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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tri Series Cricket

There are a few players who always play well against India, Dilshan joined that list and they have most of their top scores against India and most teams can select an alltogether different team when they play against India. Few names that come to my mind are Salman Butt(8 ODI Centuries total , 5 Vs Ind), Dion Nash (64 ODI wickets 20 vs Ind), Chanderpaul, Younis Khan(16 centuries total ,17 Test Innings vs Ind 5), Jayasurya, Saeed Anwar(top test scores and ODI innings reserved for India) and there a few more if I get into Stats.

From the last time I have posted about Tri Series Cricket until today, India played better in the league matches but lost the final. Indian team lacks all round consistency and they have been able to display consistently inconsistent performances.
India's batting fails when it really matters

Finals and the top order collapsed, except for Sehwag, Raina and Jadeja. Two ducks and one single digit score in the top 4 batting order doesn't give a great chance to setup a huge total but Raina's century gave a respectable total to atleast put forth a trial to defend. Like I said in my earlier post with the kind of bowling attack and fielders, India can never win a match without any extra ordinary individual performances. Since there were none, India lost the match. Team composition was allright except for Sreesanth, I thought Sudeep Tyagi was bowling better than him and also provided early strikes in each of the innings he bowled.
Well done SL, thank god the series ended. I hope to see India play other SL and Bangladesh for sometime now, there is only so much an avid cricket fan can take and I guess the limit has already been crossed over.