Pakistan batting lacks intent
By Kamlesh Purohit - ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Asian Network
Whether or not the Pakistani players were distracted by the goings on back home is difficult to say, though with family still there they’d be forgiven for having one eye on the .
That said, they must have been disappointed by their score of 239-7 in the at Guwahati.
Their innings was an odd one, making it difficult to judge just how the wicket was playing - 11 runs came off the first over, and 21 off the first three, but then just one run came off the next three, and that was pretty much the pattern for the first 30 overs.
Perhaps the Pakistani batsmen were giving a little too much respect to the Indian spinners, good as their bowling was, and perhaps the ball didn't quite come on to the bat, but they needed to show a little more intent.
It was only when Shahid Afridi arrived at the crease at the fall of a rather sedate Younus Khan that the pace of scoring picked up. But then, in stepped India's 'little master', Sachin Tendulkar, to star with ball rather than bat.
Tendulkar first had the dangerous Afridi stumped with a clever wider delivery which evaded the advancing batsman, and then in his next over had skipper Shoaib Malik caught in the deep, and the momentum seemed to go out of the Pakistani innings. Only Mohammad Yousuf's resilience saw them to a respectable total.
Love him or loathe him, you can’t keep Shoaib Akhtar down for long. In only his , the 'Rawalpindi Express' gave the tourists some hope when he yet again captured the prized scalp of Tendulkar cheaply.
But lacking full match fitness, Shoaib could only bowl full-pelt in three-over spells, so the Indians were only too happy to play him out. It has to be also said that he received scant support from the other Pakistani pacers.
For Sachin’s part, his critics will no doubt point to yet another Shoaib dismissal as further evidence that his reactions are not what they used to be.
In the end a match-winning 105 run partnership between Yuvraj and Man of the Match Dhoni saw India home comfortably with five wickets in hand.
Pakistan will have to bat much better in the rest of this series, and look to post totals which will put some pressure on the Indians, but it has to said their batting seems to be missing one major component - the composed assuredness and reliability of one .
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Why is the writer only writing about the pakistani innings?
Does the Indian bbating too trivial for him?
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it looks as if the writer had a bet slip on India at the time of this report,i mean he could have talked about Indian batsmen to e.g Sachin
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LETS JUST FACE IT, THE WORLD CHAMPIONS CAME OUT 2 PLAY 2DAY!!!
CHAK DE INDIA!!!!!!!!!!
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It doent matter if PAKISTAN win or lose the match PAKISTAN has more talent and PAKISTAN is way better than india
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A easy win for India
And why everybody is against Tendulkar? Even ih this phase of his career he is far better batsman than any other in the world. Pl leave him alone.
And Why does this writer only talks about Pakistan batting?
Overall A good win for India
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This is one of the worst articles i have read, where is the balanced point of view, why does the writer spend so much time writing about the pakistan innings? it should be balanced especially as the indian batsmen were exception and rarely got into 3rd gear, i hope the writer pays attention to the comments and spend more time, otherwise get aggers a first class ticket 2 india or bring back a certain Mr.Chopra! and maha it is crystal clear as distilled vodka the gulf between India and pakistan in T20 and ODIs .
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Pakistan have displayed an abismal batting performance so far in the series. Firstly, the fielding has got to improve greatly. Secondly, players like Akmal have to use there head when they are batting.But Pakistan will overcome this defeat and win the series: 3-2
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People...why are all you asking "why does this writer only talk about the pakistan innings?" THE ARTICLE IS CALLED 'PAKISTAN BATTING LACKS'!!!!! Thats why.
Pakistan WILL come back on thursday, no doubt. Inshallah.
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i am not too sure about soaib akthars bowling action...............
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CHAK DE INDIA
outplayed them in every department
still the game is on
wait n watch
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they dont deserve dat much praise akmal the scapegoat y dont they drop him im fed up of him havent they gt new keeper this guy jus keeps droping catches .... pakistan poor in batting and fielding and av only 1 gus bowler - akhtar
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Well played India, and were the deserved winners -- good ODI match overall -- this promises to be a great cricket series and may the best team [India !! :)] win the ODI and Test series !!
