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[LosingNow]

The maturation of GG continues..

Excellent captain's innings today in DD's win over KXIP

[ramshorns]

The maturation of GG continues..

Excellent captain's innings today in DD's win over KXIP

Actually I will take it a step further.

GG always seemed to come across to me as someone with a level head who is very competitive that needs to be made Dhoni's deputy and take over if the need be in the event of an injury etc.

This guy has the makings of a good skipper much like Dhoni and captaincy does not really will have a bearing on his performance as a player which is contributing as a batsman.  A rare combination which one cannot say about a Sehwag or a Yuvraj or a Harbhajan.

[dhruvdeepak]

i would seriously consider committing suicide if gambhir was my captain or boss. the guy is far too serious about life. such a morose personality can only inspire by example, like his great inning day before yst.

[dextrous]

i would seriously consider committing suicide if gambhir was my captain or boss.

amen

[LosingNow]

BUMP...this thread is worth a re-read. Specially, the last 2 comments by DD and Dex

[dave_dj]

i would seriously consider committing suicide if gambhir was my captain or boss.

amen

I guess the team thought that it is easier to win than commit suicide   Good digging!!

[RicePlateReddy]

Last night, god appeared to me in a dream and asked me to bump up this thread!

[Blwe_torch]

Last night, god appeared to me in a dream and asked me to bump up this thread!

The failure of GG in Australia so far is the leading cause of India's failing....in the first test as well as this one.  This reminds me of Akash Chopra's resourceful services in the same position in the past.

[achutank]

currently we shoudl not even attempt to bring the ghost of aakash chopra back on this thread, gg outclasses him anyday

i think too much beeping has done him post marriage :-D

[Blwe_torch]

Sometimes the very 'limited' guys end up doing the necessary job

[dhruvdeepak]

he's lost his technique completely. in the following innings unless he does something about it, he will start getting out lbw falling over in addition to poking outside off.

something is amiss

[Cover Point]

he's lost his technique completely. in the following innings unless he does something about it, he will start getting out lbw falling over in addition to poking outside off.

something is amiss

as achu said, maybe he is more worried about not letting the ball anywhere close to his "organ"

[Blwe_torch]

he's lost his technique completely. in the following innings unless he does something about it, he will start getting out lbw falling over in addition to poking outside off.

something is amiss

as achu said, maybe he is more worried about not letting the ball anywhere close to his "organ"

marriage has made him more aware

[Cover Point]

he's lost his technique completely. in the following innings unless he does something about it, he will start getting out lbw falling over in addition to poking outside off.

something is amiss

as achu said, maybe he is more worried about not letting the ball anywhere close to his "organ"

marriage has made him more aware

hmm ... are you saying that you were not aware of your organ before marriage?

[Blwe_torch]

he's lost his technique completely. in the following innings unless he does something about it, he will start getting out lbw falling over in addition to poking outside off.

something is amiss

as achu said, maybe he is more worried about not letting the ball anywhere close to his "organ"

marriage has made him more aware

hmm ... are you saying that you were not aware of your organ before marriage?

pre-marriage, guys are usually a bit reckless..................................post-marriage, they tend to be a little more responsible....... a little more caring

[cricinfo]

he's lost his technique completely. in the following innings unless he does something about it, he will start getting out lbw falling over in addition to poking outside off.

something is amiss

as achu said, maybe he is more worried about not letting the ball anywhere close to his "organ"

marriage has made him more aware

hmm ... are you saying that you were not aware of your organ before marriage?

pre-marriage, guys are usually a bit reckless..................................post-marriage, they tend to be a little more responsible....... a little more caring

I somehow thought Veeru was married ...may be i was wrong ...seems he is spending more time with mistresses from Chicago downtown

[kban1]

Gambhir's technique has always been iffy --but he seemed to have rectified it enough to be successful enough in between.

But his propensity to poke and play with an angled bat outside off has returned, I think due to excessive ODI and T-20 play (that angled poke is a run getter in those forms). In fact, I thought the weakness had returned some time back but we hadnt played enough outside on bouncier pitches for the results to be apparent.

And now he is being found out --time to spend some time in the nets, preferably with a batting coach.

[WicketView]

Gambhir's technique has always been iffy --but he seemed to have rectified it enough to be successful enough in between.

But his propensity to poke and play with an angled bat outside off has returned, I think due to excessive ODI and T-20 play (that angled poke is a run getter in those forms). In fact, I thought the weakness had returned some time back but we hadnt played enough outside on bouncier pitches for the results to be apparent.

And now he is being found out --time to spend some time in the nets, preferably with a batting coach.

Pre-dream run, this used to be his way of getting a few runs from quick singles, before feeling in the game. It was not just propensity but predetermined .... I think I have a post on this towards the beginning of the thread. When his success season started, what he did was put that way of getting off the mark and perhaps to double digits, instead favouring straighter shots. And now for some reason he is back at it. Notice how early, he decides to go for this shot this test. I think it is lack of confidence. But, yes, whatever is his reason to do this, he needs the utmost attention to sort it out.

One good thing about him which was truly impressive was that he must have worked really hard when he started playing well in Australia (I know those were ODIs but that was an important step). So, one hopes that he can be more easily persuaded to focus as much on this. And surely we have the personnel to help him? Why not yet?

[kban1]

The problem is that even when predetermined, it reveals a basic technical deficiency

A lot of people poke outside the off --by technical deficiency or predetermination to get runs, but not everyone does this with an angled bat  --either while poking deliberately or while playing balls outside off.

This angled bat poking is  a basic technical deficiency  -- he mitigated it and now has gone back to the same pre-rectification.

I do agree 100% with you about the mental adjustment he had made in cutting out those angled bat shots and pokes during the beginning of his innings. Good observation!!

[WicketView]

The problem is that even when predetermined, it reveals a basic technical deficiency
...

Absolutely no question about that.