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India defeat New Zealand by 321 runs to take series 3-0

Gambhir should play in SC, no? Didn't seem in bad touch and much safer bet than Dhawan any ways
 
Gambhir played pretty decent today, Could use him against england, ONLY IF Rahul is not available...
 
:4:: Awesome from Pujara !!! And they'll still find ways to criticize him!!!
 
anything over 450 is overkill, instead give them a slight chance to chase and make them play the shots instead of blockathone
 
oneindia said:
anything over 450 is overkill, instead give them a slight chance to chase and make them play the shots instead of blockathone
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Modern batsmen can take on a chase (not that they will automatically succeed) but its the blockathon that kills them.

Even Ronchi looked subdued in Kolkata 2nd innings when the writing was on the fall.

Take the target to a point where NZ lose all hope and give it away.
 
declared finally,Pujara finally gets a ton,lets see how our spinners do now.
 
I am so happy for Pujara!! He is hardworking guy. Fell short of century few times this series. This century will give him immense conference for up coming matches! !

So Raha ne is already 50+ , Pujara is approaching and hopefully Kohli joins the club too. 50+ averaging middle order will bring back good ol days!!
 
Sultanofswing said:
I am so happy for Pujara!! He is hardworking guy. Fell short of century few times this series. This century will give him immense conference for up coming matches! !

So Raha ne is already 50+ , Pujara is approaching and hopefully Kohli joins the club too. 50+ averaging middle order will bring back good ol days!!
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I expect Rahul to average above 50 too.
 
Rahul seems like a good candidate to join the elite club but he needs better consistency!! He either go big or fall short. He needs to score atleast 30-40 on a bad day. Also Vijay needs to be averaging atleast 45. That will be a formidable batting line up!!
 
Ash needs to improve his fielding ,should remember how he would feel if someone misfields during his over.
 
JaDed said:
Ash needs to improve his fielding ,should remember how he would feel if someone misfields during his over.
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He could have been faster to get to the ball, but cant blame him for the effort. Put in a dive and nearly pulled it back. Cant call it a misfield.
Everyone knows he is a slow runner.
 
Sidilicious said:
He could have been faster to get to the ball, but cant blame him for the effort. Put in a dive and nearly pulled it back. Cant call it a misfield.
Everyone knows he is a slow runner.
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Agree and one can't blame him for slow running because he is a spinner and not a fast bowler too argh.
 
Just realized, there's a guy like Gambhir in every desi group. Guy is slightly older than the rest so thinks he is some big tough cool guy and tries to boss people around till he is put in his place.
 
JaDed said:
Agree and one can't blame him for slow running because he is a spinner and not a fast bowler too argh.
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You cant just become a fast runner. One can only become that fast.
Catching on the other hand and putting in the effort is something that can be worked on.
 
Suleiman said:
Just realized, there's a guy like Gambhir in every desi group. Guy is slightly older than the rest so thinks he is some big tough cool guy and tries to boss people around till he is put in his place.
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Given that he has helped India win an ODI WC, a T20 World Championships and helped India become world no.1 in tests as part of India's most prolific Test opening partnership, I would call him a great servant of Indian cricket.

His gutsy and fighting attitude have made him what he is. That attitude might mean that he crosses the line sometimes, but it also resulted in one of India's most successful periods.
 
Sidilicious said:
Given that he has helped India win an ODI WC, a T20 World Championships and helped India become world no.1 in tests as part of India's most prolific Test opening partnership, I would call him a great servant of Indian cricket.

His gutsy and fighting attitude have made him what he is. That attitude might mean that he crosses the line sometimes, but it also resulted in one of India's most successful periods.
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He is just trolling mate,every darker Indian apparently seems to be some Mallu janitor for him irrespective how much one has achieved in his field.
[MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION] be happy with Shezzi and Lala because looks is what matters to you compared to the ability of the person anyway.
 
Sidilicious said:
You cant just become a fast runner. One can only become that fast.
Catching on the other hand and putting in the effort is something that can be worked on.
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He has improved his catching though,but still feels his efforts aren't that great on field,probably along the lines of mcgrath.
 
JaDed said:
He is just trolling mate,every darker Indian apparently seems to be some Mallu janitor for him irrespective how much one has achieved in his field.
[MENTION=136729]Suleiman[/MENTION] be happy with Shezzi and Lala because looks is what matters to you compared to the ability of the person anyway.
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That was only for Ajay Devgan. My ex girlfriend was South Indian.

