after this series...
MS Dhoni has said he is not aware of any ultimatum the BCCI might have given to VVS Laxman after the batsman's lean series in England and Australia. It was reported in some Indian newspapers, quoting BCCI officials, that Laxman might have played his last Test in Perth. "As of now there is nothing like that that I know of officially," Dhoni said when asked about the development.
This is a good thing for Indian cricket. Players like Laxmann are fantastic cricketers but it's time they retired with dignity as he's simply past it.
India need to rebuild & we all know that they produce fantastic players for fun & i have no doubt that they will come back strong in the not so distant future.
Does anyone follow the Indian domestic set up & know of any real talent around?
Any WUMS will be dealt with
Dhoni hints at phasing out seniors
posted on 15/1/12
Comment Deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 15/1/12
Comment Deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 15/1/12
At the cricket whilst the pitch at Emirates must have been flat I can't help but feel Warwickshire were not aggressive enough today. I'd be fuming if we had blown it like they did.
At the end of the day who cares.
Lancashire=Champions (at last!!!!)
posted on 15/1/12
Would be tragic if this was Laxman's final test.Played some epic innings and this will not be the best way for exit.
posted on 15/1/12
im just wondering if a match of the series is given to a player from both teams, like we saw in england, which indian player would get that. surely i cant see any batsman or a bowlers that looked decent enough to be considered to get that award. I think my vote will go to rohit sharma, because more than anything, he is what evey indian thinks is the big thing in indian cricket, and most people say he is currently the best batsman india have. so i would rather give man of the series award to rohit sharma and give him some confidence, cause unfortunately our team is not good enough to motivate themselves let alone the youngsters
posted on 15/1/12
amla, unfortunately they chose to make themselves in this situation. none of the players from the playing 11 had any fighting spirits left in them, and they were just going through the motions. Forget this indian team for a moment, what would sourav ganguly be thinking right now? inda between 2000 and 2008 havent lost a single match by an innings, and come in the last 6 or 7 matches and almost all have been lost by an innings. Lets not forget that none of the players are doing a favour by playing for their country. none of these indian players are bigger than indian cricket and one thing for sure is all of them have damaged the reputation that ganguly put in the past 10 years.
posted on 15/1/12
best indian on tour so far is yadav
posted on 15/1/12
im sorry peter but i have to disagree with you. he has been way too expensive to my liking. i dont blame yadav, but none of the seniors are helping him on what lines or lengths to ball and it seemed like he was left in the sahara desert to find his way out. In that aspect i think he was by far better than the whole indian team combined. But none of the players whether it is yadav or sachin, have done anything special to get credit or an applause.
posted on 15/1/12
Virudagreat
It would be just tragic if most outstanding careers in Indian cricket end like this and I think it will be going through their minds that they do not want to end in a such a note.
posted on 15/1/12
sachins average in the search of the 100th ton has gone from 56.95 to 55, If he keeps on playing like this it wont be long before his outstanding career of 22 years of hard work go into water. same as dravid. his avr has gone from 53 to almost 51. Gambhirs ave has gone from 51 to 45. and same as sehwags. It wont be long before our famed batting line becomes an ordinary team if things go this way. it feels like years that I have seen some big innings from this india line up. These days even passing 200 mark might be making indian fans happy, that atleast we have reached here.