i could not see the innings live at first place... actually to be precise could not commit myself to see another pak vs sa match... its only when friend and fellow bored member, gaurav of naked cricket pinged me how he razzaqed sa, i realised what i missed...
but this post is not about adding my two cents in appreciation of razzaq's innings... this is already done by naked cricket on bored which i can't better...
the first thought that flashed in mind, after seeing razzaq's innings, was how dearly india would love to have the kind of game breaker at no.7... like abdul bhai...
few regulars of this blog would recall i advocated robin uthappa's candidature for the no.7 position for the same reason... and more i watched razzaq's innings, knowing fate, more i get convinced that uthappa is just the type of player to do it for us and lamented how selectors missed the golden opportunity to try him out during the recent oz series... not that they can't try it now against new zealand... its still worth to take a chance...
its no rocket science now that at no.7 india needs a player who can either play down some quite overs or go full berserk like razzaq did yesterday... ek dum masst pagalpann... although if that is the situation then it probably means your top order has left you to do too much either in terms of no. of overs left to first do a repair job... or in terms of too steep a required run rate to overcome... but however i like kohli, i just can't fathom him doing the later part...
this is where the selectors and team think tank have gone wrong on two counts in my opinion...
first not checking out if players like uthappa can add value to the team... or if they have already made-up their mind that kohli is the one who will take that job, then not testing him out at that position in real match situations to see how he plays... finish...
the natural question which comes to mind is... are they just going to wake up one day and discover the player they are going to play at no.7 without giving the player in question the opportunity to play at the vital position...?
but this post is not about adding my two cents in appreciation of razzaq's innings... this is already done by naked cricket on bored which i can't better...
the first thought that flashed in mind, after seeing razzaq's innings, was how dearly india would love to have the kind of game breaker at no.7... like abdul bhai...
few regulars of this blog would recall i advocated robin uthappa's candidature for the no.7 position for the same reason... and more i watched razzaq's innings, knowing fate, more i get convinced that uthappa is just the type of player to do it for us and lamented how selectors missed the golden opportunity to try him out during the recent oz series... not that they can't try it now against new zealand... its still worth to take a chance...
its no rocket science now that at no.7 india needs a player who can either play down some quite overs or go full berserk like razzaq did yesterday... ek dum masst pagalpann... although if that is the situation then it probably means your top order has left you to do too much either in terms of no. of overs left to first do a repair job... or in terms of too steep a required run rate to overcome... but however i like kohli, i just can't fathom him doing the later part...
this is where the selectors and team think tank have gone wrong on two counts in my opinion...
first not checking out if players like uthappa can add value to the team... or if they have already made-up their mind that kohli is the one who will take that job, then not testing him out at that position in real match situations to see how he plays... finish...
the natural question which comes to mind is... are they just going to wake up one day and discover the player they are going to play at no.7 without giving the player in question the opportunity to play at the vital position...?
