Thursday, February 26, 2009

Team for 2nd T20.

India lost the first T20 VS. The Kiwis. I think over-excitement was the reason.The ground was very small,boundries of hardly 60 meters. So Indian batsmen thought that they can clear the ground easily and they played too many shots and lost the wicket.

Anyways, I think only 1 change should be made in the team for the second match.The team should be like this : Sehwag,Gambhir,Raina,Yuvraj,Dhoni,Jadeja,Yusuf,Irfan,Harbhajan,Zaheer,Ishant.
Rohit is not in good form. Jadeja can be helpful with bat and ball .He can bowl some good yorkers in the depth.He can also bat well.So he is a utility player.
I was surprised that Dhoni didnt ask Sehwag to bowl. Sehwag could have been useful in the last match.

Friday, February 6, 2009

An Extra Wicket Keeper

think we must have an extra icket keeper in the squad...We have already won the sereis...Some of the players will get rest.but what abt Dhoni ?.... He wont get rest.Indian team have busy schedule ahead...So its very important to get rest....I know its very important to win all d matches though we have won d sereis as we r targetting top spot in rankings.....Sehwag,the vice captain can lead the side very well.....And we have to learn to win without some important players......We need Sachin for WC 2011...but in recent times we have won the series without him....But we still need him....Just like that Dhoni's absence should not affect the team......and wicket keeping is a tough job.......So he must be given a rest for a match.... But this time there is no wicket keeper.so this cant b done....

Tough Competition

In the current ICC ODI Team ratings South Africa is the No.1 team. Team India has reached at No.2 spot as Kiwis have Beaten Kangaroos in the second ODI. And Aussies r at now No.3
According to me we r going to c ups and downs in top 3 spots.
Australia is not playing good cricket currently but I think they will start competing hard once again very soon.We should not forget that Brett Lee and Stuart Clarke r injured and when they will be fit, Australia bowling attcak will be strong again. Mike Hussey is also not in greats of form but as it is said in cricket "form is temporary,class in permanent" he will also start doing well for his country.David Warner is a good young batsman but he is not consistent so according to me Simon Katich should open the innings in ODIs too with Shaun Marsh.According to me, Brad Haddin can be a good opening batsman for Australia beacause he is a natural stroke player and can do well at the opening position And Andrew Symonds might come back in the team and Aussies will start roaring again.

The other thing is that Australia is not playing too bad cricket But its the other teams who have raised their levels,especially India and South Africa.This 2 teams have beaten australia in the past but both the teams were unable to perfrom well consistently.Both the teams have got 2 out standing captains in MS Dhoni and Graeme Smith.And the teams are looking very balanced .

So we might see some great cricket from these 3 sides and may be from the other teams in the next 2 years.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Big day in IPL : Where will KP & Flintoff go ?

tomorrow,february 6,2009 is a big day in IPL. the auctions are taking place for the second season and england players are available this time.
the 2 big names are andrew flintoff and kevin pietersen.but the question is who will select these 2 players in their team ?
well lets c which team will be interested in byuing this players ?

i dont think kolkata will kp him as they already have some good foreign players like ponting,mcclum,hussey,gayle,etc.so no place for a batsman and especially for whom who is available for only 15 days. for kkr flintoff can be a better option because it is almost confirmed that pakistani players wont be playing in this ipl season.so they will loose akhtar and gul,who are very good bowlers.they have ishant sharma in the team but still needs 1 more good bowler so they might go for fredddie.but the problem is dada and flintoff dont share good relationship with each other.

rajasthan royals can go for kp. especially shane warne can force the team management to buy this south african born british cricketer.

mumbai indians is a team which might go for one of these players as in the bating department,apart from jayasurya they dont have quality foreign batsman.

royal challangers is the team which will try to buy both these players.but the remaining money wont allow that. we all know that the their last season's performence frustrated the flamboyant team owner mr.vijay mallya so he would be very keen to do so. and they really need such t20 kind of players.

deccan charger's bowling department is no so strong.they can try to get flintoff.

i dont think chennai can buy flintoff as he is an al rounder. but i dont think they will be interested in KP..

delhi might go for flintoff as its not yet confirmed that if mcgrath is playing this time or not

king 11 punjab also wont be that much interested in getting these two players at this time as they are looking a balanced side at the moment..

so lets keep the fingers crossed and wait for the auctions.