at the times of ashes where oz is competing with pakistan for who is collapso king at the moment... something in smaller scale but important in context of indian cricket happened...
india won the emerging players title...
it is also interesting to note that to keep the south african cricket tradition alive emerging south africa, the other finalist, lost the only game of the tournament...finals that is...
in batting...virat kohli was the highest scorer of the tournament...not far behind him was ajinkya rahane...
while in bowling...sudeep tyagi was the highest wicket taker of the tournament...amit mishra being the second one...
here are batting and bowling averages of emerging team india...
there were some disappointments too...
one of them is badrinath who ensured that he stubbornly remain what he is...the forever emerging player...there is something about him that whenever the chance comes knocking for him to irresistibly stake his claim for the spot in senior team he develops cold feet...something he urgently needs to address to...coz there is big season of opportunities lies ahead...
another notable failure was of manoj tiwari...i guess he needs to spend more time in middle to grind it out...but unlike badri he has age on his side...so it will be too early to make judgment on him...
so while some players declared that they are really emerging from the shadows of young hopefuls to the serious contenders...some struggled to remain even the emerging ones...
but all in all a good result to indian cricket...now if only our selectors take timely calls on some careers and manage to balance the influx of bubbling youth with the solidity of experience...we can really see india stamping its authority in all forms of cricket...
emerging india won...
shared by straight point on Saturday, August 01, 2009
it’s time to see beyond ponting... michael hussey...
shared by straight point on Tuesday, June 09, 2009
...and uninterested players too...
now that ozies are out...they can ponder over some issues apart from preparing for ashes...
we are always made to believe that oz have pool of talented players (sans spinners of course) but in contrast to this very belief...they keep falling for the same set of players time and again...
so whenever watson will regain his fitness he will be drafted into the team like he has a place reserved for life...while players like marsh etc will be shown the door...without giving them enough chances...
michael hussey can keep his place doing virtually nothing...
..and above all is ponting...his t20 record both as captain and as player...is nothing to cheer about...his captaincy is regressing which is clearly visible...but cricket australia showing trademark arrogance (or lack of choices?) made him captain for all versions of game till 2011 world cup...beat that...!
now that ponting has led to their most embarrassing exit from a world event...will they sit and ponder over their future for limited form of games...?
i think they should... the way game is evolving you need players who are not only skilled but hungry to make mark on international scene... who don’t pretend to like one format over other... coz once you step into field wearing national cap... the length of game must seize to exist... one should be proud of the fact that he is representing his country at international stage... out of many who can only dream about it...
by showing indifference towards the job at hand or making it sounding like another outing to entertain (younis khan...please note) you are not only showing disrespect to the cap but also insulting your fans who follow you like a religion...
anyway who wants uninterested players...?
those who don't show due respect and commitment to this form of game...just needs to see what that world cup win did to indian cricket...
in this regard i sincerely applaud our seniors, who are otherwise known to stick to their places, for seeing the light and willingly distancing themselves from this shortest form of game...rest as they say is history...we not only won the t20 worldcup...but indian cricket has not looked back since then...
moral of the story...?
either show respect towards the game...or make way for those who will...
help me solve this mystery...
shared by straight point on Wednesday, October 29, 2008
this session, after tea, india averages above 5...
this is some intent...
aptly shown by gambhir...by hitting the ball out of park for consecutive century against oz...
but what about oz over rates...?
wonder why punter is getting away with this serial offense...
any other captain and he would be cooling his heels in pavilion serving suspension...
but not him...why?
Three defeats...same mindsets...
shared by straight point on Tuesday, May 27, 2008
we had three different results yesterday...
wi lost against oz...
kiwi lost against pomers...
and certainly...MIs 'lost it' against warne's RRC...
three defeats...same mindsets...
wi are talking about the positives they can take from the match...
to hell with positives...
they should say how hurting the defeat was...they should be kicking their own @sses...
here was a team, a team who is discovering the inhibitions against dominance they used to enjoy...
a real gutsy player who after getting hit on his head..stands again....scores a century for you...
and your bowlers drop you an honest effort away from famous victory...
what more motivation you want...
some are afraid of loosing...some are of winning...
same with kiwis...
they aptly displayed their age old nemesis...freezing at final hurdle...
all this is ridiculously predictive...
and what more you can say about MIs defeat against my adopted team...
that they are carrying forward the legacy of south africa...?
three close matches...and in all matches they were almost cruising...until that 'moment' stuck them...
i was having discussion with trideep of crickosphere...that it will be interesting to see how sachin will be captaining after taking over from pollock...
and last night confirmed my doubts...
i was taken back to oz tour he was captain of...
he looked so animated...his reaction after taking that catch...yelling on miss fields...bowling etc...throwing his hands in despair...all was same...as old sachin...
he puts enormous pressure on his colleagues being captain...to the point that they start doubting the very things they do good normally...at crucial juncture it always proves costly...
and last night was no different to MIs...
the calmness...the composure he brings to the side being just a player...is starkly opposite to when he dons captain's hat...suddenly he gets transformed in to different person altogether...
last time i used it for dhoni...but that was for positive assessment...
it shows that sachin has not moved an inch as far as captaincy goes...
three defeats...same mindsets...
