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[gouravk]

Badri after a good start seems to have faded in the last couple of innings.

Not the time to judge Badri yet.  He will get the next game for sure.  Hope he gets a chance to establish himself unlike here.

hope both of you are not serious - judging any player based on just 3-4 ODIs !!!

to be precise he has played 3 games 2 of them at #7, and the knives are already out !

btw just saw some of raina's shot the lofted shot off mendis was just awesome !

[justforkix]

260 is a winning score by a mile !!!

[gouravk]

badrinath turning it on - ON THE FIELD ! boy he's a magnificent fielder ! 

[dhruvdeepak]

260 is a winning score by a mile !!!

yes but for which team 

if SL score 260 they will 100% win 

[dhruvdeepak]

what a ball by zaheer!!!

[dhruvdeepak]

i think we also have to give dhoni credit for winning 4 out of 4 tosses

[gouravk]

what was zak doing when it mattered ? - in the tests ? 

[dhruvdeepak]

peeke bowling absolute trash

[pzd]

i havent seen much of badri but from his fc performances one can make out that he is a good player but inspite of that one sees him coming so lower down the order behind rs who has done nothing ,i mean nothing from my pov to get a posiiton in the team(nonwithstanding the so called greatness that some people have seen in him,u got to prove that with consistent performance and he has got a fair deal of chances)..

Dont want to be too harsh on RS,however in todays innings too he had a few near misses before he got out.Either he is under too much pressure to deliver or he is not as talented as one thought so

[dhruvdeepak]

tailender warnapura sees off the new ball for sangakarra 

[prfsr]

i havent seen much of badri but from his fc performances one can make out that he is a good player but inspite of that one sees him coming so lower down the order behind rs who has done nothing ,i mean nothing from my pov to get a posiiton in the team(nonwithstanding the so called greatness that some people have seen in him,u got to prove that with consistent performance and he has got a fair deal of chances)..

Dont want to be too harsh on RS,however in todays innings too he had a few near misses before he got out.Either he is under too much pressure to deliver or he is not as talented as one thought so

Or he lost form, like GG. The fact that he had the following numbers before this loss of form is the problem

Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave BF SR 100 50 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 26 25 5 522 70* 26.10 707 73.83 0 4 41 4 11 0

26.1 at SR below 74??

[prfsr]

tailender warnapura sees off the new ball for sangakarra 

Stupid stupid Munaf. This guy would have won it for us!! It is not everyday one sees 0 in 18 balls in ODs.

edit: Sorry Munaf was not the culprit - the umpire couldn't take it any more
ci: "It looked like it was going over the stumps. Virtual eye suggests the ball would have gone over the middle stump "

[dhruvdeepak]

tailender warnapura sees off the new ball for sangakarra 

Stupid stupid Munaf. This guy would have won it for us!! It is not everyday one sees 0 in 18 balls in ODs.

umpire's fault. doctrove is anti-india anyway.
it was certainly not out

[ganavk]

agree with ram that its too early to judge badri..though one must really question msd intentions here. i havent seen much of badri but from his fc performances one can make out that he is a good player but inspite of that one sees him coming so lower down the order behind rs who has done nothing ,i mean nothing from my pov to get a posiiton in the team(nonwithstanding the so called greatness that some people have seen in him,u got to prove that with consistent performance and he has got a fair deal of chances)..
from what i feel if badri has to succeed it will have to be purely on the basis of his performance,he will have ot score from whatever chances he gets coz i dont see msd sticking his hand up for him after a few failures!!

just give it time. i dont think msd intentionally wants to sabotage anyone's career. he is doing what he thinks best for the team. much like what sourav did in his heyday as captain.

hmm..if MSD truly believes Badri to be international class and if he is looking for him to replace one of the M's in the test XI , MSD better start giving him more opportunities @#3 especially Yuvraj doesn't seem to be doing much in there

