Are we ready for ENGLAND?
By nishant5n
@nishant5n (1067)
India
July 11, 2011 3:37am CST
Won the West Indies...
With "The Wall, Rahu Dravid" who strike right in the very first match in Jamaica it was for sure that India has potential at that moment to win that series. His century was the indication of win.
Ishant is also the striker bowler who outshines with his 22 wickets in just 3 matches.
I think we had our "Fantastic Four" with a new good luck sign for Praveen Kumar.
VVS Laxhman and Suresh make this possible with Rahul Dravid and Ishant Sharma.
Team Blue is in full confidence and swing. Dhoni is playing good shots and optimizing his performance.
Are we ready for England?..."just wondering"
what do you think? I think yes.
6 responses
@akp100 (13640)
• India
11 Jul 11
Hi Nishant
It feels really good when our bowlers perform well. I am happy to see Ishant Sharma is bowling quite well. And I am sure He will continue this performance in next series too. About our batting line up .. its already quite good since long. England just won ODI series against Srilanka(a good team). So they are in good form too. Hope we will able to see an interesting series their. All the best to Indian team..
By the way .. When the series starting ??
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
Hello Akp,
Thanks Revindrankk for elaborating details of the upcoming England series.
Akp, I am unable to understand the reason behind Dhoni's decision to draw the last test match against West Indies. We could have win that too. I do not know why he agreed to draw that match. There good batsmen on the field and the target was not very high. We needed only 86 runs, I think, to win and Rahul Dravid was batting along with VVS Laxman.
It think it was not a good decision...
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
Exactly Anand ()
"a surprising decision by Indian Skipper."
Actually well said, it was not a good decision...everywhere there is voice against it.
as I said before, Kapil and other previous Indian captains also have taken such decisions where they have shown clear self-confidence and lack of enthusiasm. They have not shown any zeal of the game and are just concentrating on higher level of series...
it is not good. I think...
@shibham (16977)
• India
12 Jul 11
Hi nishant...
Yes, it was all good for Indian on last WI tour... but the team management should think a little bit about Murli Vijay and others who did nothing for India on this tour, The current Indian team is the strongest team in world and thats why i do hope that we will win over England too. Have a nice day.
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
Hello Shibham,
You are right, Murali Vijay has lost his momentum at the present time... he is struggling for his good time...anyways how is you novel writing going on?...I also hope that India will easily win against England.
@Althafk (172)
• India
12 Jul 11
Indian team is now ready to the england series.We all know that the team played and won the ODI and Test Series in west indies in the absence of Sachin Tendulkar,Sehwag,Yuvaraj,Gambhir,Zaheer Khan.That was excellent.
Ishant Sharma has done an excellent job.The indian team has improved alot in all angles batting,bowling,fielding.There is no need to take out the names of players and say he is in good form.Each and every one is in great confidence.
I hope indian team will bring glory from england too :-)
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
momentum at the present time of Team India is extremely good... Except Dhoni's self confidence...He is struggling for his right decision ...
I also hope that India will easily win against England.
@gopakumar85 (54)
• India
12 Jul 11
it looks like india is ready for England. but i have some reservations in the way indian think thank is doing about there business. for example the other day when there was 90 balls remaining and around 90 runs needed by did dhoni not continue with the match and why didnt he pushed for the result. it could have been possible. It looked like a tame display of leadership from him. Bing the number 1 test team in world you should not be afraid of losing the match in the process of wining it.I get get a feeling that dhoni and indian team management is afraid of losing the match and the no. 1 status. imagine a situation if during the course of the tour in england if india is 1-0 down and if such a situation arises will dhoni and his team management call the players back and settle for a draw i dont think so. so its a clear indication of fear of failure. i can put my money it if australia were playing the other against the west indies they would have surely gone to chase down the target inorder to get the result.i get a feeling that dhoni dont have confidence in his players still or else why would he dont press for the victory and send virat or himself and pass the message to the players of winning the match rather than drawing it. so i think dhoni needs to ponder over it and his is in manyways answerable for the decisions.. hope he realises it just by saying"he is happy with the draw" is not acceptable...
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
Hi Gopa-Kumar,
I really very am very tensed because of this decision of Dhoni....Why he denied...He is famous for power, strength, and courage...I think he missed self-confidence.
That really a troublesome situation. Skipper thinks maybe they will lose the game and the series will end-up in a tie.
What to say...
Every one has same situation in life...Previous Indian Captains have done the same thing in the past...
Kapil Dev is one of them...
Anyways,...India have won West Indies, ....and there are good chance of England,... and it is not good indication for Dhoni or Team India.
@keenan_savio (416)
• India
13 Jul 11
I certainly think India are ready for England. Having won the series in Westindies India will carry the confidence for their next tour and also knowing that many seniors are going to be joining the team it will further boost their confidence. The entire team played well as a unit and all these factors contributed to the victory. Having won in the Westindies its time now that Team India prove that they are the number one team in tests and go on to win the series in England..
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
Yes Keenan,
I also think they are ready for England....Although, England has played well against Sri Lankans in their last series...
But, undoubtedly, India is ready...Rather always ready to defeat England...there was no doubt, actually...
because Dhoni took such a decision in the last test match, I was wonder whether we are ready or not...
have a very nice day...
@satyaa2011 (72)
• India
12 Jul 11
yes we are absolutely ready for ENGLAND Tour . first of all we are the world champions and secondly the young india led by suresh raina in ODI against WEST INDIES prooved its metal and excellence . Secondly we are going to get the benefit of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar who is included in the team after a gap of nearly four months . ther is a lot expectation from SACHIN in this tour .
@nishant5n (1067)
• India
13 Jul 11
Suresh Rain has played very well in this series. He has shown his talent once again. His consistency has been great in past few years...
He was always there when India needed him....
He added two-hundred thirty-two runs for India in this series...
For three times he made fifty in this series...