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South Africa beat India by 214 runs and win the series 3-2

Axar wicket - Steyn.

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LOL do you only watch India matches ? How many times 300+ have been scored in India again and again over the years ? How many double centuries ? You won't see epic pounding of bowlers like that anywhere else like that in the world.

When did that happen regularly apart from the Australia series in 2013 & a few times against the SL B side last year ?
 
He has a killer first class record so far. Small sample size though.

Vinay Kumar averaged 20 for several seasons in First class. Our Hammad Azam averages 18 in FC. Dont take subcontinental FC domestics records seriously.

Ill admit I havent seen Axar a lot. Saw him in the first T20 against Saffers and today and on both occassions he has been hammered so might have an unfair opinion of him.

I might be wrong and he might go on to have a decent few years. (I am certain wil never be world class level). However I am basing this off the general demeanor, lack of heart and the fact that he is a weak physical specimen. He is an international sportsman with access to a lot of facilities so he really should have bulked up by now.
 
Why don't people bother to protest the repeated inclusion of harbajjan while he unequivocally does nothing
 
Vinay Kumar averaged 20 for several seasons in First class. Our Hammad Azam averages 18 in FC. Dont take subcontinental FC domestics records seriously.

Ill admit I havent seen Axar a lot. Saw him in the first T20 against Saffers and today and on both occassions he has been hammered so might have an unfair opinion of him.

I might be wrong and he might go on to have a decent few years. (I am certain wil never be world class level). However I am basing this off the general demeanor, lack of heart and the fact that he is a weak physical specimen. He is an international sportsman with access to a lot of facilities so he really should have bulked up by now.

Vinay Kumar is like an enigma when it comes to Indian first class.

When Murali Vijay came to bat for TN, Vinay Kumar cleaned up him easily in both innings. :))
 
Steyn to Harbhajan Singh, OUT, tapped away to cover, that's a third for Steyn. It was a short of a length delivery, but Bhajji was into the push a bit too quickly. Ball held up in the pitch and became his downfall.

OF COURSE

SIF these players even in their prime (Dhawan, Axar) are hardly any better than Sehwag and Yuvi in their decline, infact yuvi is still better than Axar lol.
Just goes to show how standards have fallen.
 
Our tail is the worst of all int'l teams.

Axar, Bhajji, BK, Mohit, Mishra cannot score 20 runs between them. Thats like half of our team.
 
SIF these players even in their prime (Dhawan, Axar) are hardly any better than Sehwag and Yuvi in their decline, infact yuvi is still better than Axar lol.
Just goes to show how standards have fallen.

Dhawan in his prime is better than Sehwag and Yuvi now.

Dhawan won us CT 2013 and performed in ALL important games in WC 2015.

Axar I agree. LOL
 
SIF these players even in their prime (Dhawan, Axar) are hardly any better than Sehwag and Yuvi in their decline, infact yuvi is still better than Axar lol.
Just goes to show how standards have fallen.

Its the IPL mate. Also, we do have players who can bat, if not like Yuvi, but close to him. But the selectors wont take a chance
 
How many tripples sir jadeja got in rajkot? The guy is a beast there 37 wicket in 3 matches this month

The Saurashtra team (Rajkot) make two types of pitches - either very very flat or absolute dustbowls. Also, they play a lot of weak Group C sides like Tripura, Services etc.

Now why is an 87 important? Saurashtra has two ways of playing cricket. Prepare a flat pitch and score a lot of runs through Pujara and Jadeja, and then unleash the master of metronome on the opposition. If they lose the toss on these pitches they still find ways of scoring runs batting second. The other way is to not water the pitch, prepare a Bunsen and unleash the king of quick turn, Jadeja, again. There is no breathing space for opposition batsmen, especially those in Group C. Tripura experienced it last week, losing in two days and a session. They are very few who can trip Saurashtra into the ditch they dig.


http://www.espncricinfo.com/ranji-trophy-2015-16/content/story/927107.html
 
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Our tail is the worst of all int'l teams.

Axar, Bhajji, BK, Mohit, Mishra cannot score 20 runs between them. Thats like half of our team.

Bhajju can whack a few

BK can stick around. Axar is an all rounder after all :))
 
Our tail is the worst of all int'l teams.

Axar, Bhajji, BK, Mohit, Mishra cannot score 20 runs between them. Thats like half of our team.

BK, Ashwin and Mishra are decent test tails and I reckon along with Ishant they will make our batting stronger in Tests. But, when it comes to ODIs, its pathetic. Bhajji could at least be expected to smack 15-20 runs of 10 balls. The others can just tuk tuk
 
If India lost by more than 200 runs I think Dhoni should resign. Too embarassing
 
Dhawan in his prime is better than Sehwag and Yuvi now.

Dhawan won us CT 2013 and performed in ALL important games in WC 2015.

Axar I agree. LOL

Yaar why is this Hooda a chucker!
We desperately need a batting all rounder in our team and this guy is a chucker :facepalm:
 
Aha thanks for explaining in details so thesr 37 wickets are not going to help jadeja for a comeback

No, I think thats too much of an extreme. He has bowled well. Everyone had the same pitch, but Jaddu took 37 wickets out of 60!!

