India vs Sri Lanka - 3 Tests and 5 Odi's - Official Discussion & Voting Thread

[vish111]

[maax_0]

India all the way

Ind has batting but lets not forget Murli only, leads the wicket takers in test

[tauqeer007]

well all the way Srilanka they got now two guns n plus vaas n batting line is strong too n test is a different game than ODI
so i will go with Srilanka all the way

[vish111]

Originally Posted by tauqeer007

well all the way Srilanka they got now two guns n plus vaas n batting line is strong too n test is a different game than ODI
so i will go with Srilanka all the way

exactly..i would actually give sri lanka more chance for odis..and india more for tests! more experience..

[Cyborg]

where is malinga damn been so long since i saw him in action, atleast the retard fernando out, SL has an edge 1st test will tell the story of series.
Btw vish u should know better but I guess not next time plz put a closing date of no more then 6 days on the poll.

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Last edited by Cyborg; 07-22-2008 at 01:37 PM.

[mredz]

sl will win

[vish111]

Originally Posted by Cyborg

where is malinga damn been so long since i saw him in action, atleast the retard fernando out, SL has an edge 1st test will tell the story of series.
Btw vish u should know better but I guess not next time plz put a closing date of no more then 6 days on the poll.

woops..sry about that..

malinga still injured...so is maharoof...sl doesnt have new ball bowlers..only vaas..and then some inexperienced guy..

[Cyborg]

hmmmmz wat can I say i was thinking Mahela has lost all his marbles when they insist on batting past 500. The game had abt 10 sessions and SL played abt 5 and half to see India collpased batting twice and not even surviing 4n 1/2 session is a shock to say the least. Worts to score less in 2nd inning then thier 1st inning absolute pathetic. Here wat I see temme if u guys agree.

1 - Indian Bowling: To allow 6006 albeit it was batting wkt is insane. I grant u that one or 2 can score 100 but for 4 bastman to score 100 is insane. Indian bowling must take blame, specially spinners. I think India should have gone with 3 seamers and a spinner. Since kumble is the captain (and since vice cpatain has decided he want a brealk, which btw dun even start me on that) he cant be sit out. Lets face it SL is no slouch against spin on home ground so no point of 2 spinners specially when bhajji ant no shane warne. India should have 3 seamers backed by one spinne. 5th bolwer will be dada with sehwag and sachin providing part time bowling options. I belive this willl balance out the bowling attack and provide more vareity to attack.

2 - As shameful as it was the twin collpase of batting line, I dun think India needs to change any batsman like i always said if 6 cant do the job one more wont make a differnce. Beside even Ishant sharma showed he can bat a bit so all tail has to do is wag a lil and its not like India has asif and co in the team that dun know which side of bat they should hold all indian bowlers can bat a lil.

3 - Until unless India does a dramatic reverse and inflict series defeat on SL, I seriously think its time for senior players to phase out. The best indian win come against Aussies in Kolkata and the it was courtesy of dravid and laxman. Its sad to see such awesome talent being reduced to a shadow of self. The Fab 3 and Kumble should seriously and may be gently asked to leave albeit gradually. India has rich talent in young spinners time to get them in slowly.

[vish111]

1. Indian bowling - nah...kumble is seriously not bowling well....wut will happen if the pitch has no assistance for seamers? and then we have only kumble bowling..? ..2 spinners needed.....bhajji kumble ishant r.p zaheer..remove sehwag/gambhir..and get kartick to open......and if they still decide to go with 4 bowlers..then get r.p in for ishant/ zaheer.....more overs should be given to sachin sehwag when long partnerships are on....they can get the wkt.....and yes i agree...specially when it was 60/2..how the hell can the get 600/6?

2. no changes required..but maybe batting order needs a shuffle...laxman batting at no. 3 wont be too bad...

3. kumble yes...not really sure about batsman...no one talented enough to replace...they will have to leave one by one...but who should leave first? i seriously have no clue...its unfair to ask any one of them....so one has to decide on his own i guess...

and get amit mishra or piyush in place of kumble...

[Cyborg]

back to bowling new ball will assist and old ball will reverse swing no matter the pitch, its on ball. Thats y 3 seamers. 2 spionners seriously hurt if wkt not turning. Typically u need spinners on 4th and 5th day thats where they earn thier money. with Kumble in backed by sachin and shewag why do u need 2 speicalist spinners?

I said phase out gradually, of top of my head i can name 2 solid bastman ready to be in Rohit Sharma and Badrinath.

[vish111]

sachin isnt bowling....its only sehwag with kumble...which isnt good enough....i would have agreed if our pace attack was awesome...but it isnt...ishant and zaheer were being played comfortably even when there was swing on offer...cuz of overcast conditions....if the weather is hot in galle....i dont know about ground there...but for some reason i still feel 2 spinners are needed...cuz sri lanka have murali and mendis ..and they will prepare pitches accordingly...

how can we say that rohit sharma is ready? or even badrinath? they can be given a chance..but i am not to sure....i think kaif should be back...anyways..the phase out wont take place...koi bhi jaana hi nahin chahata.....

[Cyborg]

if u insist on 2 spinners surely they cant be kumble and bhajji atleast change one that actually takes wkt.