Having won the ODI series against South Africa, India’s selectors have decided to rest key players and do a little experimentation on the side for the final ODI in Ahmedabad on Saturday.Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag and Praveen Kumar are all getting rested, which means India are without seven of their first-choice team (if you include injuries to Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir and Yuvraj Si...
India did South Africa a massive favour in beating us by 14 runs in our ICC World Twenty20 game in St Lucia on Sunday and I’d like to be the first to thank MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, God, my mother and even Pommie Mbangwa for their kindness.South Africa is now assured of a place in the final of the competition and indeed will probably be world champions. It’s a great weight off my chest. ...
Image via WikipediaMS Dhoni tried to up the ante (as though it was required in the first place) at the beginning of the match against South Africa today - resting one of his strike bowlers (Zaheer Khan) even though he know that his regular opening batsman, Gautam Gambhir was suffering from diarrhea. It was as though he was asking his team to raise their game by multiple notches as compared to the ...
Harsha Bhogle observed (nothing unusual) the pinch-hitter theory adopted by Mitchell Johnson in the recent ODI between the Ashes rivals - as mentioned, it was being used by many teams years ago but of late, the occurrence has reduced. Harsha gives a good example of how the PowerPlay will be utilized:The thinking is quite simple: throw in one of your lesser-valued batsmen, and therefore a...
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