India bats post WC 07

[vijay...@my-deja.com]

After a disastrous WC, the Indian batsmen, lead by Sachin
have been putting up a decent show...

Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0

SRT 21 21 0 988 99 99 99 47.04 0 9 1
Yuvraj 22 20 2 805 121 77 72 44.72 1 5 1
Gambhir 14 14 3 426 85* 80* 57 38.72 0 4 1
Ganguly 19 18 1 606 86 73* 72 35.64 0 5 2
Uthappa 12 12 3 321 55 47* 47 35.66 0 1 2
Dhoni 20 18 2 481 63 58 50* 30.06 0 4 1
Dravid 18 16 2 396 92* 74 56 28.28 0 3 3

...before today's game.

Now, it would be nice if that started translating into more
wins. They stand at 13-9. Curiously, with over 120 innings
played, they have only 1 century to show....but you must
blame Sachin for that particular statistic.

Vijay

[Chan]

On Nov 15, 9:13 am, "vijaykum...@my-deja.com" <vijaykum...@my-

Drop him NOW!!

> Vijay

[raghu.sa...@gmail.com]

On Nov 15, 9:13 am, "vijaykum...@my-deja.com" <vijaykum...@my-
deja.com> wrote:

> After a disastrous WC, the Indian batsmen, lead by Sachin
> have been putting up a decent show...
>
> Mat I NO Runs HS1 HS2 HS3 Ave 100 50 0
>
> SRT 21 21 0 988 99 99 99 47.04 0 9 1
> Yuvraj 22 20 2 805 121 77 72 44.72 1 5 1
> Gambhir 14 14 3 426 85* 80* 57 38.72 0 4 1
> Ganguly 19 18 1 606 86 73* 72 35.64 0 5 2
> Uthappa 12 12 3 321 55 47* 47 35.66 0 1 2
> Dhoni 20 18 2 481 63 58 50* 30.06 0 4 1
> Dravid 18 16 2 396 92* 74 56 28.28 0 3 3
>

Sehwag 6 6 0 181 52 45 30 30.16 0 1 0

Not sure if the omission was intentional..

> ...before today's game.
>
> Now, it would be nice if that started translating into more
> wins. They stand at 13-9. Curiously, with over 120 innings
> played, they have only 1 century to show....but you must
> blame Sachin for that particular statistic.

oh well Tendulkar gets blamed even when India is winning due to his
contributions..

I'd rather see Sehwag rotating with Ganguly at the opening slot.

>
> Vijay

Raghu

[vijay...@my-deja.com]

Did I miss something? I thought Sehwag has played only
two games since the World Cup. He scored 25 & 43 today.
(Actually, I am counting games since June 1st, the start of
the "next" season with the games in Eire)

I wouldn't mind seeing Sehwag a few more times in the side.
I am all for rotation. Add Dravid, Raina, Gambhir, Sehwag,
Sreesanth, Munaf, Agarkar, Powar to the mix. Maybe a core
of 4-5 players plays most (but not all) games and the rest
of the team revolves around them. There is some good
about ODIs and the urgency and innovation it has lent to
Tests, but fatigue must surely be a factor and the players
ought to be given frequent breaks.

Say Yuvraj, Dhoni, Pathan, Bhajji, Sachin are the core of
the team. Pick four other batsmen from Dravid, Sehwag,
Ganguly, Tiwary, Rohit Sharma, Gambhir. Pick two other
bowlers from Zaheer, RP Singh, Munaf, Sreesanth, Kartik,
Powar. Every 4 or 5 games, rest one of the core. Let Yuvraj
captain a few games when Dhoni is rested. Let KKD Karthik
keep in those games. That way we have players fresh and
rested for most games, and all of them will have had fairly
good match practice, and we will even have backups for
key positions (captain, keeper).

Vijay