posted Mar 20, 2007

Was it a case of really looking away from the opposition when it was a must win situation, against Bangladesh. May be Indian players should have given the due consideration and studied the Bang team and prepared for them. On the other hand Bang team like any other team must have spent a good amount of time analysing and planning against the strengths of the Indian players.

I hope someone will learn from these lessons, the Cricket board, the Coach, the Manager, the Skipper, and also the players.

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posted Mar 20, 2007

Indian cricket team is always an talented team, especially their batting is very good, but at times they are inconsistent.So it is upto the experienced players to take the responsibility and perform against the Lankans, who are looking good.

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posted Mar 20, 2007

It will be better that Virender will not be overconfindence after his century against bermuda.

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posted Mar 20, 2007

Irvine Romaine was exactly right to put India into bat. Bermuda's only chance was that India might foul things up and they'd have a chaseable total. Also, they probably wanted to be sure that they got a decent amount of play, as World Cup experience is invaluable for such a team. And no, I don't work for the ICC!

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posted Mar 20, 2007

This smacks of 2003 world cup when India beat up on the weak teams like Namibia only to get smoked by Australia in the final. The lack of penetrating bowling is a major concern. Agarkar and Khan are not dangerous bowlers. Pathan, Munaf Patel, and Sreesanth should be used against Sri Lanka with Kumble for spin.

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posted Mar 20, 2007

Agarkar is not playing upto his mark, i think they shud give Sreesanth a chance.With the new ball doing something, he might get 2/3 wickets atleast.

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posted Mar 20, 2007

India team should be ashamed for loosing the first match. I believe that they are just playing for the money and looking after out of form players. They should pick Sreesanth for the next match because he can provide lot of aggression and mental ability to perform on a tight matches... Ganguly and Uthappa should open the innings. I do not believe that Sehwag will be successful and he should be dropped and cannot gamble in the last qualifying match.

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posted Mar 20, 2007

Bangladesh game was a wake up call for India and its good that they are back but even if they scored 500 runs it wouldn't clear the mess they've created. The fact is that they have to beat SL full stop. SL will play to win and that is the game to watch but fingers are crossed!!

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posted Mar 20, 2007

If India beats SL and SL beats BD, India and SL will move into Super Eight because BD will have lower NRR unless BD can score 400 runs vs Bermuda.

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posted Mar 21, 2007

Not a start which everyone would have thought!!!!!! India losing out to B'desh......
Had India won the first match we would have qualified for the next round.
Now it will be more difficult.

Anything can happen.....
Lanka lose today to B'desh..... Then we need to beat them anyhow.
Lanka wins today.....then we beat Lanka..... B'desh beats Bermuda...... 3 teams on 4 points.....

Had we won the first match this would have never had happened.
Another poor performance in start.
If India does not qualify for the next round..... SACK EVERYONE. Greg, Dravid, Sachin, Shewag, Ganguly..... Get in a new Coach.... Azhar...... give this great man a chance...... what has happened in the past forget it........

GOD SAVE INDIAN CRICKET.......

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