I'm a very tolerant person, accept people from all corners of the world.
 
Suleiman said:
Just realized, there's a guy like Gambhir in every desi group. Guy is slightly older than the rest so thinks he is some big tough cool guy and tries to boss people around till he is put in his place.
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Are you speaking from personal experience?
 
That was woeful from Williamson, I don't know how he missed that.
 
His dismissals this Test have had more to do with poor shot selection than anything in his technique.
 
Aman said:
That was woeful from Williamson, I don't know how he missed that.
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For one he was trying to play every ball similarly,Ash might not be good according to your standards but surely he isn't dumb.
 
JaDed said:
For one he was trying to play every ball similarly,Ash might not be good according to your standards but surely he isn't dumb.
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Yeah, we'll see just how good he is when there's nothing for him in Aus/NZ.

He may prove me wrong, but I doubt it. He will likely be easy pickings.
 
Ashwin has Williamson number :uakmal. :rosco not going to go down without a fight it seems.
 
Hope Taylor goes for it.

Test is lost, may as well hit a few and muster somewhat of a score.
 
Aman said:
His dismissals this Test have had more to do with poor shot selection than anything in his technique.
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Not true.

KW is an absolute dream bat but it was a technique issue.

He camps on the backfoot and lunges at times.

Won't work in Asia against a ball that comes sharply spinning in.

He will make changes to his game I am sure.
 
Aman said:
Yeah, we'll see just how good he is when there's nothing for him in Aus/NZ.

He may prove me wrong, but I doubt it. He will likely be easy pickings.
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You are sounding like Rohit Sharma now , come to NZ we will show
 
Aman said:
Yeah, we'll see just how good he is when there's nothing for him in Aus/NZ.

He may prove me wrong, but I doubt it. He will likely be easy pickings.
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That's like saying how good is Anderson when he plays Kohli in India???
 
jusarrived said:
You are sounding like Rohit Sharma now , come to NZ we will show
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A quality cricketer is able to do well everywhere. Outside of the SC and WI, Ashwin's record is very poor.

He is yet to prove himself.

The young big 4 at least have some performances outside of their comfort zone.
 
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Should I switch on the tv and watch Taylor lose his wicket immediately or should I forget about it and hope he's scored big when I check score at end of the day?
 
JaDed said:
That's like saying how good is Anderson when he plays Kohli in India???
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Difference is Anderson has performances of note outside of favorable/home conditions.

There's a valid reason as to why Ashwin has so many doubters. It's not because he's Indian either.
 
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street cricketer said:
That is like Kohli saying to Anderson "Come to India, I'll show who's the boss.."
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Everyone is a king at home, even more so the case for Ashwin who has achieved little to nothing outside the SC. It's a travesty he's written himself into the history books after achieving so little away from home (against decent opposition).

Hell, even your own spinners are talking up how it's easier for spinners to take wickets now.
 
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I would feel the same way if we spruced up our pitches and let average cricketers etch their names into the history books.

Ashwin's numbers make out to be a legend, he certainly isn't one till he does something of note outside of conditions which suit him (against good opposition of course).
 
Pathetic shot from Taylor. No desire for a fight what so ever. There was never a sweep shot on there. Can't believe people thought this kiwi team would be more competitive than England.
 
Pitches well outside off and takes out middle.

Welcome to India boys :))
 
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Disgraceful from Taylor. What was the point of that whole innings. The pitch is by no means a minefield. A bit of application, and you can survive. Guptill is doing it. Pujara made scoring look easy earlier in the day.
 
Aman said:
I would feel the same way if we spruced up our pitches and let average cricketers etch their names into the history books.

Ashwin's numbers make out to be a legend, he certainly isn't one till he does something of note outside of conditions which suit him (against good opposition of course).
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So what do you think of bowlers who don't perform that great even when conditions suit them ,must check out Warne's numbers in home and away against India.

I'm guessing he just jacked up numbers against players that couldn't play spin.
 
Aman said:
Everything is a king at home, even more so the case for Ashwin who has achieved little to nothing outside the SC. It's a travesty he's written himself into the history books after achieving so little away from home (against decent opposition).

