Team India players carried the form from the IPL to win yesterday's match by over 140+ runs. It will keep the confidence going for the young Indian team, its nice to see Sehwag is back among runs. Gambhir has been in very good nick and hope he continues with the form through out the season, Youraj has again proved that he is good on flat tracks with a half century. Praveen Kumar and Chawla took 4 wickets each to ensure a easy win for Team India.
Yousuf Pathan had forgettable debut with bat and ball, hope he comes good in the game against Bangladesh. P.Chawla is gaining confidence in every game he plays and has been proving that he can take wickets at regular intervals which is very important for any format of the game. Ishanth Sharma bowled well but some how he is lacking the ability to take wickets since the IPL, I feel that coach and the captain should give him confidence to get back to his best. After all he is the future for Indian fast bowling, even though bowlers in Praveen Kumar are performing well, i feel these guys (PraveenKumar,MunafPatel,IrfanPathan,R.P.Singh) are seasonal players and i doubt that they have the real ability to perform consistently well at the Test Level, these are bowlers who survive on few good performances with the conditions helping them to do that. We need bowlers who can dominate the batsmen and bowl spells where they could finish off the innings, not the kind who pick 5-150+ its not going to help the team win matches. I also feel these players attitude towards the game is very different on every small success from the ones who have played the game long with passion and great respect. I am little worried that youngsters like Rohith Sharma start to emulate these players with every little success.
This is great opportunity for the Indian selectors to infuse youngsters from the India Under 19 team to build a future with the level headed Dhoni in the helm of affairs.
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Yes. This is the right time for the selectors to groom the current team and to build good bench strength. This IPL has helped them identify the players with good temperament and talent. They have to be infused into the team on rotation basis and identify the best suited for a long run.
Also, regarding Ishant Sharma, you are true that he is the only one who can run down an opposition with a single spell at will. He can dominate them completely with his bounce and seam movement. Though the other bowlers take wickets in regular intervals, its left to him to spear head the attack on all conditions and all match situations. lets hope that the coach/captain bring him back to his wicket taking best.
Much to our disappointment, the match turned to be an one sided affair. Hope that atleast the finals gives us a glimpse of the old India Pakistan matches.
Vasu,
I dont get what you come to say about Rohit Sharma? Any incidents which induced you to say this?
Ajay,
I feel the way he responded to dropping catches, mis-fielding in the IPL was not good for the youngster.
Even in the match against pakistan, he took a brilliant catch but had few bad mis-fielding.
I have seen IshantSharma,PraveenKumar and many youngsters showing disappointment and over reacting to wickets in the IPL. Have you ever seen Sachin,Dravid,Azzu or Kumble react in such a fashion on the field ?? There is a mis-conception of playing aggressive and playing hard, these guys try to act on the field as if they are aggressive where so many cameras watching every thing you do. I am just worried that youngsters should not get spoiled by poor examples.
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