India vs New Zealand | 2nd T20I | Chennai | 11/09/12 |

[prakash@raina fan]

Match about to begin in 30 mins time but no thread .

After all its Yuvi's comeback match . Weather holds up nicely in Chennai and we are going to see epic failure of Yuvi (hope not).

Anyway I wish him all the best . Let see

 

[prakash@raina fan]

INDIA :
G Gambhir, V Kohli, SK Raina, Yuvraj Singh, RG Sharma, MK Tiwary, MS Dhoni*†, IK Pathan, R Ashwin, Z Khan, L Balaji


NZ:

MJ Guptill, BB McCullum†, LRPL Taylor*, KS Williamson, RJ Nicol, JDP Oram, DL Vettori, JEC Franklin, RM Hira, AF Milne, KD Mills

 

[prakash@raina fan]

India choose to bowl first .

Bad news to start : Sehweg not playing today due to some fitness issue .

 

[style_guru]

There is a prediction of Rain in Chennai.

Let's see what's in store today.

 

[Sandeep]

I created one more thread...mods delete that

 

[leatherface58]

Sehwag always gets injured before t20 wc

 

[style_guru]

Sehwag always gets injured before t20 wc

And get's fit for CL/IPL:umarakmal

 

[cricket.mad]

not much people in stadium yet

 

[cricket.mad]

There is a prediction of Rain in Chennai.

Let's see what's in store today.

today weather seems to be good and hopefully we can have some cricket

 

[cricket.mad]

who is opening if sehwag is not in?

 

[prakash@raina fan]

No bhajji as well

 

[Sandeep]

who is opening if sehwag is not in?

Kohli/Rohit

 

[prakash@raina fan]

who is opening if sehwag is not in?

Should be Kholi and Gauti

 

[cricket.mad]

no harbhajan..its good

 

[style_guru]

Bhajj should've been given a chance here in place of Rohit 'Talunted' sharma. Anyways Bhajji is more of a batsman these days.

 

[cricket.mad]

Kohli/Rohit

rohit should

 

[cricket.mad]

balaji has got a look in

 

[Sandeep]

rohit should

I hope Rohit would! The only way he can break the shackles is to come up the order and hit out

 

[Sandeep]

Balaji is a good option! He bowled well in the IPL

 

[munafpatel810]

Balaji is a good option! He bowled well in the IPL

If he can get his variations right he can be as good as Chris Harris was for NZ

 

[cricket.mad]

Balaji is a good option! He bowled well in the IPL

yes.has turned himself to a decent death bowler.nice time to test him

 

[Saurav]

Harsha Bhogle commentating

 

[Saurav]

I hope Rohit would! The only way he can break the shackles is to come up the order and hit out

Rohit would open officially.Kohli wud anyway be there in 1st over

 

[Sandeep]

Rohit would open officially.Kohli wud anyway be there in 1st over

Hmm! Possible but hope it doesn't happen.... Rohit is too good a player to miss out at Int'nal level!

 

[munafpatel810]

Rohit would open officially.Kohli wud anyway be there in 1st over

Sad but true

 

[cricket.mad]

donno why team is persisting with this rohit guy..how many more chances does he need?

 

[cricketworm]

I hope Balaji gets his form back! He can be very useful with his swing/seam in SL. Still wondering what happened to PK all of sudden!

 

[Sandeep]

donno why team is persisting with this rohit guy..how many more chances does he need?

he is the u.akmal of Indian team...hoping he'd come good one day

 

[munafpatel810]

:umarakmal

he is the u.akmal of Indian team...hoping he'd come good one day

 

[Sandeep]

I see our team is not using the newly unveiled kit! It was designed for T20s right?

 

[lilFlip]

Out

India should win it easily

 

[munafpatel810]

UT to Zak

 

[Smiling Creed]

Wicket yeahhhh

 

[Sandeep]

I want NZ to score atleast 170! Our batsmen need some practice...

 

[munafpatel810]

Out
India should win it easily

Its a T20. Never take any team lightly and never assume it will be cakewalk. 1 bad over can change match.

 

[sada90]

good show from india so far , another gone , what the heck is Newzeland doing lol

 

[Sandeep]

What the heck?? New Zealand! Show some guts.. score nah

 

[Smiling Creed]

Another one.......on fire..

 

[Maximas]

Who the heck is Rob Nicol! btw

 

[Smiling Creed]

I see our team is not using the newly unveiled kit! It was designed for T20s right?

