SaiK wrote:Didn't we change from country specific umpiring to having a neutral one from a panel of international umpires and again both the umpires from an elite panel later on?
Whatever happened to all the beef that Morkel, Steyn, Tsteshobe ate? How come on such a fiery wicket, the beef eaters didn't make mince meat out of the dal, roti, thair sadam/lemon eating SDREs.
Guys, say what you want, but I watched the first 10 overs or so and then later on. The manner in which Gambhir and Sehwah handled the fiery pace, bounce, and swing of Morkel and Steyn under intemse pressure was commendable. They showed a lot of spunk. At the end of day, I would say that India was the superior side. I still go back to yesterday, and with SA reeling at 130 odd for 6, something went wrong. I won't let Dhoni off the hook. Maybe bowlers are to blame for not cleaning up the SA tail, but Dhoni's bears some responsibility. He could have used some part timers, induced some false strokes, something novel, instead of just rotating the 4 bowlers he had.
One last comment. I am sick and tired of this Sreesanth bashing for his sledging and other antics. Sure, Sreesanth does make a fool of himself, esepcially since his performance is not as commensurate with his antics. But for Dhoni to publicly rebuke him is crossing the line. He is supposed to support his team, not impress the powers to be with his enforcement of discipline. I am getting the faint feeling that Dhoni is turning out to be another larger than life, arrognat dada.
An SDRE turns against another SDRE in a heartbeat, but the day when SDREs unite and taken on the "superior" beef-eating TFTAs, is the day when India will have arrived, not just on the cricket field, but in other endeavours too
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