Team India are the reigning World Champions in ODI Cricket.
We also have the World No. 1 Test Team since over a year.
IPL attracts more eyeballs than most of the International series.
Rahul Sharma and Sreenath Aravind have bowled with promise.
Ambati Rayudu and Paul Valthaty have enlivened the proceedings.
Shane Warne believes Rohit Sharma is a Master in the making.
Tendulkar is still hungry for runs and Dravid isn't finished either.
Virat Kohli is batting well and shows guts as Captain of men.
Sehwagging reached epitome before he was shouldered out.
Gambhir is taking both Captaincy and his name too seriously.
Ashish Nehra continues to recover from one injury after another.
Yuvi continues to prove he is a different player in Indian Colors.
Munaf bowled well till he lost his head and match to Amit Mishra.
Sreesanth excels as Sreesanth and bowls 5 good balls in an over.
Bhajji hasn't slapped Sree and called Symonds a Gentleman... Man !
So much happening and Mumbai Indians choking before the Finals !
So much of action, fun and excitement has not really excited me. Why ?
Why am I dormant compared to my normal over-talkative standards ?
Very often this happens to me during those never-ending ODI series.
Every single IPL season, I have felt it as it comes to the business end.
Tendulkar may be God to millions and many who don't believe in God.
Sehwag may be the most destructive batsman in all forms of Cricket.
Gayle may have redefined the IPL Batsmanship taking it to a new height.
I realized something today. I am going through a trough in Crickinterest.
I realized today that I am missing something, rather missing someone !
Fortunately I know what to do when I feel so low on Cricket Adrenaline...
I just watch THIS !
Post Script: I can sit through an entire day and then through the night watching VVS bat with the tail in tow than suffer some of that 'Cricket' played by the likes of Sunny Sohal and Manish Pandey; the Masters of Inelegance !
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Showing posts with label Valthaty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valthaty. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
Time to test the Bench - 2 : Realignment of Stars !
A lot of DLF maximums, Karbonn Kamaal Catches and Citi Bank moments of Success after the "Time to test the bench" post, have forced me to make changes in my Team for the ODI Series in the Caribbean.
So here is my ODI Team for the West Indies Tour ! This is open for further updating till 13 May, the D-Day for the selection.
Who is out and why ?
Ravindra Jadeja will have to wait. Though he isn't bad, someone better has come up.
Robin Uthappa remains the flash in the pan man. He has disappointed.
R. P. Singh has flattered to deceive. Will need a little more effort to make the cut.
1] Gautam Gambhir [Captain - He remains firmly there in spite of patchy form]
2] Paul Valthaty [In spite of indifferent form, he is in for the X-Factor]
3] Ambati Rayudu [He has proved his credentials. Needs support]
4] Virat Kohli [We know there isn't a better No. 3 right now]
5] Yuveraj Singh [Yuvi in India Colors is different player and we love him]
6] Suresh Raina [We don't have a better floater. A certainty]
7] Rohit Sharma [Done better since the last post and can't deny his talent]
8] Yusuf Pathan [IPL batting form getting better. He deserves a place in the 11]
9] Parthiv Patel [The Wicket Keeper. Continues to show utility]
10] Ishant Sharma [He has been good and improved. No doubt he is Future !]
11] Munaf Patel [I don't like his fielding. But the truth is he is bowling well]
12] Rahul Sharma [Most economical Bowler in this IPL deserves a look]
13] R. Ashwin [Though not great, he has been good. A better 50 overs bowler]
14] Vinay Kumar [Continues to work hard. Deserves to be support bowler]
15] Praveen Kumar [Needed for the street-smart experience]
The 11 for the First ODI
1] Gambhir
2] Valthaty
3] Virat
4] Yuvi
5] Raina
6] Yusuf
7] Parthiv
8] Ashwin
9] Rahul Sharma
10] Ishant
11] Munaf
There is a flimsy possibility of any more changes coming up in my team. But as the saying goes, Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties.
On Saturday, May 7, a youngster gave a professional verdict, "Sir, Isn't Prasanth Parameswaran a great prospect ? Isn't he MUCH BETTER than Sreesanth ? I think we should drop Sreesanth and bring in this boy. He is too good."
I told him, "I think it is too early. He was lucky with a no-ball that got Sehwag. You can't judge one bowler after 8 overs and say he is better than a bowler who has 70 Test wickets from 21 tests. Let us wait for Prasanth to perform consistently".
Prasanth Parameswaran broke Stuart Broad's record for maximum runs in an over on Sunday, May 8.
SPun Doctor
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So here is my ODI Team for the West Indies Tour ! This is open for further updating till 13 May, the D-Day for the selection.
Who is out and why ?
Ravindra Jadeja will have to wait. Though he isn't bad, someone better has come up.
Robin Uthappa remains the flash in the pan man. He has disappointed.
