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Indian players have been playing too much cricket this year and barely have they been rested. Gary Kirsten also has mentioned to the affect. With barely 20 days left and sill IPL matches underway, will it be enough time for the players to be rested and also to get used to England conditions? Remember even the IPL games are short, players have been injured - Zaheer (shoulder) and Sehwag(who just came back) - Dhoni playing with back problems and no backup for him. How do you think Indian players will cope the pressure?

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I saw this T20 match (the ground was behind my school!), I think it was the first domestic T20 tournament in England …one of the sixes Symonds hit must have been over 150m…it was flat and around 20-30m in the air…but it just kept going and ended up well out of the cricket ground. Our school used to play this ground….and it had a 400m athletics strip around it…so you could roughly tell how far a batsman hit a ball. The biggest six I saw a school kid hit was around 65m…Symo’s six was easily twice the length of that one.

I remember thinking, this man is going to be the next big ball thumper of world cricket…enter Symo into the 2003 world cup, and my predictions came to fruition :).

I saw Yuvraj hit a biggie against England in the recent T20 WC at Lord’s….it was high and handsome…but nothing compared to this one.

They are losing to everyone.

Test Matches
They Have made a World Record of Losing Against Australia , They Lost Against South Africa (Both Home and Away) , They Lost Against SRI lanka , They were losing in newzealand when rain Intervened to save them , They Also have lost 2 out of last 4 series against India with one series Draw and one win. Lost against England in england too .

ODIs
Lost Both home and Away against INDIA ( In fact Pakistan has lost 3 out of last 4 Bilateral series between the two countries)
Lost Against SOUTH AFRICA (Home and AWAY)
LOST against Newzealand recently in 2-1.
Slaughtered By Australia everywhere (Home , away , neutral what not)
Lost against Sri lanka in the ODI series after T-20 World cup also lost at home against SL before.

The only team they have won against in both tests and ODIs is Windies and other teams like Zimbabwe and bangladesh.

Don’t tell me they are Isolated or anything , their record is pretty crap even at home and before Isolation and during the last 3 or 4 years.

They are doing well in t-20’s but could not back up their performance in other forms like India did after t-20 success in 2007.

What is the reason for Such Humiliating and Horrible performances?

Trivia: Pakistan lost 10 games in a row before winning the last t-20 against England recently.

Comments.

India is not best team,but it is the team that has given good competition to best team of world.In recent times,It has defeated England in England,West Indies in West Indies,Pakistan in Pakistan and Sri Lanka in ODI series at Sri Lanka.It has defeated South Africa in test in South Africa and is only 6th team in world to do so.It has defeated Australia in CB series finals,won 20-20 World Cup (a good team wins any championship no matter what format is it),were the finalists in 2003 World Cup,were finalists in 2000 Champions trophy and joint winners in 2002 Champions Trophy.
But here foreign users still rate it below teams like England and New Zealand and compare them to West Indies and sometimes Bangladesh.This is really unfair as no team apart from India challenegd Australia.
If you check performances of teams after 2003 World Cup in abraod matches:-
India (Wins -13,Losses - 9)
South Africa (Wins - 13,Losses - 12)
England (Wins -10,Losses - 12)
Pakistan (Wins - 5,Losses - 10)
Sri Lanka (Wins - 8,Losses - 11)
New Zealand (Wins - 5,Losses - 11)
West Indies (Wins - 2,Losses - 21)
I also don’t love BCCI but that doesn’t mean you should put down a team which is second best performer in abroad for last 5 years after Australia.
Bill P,Sri Lanka don’t have great ODI and Test record in total but that doesn’t mean they are minnows.
Damo,that’s difference between India and other teams.Other teams once in a while defeated Australia and got great respect whereas India has to always prove to foreign media,ex-cricketers and their people that why they should be listed as one of best teams of world.India gets respect because of BCCI’s influence and not because of India’s improved perfomance over the years.that’s where India gets the tag of under-rated team in world.
MTBM,it is not racism.They rate Pakistan and Sri Lanka as better teams than India because these teams never challenged Australia.
Bingalee,every country’s players have done some misdeeds be it Pakistan,Sri Lanka,Australia or England.If any player from a country that has not done any misdeed,then it is Bangladesh or Zimbabwe.
I am asking not only to foreign users but also to Indian users.Whenever india loses,you launch a attack against Indian team.But sometimes you fail to recognise that inspite of struggles they face,lack of infrastructure and other hardships,they are winning for India so many matches.A recent example is when seniors failed in Sri lanka series,there was a agitation here and in media that seniors should be removed immediately.When seniors are performing well against Australia,then you want them in team.
My fellow Australians,Australian cricketers are most hated in world and no team can come close to their misdeeds.it is bitter truth that your team is crybaby team who think it is ok to abuse other but when same come to them,they cry like a baby.
Australian misdeeds
1.No team in this world used under-arm bowling to win match except Australia.
2.No cricket captain influenced umpire’s decision by rasing his finger like a umpire except Ricky Ponting.
3.No cricketer sledged and abused batsman for not walking after claiming a false catch except Slater.
There are so many instances.There is a proverb for you Jake G - Chor kotwal ko daate (thief scolds police).Australia is worst behaved team in world.you have to deal with this truth.

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He pulverises the opposition with his unforgiving bat, but even Virendra Sehwag has his fears.On Wednesday, the Nawab of Najafgarh confessed that he is terrified of surgeries, stitches and scars. Which is why, when he was “forced” to get a painless hair transplant, he considered metamorphosing from the bald to the beautiful.

dale steyn’s 4-76 against england in 20008. his victims were Michael vaughn kevin pieterson andrew flintoff darren pattison

tv.mynewz.in (England won the toss & elected to field) (ODI at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, BAN, Tue 02 Mar 01:30 PM IST) BANGLADESH: 260/6 (50) RR: 5.2 Tamim Iqbal , Imrul Kayes,Aftab Ahmed ,Mushfiqur Rahim ,Shakib Al Hasan ,Mahmudullah,Naeem Islam,Suhrawadi Shuvo,Abdur Razzak,Shafiul Islam,Rubel Hossain England : 261/8 (48.2) RR :5.34 Alastair Cook ,Craig Kieswetter, Kevin Pietersen,Paul Collingwood ,Eoin Morgan , Luke Wright ,Tim Bresnan ,Stuart Broad , Graeme Swann , James Tredwell Bangladesh vs England 2nd ODI 2010 Dhaka Highlights Ban v Eng one day Cricket match Eng by 2 wickets

tv.mynewz.in (England won the toss & elected to field) (ODI at Shere Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka, BAN, Tue 02 Mar 01:30 PM IST) BANGLADESH: 260/6 (50) RR: 5.2 Tamim Iqbal , Imrul Kayes,Aftab Ahmed ,Mushfiqur Rahim ,Shakib Al Hasan ,Mahmudullah,Naeem Islam,Suhrawadi Shuvo,Abdur Razzak,Shafiul Islam,Rubel Hossain England : 261/8 (48.2) RR :5.34 Alastair Cook ,Craig Kieswetter, Kevin Pietersen,Paul Collingwood ,Eoin Morgan , Luke Wright ,Tim Bresnan ,Stuart Broad , Graeme Swann , James Tredwell Bangladesh vs England 2nd ODI 2010 Dhaka Highlights Ban v Eng one day Cricket match Eng by 2 wickets

We did it….We are the World Champions again….Twice in 3 months we have proven that we are the best team in the WORLD!!!!!!!! Congratulations Ladies x