The Cricket World Cup Thread

archan · Post by **archan** » 15 Jan 2011 21:18

Yindia will win onlee.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 15 Jan 2011 21:45

We'll get the pitches we want when it comes to World Cup time so this SA odi series won't have a huge impact on WC preperations - still a bit sad to see players who play like demi-Gods in the sub continent (Raina, Kohli, Dhoni etc) struggle so much on bouncy, seaming tracks.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 15 Jan 2011 22:47

krisna wrote:
Rahul M wrote:I don't know if it came out in the inglish papers but he had made it clear beforehand he was not going to play for KKR this time, come what may. he also had a coaching proposal from them which he refused.
Netizens React to KKR Dropping Ganguly dated 2nd dec 2010
An unconfirmed news report about the Kolkata based IPL team Kolkata KnightRiders(KKR) not retaining ex-Indian skipper Sourav Ganguly for the 4th season of the IPL has caused unrest among his fans. Sourav Ganguly, one of the legends of the game, who has a large fan base has already indicated that he is open for playing for any IPL team in case KKR doesn’t retain him

As per reports, KKR is planning to let Sourav go to auction pool again and pick him up from the auction with a lower price ‘if there is any unrest among the fans’.
Among all KKR players he has been the best (or one of the best) in all IPL editions.
SRK is sure a paqi. If performance is anything to go by, dada should be in KKR.
SRK deserves all the brickbats from kolkattans. I sympathise with kolkattans.
No dada no KKR no SRK

Which begs the question, why didn't any other side pick him up then. Even with a base price of 400k he wasn't expensive and all the franchises did not even spend 100% of their allocated money. Moreover he's still a better player (in the shorter format) than say Laxman (who went for 400k) and Dravid (500k)

Can't pin all the blame on our paki loving friend SRK.

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 16 Jan 2011 00:56

granted ! The new slogan is win onlee then.

or maybe as skeptic this one was fixed.

James B · Post by **James B** » 16 Jan 2011 00:56

Mahdi strikes.

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 16 Jan 2011 00:58

AoA, India wins. Munna takes 4

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 16 Jan 2011 01:00

What a performance by the bowlers.....Munna bhai finally comes of age.

Virupaksha · Post by **Virupaksha** » 16 Jan 2011 01:05

Marten wrote:
archan wrote:Yindia will win onlee.
Kafir.

Just watch how Munna and the Prince will win us the game.

I bow to thee, you dhothi clad astrologer.

CRamS · Post by **CRamS** » 16 Jan 2011 01:10

Guys:

What a brilliant win. Man, oh man, I love it when I see us SDREs maintain their cool under pressure. And MS was just that, cool, calm, and leading from the front.

Of course, as any game this close, luck plays a key role. And lad luck was on our side

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nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 16 Jan 2011 01:12

So Marten mullah is the new Oracle. Dilbullah has found his successor (and a way to avoid pitchforks).

archan · Post by **archan** » 16 Jan 2011 01:18

archan wrote:Yindia will win onlee.

^^What he said. Oh wait..

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 16 Jan 2011 01:19

So what happened to all those youngistan baiters

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 16 Jan 2011 01:22

Marten wrote:Kashala majhi ghetoye re baba?

Munna bhai has also learned Inglis by the looks of it. Very happy to see a confident team. The Prince was genuinely happy to have taken the catch even though he nearly missed that crucial run-out. What a match this turned out to be! SDREs are getting pretty good all over!

Except the "batting" part saar.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 16 Jan 2011 01:55

whoa! munna man of the match! what a turn out. awesome win.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 16 Jan 2011 03:08

Munna made his debut in 2004-5 and Yuvraj in 2000, who exactly is a youngistani here?

We won by fluke and munna is a useless bowler, it was the pressure that got to the equally incompetent Saffa Youngistanis Parnell and Tsostowhatevah

Rahul Baba ki Jai ho, Jai ho!

James B · Post by **James B** » 16 Jan 2011 03:17

Sachin Tendulkar to return home

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 16 Jan 2011 03:21

Mahendra wrote:Rahul Baba ki Jai ho, Jai ho!