R. P. Singh has flattered to deceive. Will need a little more effort to make the cut.
1] Gautam Gambhir [Captain - He remains firmly there in spite of patchy form]
2] Paul Valthaty [In spite of indifferent form, he is in for the X-Factor]
3] Ambati Rayudu [He has proved his credentials. Needs support]
4] Virat Kohli [We know there isn't a better No. 3 right now]
5] Yuveraj Singh [Yuvi in India Colors is different player and we love him]
6] Suresh Raina [We don't have a better floater. A certainty]
7] Rohit Sharma [Done better since the last post and can't deny his talent]
8] Yusuf Pathan [IPL batting form getting better. He deserves a place in the 11]
9] Parthiv Patel [The Wicket Keeper. Continues to show utility]
10] Ishant Sharma [He has been good and improved. No doubt he is Future !]
11] Munaf Patel [I don't like his fielding. But the truth is he is bowling well]
12] Rahul Sharma [Most economical Bowler in this IPL deserves a look]
13] R. Ashwin [Though not great, he has been good. A better 50 overs bowler]
14] Vinay Kumar [Continues to work hard. Deserves to be support bowler]
15] Praveen Kumar [Needed for the street-smart experience]
The 11 for the First ODI
1] Gambhir
2] Valthaty
3] Virat
4] Yuvi
5] Raina
6] Yusuf
7] Parthiv
8] Ashwin
9] Rahul Sharma
10] Ishant
11] Munaf
There is a flimsy possibility of any more changes coming up in my team. But as the saying goes, Cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties.
On Saturday, May 7, a youngster gave a professional verdict, "Sir, Isn't Prasanth Parameswaran a great prospect ? Isn't he MUCH BETTER than Sreesanth ? I think we should drop Sreesanth and bring in this boy. He is too good."
I told him, "I think it is too early. He was lucky with a no-ball that got Sehwag. You can't judge one bowler after 8 overs and say he is better than a bowler who has 70 Test wickets from 21 tests. Let us wait for Prasanth to perform consistently".
Prasanth Parameswaran broke Stuart Broad's record for maximum runs in an over on Sunday, May 8.
SPun Doctor
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Saturday, April 30, 2011
The Best IPL Knock I have seen !
Some Factistics [Factual Statistics]
Pitch playing a ripper and Sreesanth bowling almost underground.
4 down for 2 in the second over and later 35 for 3 in the seventh.
7 team-mates scored 61 runs of 75 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Take out 33 from 20 by Pathan and Britt during slog and it becomes 28 from 55 balls.
The ball managed to cross the ropes only twice from the other end when he batted.
All other batsmen together managed 9 fours and 5 sixes of 188 balls scoring 173 runs.
He got out at his team score of 132 but not before making 80 runs of 47 balls.
5 scintillating sixes and 8 fabulous fours at a strike rate of 170 [10 RPO].
People might say a lot of things. They might talk about Valthaty and Gayle.
Kohli holds the orange cap. Sachin the most consistent. Many have fired.
Rohit has played well too and David Hussey hit the longest six so far.
He was honest and accepted his team was suffering because he had failed to fire.
And in spite of a bad shoulder and a worse pitch, he needed to fire !
Delhi languishing at the bottom of the table needed the Captain for resurrection.
Harsha Bhogle tweeted Yuveraj and Sehwag are better India players than IPL players.
He was right. Well, mostly. Somehow Sehwag prefers the bigger stage to ignite.
The partisan crowd at Kochi didn't realize how fortunate they were today.
They have witnessed one of the rarest of the rare Gems today on a tough pitch.
In conditions like this where their own team has lost 20 wickets for a total of 187 runs...
And the de facto Fact - QED:
Virendar Sehwag's 80 today is easily 'The Best' IPL knock I have seen so far !
I rest my case !
SPun Doctor
Also blogs @ http://diehardcricketfans.org/category/contributed/govind-raj-shenoy/
Pitch playing a ripper and Sreesanth bowling almost underground.
4 down for 2 in the second over and later 35 for 3 in the seventh.
7 team-mates scored 61 runs of 75 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Take out 33 from 20 by Pathan and Britt during slog and it becomes 28 from 55 balls.
The ball managed to cross the ropes only twice from the other end when he batted.
All other batsmen together managed 9 fours and 5 sixes of 188 balls scoring 173 runs.
He got out at his team score of 132 but not before making 80 runs of 47 balls.
5 scintillating sixes and 8 fabulous fours at a strike rate of 170 [10 RPO].
People might say a lot of things. They might talk about Valthaty and Gayle.
Kohli holds the orange cap. Sachin the most consistent. Many have fired.
Rohit has played well too and David Hussey hit the longest six so far.
He was honest and accepted his team was suffering because he had failed to fire.
And in spite of a bad shoulder and a worse pitch, he needed to fire !
Delhi languishing at the bottom of the table needed the Captain for resurrection.
Harsha Bhogle tweeted Yuveraj and Sehwag are better India players than IPL players.
He was right. Well, mostly. Somehow Sehwag prefers the bigger stage to ignite.
The partisan crowd at Kochi didn't realize how fortunate they were today.
They have witnessed one of the rarest of the rare Gems today on a tough pitch.
In conditions like this where their own team has lost 20 wickets for a total of 187 runs...
 |
| Resurrection Man ! |
Virendar Sehwag's 80 today is easily 'The Best' IPL knock I have seen so far !
I rest my case !
SPun Doctor
Also blogs @ http://diehardcricketfans.org/category/contributed/govind-raj-shenoy/
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