[dhruvdeepak]

munna is hitting the bat quite hard

[gouravk]

agree with ram that its too early to judge badri..though one must really question msd intentions here. i havent seen much of badri but from his fc performances one can make out that he is a good player but inspite of that one sees him coming so lower down the order behind rs who has done nothing ,i mean nothing from my pov to get a posiiton in the team(nonwithstanding the so called greatness that some people have seen in him,u got to prove that with consistent performance and he has got a fair deal of chances)..
from what i feel if badri has to succeed it will have to be purely on the basis of his performance,he will have ot score from whatever chances he gets coz i dont see msd sticking his hand up for him after a few failures!!

just give it time. i dont think msd intentionally wants to sabotage anyone's career. he is doing what he thinks best for the team. much like what sourav did in his heyday as captain.

hmm..if MSD truly believes Badri to be international class and if he is looking for him to replace one of the M's in the test XI , MSD better start giving him more opportunities @#3 especially Yuvraj doesn't seem to be doing much in there

you have to define what you mean by international class. international odi class ? then badri has already made it. international test class ? msd is no judge over that is he ? one must remember that he is not test captain so it is not really his responsibility to think about the test team composition just yet. yes i agree that yuvi deserves a demotion but maybe msd has decided to give him this whole series and take it from there.

[LosingNow]

SR, SB, RS...are all class players. They should be all given an extended run.

GG, VS, YS, MSD, SR, SB, RS.. is a good core of batters for future. We can add MT, Dhawan, Kohli and couple more to this group.

[LosingNow]

Sanga gone too..

38/2

We need to take out Sanath and Mahela

[gouravk]

the old man playing really well.

[Cover Point]

Badri's problem is that we dont have another spot for him.

Someone has to bat at #7 right? At the end of the day if he needs to break into the team he has to be successful from that position.

[ramshorns]

SR, SB, RS...are all class players. They should be all given an extended run.

GG, VS, YS, MSD, SR, SB, RS.. is a good core of batters for future. We can add MT, Dhawan, Kohli and couple more to this group.

I would also keep an eye on Yusuf Pathan for sure too. This guy is a clean striker of the ball as was evident in the IPL.  This will be an interesting domestic season.

[dhruvdeepak]

god someone please tell ranjit to stop talking about jayasuriya's sweat

[prfsr]

Badri's problem is that we dont have another spot for him.

Someone has to bat at #7 right? At the end of the day if he needs to break into the team he has to be successful from that position.

Hmm. Another change of viewpoint!!

No I disagree. There is absolutely no reason to play a newcomer at #7 when at least two people above him are going through terrible spells. Why give YS the #3 position? Why shouldn't Badri and Raina get the 3,4 spots in any order?

[justforkix]

Sanath: 44(44)
Rest:    11(46)

 

[ramshorns]

Badri after a good start seems to have faded in the last couple of innings.

Not the time to judge Badri yet.  He will get the next game for sure.  Hope he gets a chance to establish himself unlike here.

hope both of you are not serious - judging any player based on just 3-4 ODIs !!!

No I am not serious.  That was not my intent to judge him just based on these games.  But the more he scores the better for him in any form of the game.

This is how I look at it.

To me Badri controls his own destiny.  He is the skipper of the India 'A'.  He gets 2 games there.  Then there is the Irani trophy match where he will be batted an sure at No.5 or earlier.

He scores big he will be the first to get a look into the test 11 should there be an opening( and with SRT's injury conundrums this is almost a surety).  He along with Raina are now the guys seems like should there be an opening.  That is really good.

So for him to come good and prove himself he will have enough opportunites and he deserves them.

[ramshorns]

Sanath: 44(44)
Rest:    11(46)

 

The maratha marauder at it again.  Amazing fitness in these humid conditions.  He seems to be an exception to the 35 plus age group along with a bunch of Aussies.  No age bar for them.

[justforkix]

SANATH on FIRE and is batting like a PSYCHO !!! 

