Spearhead out; Only 3 main bowlers;part-timers bowled 19 overs out of 202 overs?
By stardustcdsd
@stardustcdsd (1856)
India
July 27, 2011 5:43am CST
hi friends.
i really feel pity for Dhoni.such a hyped match.
your destructive opener is injured.
your other best opener gets his elbow injured.
your middle-order main stay is sick ( joke being the only 100 sachin could get on lords is a 103 degree fever )
your bowling spearhead who is out to get all 5 left handers in opposite team gets injured.
and ofcourse losing the match by a huge margin and the tag of being the number 1 test team under threat if india lose another match to england.
looks like lady-luck must have gone on for looooooong vacation.lol.
but the thing that confused the most is the selection of raina.
he got loads of talent and he did prove his selection.
but unfortunately team india's requirement in this match is not just a batsmen but also someone who can bowl 15 to 20 overs and get a wicket or 2.
with your spearhead coming to the match after long rest without any prior match pratice,your lead spinner going through a lean patch,many expected yuvi to give some strength to the bowling line up.
that too back from a man of the series award from world cup.
the part timers bowled 19 overs of which dhoni bowled half of them.
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9 responses
@dabangladehi (660)
• Bangladesh
27 Jul 11
I do agree with you.Dhoni did very good bowling and he captained well.But it was his bad luck that he could not get his 11 players in good condition.Hope,from next match Team India will roar again and they will level the series.We know about the capability of our team.So, as a supporter,we should not worry and keep support our team to stay at number 1.
Hope for the best.
Good luck to Team India.
@sabhari05 (263)
• India
28 Jul 11
I think what you said was right in the bowling department I just felt one thing that is I have felt that that pitch was good for batting and so if we might have given more overs to part timers there is the chance of leaking away runs and India lost the game because some of the Indian players come directly after Injury and sachin got fever.While M.S.Dhoni is a lower order batsman I felt one thing the top order batsman who were not injured and has the capability of hitting Dravid and Laxman should have shown some top class performance.I hope India would rectify all their mistakes and play well in their next innings.
@stardustcdsd (1856)
• India
2 Aug 11
lol.Dhoni,a lower order batsmen?
dont let the dhoni fans know you said that.
they might start burning ur effigies.lol.
he does bat like lower order batsmen though in this series.
@rajeev075 (1961)
• India
28 Jul 11
Your way of telling quite interesting!
Though yuvi was man of the series in World cup but raina is better option for team and in test cricket. Also bowling of yuvi in test is not so wonder.
Dhoni must had tried Sachin too and would have given raina more overs to bowl.
I might think harbhazan would have done far better there or he must not in team if pitch not support for spinners. Get a pacer in place.
@balu_maris (240)
• India
29 Jul 11
Dear Stardust,
Yes it was a hyped match. Team India was hampered and handicapped with injuries. But the England team did play well and deserved the victory. But I believe there are three more tests to go it will be foolish to count India out.
India has always been bad starters to a tour....!!!! (Sadly..!!!). I am sure Team India will bounce back. They have to if they want to do justice of being the number one team in the world. India certainly has the fire power to do that. All they have to do is stick to their strengths and execute it...!!!
Share your views...
Balu
@keenan_savio (416)
• India
28 Jul 11
All that Dhoni did not want to happen, happened and that to in the same match. Disaster struck at the wrong time just when Dhoni wanted to strike first blood. Many things did go right for India but the fact of losing your main strike bowler and also the injury to Gambhir and then the unwell Sachin just added to Dhonis problems.
Dhoni could have got in a lot more overs form the parttimers. By not doing so he put a lot of pressure on the 3 main bowlers and they were also exhausted. Had he given more overs to Raina and himself, the main bowlers could have taken good rest and bowled well when asked to do so..
@sandeepguggu (52)
• India
28 Jul 11
Yeah, You are exactly right. But don't worry Dhoni's lucky charm will be back on track to win the series.
@prabakarannil (4)
• India
27 Jul 11
Hi
I fully agree to your views. From Toss to the whole match, everything went wrong from our Cool Dhoni.
Let us Hope this will change in the coming tests.
@anurag3786 (6267)
• India
27 Jul 11
Yes now situations are different for Indian team. Because as they performed in first test match then nobody can say that this is a word cup winning team. Because their performance was very bad in first match. And I hope that they will fight back in second test match. But this is a worrying thing that our main striker bowler Zaheer Khan is injured and don’t hope that he will play in 2nd match. And also Munaf and Srisanth fitness is also suspense.