Priyanka Bhabhi ki bhi jai ho !

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 16 Jan 2011 03:23

Jai ho to RahulM baba but you are welcome to jai ho the family

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 16 Jan 2011 03:25

but I was jai ho-ring Chopra onlee after seeing her on tv in a lungi dress.

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 16 Jan 2011 03:34

James B wrote:Sachin Tendulkar to return home

Hope it's only a minor injury and sending him home is a precaution.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 16 Jan 2011 03:48

Bade wrote: but I was jai ho-ring Chopra onlee after seeing her on tv in a lungi dress.

No wonder since she picked up Sunanda's sweat equity in the Kochi team

Bade · Post by **Bade** » 16 Jan 2011 03:59

If Pretty and Shetty can do it, even poor Priyanka should. But she needs a rich beau before she can do that.

Airavat · Post by **Airavat** » 16 Jan 2011 04:35

Real royals flock Ranji final

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 16 Jan 2011 06:49

A slight niggle is sending them back home, no chances being taken as world cup is near. BTW india has won the last 5 out of 6 matches in the ground

niran · Post by **niran** » 16 Jan 2011 07:53

The decision to bat first is always good against SA in any condition, put up a paltry
50 runs, take few early wikits and watch SA contrive to snatch defeat from victory 9.99 times out of 10.
except the ball with which got Amla (pitching outside off bouncing chest height and moving onto middle)
all balls were just good, nothing ferocious or terrifying.

pgbhat · Post by **pgbhat** » 16 Jan 2011 09:22

Stephen Fleming tipped as next India cricket coach

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 16 Jan 2011 09:29

Niran, which balls were really "ferocious and terrifying" from the south africans and cost us wickets? They too bowled just good. More often than not, we seemed too weak to clear the 30 yard circle

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 16 Jan 2011 09:34

Mahendra wrote:We won by fluke and munna is a useless bowler, it was the pressure that got to the equally incompetent Saffa Youngistanis Parnell and Tsostowhatevah

Oh really? How come the not-so-ordinary bowlers like zaheer failed to break through in the beginning and had to make way for the God like Nehra? And that 'Cadbury's Nutties' headed Tsotsobe is goaded as if he's some 101st tirthankar of jesus christ for running and swinging his arm over with no perceivable thought or strategy.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 16 Jan 2011 09:36

pgbhat wrote:Stephen Fleming tipped as next India cricket coach

That must NZ's way of getting back at us for the 5-0 whitewash we rubbed on them. Just pray Kirsten stays on a lot longer, at least a couple of years after the big 3 retire.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Jan 2011 09:42

The Mahdi has returned. Gondor lies expectant.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 16 Jan 2011 09:43

Marten wrote:
archan wrote:Yindia will win onlee.
Kafir.

Just watch how Munna and the Prince will win us the game.

Brilliant work Archanudeen and Martenullah. Now pliss to win us the WC also.

niran · Post by **niran** » 16 Jan 2011 11:01

Dmurphy wrote:Niran, which balls were really "ferocious and terrifying" from the south africans and cost us wickets? They too bowled just good. More often than not, we seemed too weak to clear the 30 yard circle

hence the phrase "snatch defeat from certain victory"

Tamang · Post by **Tamang** » 16 Jan 2011 11:46

Poms again "thoking" Kangaroos' bowling

sunnyP · Post by **sunnyP** » 16 Jan 2011 15:33

So only a handful of odis left now until the World Cup, what is your preferred first eleven (fitness permitting).

I'd go with:

God
Sehwag
Gambhir
Kohli
Yuvraj
Raina
Dhoni
Harbhajan
Zaheer
Kumar
Nehra/Munaf/Ishant

I suppose there is an argument for Yousuf's inclusion in which case I'd swap him for Raina or Yuvraj.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Jan 2011 15:38

Yusuf is not bowling well, Raina is a better bowler at present. Yusuf is arguably the harder hitter but Raina has bulked up and no slouch either....on indian pitches his weakness against short bowling should not be too much of an issue. and Raina is the better fielder.

