yuvraj. I wouldn't call him a part timer, over the past couple of years, he has really developed his bowling. Second highest wick-taker in the world cup..more than part time.
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
However Yuvraj did bowl a lot of drag downs, at least 4/5, only one was punished for 6 by Akmal
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
I've seen him ball worse Neon... But Pakistan were dire with the bat
The only good decision of the day was promoting Afridi to 3 imo. We would never had made 128 if he was batting at 7!
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
Think we would have made 140+ if Razzaq was batting at 8... Malik got out in the 15th over, then Arafat came and wasted an over, then Akmal got under pressure and got out...
posted on 30/9/12
He got out towards the end of the 4th over Neon. That's not early in a T20 game. However, if they did want fireworks at the start of the innings, they should have promoted U Akmal.
Personally feel Hafeez's 'misbah' innings put the pressure on the middle order.
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
I think if we had a decent score, our spinners would have been much more effective. It's all about the mentality
Hafeez was blocking when afridi was at the crease Neon. In the powerplay he is expected to get at least 2 boundaries away nevertheless. If he was holding an end up, he should have played the way Malik played
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
Yeah we do have Raza Hassan who bowled well today aswell. Next T20 tournament we should see the likes of Hammad Azam and Raza Hasan regulars.
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
dont understand why dhoni doesnt give the ball to raina. he always brings a wicket in his bowling. he used to be the partnership breaker whenever the main bowlers werent able to get wickets. hope he gives raina a coupl of chances ahead of kohli. ow SA will be waiting for a kohli over to score more runs.
also hard to trust bhajji. dont understand whether he is in form or not. maybe t20s is not the right format to bring him back? but would go with balaji cause he has a gd slower ball which is hard to hit esp, towards the end.
main concern though for indian fans shud be zak. he looks out of sorts, and doesnt even have the fitness. looked like he wud faint any moment when he was bowling. he is a match away from being hit for runs. today was very lucky since pak batting crumbled ow zak wud have gone for so many runs.
posted on 30/9/12
Robin I would drop minnow basher Nazir and put Jamshed back as opener and bring in Shafiq in middle order and finally drop Arafat and bring in Razzaq.
This should be Afridi and Razzaq last tournament
posted on 30/9/12
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 30/9/12
also kohli does his hw. has mastered how to play malinga and since then every other batsmen got the confident to play malinga.
today he was probably the only batsman so far that picked ajmal so well,
and wont be suprised if steyn also finds it hard against kohli cause he does his hw against the best bowlers.
posted on 30/9/12
I rate Raina very highly. Feel he is under utilised as a batsman aswell, comes in at 6 (?) A bit like Umar Akmal for Pakistan.
Raina is easily > Kohli as bowler.
Kohli's bowling is actually quiet funny They are just straight bowls, aren't they?
posted on 30/9/12
Yeah Kash, next game:
Hafeez
Jamshed
K Akmal
Shoaib Malik
Umar Akmal
Abdul Razzaq
Umar Gul
Raza Hasan
Saeed Ajmal
Shahid Afridi
posted on 30/9/12
That's 10 players Robin
Shafiq is the only other option in the squad. These tracks might suit his workman style of play.
Page 1 of 3