India with 226 on board-little chance to win
By nishant86796
@nishant86796 (236)
January 27, 2013 1:52am CST
Playing in 5 degree tempreature on the Ground which is debuting For first time in international cricket.Located in beautiful hills of himachal pradesh, the dharmashalla ground was really good like those found in Australia And Africa.This ground is at 1500m altitude which is 4th highest in world cricket.
This was about ground but Indian team din't look that good as was the gound.In the beautiful ground Indian team were also expected to perform beautifully but they missed it.It looks like Indian team can't do anything on pitches which help a little to bowlers. They perform only in those which full batsma friendly.We have seen this in matches against Pakistan and now today also.In whole series the got good batting pitches but now they failed again.
India would not have got this much If suresh Raina would not have got 5-6 drop chances.But It was his and jadeja 's partnership which helps Indian team and at the end it was bhuvneshvar kumar and ravichandran ashwin.
Suresh raina was top scores with 84 and jadeja with second highest 39.Pitch was good later on to bat but there were no batsman left to play.
Its really tough chance for India now as they bowled out for 226 at 49.4.Now if India had to win they had to do the same as they did the same against pakistan in last ODI.Now we can just hope and pray for India's win.
4 responses
@intelinsideyou (664)
• India
29 Jan 13
Yes India had already won the series and that's why they should have given chance to Pujara in this match. I don't understand why they are still sticking with Gambhir after so many failures. Its been a long wait since our openers had given us a great start.
@nishant86796 (236)
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29 Jan 13
Dhoni is really unpredictable and great gambler.No one knows his tectics and his plans.Dhoni gambles on his player and this time his gamble got success otherwise he would have been in position not to gamble again.
Like in the series against pakistan it would have been very difficult for them,but they stayed and now they are in safe zone.
@nishant86796 (236)
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28 Jan 13
yes you are right.At least in last match India should have given some chance to the other youngsters who were there with Indian team.At least pujara should have been given some chance to play.I don't know what dhoni and flecher thinks ,but at least they should have given some chance to raise the confidence of Indian players who din't played any match.
@acoustic67scouser (220)
• India
27 Jan 13
I think this will be a consolation win for England if they win this one. But I always see teams who have won a series earlier doesn't perform well or have gone to lose the last match,it may be because the opposition have no pressure as they already lost the series and thus can play freely.
Also hands up to India for performing good in this series, especially the two young bowlers B.Kumar and Ahmed, I mean they just amazed me, also I'm happy that dhoni got back his form.
Even though England came here with an inexperienced team, they also performed well and I think they deserve to win this match given the fact they bowled really well.
@anilhclites (844)
• India
27 Jan 13
As you said, India played loosely and hence lost the match. Congratulation to team India for winning the series and also for attaining no 1 ranking.
@nishant86796 (236)
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27 Jan 13
Yes,I think this seems theses days with most of the teams playing.They win the series and most of them looses the last match of the tourIt seems they didn't want to win the last match.In the previous series also we found that pakistan after winning the series lost the final match and that was a close one.It can be today that the teams are mostly having young teammates and these young player looses their momentum after winning the series.They give their best in other matches but then looses their momentum.
It was seen earlier when Australian team was at his best with greatest players in the world,they after winning the series didn't give their opponent a chance to win and use to make a clean sweep and shatters the opponent team completly,so that next time when that team comes they have that pressure of clean sweep.That's why when they used to be at top no one were ever used to close to them.They used to maintain their top position for years and that's why they won continuos 3 world cups.
But Today even australia is having bad luck and the other teams are also not best.The top position keeps on changing and shared by 3 or 4 countries every 4-5 months.
Indian team got the 1st rank but I don't think they will maintain that.They are loosing on their own home grounds and If they will go outside they will never win.Iam not against team,I likes the this team than any other team but Its Like we want to see our country winning and performing better.
Now India will be having the australian tour and Though they are not best but have potential to defeat Indian team.
I hope India will win that series with a big margin and show their true strength to world cricket.But before that their is women's World cup,I hope and pray Indian team Perform better their also.
@anilhclites (844)
• India
27 Jan 13
England can win this match quite easily. Indians has to field and bowl exceptionally well in order to squeeze out a victory from here. All the best to Indian team.
@intelinsideyou (664)
• India
29 Jan 13
Although they lost the match but they did brilliant job by recovering from that top order collapse. Suresh Raina amazed me again and he surely deserved the Man of the Series Award. Anyways Indian team is going through a transition phase and there will be some inconsistency in their performance. The good thing is that we had won the series.
