Bowlers feel the heat; batting invokes horror
Posted on Oct 03, 2007 at 21:12 | Updated Oct 04, 2007 at 10:46
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Hyderabad: It could either be a question of the Indians still being in wonderland after their Twenty20 success, or Australia's plans of revenge are already beginning to bear fruit.
Having lost the early initiative, the Indians are reeling under pressure of a 1-0 deficit and the inability to curtail the Australians from posting huge targets. And in the third ODI here in Hyderabad on Friday, India need to bounce back in the series before it's too late.
In spite of the washout in Bangalore in the first One-Day International, Australia displayed ominous signs of living up to their word of avenging their T20 semi-final exit. And if that wasn't enough, the limited overs world champions once again showed their penchant for 300-plus scores in the second One-Dayer in Kochi.
The wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium might have been on the neutral side, but that cannot be said of the one that was on offer at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Kochi. Australia have managed their back-to-back trebles despite losing a couple of wickets inside the first 10 overs, and without any contribution from stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist. Add to that the absence of Ricky Ponting, Shane Watson and Mike Hussey.
Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has had the liberty of using as many as seven bowlers in both the games, and yet his men haven't been able to capitalise on the start given to them by the new-ball bowlers.
Zaheer Khan and S Sreesanth have both been on the money when bowling with the new ball, but the duo has looked far from ordinary at the death. Though Sreesanth has managed to bag a handful of wickets, his aggro on the field has only accounted for wayward line and extra runs.
However, Dhoni's biggest dilemma has come from the performance of two top-class off-spinners – Harbhajan Singh and Ramesh Powar, who have had the greater burden of marshalling the middle-overs (Australia's most industrious overs have come between the 25th and the 40th). But even a mouth-watering turner could not hide the obvious disappointment.
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Posted By Jagwinder Singh
team should open with uthappa and dinesh kartik. sehwag should be there but should come at one down or two
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Posted By kiran
There is no doubt that Sreeshanth is a very giood bowler. He needs to be aggressive in his bowling not
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Posted By CricketLoverfromUSA
Huh!!!!!!!!!
Then why does he give away so many runs per over??
And if he is role model then isnt it his
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Posted By neel
Sreesanth is the greatest Cricketer ever
Sreesanth is only motivated and Committed Indian Cricketer
Sreesanth is the only Cricketer playing for the
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Posted By balaji
it is easy to defeat Aussies if batters plan their runs and play accordingly play first 100 runs safely and
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