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[Cover Point]

How the beep do they get so many allrounders

Afridi, Razzak, Malik .... its a never ending lineup

And then Akmal shows up when u get rid of all of them.

[justforkix]

Don't forget Hafeez who is good on the field and a very useful bowler too

[toney]

Pak will be saying the samething about us too.
Express fast bowler and useful batsman : IP
Left arm orthodox and top order batsmen: Dinesh Mongia, YS
nearly 15000 runs and more than 100 wkts: SRT
Destructive top order batsman and restrictive off spinner: VS
And then comes the one and only MSD

And superb allrounders like SG, Nehra, Zaheer Khan and Balaji arent even in the team.

[ruchir]

Pak will be saying the samething about us too.
Express fast bowler and useful batsman : IP
Left arm orthodox and top order batsmen: Dinesh Mongia, YS
nearly 15000 runs and more than 100 wkts: SRT
Destructive top order batsman and restrictive off spinner: VS
And then comes the one and only MSD

And superb allrounders like SG, Nehra, Zaheer Khan and Balaji arent even in the team.

Good ones.... Applause...

Add to that:
Team's MVP who can also sub as keeper: RD
Team's official gay cheerleader who is also a devastating left-hand batsman: SR
Team's best off-spinner who is also our cursing coach: HS
Team's other off-spinner who is also our fitness instructor: RP
Team's express fast bowler who is also our dancing instructor: SS
Team's most accurate bowler who also does Inzy impersonations: MP

I say, our team has the best talent available anywhere in the world!!! We are a multi-talented bunch of guys, here. PAK team should be coming to us for ideas on talent-hunting. They should be prostrating before More and asking him "Sir, how in the world were you able to unearth these guys who are so diversly and immensly talented?"

[toney]

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Team's other off-spinner who is also our fitness instructor: RP
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[Cover Point]

In seriousness we dont have the kind of talent as them.

IP is the only genuine allrounder we have and his bowling has been a worry. Today Razzaq showed that his batting is better than Pathan and bowling is pretty useful. If Pathan gets his old bowling form back then we can say he is a better bowler in swinging conditions but Razza has pace.

Then we really dont have anyone else who consistently acts as allrounder. Like Afridi always bowls his full quota. Razzaq we talked about. Shoib Malik is more than a part timer as a bowler. He is chucker for God's sake so has to be a bowler!

If Bhajji could hit a bit more consistently or Agarkar could ...well hit, then we can call our boys the same. Others including Ganguly and Sachin are just part timers.

[dextrous]

In seriousness we dont have the kind of talent as them.

IP is the only genuine allrounder we have and his bowling has been a worry. Today Razzaq showed that his batting is better than Pathan and bowling is pretty useful. If Pathan gets his old bowling form back then we can say he is a better bowler in swinging conditions but Razza has pace.

Then we really dont have anyone else who consistently acts as allrounder. Like Afridi always bowls his full quota. Razzaq we talked about. Shoib Malik is more than a part timer as a bowler. He is chucker for God's sake so has to be a bowler!

If Bhajji could hit a bit more consistently or Agarkar could ...well hit, then we can call our boys the same. Others including Ganguly and Sachin are just part timers.

With all due respect to the Pakistani all-rounders, there are only two quality batsmen in the team right now -- Khan and Yousouf. These "all-rounders" are not going to be able to regularly win matches for Pakistan, and that's why the team doesn't win as much. A Sachin or a Dravid equal a few of there men put together. Pakistan has a problem of plenty -- is Hafeez really the best opening batsman in Pakistan right now? Or was he selected because he can bowl as well? While a Razzaq would add balance to our team, another one in Pakistani team is not going to do much good -- the law of diminishing returns!

[fineleg]

Indian team is good but on paper. On field, the batting has to match the paper strength yet!!!

[ramshorns]

Indian team is good but on paper. On field, the batting has to match the paper strength yet!!!

You are spot on.   

[toney]

Indian team is good but on paper. On field, the batting has to match the paper strength yet!!!

You are spot on.   

And which team, barring Aus has matched it on paper? Even in the case of Aus, a seaming wicket or a dry one seems to frighten them. Of course, their bowlers get them out of trouble and this is the single reason why they are dominant in world cricket today.

[Cover Point]

Indian team is good but on paper. On field, the batting has to match the paper strength yet!!!

You are spot on.   

And which team, barring Aus has matched it on paper? Even in the case of Aus, a seaming wicket or a dry one seems to frighten them. Of course, their bowlers get them out of trouble and this is the single reason why they are dominant in world cricket today.

You are spot on.

[ramshorns]

Indian team is good but on paper. On field, the batting has to match the paper strength yet!!!

You are spot on.   

And which team, barring Aus has matched it on paper? Even in the case of Aus, a seaming wicket or a dry one seems to frighten them. Of course, their bowlers get them out of trouble and this is the single reason why they are dominant in world cricket today.

So then stop calling Indian batting lineup strong.  That's all I am saying.  While other line up's  are not hyped as much as this Indian line up is despite them coming up a cropper in many trying circumstances.

And that is where I think FL is spot on.