Comments on: Can Mazumdar do a Hussey for India??? http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/ India-India-India Jai-Jai-Jai (i3j3) Sun, 27 May 2012 17:04:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: smangalam http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-797 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 01:16:17 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-797 I completely agree with Sanjay’s assessment on Mazumdar. I happened to watch those couple of games as well with Sanjay in December. Not only did he play well (the innings against Punjab on a seaming Mohali wicket was special, he scored a hundred with 9,10 and jack), he with the help of Nilesh Kulkarni took Mumbai from near elimination to the title.

]]> By: Future Team Prospects III « i3j3Cricket :: A blog for fans of Indian cricket… http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-776 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:02:05 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-776 [...] but it is still a healthy 48.44 and 55.60 in the two versions of the game. As Sanjay proposed in his blog, India would do well to pick an experienced player as opposed to filling the side with 19 year [...]

]]> By: blogesh http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-757 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:52:42 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-757 Vish – Your ODI team is fine, but Badrinath in the test team would be a better fit than Rohit Sharma. Also, how come you do not have Yuvraj and Zaheer in the test team?

I also think changes to the team (at least the test team) should be done gradually…

PS – Did you include yourself in the test team too ;)

]]> By: vish2000 http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-755 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 23:23:38 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-755 My team of 12 for the Bangla ODIs will be:
-R Uthappa
-M Dhoni
-R Dravid
-Y Singh
-R Sharma
-D Karthik
-I Pathan
-R Pawar
-J Sharma
-M Patel
-Z Khan
-H Singh

…and the tests will be
-W Jaffer
-G Gambhir
-R Dravid
-V Laxman
-R Sharma
-D Karthik
-J Sharma
-R Pawar
-A Kumble
-M Patel
-R Bose
-S Sreesanth

-Vish

]]> By: sanjaysub http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-754 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 22:58:33 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-754 If we look around the country among the more experienced ones in form, Badrinath has been a strong prospect for the last couple of years. Laxman will probably come back in as well. Venugopal Rao is in good form this season I think.

]]> By: mohankaus http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-736 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:13:32 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-736 Vidyut? This must be the height of regional-bias! Boy, please open the other eye too gnbmdr. Being one-eyed can hurt.

We are talking of experienced players who perhaps need to do a Michael Hussey for India. In this context, Vidyut is not even in the frame, I think.

]]> By: Vish Krishnan http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-732 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 12:40:32 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-732 There were a couple of reasons why Mazumbdar missed out other than what mahesh has pointed out:

1. Because of the regional selection policy which is nothing more than horse trading. There was Tendulkar, and Agarkar already established in the team and then there was Jaffer. In recent times Powar (not to mention Zaheer Khan who moved to Mumbai) and the ‘quota’ was complete.

2. Besides, the middle order was packed with established players and the only place he would possibly get in was opening. So, there was no strong case for the zonal selector to push Mazumdar.

As of now though, they can consider him for Bangladesh. We need a mixture of youth and experience. Mazumdar will be familiar with the condition and captaining Mumbai would have given him the maturity.

]]> By: gnbmdr http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-731 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:40:33 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-731 A mix of young 19 -21 and some experienced players (25 – 27) would be good. Some of these experienced players did not any chance in the last 5 – 6 years.

Venugopal Rao – the next Laxman ?
Dinesh Mongia – last English cricket season
S. Badrinath – ?
Vidyut – ?

]]> By: blogesh http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-727 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:13:51 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-727 You’ve got a point. We can’t pick just 19 year olds and hope they perform. We need a few experienced campaigners as well.

This is where I think S. Badrinath will be a good pick. He has had a relatively bad Ranji season, but has still averaged around 48 and being 26 years old, he probably has the maturity to adapt quickly at the international level.

]]> By: mohankaus http://i3j3cricket.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-726 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 11:07:14 +0000 http://i3j3cricket.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/mazumdar-do-a-hussey-for-india/#comment-726 I think it would be good to also look at prospects other than the “young brigade”. In that context, this becomes an interesting angle to look at too, as Team India rebuilds itself. It would be interesting to see whether there are other Amol Mazumdar’s out there too. For example, I think Dinesh Mongia and Venugopal Rao deserve another look too.

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