Angry reactions

Some angry reactions:

·         Why there are no Pandeys, Uthappas in the Indian ODI squad to Zimbabwe ? Why do Pathan, Jadeja and Vijay continue to find a place in LoI cricket ? They aint worth it. Dinesh Karthik is forever inked in the team.  Whats Srikanth upto ? How long are we going to see the likes of Pathan and Jadeja in the teams on the name of being young and promising. There is got to be a time when the promise has to be delivered. We already have had lads who promised a lot but delivered nothing.

·         Short balling has been the nemesis of Indian batting ever since they started playing cricket. That went off for a while when the Fab Four took over followed by Sehwag. But take this 5 out and the culprits are out to seen again. Gambhir, what was he thinking when he nicked the one to the slip yesterday ?

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       Ditto for M Vijay. He had a good IPL, agreed. He is not new to international cricket anymore. He has toured alongside Indian teams since 2008 and has been the part of dressing rooms since Delhi Test of 2008 when Gambhir was banned. He played decent knocks in Tests but when Saffers came along he flopped in Nagpur Test this year. After that failure he has played ODIs and T20Is for India without any success. All bcos he hails from same state as chief of selection committee.

Thank GOD, the next World Cup is in India else this batting lineup was not good enough to set right the dismal record of 2007 WC.

Lack of intent

The most shocking and irritating thing to look at today's Indian performance is they lack the intent and intensity to play at highest level.  Nobody wants to win and go to the semis. Esp likes of Pathan, Zaheer, Jadeja, Vijay, Karthik etc.

India crashes out!! (Would as of now)

Lets brace ourselves for another repeat of England 09. Same mistakes, same players and same team. Some things hardly change. Ravinder Jadeja is awful player, his IPL ban proved it. And he let go of some more chances that came his way. He gave 27 runs off 2 overs totalling 65 runs in 4 overs including 9 sixes.  He dropped catches and then he misfielded.

The pitch was supposed to be damp yet there was no trace of fast bowlers in the attack. Zaheer looked pathetic, something a spearhead would be shameful about.  He has not got a single wicket in the tournament. The bowling reserves for fast bowling looks pathetic. R Vinay KUmar and yet to come Umesh Yadav.  Vinay Kumar does not find trust in Dhoni and Umesh Yadav now turns irrelevant.

Even today Dhoni went in with part timers. Raina, Pathan and Jadeja.  Harbhajan was finished off earlier and played off safely. And then it was run feast for Gayle who played magnificent for 97 runs. Fielding was at its worst.

And when it comes to batting lets not talk about the short stuff. Vijay continues to disappoint and he finds place in Zimbabwe tour, thanks to Srikanth.  Dinesh Karthik finds his place too. Good going Srikanth. Himself being an opener he forgot the importance of a good opening start. In absence of Sachin and Sehwag, the opening for India looks awful. Sachin does not play T20Is, but Sehwag is being missed.

India's campaign is over. 3/46 in 9 overs.  T20s is not India's cup of tea anymore when we boast of IPL a so called world beating sporting league.

If Jadeja, Vijay and Karthik are Indian batting future then GOD save Indian cricket.

Ashes in World T20.

England are on roll and they stream rolled past SA by 39 runs. They also became first team to go through in the semis. They are most likely to joined by Australia tonight. And if everything goes per plan then an Ashes repeat seems likely in this edition's World T20 final.

An England vs Australia Final.

Statistical chance of Pakistan

Pakistan still have a slim chance to be in the semis through back door. This is how :

• England beat NZ in the last Super 8 game.
• Pakistan beat SA good enough to leap ahead of SA and NZ in terms of NRR. That could be a positive sign for the belaugured "mentally retarded" players.

Will 2009 Pakistan turn up. Thats every one's guess and no marks for that.

Alam says Pak has retarded cricketers

Pakistan are out of World T20 and the defeat is being blamed on Intikhab Alam who called the team as mentally retarded cricketers who cannot talk in civilized way and cannot dress well. Thats pretty much evident in the way Afridi abuses players and bites the ball.

This year the team cant make an excuse of lack of international cricket. They are playing a lot and losing a lot. It seems they dont want to win. They are playing to lose. Banned cricketers are marrying and practicing in India.

The players take oath on their religious book to ensure they would revolt against captain. That proves the team ethics and respect each individual has for each other.

And when a lunatic like Ijaz Butt leads PCB very little can be expected out of the players who at the max are awful lot indulged in mud slinging than playing for the pride.

Intikhab Alam timed it right and he d ensure that Butt is dislodged this time.

Awful team selection

If likes of Jadeja and Pathan are going to play ahead of Chawla and the IPL heroes Ojha and Mishra, then GOD bless India and its world campaigns. If on basis of 1 innings of IPL likes of Pathan are going to be given chances galore when the fact is proved that he is a lame duck in international games,, then god bless MSD and his team.

The team selected for this campaign was always flawed where one or 2 IPL games were benchmarked and the so called stars were rushed in. Pathan and Vijay are prime examples of this selection headed by Mr Srikanth.

For the must win game tomorrow if India has to win a game then Jadeja should be replaced by Chawla. Jadeja cant bat and cant bowl.  Unfortunately Vijay cannot be replaced. Karthik is even poorer than Vijay.

India's campaign right now resembles 2007 when they lost opening Super 8 game but it could soon go 2009 way if they lose on Sunday.

A lot will depend on which Xi plays tomorrow.

Awful India hurts its chances in World T20

India's performance against Australia was pathetic and ridiculous at its best. Bowlers did not turn up, Srikanth's implant in the team continued to fail as expected, captaincy was insipid, the bowlers like Jadeja and Pathan continued  to baffle and the batting was at max awful. Rohit Sharma turned up for sure, but his brain freeze in 18th over cost India the game, howeverr the chance to win was very little.  I believe Jadeja would be shown the door in the next game. He is not a T20 player. He gifted game to England last T20 with bat and today to Aus with ball.

Period. Nothing deserves more on this shambolic performance by India in years. Thats worst in years.

Wi vs sl

One good enough reason for kumar sangakara to be fired is the way he
handled jayasurya so far - no eight with no chance to bat decent
duration. And for persisting with woeful dilshan. Wats more imp ego or
team cause , we hv gotta see.

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Ajamal drops 3 and earns Afridi fury. Akamal says Shabash Sahid bhai

This was a on field scenario during Pakistan England game yesterday when Ajmal had dropped 3 catches in the England innings.

Ajmal has just dropped. Afridi is furious. And bugger Akamal is chirpy behind the stumps.

Ajmal : "Sorry bhai. Wo ball choot gayaa haath se....."(Sorry skip the ball dropped)

Afridi : "Teri M.......Bh%$%$%$% Ch$^$^$&$ "(Abuses just what he gave to Gambhir during 2007 ODI face-off famously captured in you tube videos)

Akamal : "Shabash Shahid Bhai Shabash Shabash"

Afridi : "Dekhta hum tum dono ko dressing room me......"

And what followed in the dressing room was a furious altercation which would not come out in open as both Afridi and Akamal are on probation and Butt would ensure that this issue is nipped in the bud.

By the way England are "coming of age in T20" and Pakistan are continuing to show us they cant win anything despite change in personnel and captain.   By the way Akamal was at his irritating best when KP was racing away with the game and this rattu popat kept saying :"Shabash shabash".