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It was really surprising to see the way pakistan side played the spinners.Gone r the days when Indian spinners were at the receiving end,when Injamam,Yusuf,Miandad were at the crease.Pakisan team's thinktank,has to rework the gameplan to takle the fairly young,refreshing Indian players who have just haven't just won t20 wrldcup,but also restrainded the Austrailians well.A complete disciplined,controlled arressive effort like the Ausies, can only stop the Indians especially their batsman.The conditions can only get tougher for Pakistan in the coming matches.
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Easy win for India -- too easy. Is Pakistan either a) only here in name, b) too distracted about what's going on politically at home, c) just worried about the dollars they are getting, or d) all of the above?
I choose d).
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To Bullo
Dont be so 100% sure about team Indias future performance, everything can happend. Pakistani team has many new players like team India and they are taking time to settle down and show consistent cricket. Even this team Pakistan is more then able to beat team India even if they lost 1 match. May the best side win.
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It was not a quality cricket we saw from Pakistan. But I would wait till end of series to judge this young team. You can see they are talented bunch of guys, but will they turn that into performance is what we need to see. If they cannot lift their game, this series will be a boring affair in terms of quality of game.
Hey am not complaining about Indian winning :-)
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All of the Indians people should not be over confident becuase there are still 4 matches and INSHALLAH Pakistan will win the one day and test series only if ALLAH wills. But Pakistan bowling is far way better than india.
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Indian fans chill out, Pakistan lost the first 2odis last time as well, then we ransacked and molested you guys the rest of the way. How quickly we forget, u guys just got blitzed by india.
1. India you are not that good, lucky for you pakistans captain is shoaib malik who is horrendous. Best batsman is yousuf and it stops there. India are superior right now to pakistan. pakistan has a wicketkeeper who is dropping everything. so india shud whitewash this pakistan side. Pakistan fans chill out as well, we stink right now shoaib malik is not the best player on the team or a senior player, hence no control or respect in the team. All this equals losing, plus pakistan has no strategy. We are really missing razzaqs devastating hitting. Also everyone couldnt wait to run inzamam out of the team. Well we sure miss him.
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These comments are ridiculous. It was a single fifty=over match and already people are speaking as though this is a clear indication of one team's superiority. This game indicates nothing about the two team's relative talent or ability. It is the first game in an away series for Pakistan, and usually it takes a while for teams to acclimatize when they play away from home.
That being said, i think that the Indian line up has gone through fewer shakeups and the team has suffered much fewer upheavals during the past two years or so. I think this has given the Indian team more of a chance to gel than the Pakistani team, which just may give India the edge in the series. But, India are notorious at throwing away advantages and suffering spectacular batting collapses.
In my opinion the series is still wide open.
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In view of current events,I am surprised that General Musharef hasn't installed himself as opening the innings for Pakistan.
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Its talent they lack. In my opinion they only have one really good batsmen, the guy who keeps on scoring regardless of failures around him
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First off all Pakistan lost the match due to poor batting and fieldind performance of Younis Khan N of poor keeping of kamran Akmal... if Pak want to win the next coming mtches then they have to put off younus khan from the team and shift Afridi to the opener's slot with salman butt.. afridi can strike the ball in theopening n can blast some useful runs against india as like previous series... n India wins the matches due to the courtesy of Pakistan fielding. in next matches hope they will cover tis pproblem n will Crush India... Pakistan Zindabad....
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Indians won the match so easily, but still hopes are for Pakistan to come back strongly, Pakistan has talent in all departments but still they are alittle disturbed about the current situations of Pakistan, hope that they will comeback mintally and physically, Pakisant Chakk De!!!
Common Paki batsmen show your patience!!
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Shoaib Malik's turnout and mannerism on field did not inspire any confidence.He looked like member of ground staff and not captain of a national side.As a rule no player should be allowed on field unshaven or improperly dressed.
