Comments on: Letter to the Indian team http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/ News, Opinions, Rants and more. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Z http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/#comment-8190 Z Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:33:58 +0000 http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/#comment-8190 Absolutely agree. And the image of Kumble stranded at the end will remain in my memory for a long time. The way we capitulated in the last over reminded me of 1) the Chennai test match where the last three fell to Saqlain when we were a dozen runs short of the target and 2) the 1999 world cup when we lost 3 wickets in one over to Henry Olonga. Depressing match and the Perth test cannot come soon enough. Obviously I expect us to lose by 10 wickets or 250 runs. Absolutely agree. And the image of Kumble stranded at the end will remain in my memory for a long time. The way we capitulated in the last over reminded me of 1) the Chennai test match where the last three fell to Saqlain when we were a dozen runs short of the target and 2) the 1999 world cup when we lost 3 wickets in one over to Henry Olonga.

Depressing match and the Perth test cannot come soon enough. Obviously I expect us to lose by 10 wickets or 250 runs.

]]> By: skud http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/#comment-8055 skud Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:53:30 +0000 http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/#comment-8055 The umpires cost the Indian team a victory, but the batsmen are to blame for the loss. Despite the two incorrect decisions in the 2nd innings, one would have thought this batting line-up would be able to see out 72 overs. Instead we had Jaffer playing an expansive drive early on, Laxman falling for the umpteenth time to the ball that nips in and Yuvraj continuing to show all symptoms of being body-snatched. Tendulkar was in two minds about whether to play the ball or leave it. In the end, he did neither. Dhoni had a brain freeze, for nothing else can explain why he padded up to an off-spinner bowling into the rough on a pitch with uneven bounce. If any of these batsmen had stuck around for an over or two more - we would have drawn the match and gained the moral high ground from which to protest against umpiring decisions and perhaps even the racism issue! The umpires cost the Indian team a victory, but the batsmen are to blame for the loss.

Despite the two incorrect decisions in the 2nd innings, one would have thought this batting line-up would be able to see out 72 overs. Instead we had Jaffer playing an expansive drive early on, Laxman falling for the umpteenth time to the ball that nips in and Yuvraj continuing to show all symptoms of being body-snatched. Tendulkar was in two minds about whether to play the ball or leave it. In the end, he did neither. Dhoni had a brain freeze, for nothing else can explain why he padded up to an off-spinner bowling into the rough on a pitch with uneven bounce. If any of these batsmen had stuck around for an over or two more - we would have drawn the match and gained the moral high ground from which to protest against umpiring decisions and perhaps even the racism issue!

]]> By: Aditya Banerjee http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/#comment-7895 Aditya Banerjee Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:21:49 +0000 http://www.sportsnob.net/2008/01/06/letter-to-the-indian-team/#comment-7895 Well put. Hope we're able to land the punches in the next games without getting blocked by you know whos. Well put. Hope we’re able to land the punches in the next games without getting blocked by you know whos.

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