The Cricket World Cup Thread

Manu · Post by **Manu** » 27 Feb 2011 22:08

Gus wrote:tie...

but to me..we lost.

+1 Our weaknesses were really exposed...

rsharma · Post by **rsharma** » 27 Feb 2011 22:08

Where is Nehra

sum · Post by **sum** » 27 Feb 2011 22:08

Shudder to think what our condition will be if we bowl first against the strong teams...Even the pressure of chasing wont be there and every match will look like the 2003 WC final!!!

manish.rastogi · Post by **manish.rastogi** » 27 Feb 2011 22:09

yayy....the most unreliable team award goes to INDIA...i hope it teaches them a lesson....

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 27 Feb 2011 22:09

1 ball left in our batting proved costly in the end

negi · Post by **negi** » 27 Feb 2011 22:12

Kumble saar's shoes are turning out to be too big for anyone to fill.

We basically used to have two quality spinners in Bhajji and Kumble who could stem the flow even if one of the quickies was having a bad day, now we just have Harbhajan and then we don't have P Kumar.

I hope Chankians in our team do not replace Chawla with another batsman.

anishns · Post by **anishns** » 27 Feb 2011 22:13

Sachin had a lot of dot balls in his innings

Gawd baiters will argue!!!

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 27 Feb 2011 22:15

It was staruss day.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 27 Feb 2011 22:16

munaf's short run in the last over toooooooo much

Dmurphy · Post by **Dmurphy** » 27 Feb 2011 22:17

I want bhajji out of the team...that good for nothing idiot. Ashwin in. And I missed sreesanth's swing in the beginning.

Manu · Post by **Manu** » 27 Feb 2011 22:18

Actually, it was the English Paki's 6....that was just a brilliant shot under pressure.....Indian Team always brings the best out of them....

We shoud be ashamed at this result....we can't even defend 338....

SandeepA · Post by **SandeepA** » 27 Feb 2011 22:18

Munna gives a feeling he doesnt want to do anything other than bowling..even that catch was a reflex action

sugriva · Post by **sugriva** » 27 Feb 2011 22:20

The Gawd is jinxed for India. The day he bats well, India has a bad day at the office.

Gus · Post by **Gus** » 27 Feb 2011 22:21

MS: well there's nothing much we can do about fielding, we got slow fielders in the side.

well...he is candid..

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 27 Feb 2011 22:22

nonsense result. this is definitely a loss in my books.

Stan_Savljevic · Post by **Stan_Savljevic** » 27 Feb 2011 22:23

The last ball of the Indian innings, one of Zak or Munaf was one short going for two runs and getting run out. Every run counts, and even after N matches, players regret later.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 27 Feb 2011 22:23

can't understand what saved bell in the umpire's review? he was out

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 27 Feb 2011 22:25

Stan_Savljevic wrote:The last ball of the Indian innings, one of Zak or Munaf was one short going for two runs and getting run out. Every run counts, and even after N matches, players regret later.

all that won't have mattered if we hadn't bowled those six balls at the end.

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 27 Feb 2011 22:31

epic fightback by the white pakis,

through the heat and humidity of bangalore, a partisan crowd and strauss against a daunting total.

considering that india also won the toss, ultimately this tie is actually won by the english.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Feb 2011 22:32

there is no heat and humidity in blr...its a pleasant cool night.

ofcourse the english media will spin this as the last stand of the coldstream guards against the Zulu army.

bhavani · Post by **bhavani** » 27 Feb 2011 22:35

I think we exposed our major weakness. Bowling is very weak. we sorely miss a world class fast bowler. Munna is looking very bad and zaheer is giving away too many runs. At this rate we cant even defend 350.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 27 Feb 2011 22:37

may I ask when was our weakness *hidden* ?

it was out in the open except in the delusions of tv channels and newspapers.

Lilo · Post by **Lilo** » 27 Feb 2011 22:38

Singha wrote:there is no heat and humidity in blr...its a pleasant cool night.

ofcourse the english media will spin this as the last stand of the coldstream guards against the Zulu army.

during the first innings onlee saar, while england was fielding,
anderson was huffing and puffing by his 8th over and bresnan was sweating like a pig.

archan · Post by **archan** » 27 Feb 2011 22:43

Manu wrote:
Manu wrote:India will not cross 340....
Damn.....

Indian 338...all Out....

I swear...no more comments from me for the remainder of the match....

