Bowlers face the heat; India turn to batsmen again
Posted on Jul 05, 2008 at 13:30 | Updated Jul 05, 2008 at 19:14
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Karachi: With their bowlers looking quite ordinary, India will rely heavily on their in-form batsmen to do the job when they take on a confident Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup cricket tournament here on Sunday.
While the Indian bowlers have not made much of an impression on the batting-friendly track at the National stadium, the batsmen have made amends by chasing down big totals in the tournament so far.
The script could unfold in a similar fashion in the summit showdown on Sunday, though the Indians will be keen to improve their bowling and fielding to be able to counter the islanders.
Blazing starts from the pair of Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag have so far set the pace for India and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will be hoping that the two openers click again so that there is less pressure on the middle-order batsmen.
Thrice in the super league stage the batsmen either piled up or chased big totals and their only defeat in the competition was the one to Pakistan in the super league stage when the bowlers could not defend a total of 308.
Irfan Pathan, who returned to the side against Pakistan after missing the first three games due to a side strain, has been most expensive and the weak link in the bowling line up for the Indians.
Indians need to do some serious thinking on their bowling combination because left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha has not looked as dangerous as either Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis or Muttiah Murlitharan.
Dhoni, however, defended his bowlers insisting that the pitches were just too flat and true for batting.
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Posted By Vidhushak !!
As the Expert Cri-commentator used to say that it\''s the MIND that plays hell of a lot--both ways--for the Players,
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Posted By Dr Nandakumar Moorkath
Dhoni\''s men can win Asia Cup thrashing Lanka in final if they play as well as they did 2 days
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Posted By J. JAYARAMAN
True Karachi pitch is a graveyard for bowlers. But Indian bowlers should know that they have to bowl to their
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Posted By vetri
Dhoni should realize that on flat pitch bowling wicket to wicket is the key and do not try out too
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