If it wasn't a dust bowl, he would have still picked wickets, not at that rate. He has bowled well and deserves a chance as a Test no.7 and 3rd spinner. But yeah, he aint of ashwin level suddenly.

Also, he does have 2 50+ scores in 4 innings at the same pitch.
 
India needs Yusuf Pathan instead of Axar. I thought Bhuvi was going to become a very good bowler, he had the potential. No idea where Mohit landed from. I don't rate Dhawan either, he is going to choke abroad. It is clear that the FC cricket quality isn't what it used to be. India needs to bring in talented young batsmen to the international scene and nurture them. No point it making them do well in FC till they turn 26/27 and then start nurturing again at the International scene at home and then again abroad.
 
Sshhhh! He is building up his average.

Not even trying and he is the best finisher. :)))

14 runs per over required and 3 wickets in hand and almost 20 overs to go.

What do you want him to do lol.
 
No, I think thats too much of an extreme. He has bowled well. Everyone had the same pitch, but Jaddu took 37 wickets out of 60!!

If it wasn't a dust bowl, he would have still picked wickets, not at that rate. He has bowled well and deserves a chance as a Test no.7 and 3rd spinner. But yeah, he aint of ashwin level suddenly.

Also, he does have 2 50+ scores in 4 innings at the same pitch.
Yea there was a 90 odd inning too in those 3 matches
 
I remember watching mandeep singh he looked good and his fc record was also really good but not sure how good is he in limited overs maybe india should give him a try
 
Hardik Pandya can play Can bowl 140+ and clean striker of the ball.

Gurukeerat can play as semi AR too.

The only way Hardik Pandya will get a chance is if he pulls a Hardik Patel.

Gurkeerat should look to play for CSK before he gets a chance to play international cricket.
 
you cant blame Indian batsman at all.

You just don't expect yourself to chase 400+ against one of the better bowling attack - Rabada, Steyn, Morkel.
 
Dhoni SR at 76.

Well it's all about average for him, isn't it?

He blames everyone for batting slow, for not taking risks in post match presentation but when he comes to the crease he hold himself up till the 49th over.

If this is how he's going to bat till the end then Rahane could've easily got a hundred by staying in the crease that too in 60 odd balls.
 
14 runs per over required and 3 wickets in hand and almost 20 overs to go.

What do you want him to do lol.

Hit out and show some intention. Going to lose anyway. So why not go out swinging.

But MSD is smart. He will use this to boost up his average. A not out goes a long way in stats sheet. MSD knows that the tail will not last more than 5 overs.
 
epic phainta is epic.

kudos to mumbai crowd for still sticking around.

Bu for some reason it doesnt hurt or feels bad.
 
India needs Yusuf Pathan instead of Axar. I thought Bhuvi was going to become a very good bowler, he had the potential. No idea where Mohit landed from. I don't rate Dhawan either, he is going to choke abroad. It is clear that the FC cricket quality isn't what it used to be. India needs to bring in talented young batsmen to the international scene and nurture them. No point it making them do well in FC till they turn 26/27 and then start nurturing again at the International scene at home and then again abroad.

Dhawan has problems with swing & bounce but its not that hes a complete failure abroad. He relies more on his form than technique. When he is in form, he is able to override the technical shortcomings. Same thing has been observed in his domestic career, one season he would make bucketful of runs & complete failure in the next. He did quite well in CT in England & WC in Australia, scoring a few hundreds in the process.
 
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I think the toss was most important thing on this flat pitch. Had India won the toss the story would have been different
 
I think the toss was most important thing on this flat pitch. Had India won the toss the story would have been different

Yeah, win the toss win the match, but I doubt India would have scored any more than 330 here.
 
Haven't seen much of Gurkeerat but can he strike the ball big?

Finals of India A, SA A and Aus A series.

2015.

We won against saffers but lost against Aus.

Now India A vs Aus A in finals.

Aus A scored 226 in 50 overs.

India A toterring at 82-4 in 16 overs when Gurukeerat walks out to meet Jadhav on crease.

At 108...Jadhav departs. 108-5 in 21 overs.

Samson joins Gurukeerat.

What Gurukeerat does in finals is this:

He strikes 87 runs at 102 SR while his partner Samson strikes 24 runs at 54 SR.

INDIA A WINS.

Gurukeerat MOM with 87 runs and 2/42 in his 10 overs.

WE WIN THE SERIES.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/a-team-tri-series-2015/engine/match/892973.html

Against India A vs Bangladesh A, his performance:

Do you see what kind of players Dhoni keeps on the sideline even when no one is in form? :))

Gurukeerat averages 46 in 89 SR in List A with bowling average of 31 with 40 SR.
 
whats India's biggest ever loss in terms of runs?
 
Yeah, win the toss win the match, but I doubt India would have scored any more than 330 here.

I reckon India would have scored 360ish on this pitch.

The interesting fact is that no team has chased successfully in this series.
 
You beauty, reminded me of a Younis-Akhtar-Gul-Gough yorker.
 
Shame to see India waste Gurkeerat.I don't know what is the reason for IPL if you are going to select same players again and again
 
Congrats to SA and ABVD.

It was India's series to lose, first and third matches could have been won by India but oh well.

Any ways, good show SA.
 
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