sharing some simple but STRAIGHT POINTS...

Hey everyone, The selection has been wierd ever si...

2010-07-29T21:14:25.819+05:30

Hey everyone,
The selection has been wierd ever since Srikanth took over. Besides,the ranking should not be with India.Because if the World's number one team can't get 20 wickets,they don't deserve to be at No.1.
South Africa is a way better team than Sri Lanka or India.Australia is still getting adjusted with newcomers and injury problems.
I even took out some stats in my latest article.Check it out.

Cheers,
Mayank

if there were already doubts that we are actually ...

2010-07-27T11:05:16.117+05:30

if there were already doubts that we are actually no.1 or not in the real sense... then be prepared to safely say good bye even to the no.1 ranking and not only coz of the skills or talent the current team has at its disposal... which is how unfortunate it can be...

now you know what irritates me VM!

i do not have problem if other team beat us by playing good cricket... but when the board room politics plays its part (at it is happening) in the defeat its irritating... disgusting... pathetic...

if being no.1 team (at least in ranking) we can field only this attack against which even bangladesh will fancy its chances tell me one reason why not to say good bye to being no.1...?

i can sense the grudge sB!

2010-07-27T11:00:46.931+05:30

i can sense the grudge sB!

Ah, that is one irritated fan in you SP. While it ...

2010-07-26T19:51:25.954+05:30

Ah, that is one irritated fan in you SP. While it is disappointing to lose the #1 ranking, the team that owns it to deserve it. There was a time in the last couple of year that the Aussies kept playing worse and worse cricket, losing more often to India, and yet maintained their #1. Many of us have discussed this ad-infinitum that the rankings need to catch up with reality. While Sangakkara has a point, I don't appreciate the timing of it. Would he have the same opinion if SL were in India's position. So much for rankings.

Ishant's decline is worrisome. ot yet demise but c...

2010-07-26T19:21:40.649+05:30

Ishant's decline is worrisome. ot yet demise but could be soon.

Mishra - enough said read and heard.

on a different tanget, an interesting view at Date's - http://cricketingview.blogspot.com/2010/07/is-m-s-dhoni-entering-trough.html

Do you think he wouldn't have played had Harbhajan...

2010-07-26T15:38:10.615+05:30

Do you think he wouldn't have played had Harbhajan or Ojha been unfit on the morning of the test?

exactly this happened before the start of first test if you remember... but they still played half fit and ill harbhajan... their official stance was there was no option but to play him 'for lack of choices'

and if you are talking about hypothetical situatio...

2010-07-26T14:32:25.344+05:30

and if you are talking about hypothetical situation let me present you one...

had raina and yuvi both played in tour game and raina scored century while yuvi not... would dhoni played raina ahead of yuvi...?

How do you know Mishra never figured in Dhoni's pl...

2010-07-26T14:29:23.175+05:30

How do you know Mishra never figured in Dhoni's plans?

how do you know he did...?

what cricket acumen suggests that basing your opinion/selection on a tour game should be the final and decisive...?

How do you know Mishra never figured in Dhoni's pl...

2010-07-26T14:25:27.225+05:30

How do you know Mishra never figured in Dhoni's plans? Maybe he would've got a place ahead of Ojha had he bowled better in the practice match. Do you think he wouldn't have played had Harbhajan or Ojha been unfit on the morning of the test?

if you read the post again then i have not argued ...

2010-07-26T13:09:31.361+05:30

if you read the post again then i have not argued about merits and demerits of mishra's (non)selection but have used him to highlight the unofficial tussle that is going on between selectors and dhoni where both parties refusing to buzz... to see the light...

hence team india is short of one place that could have gone to rp, irfan, or any other player who would have either got exposure or would have kept the players featuring in final xi interested... and on their toes...

The selectors have shown faith in Mishra so why ba...

2010-07-26T13:04:54.990+05:30

The selectors have shown faith in Mishra so why bag them for him not being in the XI? In any case, picking him is pretty much a leap of faith and not based on him showing he belongs at this level. Maybe if he stuck to bowling instead of overstepping or talking himself up he'd be in the side.

sb... then let the character of test cricket chang...

2010-07-25T19:48:45.898+05:30

sb... then let the character of test cricket change drastically... :)

I too doubt if anybody will reach there unless the...

2010-07-25T19:23:23.420+05:30

I too doubt if anybody will reach there unless the character of Test cricket changes.

then we will calibrate our measurement scales of '...

2010-07-24T14:22:41.364+05:30

then we will calibrate our measurement scales of 'greats'...

today movie is declared hit even in first weeks earlier they had to run for at least 15-20 weeks to be declared a hit... lame comparison... but you get the point... :)

I don't think he did it intentionally but surely h...

2010-07-24T14:20:04.622+05:30

I don't think he did it intentionally but surely he was not caring anything and that should be point of the post.

then let me ask you same question i asked in earlier comment...

was it just a coincidence that he took singles off first or second ball of almost every over and let tailenders face the remaining part of overs consistently...?

@pankaj I don't think he did it intentionally but ...

2010-07-24T14:16:27.877+05:30

@pankaj
I don't think he did it intentionally but surely he was not caring anything and that should be point of the post.

no pankaj, although records are meant to be broke...

2010-07-24T14:14:59.644+05:30

no pankaj,

although records are meant to be broken, change in lifestyle in cricket has made it obsolete for new generation to break the record.

Some records can never be broken like having avg. of 99.96 of bradman.

Moreover, we are seeing test cricket dying that implies we might not be able to see breaking anything such record in future.

yes CS... the feat might never be equaled but i do...

2010-07-24T10:43:13.744+05:30

yes CS... the feat might never be equaled but i don't think its good for cricket... the records are meant to be broken who knows...

what murali did, no one might be able to do. Whe...

2010-07-23T20:11:07.397+05:30

what murali did, no one might be able to do.

Whether it was doosra or something else, he was one who lead the bowler to live in cricket.

thanks som... ahem... now i am curious to know wh...

2010-07-23T16:02:27.813+05:30

thanks som...

ahem... now i am curious to know what is that personal reason... wanna blog about it...? :)

What a man! I have a personal reason to remember t...

2010-07-23T14:42:15.126+05:30

What a man! I have a personal reason to remember the guy and he would be close to my heart come what may. SP, the headline rocks!

mahek... i am not saying that its you who have... ...

2010-07-23T13:03:43.074+05:30

mahek... i am not saying that its you who have...

but tell me... was it just a coincidence that he took singles off first or second ball of over and let tailenders face the remaining part of over...?

How is it his comfort zone if he's going to remain...

2010-07-23T12:53:24.286+05:30

How is it his comfort zone if he's going to remain stranded and the team gets bowled out? I hope you're not suggesting that he's afraid of taking strike because if you are, there is no point continuing this discussion.

yes anon he deserves all the accolades that coming...

2010-07-23T10:29:55.897+05:30

yes anon he deserves all the accolades that coming his way...

but tell me... why being anonymous even when congratulating...?

when you are trying to save the match the last and...

2010-07-23T10:28:21.898+05:30

when you are trying to save the match the last and most inexplicable thing is the run-out... that too when runs were not at a premium... occupation to crease was...

it was not by design that our tailenders guts it out... he lead all late order partnerships from the non-striker end by seeing tailenders gutsing out 4-5 delivers of their strike bowlers when actually he who should have faced them...

if this is not called staying in your comfort zone then we must throw out this phrase immediately...