Comments on: “Sangakkara, this is not Ranji Trophy”

By: madhu sudana rao

madhu sudana rao — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:41:10 +0000

It is just sour grapes to criticise K Sangakara. Instead you should criticise at length, the inept bowling, fielding and field placements by the crorepathi Indians that allowed such a huge total. What do you want? Batsmen to throw their wickets just to let team India win!

By: Ganesh Devarajan

Ganesh Devarajan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:07:15 +0000

I think we have to give a lot of credit to Gambhir and more so to Sachin and Lakshman for playing out the final day. If they had gone out cheap on the last day by some bad luck, Sangakara’s decision to pile up huge 1st innings lead would have been appreciated. Also people would have noticed immaculately as how Sachin does not perform in the 2nd innings and talked about it in length

By: Harin

Harin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:22:07 +0000

Your opinion that they should have declared much before doesnt hold good. they obviously wanted to bat only once and that too when conditions were good for batting. declaring only after 200 run lead means, chasing 150+ total in the last innings when the pitch is at its worst, but it is an altogether different matter that pitch didnt deteriorate.

But I agree with the second point that they are overrated to b at #2. They climbed there with wins at home only and it is evident that they are still seeking there first win in India, where conditions are atleast similar to Srilanka.

By: Ankit Mishra

Ankit Mishra — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:43:29 +0000

we all know what the kanpur pitch has in store…just hope Harbhajan hits form before Murali does

By: Prasanna S

Prasanna S — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:13:21 +0000

A big first-inning-lead allows the leading team to have many men around the bat ( both for seamers as well as spinners) and create and pouch opportunities… I think Sangakkara did 60% the things right…. He gave India over four sessions to bat out … and made sure Srilanka did not have to bat again… But I am not sure if he had enough men close-in. You see some of the videos of test cricket in the 90′s….. You can see how attacking the fields were, back then.

For seamers, these days there is invariably a mid-on and seldom a short leg. Gully is a totally out-of-fashion.
Murlai too could have bowled with 2 slips, a leg slip or a leg-gully, a short-leg and a silly point. The sweeper cover and deep square leg were criminal wastes really.