India’s key men against SL
I have decided to write one blog post before every Indian game in this World Cup. These are the men in blue, who’ll decide if I have to post more than once!
Sourav Ganguly: India needs a couple if things from dada.
Continue to play his solid sheet anchor role at the top of the order.
India needs to do what Ganguly did after he was dropped. Ganguly realized that there was lot more to life than just cricket. He came back – in style – to showcase one of the best comebacks in the history of Indian cricket. India needs to do the same, they need to get over that fear of losing, that fear of thinking that cricket is everything and they’ll do well. They should understand that it’s ok to lose and that’ll take India to victory. Someone has to show these guys the way, I pick dada.
Dravid: As captain, he’s got to make some tough decisions. I say bat first (if we have that option). I know that India failed against Bangladesh batting first. But it’s going to be really difficult to chase anything more than 220 against Sanath Jayasurya & co. The skiddy left arm spin is going to screw India. Murli is going to screw Yuvraj. So, again- bat first if possible.
Pick KD Karthik. Its going to be tough coming into a knock out world cup game. But that also means he wasn’t responsible for India’s failure against Bangladesh. There’s no pressure on him and he has the talent- on the field and with the bat.
As batsman, Dravid is India’s best. But he needs to raise his hands and say-yup I am here. It’s been a while.
Pick Irfan Pathan- For God’s sake, Agarkar is not an all-rounder.
Yuvraj: I have no idea how he’s going to handle Murlidharan. But, he better find a way. India doesn’t have a choice.
Sachin: I hate Sachin. “Sachin took us to victory” is never going to happen. Trust me.
But, “If you take Sachin’s innings out of the equation, India might not have won” needs to happen. He has done that a number of times. Remember that innings against Pakistan in the 2003 WC, we need something similar.
Bowlers: Munaf, Irfan, Kumble, Zaheer, Sachin, Yuvraj, Sehwag. Everyone has to do well…it’s not like batting where a couple of people can save the team. Munaf needs to lead the way. Kumble needs to play the "wise man" for these bowlers.
Greg Chappell, Dravid, Me, Vengsarkar, whoever: Teach these people to pick singles. If I were Greg Chappell, I would spend the next 3 days picking singles. That helps you to score more than 0.5 runs an over when you loose wickets
I should probably kick Dravid out of this list- because he probably doesn’t know.
Will India go through? Like the godfather says "difficult, but not impossible".
Even if you dont like what I have to say..lets all hope I come up with 8 more posts...
Sourav Ganguly: India needs a couple if things from dada.
Continue to play his solid sheet anchor role at the top of the order.
India needs to do what Ganguly did after he was dropped. Ganguly realized that there was lot more to life than just cricket. He came back – in style – to showcase one of the best comebacks in the history of Indian cricket. India needs to do the same, they need to get over that fear of losing, that fear of thinking that cricket is everything and they’ll do well. They should understand that it’s ok to lose and that’ll take India to victory. Someone has to show these guys the way, I pick dada.
Dravid: As captain, he’s got to make some tough decisions. I say bat first (if we have that option). I know that India failed against Bangladesh batting first. But it’s going to be really difficult to chase anything more than 220 against Sanath Jayasurya & co. The skiddy left arm spin is going to screw India. Murli is going to screw Yuvraj. So, again- bat first if possible.
Pick KD Karthik. Its going to be tough coming into a knock out world cup game. But that also means he wasn’t responsible for India’s failure against Bangladesh. There’s no pressure on him and he has the talent- on the field and with the bat.
As batsman, Dravid is India’s best. But he needs to raise his hands and say-yup I am here. It’s been a while.
Pick Irfan Pathan- For God’s sake, Agarkar is not an all-rounder.
Yuvraj: I have no idea how he’s going to handle Murlidharan. But, he better find a way. India doesn’t have a choice.
Sachin: I hate Sachin. “Sachin took us to victory” is never going to happen. Trust me.
But, “If you take Sachin’s innings out of the equation, India might not have won” needs to happen. He has done that a number of times. Remember that innings against Pakistan in the 2003 WC, we need something similar.
Bowlers: Munaf, Irfan, Kumble, Zaheer, Sachin, Yuvraj, Sehwag. Everyone has to do well…it’s not like batting where a couple of people can save the team. Munaf needs to lead the way. Kumble needs to play the "wise man" for these bowlers.
Greg Chappell, Dravid, Me, Vengsarkar, whoever: Teach these people to pick singles. If I were Greg Chappell, I would spend the next 3 days picking singles. That helps you to score more than 0.5 runs an over when you loose wickets
I should probably kick Dravid out of this list- because he probably doesn’t know.
Will India go through? Like the godfather says "difficult, but not impossible".
Even if you dont like what I have to say..lets all hope I come up with 8 more posts...
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posted by Prem at
3/20/2007
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