India v England | 1st ODI | Rajkot | 11th January, 2012

[TM Riddle]

50 for Ian bell ..

 

[TM Riddle]

His 24 th odi fifty

 

[Saurav]

 

[Kwremb]

Id this the same pitch where both SL and India scored 400

 

[TM Riddle]

82 for no loss after 16 overs..

 

[kingusama92]

KP could be fun to watch on this pitch. Absolutely flat and the bowling is rubbish.

 

[TM Riddle]

good fielding by Dinda on deep fine leg .

 

[TM Riddle]

Sehwag would have murdered English bowlers on this pitch.

 

[battler]

bowlers getting slaughtered over here

 

[TM Riddle]

8 runs off the ashwins over so far

 

[TM Riddle]

91/0 after 17

 

[Dr_Bassim]

91/0

after 17.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

lol the average batting total is 303 at Rajkot.

I guess we should be staring at 320 minimum

 

[TM Riddle]

cook reverse sweeps jadeja for 4

 

[BaaliSoda]

Both Cook and Bell seem to have settled very nicely for very big scores.

 

[MattyB]

What is the point of making this kind of flat pitches?

To make the Indian batsmen look good?

 

[TM Riddle]

lol the average batting total is 303 at Rajkot.

I guess we should be staring at 320 minimum

I would be surprised if they don't manage to get there

 

[TM Riddle]

Dinda again after his one over spell

 

[battler]

jumping jack is back!!

 

[TM Riddle]

What a shot from cook ...well timed..4 runs

 

[JibranAnsari]

Why isn't shami playing?

 

[MVP26]

Another phatta wicket

 

[TM Riddle]

another four..raining boundaries in rajkot

 

[battler]

crap being dished out

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Cook is looking dangerous now.

Good luck India! On that note, I'll tune into Aus Sri Lanka match now... to see how things are going there.

 

[kingusama92]

Does Dinda get paid to bowl one 'short and wide' rubbish an over? So consistent.

 

[James]

India will chase anything under 300 here no problem. England need to put up a truckload.

Now come on Ian, behave yourself and make sure you play for the team. I'd rather have 90 off 85 balls than 110 off 140 balls.

 

[battler]

if gambhir does not score on this track then dont expect him to score anywhere

 

[Saurav]

Sehwag would hv been great on this patta,GG will make this look like a minefield

 

[TM Riddle]

105 runs opening partnership for these two

 

[Saurav]

To make the Indian batsmen look good?

n bowlers look poor?

 

[TM Riddle]

14th ODI fifty for cook

 

[TM Riddle]

good chance for gambhir to cement his place in the team on this phatta

 

[TM Riddle]

Dinda bowls full and punished by Bell over mid off

 

[mosh101]

Why hasnt india played shami ahmed?

 

[JibranAnsari]

lol @ commentators calling it a good delivery

 

[kingusama92]

Whose brilliant idea was it to drop Mohammad Shami for Dinda?

 

[TM Riddle]

no pace, no swing ...what kind of bowling attack we have seriously?

 

[James]

Cook is amazing

 

[kingusama92]

Cook is amazing

He's class.

 

[TM Riddle]

Shami should have played on this track..age is getting on dhoni

 

[mithun_minhas]

These kind of wickets should be banned.

Seriously pathetic pitch. Just hit through the line.

 

[mosh101]

Solid start this for england

 

[LethalSami]

These kind of wickets should be banned.

Seriously pathetic pitch. Just hit through the line.

don't hate the pitches maan

its ur bawwwlers

 

[TM Riddle]

will these two get out? I highly doubt it

 

[mosh101]

Seems like ganguly likes dinda

 

[TM Riddle]

125/0 after 22.3

 

[JibranAnsari]

is there any channel where indian commentators are not on?

 

[TM Riddle]

Seems like ganguly likes dinda

of course he does..he s Bengali you know

 

[JibranAnsari]

every over you hear that england needs 325 and dinda is learning a lot

 

[TM Riddle]

is there any channel where indian commentators are not on?

do tell me if you find it ..they are pain to ears

 

[TM Riddle]

6 for cookie!!!!

 

[JustListen]

england have scored 350 plus only 2 times in their history..india has done that 16 times..
england has taken 5 wicket hauls 23 times , india has done that 35 times.

what a pathetic team they have been.

Next post by gentleman after the series. We never considered england vs india to be a big series, we play against 'top quality legendary' sides. So now we are going to play against australia. After australia series, oh we are going to compete against the best side in the world, oh my gawdz its srilankaaa. LOL

and guess if india loses to srilanka too. Then he will prolly shoot himself.

 

[mosh101]

Torres smashed for sixxx

 

[kingusama92]

)

Cook delivering some major phainta.

 

[JibranAnsari]

Great manipulation by cook!

 

[MarkCooper]

 

[James]

.

 

[James]

Ironically although Gentleman is the wittiest and best poster I've ever encountered and given this is first and foremost a cricket forum, his posts of lesser quality tend to be about cricket. lol

India will always be in this. Unless Finn takes 3 wickets with the new ball we'll have to work really hard to defend any target on this kind of wicket.

 

[Saurav]

India A played better than these rockstars

 

[Executioner]

every over you hear that england needs 325 and dinda is learning a lot

dinda is only 28

 

[Dr_Bassim]

do tell me if you find it ..they are pain to ears

Sky sports 1 HD : )

 

[TM Riddle]

free hit ..Ab yehi baaki rah gaya thaa

 

[mosh101]

Time for free hit

 

[TM Riddle]

Sky sports 1 HD : )

We don't get it here

 

[mosh101]

Once again no ball haha

 

[TM Riddle]

another no ball ******

 

[JustListen]

Ironically although Gentleman is the wittiest and best poster I've ever encountered and given this is first and foremost a cricket forum, his posts of lesser quality tend to be about cricket. lol

India will always be in this. Unless Finn takes 3 wickets with the new ball we'll have to work really hard to defend any target on this kind of wicket.

Exactly. He should restrict himself to the time pass section where he is a good poster but on the cricket side he is no better than the indian trolls, seriously.

 

[mosh101]

Dinda bowling well on the free hits

 

[TM Riddle]

if only he could bowl like this

 

[IAJ]

Though we know India have a weak bowling attack I feel this is a really flat wicket. England would need 300+ here.

Pakistan was also 140+/0 in one of the matches and crushed to 250 something, but I don't think England will collapse.

 

[TM Riddle]

145 for none after 25

 

[TM Riddle]

Raina bowling now..why no yuvraj?

 

[Saurav]

yes Yuvraj has done well against Eng too

 

[TM Riddle]

good over from raina..just 3 off it

 

[mosh101]

England playing samit patel again today

 

[TM Riddle]

current run rate of 5.7

 

[mithun_minhas]

India playing 5 specialist bowlers and still giving part timers some overs......

I would have played a batsman over Dinda and back my team to chase it.

Dinda was never an economical bowler and will never be.

 

[Saurav]

out?

 

[Saurav]

yes out