To be used starting T20 WC.

 

[Sandeep]

To be used starting T20 WC.

oh...customised kits for WC...

 

[Maximas]

Overrated Guptill

 

[Sandeep]

NZ played Tests like T20s and now T20s like Tests

 

[BaaliSoda]

Adam milne is back into NZ side after his injury lay-off. He should be good fun to watch i suppose(bowls consistently over 140 ks).

Rahane should be playing instead of that good for nothin nohit(even if he makes some runs today, wont change my midn on his uselessness)

 

[mithun_minhas]

This is boring now!!!

I know NZ will eventually score boundaries, but this snooze fest has to stop right now

 

[Maximas]

I 've a feeling this is Oram's night.

 

[BaaliSoda]

kane williamson looks good for making a minimum of 50 today. Already 2 boundaries over the cover region.

 

[cricket.mad]

good shot 4

 

[Smiling Creed]

NZ played Tests like T20s and now T20s like Tests

It is part of a well thought out plan by BCCI....they told NZ, that we will be experimenting a new type of T20, which will be played continually for 5 days. Hence, they showed batting skills of T20 in tests.

They opened their eyes and found that BCCI has cheated them, so when BCCI told them we will be playing T20, they got smart and knew before hand, that this will be regular test match.

 

[Sandeep]

Kane Williamson seems a classy bat...the only one from NZ

 

[Space Cat]

Oram is in great T20 form apparently. Keen to see where Milnes pace is at.

 

[Sandeep]

Oram is in great T20 form apparently. Keen to see where Milnes pace is at.

Heard Milne bowls real quick! How good is he?

 

[Sandeep]

C'mon Baz hit'em for more

 

[BaaliSoda]

There is some assistance for pace bowlers on this pitch so far. Expecting a mini collapse in our top order(with out of form gambhir, nohit and possibly raina) when we face the likes of Oram and milne tonight.

Oram was tremendous with the ball, moving it to a great deal in the recent SLPL.

 

[mithun_minhas]

Indian batting lineup is ridiculous.

Ashwin is a decent batsman and he comes in at No.9.

 

[Space Cat]

Heard Milne bowls real quick! How good is he?

He could bowl 153km when he was 19 but i haven't see him since to be honest. I'm not expecting wonders but im really interested to see what he looks like now.

 

[velu]

looks like nohit cant be dropped

 

[Sandeep]

shot! McCullum is great to watch when he gets going

 

[leatherface58]

De facto openers doing a decent job so far

 

[Sandeep]

He could bowl 153km when he was 19 but i haven't see him since to be honest. I'm not expecting wonders but im really interested to see what he looks like now.

Wow! Some good prospects for NZ in fast bowling

 

[Space Cat]

McCullum should be opening. Dump Rob Nicol already please.

 

[musaarthali]

Time for final thrashing......

 

[mithun_minhas]

looks like nohit cant be dropped

To be fair, the guy looked like a monster against West Indies. Played useful knocks in Asia cup too.

He flopped miserably against SL.

Have a feeling, he will come good today.

 

[Space Cat]

Wow! Some good prospects for NZ in fast bowling

Yes but he is still very raw so im not expecting wonders especially in a T20. He has been working with Shane Bond a lot.

 

[Saurav]

Balaji

 

[velu]

Time for final thrashing......

anyone banned you there ??

 

[leatherface58]

Balaji t20 debut.

 

[Sandeep]

Time for final thrashing......

Welcome musaarthali...now this thread has got life

 

[cricketworm]

I would have slip for Bala

 

[cricketworm]

Hmm bowling stump to stump. Expect an outswinger at any moment.

 

[Saurav]

:4

 

[cricketworm]

Damn those french cuts! Hate that luck!

 

[BaaliSoda]

Bala starts up well. All targeting stumps.

Lucky 4 for Baz

 

[cricketworm]

LOL what a losner, almost got away

 

[Sandeep]

C'mon McCullum! We want more!!

 

[cricketworm]

another one ... slashed it for 4.

Bad last two deliveries. But still not a bad start.

 

[Space Cat]

India has never beaten NZ in a T20. I don't really care much about T20 but i wouldn't mind keeping that record.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Last ball spoils otherwise decent over from Bala.

 

[cricketworm]

Yuvi time!

 

[Sandeep]

Welcome back Champ