I would actually drop Yuvraj and pick rohit sharma. atleast rohit has to be in team incase yuvraj doesnt deliver in 1st couple of matches. Gambhir/Sehwag one could be dropped in matches where both Yuvraj and Sharma get to play. sehwag has not been in good form lately in any form of cricket.

krisna · Post by **krisna** » 16 Jan 2011 16:36

Terrific show by the bowlers: Dhoni

With South Africa needing 12 runs to win from 60 deliveries with two wickets in hand, Dhoni gave the ball to part-time spinner Suresh Raina and the Indian skipper said it was a chance he took which could have backfired.

"It was an important decision. I thought that if a spinner bowls he may hit the pads and get one batsman out. Normally, he (Raina) bowls well to left handers. Sometime you have to take chance like this," Dhoni said.

very smart thinking. could have gone either way. But hats off to him for marshalling his team.!! fortune favors the brave.

I think Munaf's spell was brilliant. He bowls straight and varies his pace well.

konphuses batters with his slow and very slow bowling with run up of phast bowler onlee. smart khiladi

He said the narrow loss in the second ODI will continue to haunt South Africa, who are desperate to shed their "chokers" tag in world cricket.
"Playing under pressure is totally different scenario. If South Africa lose matches like this they have to face the criticism of being called chokers. That's one thing which will haunt them," Dhoni said.

Brilliant talk. rub it in. Important psycho talk. Love MSD interviews like dada.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 16 Jan 2011 16:51

Singha wrote:Sehwag has not been in good form lately in any form of cricket.

Which I consider as a good thing because a player of his calibre cannot be kept quiet for long. And WC is exactly where we want him to come out all guns blazing. (Go Veeru.. Go)

Sridhar K · Post by **Sridhar K** » 16 Jan 2011 17:08

On coach issue: Stephen Fleming and Dhoni enjoy a good relationship as part of the CSK set up and is considered tactically sound. However, as a coach the challenge is to get the best out of the players which Kirsten seems to have succeeded. Bowling seems to be a worry and Eric Simon's does not seem to have done anything dramatic.

Media and the cricket lovers seem to bracket all youngsters to be struggling on bouncy pitches. Kohli does seem to be at ease playing the so called *ruthless * bowling and Pujara also showed a lot of promise. Vijay, Raina, Yusuf don't like the bounce. Lot of discrepancies have seeped into Rohit's technique, which is a pity whilst Rahane and Dhawan continues to get the cold shoulder from the selectors.

Mahendra · Post by **Mahendra** » 16 Jan 2011 22:12

Dmurphy wrote:
pgbhat wrote:Stephen Fleming tipped as next India cricket coach
That must NZ's way of getting back at us for the 5-0 whitewash we rubbed on them. Just pray Kirsten stays on a lot longer, at least a couple of years after the big 3 retire.

Oh Really?

Aren't the Youngistanis lining up to replace the big three who are supposedly denying them a chance to play and shine on the big stage? Do they really need the blessings of a furrin guy for 2 years before they can be trusted?
Aren't the new god like Undakat, Ravindra Jadeja and others supposed to just walk into the team and help maintain our no 1 ranking after the seniors are forced out by the obviously more capable Youngistanis?
Gary Kirsten would do well to go back to his home country and coach the uber strategist and thinking bowler, the new Wasim Akram.. Tsotso-mullah. The new Indian team post retirement of big 3 and post forcing out of the scheming seniors doesn't really require a coach. If they do need one, I'm sure Mr Chappal -e Hawaii Greg will be too happy to accept

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 16 Jan 2011 22:27

kohli picks himself I think. he is probably the most successful TI ODI batsman in recent days.
I'll pick ashwin over other spinners, save bhajji. ojha being second choice. but then our part timers can do a decent job as well.

p.s. the chahar kid bowled well in the finals and ended the tournament with an avg of 21. would be interesting to see how he turns up.