The loss doesn’t matter

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Indexed  June 19, 2010

India’s loss to Zimbabwe in the first ODI of the tri-series doesn’t matter too much. It is definitely a step backwards for us, but not because we lost. It’s pretty clear that the whole point of this series, from the selectors’ point of view, is to try out new players - especially uncapped fast bowlers. And going by that, it was a disappointing game. Vinay Kumar, Ashok Dinda and Umesh Yadav were all playing their first ODI, and barring certain moments, they looked mostly toothless. To be fair, it was a flat pitch and none of them are exactly express. Vinay Kumar picked up a couple of wickets but went for runs at the death. Umesh ...   See the complete post here