I think we have the real culprit here.

mraghu · Post by **mraghu** » 27 Feb 2011 22:45

If we can't defend 338 then it is a shame. I think TI was way over over-confident. They need to get their basics right especially in the fielding. I think 50% of the team was unfit or they thought Eng will not reach 338

rsharma · Post by **rsharma** » 27 Feb 2011 22:46

archan wrote:
Manu wrote:]India will not cross 340....

Damn.....

Indian 338...all Out....

I swear...no more comments from me for the remainder of the match....
I think we have the real culprit here.

Yeah.. down with the kuffar..

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 27 Feb 2011 22:47

A tie after posting 338 is phucking unacceptable. This is not much better than a loss. Thankfully MSD acknowledged it in his response after the match. We need to make a few changes ASAP. Bring Sreesanth back in place on Chawla. If Chawla is only going to bowl like this then Yuvi or Pathan can do the same job. We need someone like Pranthan to take wickets early on since we were not able to break the opening partnership in both matches.

More importantly fielding has to save at least 30+ runs to compensate for weak bowling. MSD has to keep a more attacking field like what he set up for the batting powerplay today if we have a big total on the board. No point in setting a field which leaks 6+ runs an over in singles and doubles.

mraghu · Post by **mraghu** » 27 Feb 2011 22:48

The Loss of Praveen Kumar to Injury might have been the tipping point for us to not to win this WC.

manish.rastogi · Post by **manish.rastogi** » 27 Feb 2011 22:48

ban the kaffir...ban the kaffir....for future matches onree...prevention is better than cure...lol!!:-P

negi · Post by **negi** » 27 Feb 2011 22:51

Our bowling department revolves around Zaheer and Harbhajan so we are basically trying to win a 50 over match with help of just two genuine bowlers, and like today if they do not bag a couple of wickets each early in their spells we suddenly find ourselves struggling to even defend a total like 338. Our batting looks stronger than what it was in 2006 but our bowling attack is at it's lowest in last 2/3 world-cups.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 27 Feb 2011 22:54

match in eden should have been better

Dilbu · Post by **Dilbu** » 27 Feb 2011 22:54

We won't be able to score 300+ in every match of the tournament. May be we should always chase.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 27 Feb 2011 22:55

mraghu wrote:The Loss of Praveen Kumar to Injury might have been the tipping point for us to not to win this WC.

I'll be VERY happy if we make the semis, something we managed the last 2 times WC was held in India.

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 27 Feb 2011 22:57

shreesant should be in the lineup. everybody is going for runs so he will he but atleast can get early breakthroughs

putnanja · Post by **putnanja** » 27 Feb 2011 22:59

I couldn't follow the game, but why was yusuf pathan given only 3 overs?

rvishwak · Post by **rvishwak** » 27 Feb 2011 23:00

shewag was in control in the last 10 overs of eng innings was involved in all the crucial decisions which saved us the embaressment

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 27 Feb 2011 23:02

I blame Gawd. Its all his fault. He could have scored one more run, stopped one more run with his fielding.
Shame, he is selfish and should be dropped.

There, I have done all the usual rants of Gawd baiters

For those wanting Sreesanth, I doubt he would have fared better. He would have leaked 75-80 runs as well and would have thrown a tantrum to boot.

Still the tie would serve to jolt the team management. Better get these things out in the league stage itself.

Maybe time for R Ashwin to step up?

Tanaji · Post by **Tanaji** » 27 Feb 2011 23:04

Rahul M wrote:
mraghu wrote:The Loss of Praveen Kumar to Injury might have been the tipping point for us to not to win this WC.
I'll be VERY happy if we make the semis, something we managed the last 2 times WC was held in India.

That should be possible no? We make quarters, most likely at #2 position and will end up facing Aus or someone similar.

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 27 Feb 2011 23:12

after this disgrace I'll be grateful if we make the quarters as #4 where we will face #1 from group A ? that would be pak or aus IMO. I don't think we are capable of defeating either without a large chunk of luck. keep in mind that this match went as good as it could have for us in terms of luck, winning the toss, broad sitting out and we still couldn't won.

KrishG · Post by **KrishG** » 27 Feb 2011 23:13

Just returned from the match!!!!! Superb! Although India didn't win, it was England's match to lose, and they almost did it thanks to superb comeback by Zaheer and overwhelming pressure put the new batsmen by the crowds in the last 7 overs.

I was about the leave the ground around the 40th over, when the match was all but lost. Thank god I didn't!!

Full Paisa Vasool for me!