... some fresh outpouring of grief and coming down to earth by indians...source rediff.com....;)


Subject: Indo-Pak series

Our batsmen lacked the application and time and again we have seen their lacklustre approach and self-resignation.

Our bowlers used the perfect condition in the 1st innings in 3rd test but lost their plot later with some wayward bowling.

Isn’t true that we miss Sourav’s aggresive captaincy?

Posted by Senthil Kumar on 02-FEB-06

Subject: Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid’s captaincy was not at par. Gautam Gambir and Wasim Jaffer should have been given opportunity to prove their talent.

In the one day tests, they should either open with Sehwag and Gambir or Gambir and Pathan. Pathan has done well as an opener.

Posted by Ramesh Kapoor on 02-FEB-06

Subject: Rahuls captaincy?

Absurd,thoutless,without any plans.No aggression seen when Pakistan were 39/6.No alternative plans were thought of when pakistan were batting in 2nd innings.Body movements of all players reflected loss of application.Kumble should be rested for now,no point in keeping him in the team,just for his personal record or past performance.If past performance is the criteria,Ganguli should also find a captains place in current Team India.We require an aggressive captain for India.Is Chappel a part of international conspiracy to cut to size the strong Indian team which had emerged under Gangulis captaincy?Is mr.Chappel going to experiment till the last day before we land in WestIndies for the worldcup?

Posted by dr santosh on 02-FEB-06

Subject: paceless bowlers

our quickies were toothless and bowled at frighteningly slow speeds.i wonder why pathan bowls deliveries at 120-17 kmph...a few years ago zaheer was bowling at 138-140, but thats gone now, and that explains why when there’s so assistance from the pitch our pace department suffers. for the paki quicks akhtars speed and asif’s early results ( call it beginner’s luck for the replacement for sami)sealed our fate
but its 1 match and we will come back, its hardly the end of the world...lets not have the guillotine have heads roll

Posted by anup on 02-FEB-06

Subject: do not bad mouth bowlers

shewag is a great player but he should stop bad mouthing bowlers during a series. if it was was after the test series fair enough. and it showed what happens. the game of cricket is a great leveller. and it should teach a lesson to the indian team. dravid should not moan about the team not seeing off the new ball. he should off opted regular openers history always shows that karachi is a result giving venue. god forbid the BCCI is thinking of the unthinkable would they wont they drop MR.T.

Posted by ruby on 02-FEB-06

Subject: India Lost the match Mentally

Yeah... after 6 pak wickets in session 1 and loosing the match by record margin u can not blame any individual but the overall approach of the team. More than the blame, it is the effort of Pakistan to never say die. They deserve the congratulatios. No blames to Indians. They are a team of superstarts and they play for statistics. Hopefully next time they will score the runs for the sake of their averages.

Posted by Rakesh on 02-FEB-06


Subject: Why we lost

It is the maturity of Pakistani team and negligence of Indian batsmen along with MIND FACTOR which won the match for our rival team.
It is postive attitude from the pak team which grown from baseline of 6 wicket loss to respectable target which prevented from psychological advantage.
Unfortunately our batsmen couldnot click this time ,perhaps it is rare in these times.
Most lucid point is stress which made indians to accept the defeat on 4th day.


Posted by Ashok on 02-FEB-06


Subject: we are still very weak on pacer friendly wickets.

I think it is simple.
Our batsmen cannot face good pace bowling on pacer friendly piches.
Our pacers are not in the same class as most countries have.

So put India on a pacer friendly pitch and we will loosed almost all matches to Pakistan, Southh Africa,
Australia.

Our batsmen need to practice againt 150 Km/hr bowlwers.
We need to find a fast bowler not a medium pacer.

Posted by Saurabh on 02-FEB-06

Subject: Change of mentality and not the team

Pakisthan has only beaten a collection of ’super stars’ but not a team of cricketers. Talent counts for nought , if the team cannot play as a cohesive and competent unit. A strong policy of criterion for selection and ’trial periods’ in the event of being ’out-of-form’ needs to be put in place. For example, if some of the so called ’super-stars’ in the team are given a leash that seems infinitely long, why are some of the younger batsmen not given the same? If it is the question of hurting egos, then let us not waste anymore time in debating this issue. Importantly also, maybe we need cricketers and cricket-lovers to publicise and run the game rather than politicians dragging their stink and garbage into it.

What is needed is a professional atmosphere. The players need to be confident that they will get a fair deal and support. Punishment for placing self above the team must be swift just as reward for a sincere effort prompt. We had been the top team once - we can do it again with a change in mentalities and not in the team. Until we do this, the same mistakes will be committed again.

Posted by MSN on 02-FEB-06