Hell, even your own spinners are talking up how it's easier for spinners to take wickets now.
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Lol that's because he has hardly played outside Asia apart from Australia. Imagine if Anderson is given only 25 or 30 overs to prove his worth in India or the UAE and gets dissed because he didn't do anything special. On the Australia part, I don't see him doing any better on those roads. He had a disastrous first tour when he was too excited about the returns of his carrom ball in the IPL and ended up overusing it, didn't have much then, no flight or drift or dip as he has now, just the off spinner and carrom ball. In the last tour, he picked about 5 wickets per test on the roads (would've definitely done better than Karn Sharma at Adelaide had he played but was dropped). I think that's the best returns a finger spinner can expect on the roads of Australia. May pick 6 or 7 wickets if he tours now but don't think he'll pick more than that. But I'll be waiting to see a touring finger spinner pick up 8+ wickets on those roads. Even wrist spinners have a terrible record in Australia.
 
Aman said:
I would feel the same way if we spruced up our pitches and let average cricketers etch their names into the history books.

Ashwin's numbers make out to be a legend, he certainly isn't one till he does something of note outside of conditions which suit him (against good opposition of course).
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Whatever you say, Ashwin has Williamson's number in these conditions. He might or might not have his number in NZ, but Ashwin has won the battle between the two.
 
Zahid87 said:
Disgraceful from Taylor. What was the point of that whole innings. The pitch is by no means a minefield. A bit of application, and you can survive. Guptill is doing it. Pujara made scoring look easy earlier in the day.
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It was only a matter of time before one got them. The ball is doing plenty, just have a look at the delivery that knocked over Taylor. Sure it was a poor shot, but look at how much it turned.
 
Aman said:
I would feel the same way if we spruced up our pitches and let average cricketers etch their names into the history books.

Ashwin's numbers make out to be a legend, he certainly isn't one till he does something of note outside of conditions which suit him (against good opposition of course).
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Bloody hell, talking of average cricketers every Kiwi seamer to have played looked pretty handy on seaming pitches in NZ. Different story when the pitch is a bit more even.
 
Aman is a good fella but damn...he cries a lot.

No one said indian spinners are atg. And yes, Asian pitches will play like asian pitches.

Taylor played a poor shot.
 
Aman said:
Pitches well outside off and takes out middle.

Welcome to India boys :))
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If you cant play spin, dont complain. What that proves is
1. NZ dont have bowlers who can spin the ball that much, and India does
or
2. Ind has better batsmen who can deal with such deliveries. Didnt Pujara just score a 100 on the same pitch?

Either way, India is the better team.
 
Zahid87 said:
Bloody hell, talking of average cricketers every Kiwi seamer to have played looked pretty handy on seaming pitches in NZ. Different story when the pitch is a bit more even.
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Didn't watch back then, but yeah, I would hate seeing mediocre seamers run wild at home and do nothing for us on wickets that were unfavorable for them.
 
Aman said:
It was only a matter of time before one got them. The ball is doing plenty, just have a look at the delivery that knocked over Taylor. Sure it was a poor shot, but look at how much it turned.
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Its India. It will spin on day 4, and in any case, a day 4 pitch should offer some turn.

Pujara looked unfussed playing Patel and Santner early on.
 
Aman said:
I would feel the same way if we spruced up our pitches and let average cricketers etch their names into the history books.

Ashwin's numbers make out to be a legend, he certainly isn't one till he does something of note outside of conditions which suit him (against good opposition of course).
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Lmao all this crying when you were gifted with a green track, a batting phatta and a standard Indian track.:))

The Kiwis are known world over to be gracious visitors, think the fans should be befitting of their team Aman.:baelish
 
Aman said:
Didn't watch back then, but yeah, I would hate seeing mediocre seamers run wild at home and do nothing for us on wickets that were unfavorable for them.
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So only started watching NZ cricket yesterday?
 
Zahid87 said:
Its India. It will spin on day 4, and in any case, a day 4 pitch should offer some turn.

Pujara looked unfussed playing Patel and Santner early on.
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Taylor has been struggling the whole series, he knew he wouldn't have lasted defending.

Better off he played some shots and scored some runes before getting out.
 
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Zahid87 said:
So only started watching NZ cricket yesterday?
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Maybe you did? We haven't prepared a proper green top since the Tuffey and Oram days.

Now we prepare one day green tops which we usually end up batting on.
 
I think [MENTION=132954]Aman[/MENTION] wants wickets where the ball doesn't move an inch after pitching even on day 5 so that his team batsmen can make merry.:jf
 

Disgraceful from ECB. Ball pitched way outside the off and look at how much it turned. They should be fined for preparing such a minefield. #FansCrying
 
Thats it. Aman will lose it now.

How can that happen? It doesnt matter that batsman should have played it in front foot.
 
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