New Zealand tours India for 2 Tests and 2 T20

[19thmay]

Kohli :clap: brilliant, again he took the pressure and played sensibly.
Sachu - :(

[raajarasigan]

Test All-rounders ranking - Ashwin @ 9 :D

[wizzy]

:lol:


The most interesting passage of play in India’s Test win over New Zealand on Monday wasn’t the adventurous partnership between Sehwag and Gambhir that (kind of) set the game up. Nor was it the controlled sixth wicket stand between Dhoni and Kohli that sealed the series. The bit I am talking about lasted less than a minute, and it came at the end of the 17th over of India’s chase.

Trent Boult bowled the last ball of that over to Gautam Gambhir, and with a lot of help from the Indian opener, found the edge of the bat. The catch flew to Ross Taylor in the slips. He took it comfortably, and kicked the ball high in the air, All Blacks style. He then turned in the direction of Gambhir and appeared to shout “Bhen…d!” Twice, in a space of a few seconds, unless the camera angles fooled me into believing the same event had occurred more than once.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

ICC test batting rankings

Sach @ 16, Sehwag @ 23, Kohls @ 35, ATG @ 38, Pujara @ 58, Ashwin @ 72, Raina @ 78 :lol:


http://www.lgiccrankings.com/ranking/test/batting/

:rotfl:

[wizzy]

with ICC's new tech to catch chucksters in real match situation..looking forward to Weed's comeback trail :-D

http://toi.amul.com/2004hits/amul51.jpg

[wizzy]

P_R logic @ work :thumbsup:


There is no reason for undue concern," 30-year-old Gambhir told TOI on Sunday, two days ahead of the second and final T20 International against New Zealand at the MA Chidambaram Stadium. Gambhir made 22, 34 and 2 in three innings in the 2-0 Test series victory over the Kiwis, and his last Test hundred came against Bangladesh in January 2010.

"I scored a century and two fifties in five one-day internationals against Sri Lanka before the New Zealand Tests," Gambhir said. "I realise I didn't convert the starts in the New Zealand Tests, but it is just a question of time before I get a big one.

"I said after my first Test 100 (during the gap between his first and second hundred in Test cricket) that once I get my second, many will follow, and I say it now again, once I get the next, my 10th, many more will follow," said the Delhi batsman.

"We need to adapt to all three formats of the game in different conditions. I am feeling comfortable with my batting form, I am middling the ball and like I said I it is only a question of time before I get my next Test hundred," he said.

[P_R]

ayyA saami, they are different formats ellAm theriyin. But 'being in g'ood nick, confdens, sighting, middling -appadinnu overlapping samAchArangAL illAdha mAdhiriyE pEsappadaadhu.

[wizzy]

ada neenga'na neenga ellae :lol2: Sanju Manju during India's 1st innings @ Hyd opined that ATG was mentally 'preparing' himself for the long test season by playing in the 'V' and 'middling' everything which came his way in IPL/SL odies..little did you know that ODI/IPL would never employ a gully/third slip so all the glides/dabs to third man will result in early morning slip catching practice is tests. same case can be made for CSK Raina in tests.

[Senareb]

match yaarum paarkkaliya..

1st wkt gone...:bluejump:

[Senareb]

2nd wkt too gone..:mrgreen:

[SoftSword]

yuvi vandhuttaan pOlayae...
welcome back yuvi, the hero... the number of people u inspire :notworthy:

[ajaybaskar]

Pathan is impressive in his comeback stint.

[Senareb]

Ashwin..wt happened..:(

[SoftSword]

Pathan is impressive in his comeback stint.

ya he is a bit consistent this time around...
will be happy if panther too becomes a regular in the team... these two much better than vinay/praveen(ofcourse praveen is much better than vinay and been very useful in the past)

[VinodKumar's]

Raina out.

[Dinesh84]

nasty collision :shaking:

[VinodKumar's]

Dhoni making the things complex here :twisted:.

[wizzy]

Dhoni :lol:

[hamid]

Dhoni royally screwed this match :lol2:

[Dinesh84]

Yuvi's six :smokesmirk:

[wizzy]

Yuvi for the efforts :clap: still looks unfit :-(

[Dinesh84]

yes.. he is unable to run the twos..

[Dinesh84]

yuvi is gone..

[Arvind Srinivasan]

Yuvraj...good comeback...:clap:

[VinodKumar's]

Unnecessary pressure at the end because of Dhoni. Not even 100 strike after facing 23 balls of last 6 7 overs :banghead:.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

4 to win of the last ball

[VinodKumar's]

Well done Yuvi :notworthy:.

[wizzy]

CSK for winning inspite of this guy :bow:

[Dinesh84]

India lose by 1 run.. thanks to Dhoni

[SoftSword]

good effort guys... yuvi is back in form... good for team india...
all thanks to dhoni's kattai for the loss... no worries still... bye bye NZ.

[Arvind Srinivasan]

They've lost it....By a run...Poor effort from Dhoni...Well an easy chase floundered....In any case Kohli...:clap: and Yuvraj for the comeback...:clap:

[VinodKumar's]

Dhoni's crime rate is increasing. Kohli would be fuming inside :lol:.

[SoftSword]

CSK for winning inspite of this guy :bow:

:rotfl: u r one piece ya..

[wizzy]

Kohli would be fuming inside :lol:.

I wish someone puts a mic near him :lol2:

[VinodKumar's]

CSK for winning inspite of this guy :bow:

:lol:.:notthatway:.

[Dinesh84]

T20 World cup la eppai vilayaduraannu mattum paarunga.. see my maplais talends..

[Senareb]

asingappattoma...

Yuvi come back-ai celebrate panna vida maattrangale..:banghead:

[wizzy]

whtya cop out..blaming the pitch for sucking against Franklin/Oram :-D

[SoftSword]

i would say this is a much needed loss for dhoni going into the wc...

[vanchi]

yuvi:clap:

vudra vudra world cupla kandukalam :mrgreen:

[ajaybaskar]

Dhoni Bhai, why ya? :(

[VinodKumar's]

i would say this is a much needed loss for dhoni going into the wc...

What do you mean by much needed loss ?? Dhoni ippolam thothalum jevichalum atha maari thaan aaduraapla. I don't know what made him to play like that today when Rohit/Tiwary/Pathan are still there.

[19thmay]

Dhoni was attempting to be captain cool again and took the match till final over but failed today! Chennai pitch-la mudiyuma?

[SoftSword]

What do you mean by much needed loss ?? Dhoni ippolam thothalum jevichalum atha maari thaan aaduraapla. I don't know what made him to play like that today when Rohit/Tiwary/Pathan are still there.

konjamaachum sottippu varumla...