The Cricket World Cup Thread

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 16 Mar 2011 10:37

Non-playing captain wanted. Saurav dada, are you listening??

BTW, isn't it too late for even the mai-baap BCCI to make changes in team's captaincy after the tournament has started? Against ICC rules or something, perhaps?

Aditya_V · Post by **Aditya_V** » 16 Mar 2011 11:03

No captain shaptain changing required, Indian team is bound to have a bad game in the WC. Y.Pathan will have a couple of bad games he had his.

Pranthan and Ashwin are required instead of Nehra and Steady good line and length - Munaf patel, in flatist wickets line and length without pace is not good enough especially if God forbid Batsman fail and we need to defend 215-220.

I hope the media Overhypes our opponents in QF, SF and F. They should throw parties for those teams,

Let these teams celebarate before the matches, let us celeberate after the WC.

Sridhar K · Post by **Sridhar K** » 16 Mar 2011 16:01

Got a lucky ticket to watch the India -WI match. The last one day match I saw at Chepauk was between India and the Windies in 94-95 when India won. Was not lucky with the last test that I saw in 1999 against Pakisatan, where Gawd was let down by mere mortals.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Mar 2011 16:15

canada looks set to score around 250 today. even "juniors" like canada, kenya and ireland seem quite capable of scoring 250 these days.

archan · Post by **archan** » 16 Mar 2011 16:39

Singha wrote:canada looks set to score around 250 today.

Not happening. Lost 4 for 12 runs just now.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 16 Mar 2011 17:06

merlin wrote:I don't agree with your opinion. Please ask any soldier if he fights for his country or for his paltan. I feel it would be easier to motivate fellow team members to win this one for Sachin than win it for the country.

You are taking the military analogy too far. The military personnel operate in an environment unlike any other. It is a question of life and death, where the paradigm is totally different than normal conditions. Loyalty, discipline, emotions ityadi have to be kicked up several yards high. While one might be able to draw lessons and values from the way military personnel operate, it is too much to fully apply it for Circket.

As a Sachin fan, I protest these absurd logic

Poor guy, let him be. There is really no complaints against him, now let the other failures get their head out of their asses and play good for the country, the fans yeah and team too.

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 16 Mar 2011 17:20

I vote for Viru! another +1

Say Whacks ko jai ho!

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 16 Mar 2011 17:51

SwamyG wrote:
merlin wrote:I don't agree with your opinion. Please ask any soldier if he fights for his country or for his paltan. I feel it would be easier to motivate fellow team members to win this one for Sachin than win it for the country.
You are taking the military analogy too far. The military personnel operate in an environment unlike any other. It is a question of life and death, where the paradigm is totally different than normal conditions. Loyalty, discipline, emotions ityadi have to be kicked up several yards high. While one might be able to draw lessons and values from the way military personnel operate, it is too much to fully apply it for Circket.

As a Sachin fan, I protest these absurd logic Poor guy, let him be. There is really no complaints against him, now let the other failures get their head out of their asses and play good for the country, the fans yeah and team too.

On that I agree. The complaints are against the others, why can't they take inspiration from Sachin and do even a fraction of what he does?

Manish Jain · Post by **Manish Jain** » 16 Mar 2011 18:23

First of all, Harsha didn't write that article. He denied it on twitter.

Second, no use having Viru as captain. He himself doesn't want it and a reluctant captain isn't going to do you any good.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 16 Mar 2011 21:02

Ultimately the buck stops at the Captain's feet. But the selectors can throw a wrench even before things get started. Mohinder called them a "bunch of jokers", sometimes they do prove Mohinder was right. If a captain is given a squad in which he has no confidence, then save the country onlee. If he is given the squad of his liking and he is not able to get the required performance then it points to his: a)judgment b)leadership skills.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 16 Mar 2011 21:08

I am betting on SA over Aus if they meet anywhere in this WC.

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 16 Mar 2011 21:36

Manish Jain wrote:First of all, Harsha didn't write that article. He denied it on twitter.

