Comments on: Observations On India Australia ODI Series 2009

By: sunny

sunny — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:06:00 +0000

seems like mamata could be next CM …so what’s future has in store for us…any guesses ?!

By: Sumit

Sumit — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:32:57 +0000

Zamir, write something original. In this case, I take your cut-n-paste job as a compliment.

By: Blog cancelled due to lack of cyclone « Smoke Signals

Blog cancelled due to lack of cyclone « Smoke Signals — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:44:46 +0000

[...] series retrospective, but that will have to wait for another day. For now, will leave you with this post by Great Bong on his blog. The money quote comes right at the top: While we came very close to [...]

By: anit agarkar

anit agarkar — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:59:17 +0000

whoever made agarkar comparison forgot that there is some thing called economy ratio while bowling. Particularly ONE DAY!!!

By: zamir

zamir — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:33:54 +0000

Hey greatbong, give Indian team a break. What can Dhoni do if more of his teammates don’t get injured? I’m sure India would have been leading 6-0 if Yuvi, Bajji etc were “unavailable”. But then, the way they field, there’s no chance of them getting injured anytime soon. Unless they slip on one of the sachets of shampoo they keep peddling around..

By: Greatmallu

Greatmallu — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:45:09 +0000

Cheers to Sreeshanth’s comeback , am celebrtating wit couple of litres of toddy,i am sure Sree downs few shots of toddy before he gets on the field

By: Rags

Rags — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:32:15 +0000

I dont know whay are you guys against Sreesanth..
He consistently bowls above 140.. hasnt lost his pace.. he can cut the boll both ways.. even in Indian tracks he is an sset… unlike a Munaf patel or Praveen Kumar.. and above all, is a much better fielder than the other pace bowlers.. and we badly need a bit of his attitude and aggression..

The issue with him was never cricket..
If he is ready to clear up those issues, then he will be the next name in my list of Zak’s…

By: Hatikvah

Hatikvah — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:29:43 +0000

Actually, this series was not won or lost in the areas of talent (anybody saying that the Indian contingent lacking talent has no idea of its abundance), strategy or team selection; It was lost in the mind, because we disintegrated mentally in the face of pressure. Consider the first match. 10 runs off the last over, and it could have gone either ways. The bowler held his nerve, the batsman lost his. Subsequently, India demolished the Aussies with Dhoni going on the rampage and then cantered home on the shoulders of a Yuvi-Dhoni partnership. Brilliance ensured that no last minute pressures was applied. Enter match no. 5, and we could only celebrate Tendulkar’s masterpiece, as the team visibly choked. I think, that is where we actually lost the series, the mental stuffings knocked out of a team that simply couldn’t handle the pressure. By the time they came to Guwahati, and had their top order swung out, it was curtains. The Aussies won, because they are trained to handle pressure, to play within their limitations and rise above them, whereas we are just too brilliant, and too outrageously talented to bother about such petty issues. A series is actually a small price to pay to continue harboring such glorious delusions…

By: Sayan

Sayan — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:19:50 +0000

Sreesanth is back! And he has added several new dance steps to his repertoire, through which he will terrorize rival batsmen. Word has it that Malit Lodi has roped him in as a dancing and jumping cheerleader for next years IPL, and lucky draw winners are going to get the chance to match his wild dance moves on huge hot-air balloons floating above the stadia!

By: Ritwik

Ritwik — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:41:21 +0000

And now the nightmare returns with Sreesanth and his ghoulish behaviour. We are so utterly hopelessly short of talent:(