Comments on: Egg turns to Hour Glass

By: Vinay

Vinay — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:19:24 +0000

Although playing Laxman at number three is a good suggestion. In conditions where the ball is swinging and you have to walk out for less than 20, Dravid is the best suited to come in at three. The number four should be VVS, followed by SRT and SG

By: Dhananjay

Dhananjay — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:24:15 +0000

I like your suggestion of swapping Tendulkar and Laxman in the batting order. Laxman doesn’t do well with the tail and as pointed out on Cricinfo doesn’t play the lofted, risky shots that might be necessary to get the boundaries in such situations.

On the whole, it is sad to see all these big names fighting for survival. We really need one batsman to take the fight to the English camp. Clearly, our middle order is out to first save their floundering careers before they save the team’s fortunes.

By: Chandan

Chandan — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:47:25 +0000

“Also, why is there such hoopla about the middle order failing in one test? I think they did well in seaming conditions. They can only get better & we will see the best of them in the next test.”

There always is some hoopla or other about India’s middle order, be it success or failure!

Anyway, Mohan,
I don’t think Yuvi could have scored even as much as Laxman did in those conditions. But then, you never know.

I think think we should leave the decision upto Dravid.

By: sampath kumar

sampath kumar — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:38:45 +0000

If Dhoni had been caught–twice dropped–or Bucknor had given him out LBW to Panesar–before he had scored 15 or so runs, his head would be on the chopping block —with D Karthik keeping and opening batting and Yuvaraj in for Dhoni!!

Dhoni is technically VERY VERY flawed and doesn’t belong in the TEST arena. Longer he is allowed to stay at the crease by dropped catches and courtesy of umpires , few boundaries come his way and the score board ticks–it is as simple as that–like Bedi’s dogma–” the more overs you bowl, more wickets you get!”

By: Raj P

Raj P — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:31:16 +0000

Mohan – you are talking nonsense. Why would you want to drop Ganguly when he scores 74 runs total. Second higest score for India in the match after Dhoni’s 76. He is the only one showing some fight & got a good bowl in the 2nd innings. Why not drop SRT or evern RD – they not doing much? My worry is that Jaffer has scored (reltively) big already & don’t expect anything from him for the rest of the series. In my opinion VVS is playing in the wrong position. He should be number 3 and Dravid at 5. This would work much better for India.

Also, why is there such hoopla about the middle order failing in one test? I think they did well in seaming conditions. They can only get better & we will see the best of them in the next test.