CB Series Cricket (Closed Thread)
This discussion, about the 2012 CB Series Triangular between Aussies, Lankans and Indians, is now closed, as the series is concluded.
Reason: Just
Match was really a thriller , wish SL could have made it .
I was impressed by Sri Lankan fight back against Oz, they lost by just 5 runs, this type of fight back is what makes cricket interesting.....they have gone right upto to 10th wicket. 
Ok. Target for the Men in Blue is 270. A tough ask, considering they nearly lost out chasing 232 against the Lankans. but a good fightback to get them to this score when at one stage, they were looking like getting to well over 300. Can the batsmen come up trumps?
win win win
Sri Lanka absolutely thrash Australia and get the bonus point as well!!!
India lose.. diasppontingly.. giving Aussies a bonus point too..
Questions asked... why wasn't Ravindra Jadeja in bowling attack? Injury, if so, how come he batted up the order? and why Ashwin wasn't there? How come MSD playing like he has forever to win it? 288 was a huge target, wasting balls and getting pressure on himself and the rest, is that strategy?
Also, are we taking only losses personally? When Kohli was caught low to the ground by D.Hussey, there was quite a lot of people on Twitter and Cricbuzz etc who said it was "cheating"... I saw the wicket on TV.. it was clean I felt too.. if ur playing badly, I think we can say, yes, that was poor shot, or good bowling by the opposition.. I don't find any onus on blaming umpires that it was because that one decision went against that the team lost.
India made mistakes too.. Wade being dropped on nought for e.g., and Tendulkar's dismissal... giving Doherty a chance to catch him when he'd dropped Kohli one ball before... even Sharma's also... Disappointing game, overall.
Kohli + captain = misfit. Atleast, if this is what we're seeing of him.
Dhoni.. I don't know why he's playing that way.. esp chasing a target at over 5.5RPO, and finding his team in trouble.. taking it to last over doesn't work every time.. limelight, let him have it.. as a player who stepped up to the plate throughout his innings, not just the last throw of the bat.
i saw the scorecard of Indian batsmen in today's match. 'pathetic' doesnt even cover it.
such a tragedy for me- Indian team- na looks, na performance...
sigh :P :P
and i missed Lee bowling today!!
Morale would be high with MSD I think 
I think Gambhir would be skipper... Let Sehwag and Sachin both rest.. bring in Tiwari and Ashwin.. Whatever the result, it'd be infusing the youth into the team...
(PS: MSD = Missing Skipper Dhoni)
I am in awe for the Selection Panel of the Cricket Australia.. 4 straight shoddy performances, and they axe Ricky Ponting who skippered the winning team last time. Goes to show you, Australia put TEAM before PLAYER!
I'd be more active, but I didn't feel like threading an Indian miserable performance completely on Sunday, if u know what I mean :(
Target: 290...
Horror last over from "Kohli"... Raina and Kohli bowling their first overs as the last two overs.. Weird strategy by Sehwag..
India behind the eight ball already.. can they find their feet? or sink like last time? Waiting to find out.
And they deserve it, for they've shown TEAM INDIA that chasing 280+ target is not impossible if they play properly. they were NEVER under pressure.. or if they were, they didn't show it. Mahela said that it was a day when everything found the gaps.. but I think Lanka played very well to find them. They weren't given gaps!
That's sad to know, but they deserve it.. I don't really know at whose expense, but their style of play at the moment makes them meriting of final's spot.
DS my friend, for every tournament that the Men in Blue do not succeed in, what use is it blaming the IPL? If that's the way the ball is bouncing each time, a tournament in December, six months after the IPL would be blamed. If it's in February, two months before the IPL, it is blamed saying players are distracted because of that. Call water as water, and let's say the players aren't performing to the level we've seen and known and expect to play at.
That's true.. in that case, I blame the ICL.. because BCCI wanted to compete with the ICL, it got IPL.. or do I blame the BCCI for wanting to compete? In the end, I blame only BCCI..
I agree with Leo, Indian Cricket Team fans always have "Dog and Tail" stroy to blame. Top order is falling prey to silly mistakes (Sehwag, sachin, gautam all have repeated their mistakes), Middle order is completely unstable (Raina hasn't clicked at all, Dhoni wastes 20 - 30 balls before firing, if he gets out in between than others don't have enough deliveries to play). Only people who are performing to their potential are the bowlers such as Ashwin & Irfan (both have contributed with bat & Ball)
They might, DS. but every time we lose, we can't just blame IPL, or say that it's okay, we are in a rut, we're still world champions.. how long would we say that? till Aus/NZ WC in 2015? Australia have started settling their squad.. their chief mentioned, we're sacking Ricky Ponting both coz of his form, and seeing the next WC in mind. By another year, they'd do the same with Mr. Cricket Michael Hussey & his brother too. But they'll let go of the player to keep the team first. Sachin was put in this ODI squad for what? If he wasn't there, and he opted to do only tests, he'd have had an opportunity vs Pakistan to complete that 100th 100. in front of Indian fans.. why pick Viru to captain the squad when he was rested previous match and was NOT IN FORM? Gambhir is an able captain too.. He could've taken the reins and Tiwary or Rohit Sharma would've got a chance.. or Rahane would be in the squad for Sachin, he'd have tried to settle into the #3 slot or openers lot.
Mistakes are there, in BCCI's court. I don't find blaming a single continuous T20 tournament for a loss half the year later.
I find fault not only with the way the BCCI runs Team India, but the way they operate in general. Running ICC coz they have the most moolah of cricket boards.
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