NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan were rested while Ashish Nehra staged a comeback after four years as national selectors on Wednesday
announced a 16-member squad for the ODI series against the West Indies, beginning June 26.
Suresh Raina was also not considered because of a thumb injury while Irfan Pathan was left out of the [...]
“I have been working a lot on short deliveries with my coach Deepak Sharma in the Lucknow sports hostel. Last few weeks I’ve been batting on the Astroturf surface of the hockey stadium present within the hostel premises. It offers good bounce and ball travels faster. We have also been using hockey balls for the same reason,”raina said on asking what he was doing to prepare against short bowl...
the absence of yuvraj from the middle-order is unfortunate but an interesting development in a way...we will see what our next gen is all about...the closest india can get to replace yuvraj is raina who i believe has a better overall game than yuvraj... for one he plays spinners better... is far more agile in the field... and can bowl when needed with his annoying off spinners...so where is the pr...
its not easy being great... for that you have to have insatiable hunger for runs... every time you step in field you have to have shoulder to carry the weight of expectations... of not only the fans but more importantly your own... in short you need to do sachin... over 20 years non stop...if you want be a great batsman that is... not necessarily of sachinesque level... not everyone can be... but ...
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