India : Time for Major Overhaul

[fair_&_balance]

Originally Posted by The Len Ganley Stance

It looks as though some of your wishes have been granted.

Karthik replaces Patel, with Yuvraj, Agarkar and Chopra also dropped.

I have heard good reports regarding Gautam Gambhir, but it is really a tough ask to come into a losing and depleted side for the last match of a series against one of the finest teams ever to grace the game.

How come Laxman is still there. What has he done since returning from AUS in January.

[Ernest]

Look at the names there you have listed Maranello, I am sure all India needs to put up a better show, is some self belief, I know most don't agree with me, but had India won that Test which was ruined through the rain, I think we would be seeing a different series.

I think India where full of confidence in that match, and it must have been a blow, to see there hopes washed away with the rain.
India are not as bad as recent results would make them seem, look at the list that Maranello as put in his post, they don't turn into bad players overnight.

Ern

[Maranello]

Originally Posted by Ernest

look at the list that Maranello as put in her post, they don't turn into bad players overnight.

Ern

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Man, I must surely be giving off the wrong vibes to you Ern....

[Ernest]

Originally Posted by Maranello

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Man, I must surely be giving off the wrong vibes to you Ern....

2nd time today SOS .

Ern

[Amit]

Laxman might still be in the indian team becuase the selactors might think laxman might put on a show in the sa series .
I think laxman should not be in the squad for his recent form , and i dont think laxman is in full confidence . I think s. ramesh should have replaced laxman.

[Rachael]

Laxman is surely in the side for the same reason that Vaughan (with whom he is now equal in the PWC ratings) is in the English side: class.

We might not be talking the very top draw with laxman.. or with Vaughan.. but the fact remains that they have shown that on their day they CAN reach levels that oter players only dream about. It's true that they are both out of form right now.. but let's get that in perspective: ranking wise, they are still up there with Sarwan, Langer, Gayle and Lehman: that's not bad going.

[Beny]

Who could take Laxman's place in the team? I know very little about the Indian domestic leauge.

[Mike Small]

Agree here. These guys average 40+ and with that sort of numbers you can't stay out of form forever. Laxman will come good against the South Africans.

[Ernest]

What is wrong with India?, I have been trying to work that one out, they are much better then recent results show.

I was looking at my TV last evening, I was reading the cricket on Ceefax, and there was a page on what Sunil Gavaskar had to say.

I respect this man, he should know ending his career with a "Test" batting average of 51.12, yes as good as any cricketer.

What he had to say, I have been saying on these boards since I joined, one day cricket does Test Cricket no favours.
He goes on to say, how India had played, and he was sure that the India players had been playing Test Cricket, in one day mode.
I could not agree more, India are a team of stroke players, no doubt about that, and they pick certain habits up playing ODIs, that they find hard to shake of, when they play Test Cricket.

I read his comments with great interest, as his warnings are applicable to the England side as well(excuse of subject a little), posters some have shoved the idea that Flintoff, and Trescothick, are natural one day players, if Sunil Gavaskar is right, as I suspect he is, then they to will become contaminated with the contrived shot making of ODIs.
Back to India, I think managment would do well to heed his warnings, he is no lightweight, jusr carping for carpings sake, he is a great man of India Cricket.

[from wisdon]Sunil Gavaskar was one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time, and certainly the most successful. His game was built around a near perfect technique and enormous powers of concentration. It is hard to visualise a more beautiful defence: virtually unbreachable, it made his wicket among the hardest to earn. He played with equal felicity off both front and back foot, had an excellent judgement of length and line and was beautifully balanced. He had virtually every stroke in the book but traded flair for the solidity his side needed more. He still holds the record for the highest number of Test hundreds, but statistics alone don't reveal Gavaskar’s true value to India. He earned respect for Indian cricket and he taught his team-mates the virtue of professionalism. The self-actualisation of Indian cricket began under him.
Sambit Bal

[Beny]

Originally Posted by Ernest 23193

What is wrong with India?, I have been trying to work that one out, they are much better then recent results show.

I was looking at my TV last evening, I was reading the cricket on Ceefax, and there was a page on what Sunil Gavaskar had to say.

I respect this man, he should know ending his career with a "Test" batting average of 51.12, yes as good as any cricketer.

What he had to say, I have been saying on these boards since I joined, one day cricket does Test Cricket no favours.
He goes on to say, how India had played, and he was sure that the India players had been playing Test Cricket, in one day mode.
I could not agree more, India are a team of stroke players, no doubt about that, and they pick certain habits up playing ODIs, that they find hard to shake of, when they play Test Cricket.

I read his comments with great interest, as his warnings are applicable to the England side as well(excuse of subject a little), posters some have shoved the idea that Flintoff, and Trescothick, are natural one day players, if Sunil Gavaskar is right, as I suspect he is, then they to will become contaminated with the contrived shot making of ODIs.
Back to India, I think managment would do well to heed his warnings, he is no lightweight, jusr carping for carpings sake, he is a great man of India Cricket.

Only Laxman could realy be accused of that. I think Tendulker was batting out about 50 balls for 8 runs.