Second, no use having Viru as captain. He himself doesn't want it and a reluctant captain isn't going to do you any good.

Did he confess to you ?

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 17 Mar 2011 07:52

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 17 Mar 2011 09:13

If SA vs Bidis and/or WI vs Eng ties?

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 17 Mar 2011 09:28

If WI beats Eng, India goes QF.
If Eng beats WI, India has to beat WI...

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 17 Mar 2011 09:52

nope, BD has to win against SA for the match b/w us and WI to become a do or die one. even then NRR will give us a chance if we don't lose too badly.

Dileep · Post by **Dileep** » 17 Mar 2011 10:59

Rahul M wrote:if we don't lose too badly.

No one is gonna bet you we aren't capable for that

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Mar 2011 11:14

unless match fixing is on, SA should be able to rout BD easily.

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 17 Mar 2011 12:45

That goat eyed chuckter is retiring after world cup. link

Now for paki calls of "winning the world cup for shoaib"

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 17 Mar 2011 15:55

Eng : 134/5 ...

JE Menon · Post by **JE Menon** » 17 Mar 2011 16:22

>>If WI beats Eng, India goes QF.
>>If Eng beats WI, India has to beat WI...

>>nope, BD has to win against SA for the match b/w us and WI to become a do or die one. even then NRR will give us a chance if we don't lose too badly.

Fuuu(((((kkk... I knew it would come to this sort of bloody calculation!!!!

Now on to shivering in dhoti in some dark corner!!!

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 17 Mar 2011 16:31

The kind of situation bookies would love to have

SaiK · Post by **SaiK** » 17 Mar 2011 17:35

so.. it is a cup phixing

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Mar 2011 18:11

ENG are in good position to win the match. 240+ batting second on a slowish pitch is not a pushover.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 17 Mar 2011 18:13

phuck. And I thought Des had its QF berth sealed. Make that QF re-berth only. Am noisily rooting for Yingland crashing out of this match and the tournament so that Desi berth-and-death model in the QF remains tight.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 17 Mar 2011 18:35

Gayle has his own ideas

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 17 Mar 2011 18:41

Gayle departs after free flowing like Captain Cook namak.

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 17 Mar 2011 19:03

WI better win against ENG.

Sammy, pollard, bravo can do the job.

SwamyG · Post by **SwamyG** » 17 Mar 2011 19:12

Just when I was starting to appreciating WI batting....3 quick wickets. I wish Eng were departing desh after this match.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 17 Mar 2011 19:18

Looks like we have to beat WI

amdavadi · Post by **amdavadi** » 17 Mar 2011 19:20

WI will finish off half pakis tonight.

Nevermind

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 17 Mar 2011 19:41

5 down

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 17 Mar 2011 19:42

WI will choke onlee.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 17 Mar 2011 19:44

Windies appear even more determined than TI in its finer moments to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. uh-oh.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Mar 2011 19:55

WI only play well vs India and collapse in heap against any other strong team.

everyone seems to play well against India

archan · Post by **archan** » 17 Mar 2011 19:59

That was one laddu dropped. Perhaps they just dropped the chance of quarter finals. Does it seem like that cricketing standards in general have gone down?

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 17 Mar 2011 20:04

^^ Hope Diggy raja isn't getting phone calls from Yingland's WC hopes already.

Re standards going down, well, yes. Seems gen Y or whatever has gotten so immersed in this ubiquituous connectivity-google-facebook-twitter thing aajkal that attn spans have suffered and it shows in the dropped laddus on field big time. Perhaps. IMVHO.

KJo · Post by **KJo** » 17 Mar 2011 20:09

Windies trying their best to lose.

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 17 Mar 2011 20:10

How many catches are they going to drop? sheesh

archan · Post by **archan** » 17 Mar 2011 20:11

I don't know, Pollard looks like a weak-ish batsman to me. If it is in his slot, he will hit it big but when he has to nudge it around, he struggles. He got LBW, as expected.