We will lose this game for sure 

[justforkix]

Sanath GONE !!! - bhajji turning the ball square !!!

[dhruvdeepak]

gonezo. what turn!!

[ramshorns]

Sanath: 44(44)
Rest:    11(46)

 

The maratha marauder at it again.  Amazing fitness in these humid conditions.  He seems to be an exception to the 35 plus age group along with a bunch of Aussies.  No age bar for them.

Looks like we jinxed him.  It is a win-win situation. 

I just realised he is more close to 40 than 35.

I am glad to say I and Sanath have something in common.  We are of the same age me just a few days older than him.

[Cover Point]

WOW!!! Did you see the catch. May I remind you that Ganguly would NOT have caught that!!!!!

[prfsr]

SANATH on FIRE and is batting like a PSYCHO !!! 

We will lose this game for sure 

Down with you, infidel!

[justforkix]

To me Badri controls his own destiny.  He is the skipper of the India 'A'.  He gets 2 games there.  Then there is the Irani trophy match where he will be batted an sure at No.5 or earlier.

He scores big he will be the first to get a look into the test 11 should there be an opening( and with SRT's injury conundrums this is almost a surety). 

I disagree - he needs to get a look-in irrespective of whether he scores big in the Irani and India "A" games. He's done enough for 3+ years and need not score big in these 3 FC games to get a look in.

[ganavk]

agree with ram that its too early to judge badri..though one must really question msd intentions here. i havent seen much of badri but from his fc performances one can make out that he is a good player but inspite of that one sees him coming so lower down the order behind rs who has done nothing ,i mean nothing from my pov to get a posiiton in the team(nonwithstanding the so called greatness that some people have seen in him,u got to prove that with consistent performance and he has got a fair deal of chances)..
from what i feel if badri has to succeed it will have to be purely on the basis of his performance,he will have ot score from whatever chances he gets coz i dont see msd sticking his hand up for him after a few failures!!

just give it time. i dont think msd intentionally wants to sabotage anyone's career. he is doing what he thinks best for the team. much like what sourav did in his heyday as captain.

hmm..if MSD truly believes Badri to be international class and if he is looking for him to replace one of the M's in the test XI , MSD better start giving him more opportunities @#3 especially Yuvraj doesn't seem to be doing much in there

you have to define what you mean by international class. international odi class ? then badri has already made it. international test class ? msd is no judge over that is he ? one must remember that he is not test captain so it is not really his responsibility to think about the test team composition just yet. yes i agree that yuvi deserves a demotion but maybe msd has decided to give him this whole series and take it from there.

International ODI class batsmen are always the first cab off the rank to get opportunities just like MSD. These days everyone first gets in ODI and then moves to test position. Just because MSD is not yet test captain doesn't mean that it is not his responsibility. He is still the vice captain and the only heir to throne provided of course MSD himself is interested in test matches and looks like he is not.!

[gouravk]

Badri's problem is that we dont have another spot for him.

Someone has to bat at #7 right? At the end of the day if he needs to break into the team he has to be successful from that position.

the way yuvi is going he might soon make a vacancy. rohit is not exactly setting the world on fire either.

[gouravk]

Badri's problem is that we dont have another spot for him.

Someone has to bat at #7 right? At the end of the day if he needs to break into the team he has to be successful from that position.

Hmm. Another change of viewpoint!!

No I disagree. There is absolutely no reason to play a newcomer at #7 when at least two people above him are going through terrible spells. Why give YS the #3 position? Why shouldn't Badri and Raina get the 3,4 spots in any order?

I wouldnt say that just becoz you are a newcomer you should get the #3 spot. but certainly the way yuvi is going a demotion is due.

[dhruvdeepak]

runout!!!!! kapi screws mahela!

[justforkix]

Jaya GONE run out !!!!

[OldPal]

Hope we can tighten the screws from here.

[justforkix]

Not over yet.... Kappu and Dilshan can win it from here

131 of 131 balls !!!