can India bounce back in 2nd test?

by truthbetold Mon Jul 25, 2011 8:30 pm

India was outplayed in first test. KP's 200, Prior's irreverent 100, Broads 5 w and disrespect to indian bowlers, Anderson's 5w, and India's failure to rise to the occasion etc.

Only Dravid showed up. What a gem of an innings. Ishant was brilliant for a short spell. Mukund did ok in 1st. Praveen worked hard. Could be around for a while.

Laxman and Raina scored few runs but did not make a big impression.

Gambhir, sachin, disappointing shows. Harbhajan is an abject failure. Zaheer .... I like his spirit and his previous contributions. So may be we should forgive his deception.

England batting, bowling and fielding, preparation, attitude and entertainment value are victorious over India.

May be India should make some changes:

1. Trent Bridge is a seamer friendly pitch. How about 4 medium pace bowlers - SreeSanth, Munaf in. Zaheer (to regain physical fitness) and Harbhajan (to regain mental fitness) will sit out the 2nd test.

2. Sachin will sit out if he is even 5% unfit. he should worry about his health as he is 38 and need more time to recover from viral fevers. Yuv Raj can contribute a 50 through fielding and a couple of wickets.

3. Some one remind Indian stars that 20 to 30 runs is not test level avg. score. People expect 70 to 100 runs from 2 or 3 batsmen from a star studded team. A 200 should happen often in 1st innings.

4. Indian team should wake and rise to the occasion and make England work for every wicket and every run (NO Prior - Broad mockery or KP/Swann adventures).

by confuzzled dude Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:24 pm

I have no doubt, we will bounce back in the next test match, we needed one player to come big which didn't happen, well settled Laxman who could have saved the day for us disappointed with his shot selection (in both innings), even Dravid poked at the ball moving away. While English bowling gets full marks I wouldn't go overboard like Sambit Bal with superfluous claims like they're a class apart, no they are not.

by Another Brick Tue Jul 26, 2011 12:37 am

IND's batsmen will put up a lot better show and score ample runs in all the next matches. however, for us to win, our bowlers will have to perform and i can't see that happening unless harbhajan singh is kicked out. this man has gotten a rope that's several miles longer than the rope Agarkar got.

no matter what, IND never looked like the number 1 team. dhobi's captaincy was suspect at times and despite having ENG on the mat in the IInd innings, we let them off the hook. that's mainly because of our "main spinner's" abject failure. i hope we bat first in the next match and score 500 to have any chance of winning.

having said that, let's not underestimate ENG. they are a very good team and it is not easy to beat them in ENG.

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Tue Jul 26, 2011 2:35 am

Another Brick wrote:IND's batsmen will put up a lot better show and score ample runs in all the next matches. however, for us to win, our bowlers will have to perform and i can't see that happening unless harbhajan singh is kicked out. this man has gotten a rope that's several miles longer than the rope Agarkar got.

no matter what, IND never looked like the number 1 team. dhobi's captaincy was suspect at times and despite having ENG on the mat in the IInd innings, we let them off the hook. that's mainly because of our "main spinner's" abject failure. i hope we bat first in the next match and score 500 to have any chance of winning.

having said that, let's not underestimate ENG. they are a very good team and it is not easy to beat them in ENG.

Agree... India's bowling is second rate at best. a 5-fer once in a while when the opponent is allowed to score 400+ runs is no biggie. Someone has to get wickets. There is clearly not a single bowler that England looks at with fear. To make matters worse, England's batsmen have become suddenly highly professional. Gambhir, VVSL, SRT (should play like a master blaster instead of allowing his fans to claim he could not score all the time), Dhobi ALL should click. True Sehwag absence is a psychological handcap and one person that England might have feared was not there.

India needs to think radically different. India cannot win on past glory. One more loss, and India will face a gory reception when they return. It is an emergency.

by Another Brick Tue Jul 26, 2011 8:01 am

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
India needs to think radically different. India cannot win on past glory. One more loss, and India will face a gory reception when they return. It is an emergency.

but then IND will still play HarbhaJanitor Singh because he took 32 wickets in a series of three tests in 2001. this man knows how to survive and has perhaps good PR machinery. it appears that ravi shastri is on his payroll. so, if he fails to take any wickets in a match, and hits a boundary coming down the track while batting, trust ravi shastri to blabber something like "bhajji is not going to take it lying down. he has a big heart and he is a fighter. look how he came down the track and smacked one like a tracer bullet."

by Marathadi-Saamiyaar Tue Jul 26, 2011 1:23 pm

Another Brick wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
India needs to think radically different. India cannot win on past glory. One more loss, and India will face a gory reception when they return. It is an emergency.

but then IND will still play HarbhaJanitor Singh because he took 32 wickets in a series of three tests in 2001. this man knows how to survive and has perhaps good PR machinery. it appears that ravi shastri is on his payroll. so, if he fails to take any wickets in a match, and hits a boundary coming down the track while batting, trust ravi shastri to blabber something like "bhajji is not going to take it lying down. he has a big heart and he is a fighter. look how he came down the track and smacked one like a tracer bullet."

Here is the ultimate evidence:

Harbhajan, India's most experienced bowler, wore a deflated look for most of the Test and his match figures of 56-4-218-1 only raised questions about his position as lead spinner. Dhoni, though, did not appear too bothered. "I saw a lot of improvement [in Harbhajan]. He bowled a lot slower in this game. It was slightly tough on him, especially when Pietersen was set and began going after him. There was no turn to deceive the batsman. But I was really impressed with the pace at which Harbhajan bowled. As the series progresses, it will be really interesting to see him bowl at some of the venues that are known to assist spin."

There is no hope. wonder if Pawar and Srikant are also on his payroll.

by confuzzled dude Tue Jul 26, 2011 6:50 pm

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Agree... India's bowling is second rate at best. There is clearly not a single bowler that England looks at with fear.

I will you grant you that, but names likes Anderson, Broad, Tremlett send reverberating shivers up the body to the batsmen world wide? we lost just one match and you guys are making it sound like we are a club level team, please do remember that no names like RP Singh, Sreesanth had better of English bats before.

by Another Brick Wed Jul 27, 2011 12:51 am

confuzzled dude wrote:
Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Agree... India's bowling is second rate at best. There is clearly not a single bowler that England looks at with fear.

I will you grant you that, but names likes Anderson, Broad, Tremlett send reverberating shivers up the body to the batsmen world wide? we lost just one match and you guys are making it sound like we are a club level team, please do remember that no names like RP Singh, Sreesanth had better of English bats before.

no no, we are just saying that harbhajanitor singh must be given a boot because he has failed to perform as our main spinner ever since kumble retired. i am hopeful that we will perform much better come friday.

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