Muhammad Yousaf is NOT an ODI player. He was a liability than help.His slow batting was the reason for this loss.Ramiz Raja in his column has amply highlighted the failure of captaincy especially in th correct employment of bowling resources,in a local newspaper and it nearly sums up this match,"the contest on Monday sadly lacked the spark and intensity that you normally associate with India-Pakistan ties."
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well very nice said by some one i thing indian are much smater but i dont think so.. one can read the topic as it state pakistan batting lack...
If paki win or india i want to see good cricket...like final of T20.
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I can not understand why you guys harash pakistani captain shoib malik by compelling to speak in english.he can not explain himself. when ravi shashtri and other fellow pakistani hosts can speak hindi or urdu. he is looking real gentelman i pitty him. good luck pakistani team and congrats to my team. jaspal.
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Hi Guys
I think this series Pakistan should have cancelled. Atleast players when its emergency back home.
And I am sure, India would have appreciated and supported this.
Wats a point playing here when you have situation back home ? Arent they citizen of their country and of course they have huge influence on people back there. They should join hands back home to support the right cause. Emergency in any form and at any time is not the solution and cant be just decided by one human being....
Guys dont play here. Your heart is not here and your people need you in Pakistan not here.
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For Pakistan:
Its still not too late to get in a few young boys. Pakistan team needs to change the wicketkeeper for sure and a few good batsmen. Young boys that should be given chance:
Khalid Latif (batsman)
Zulqarnain Haider (wicket keeper)
Asad Ali (New exciting batsman)
Najaf Shah (fast bowler)
Faisal Iqbal (batsman)
Please feel free to email me and let me know what y'all think.
Cheers!
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first of all the reason why india performed well in india they have a very strong aggressive batting line up available in their squad their batsmans are technically better than pakistan example in the youngster robin uttappa here he didn't look so confident bcoz career opener against conventional rival but still managed to hit world class speed pindi express two smashes in a over you wil see him better as the series progress. the matter i would like to raise and comment is that you people indian and pakistani aknowlege the realistic circumstances of the game when india expose or introduce a batsman in international level he adjust himself very rapidly and avail the opportunity the above mentioned guy is the example of this debate.in less then a year career he has scored all around the world including england at the oval when india needed to win and he was the man who lifted india up.look at his strike rate it's amazing for me 106.5.the other example ghambir, the seven years ago yuvraj in 2000 now today he has turned around a pillar in batting india. the reason they know their strength , felling the responsibility and playing with confidence and you people will sooner see this man uttappa he is the replacement of the great wall dravid this is the premature policy and profound vision of the BCCI bcoz dravid going to 35 in january next. i don't know you people respect these comments or not but i first saw uttappa and pathan in pakistan in tri nation under 19 in lahore in 2003 octorber these two were real proved the match winner and today they are in indian side.moreover see indian skipper stepped in 2004 and how better he is today no need to say something everybody knows that then see waseem jaffar and young karthik how much committed they are to open with the bat e.g couple of good opening partnership in 2006 cape town , in bangladesh, then it comes to england at the oval, trent bridge, nottingham.these are the fact people pakistan aknowlege the indian real strength and supermacy in batting.despite losing home series against world champion they were better to watch somegame close to victory but australian are australian they are real challenge for any side.but 4/2 against them not a bad effort.in conclusion they now their bowling limits and batting strength.
for pakistan point of view there are so many issue emerged over the year that why the side is really instable and inconsistent.first which combination has been opening for pakistan over the last four years no answer there are hammed, hafeez, imran farhat, imran nazir, kamran akmal make shift opener shahid afridi up and down the order, then salman butt in and out drama doesnt stop, the current captain himself in earlier days of his career opened the inining then it comes to taufeeq umer. question is which combination was used consistently answer none of the opener were used on regular basis.then who was doing best for team. answer is yasir hameed he is still the best choice for pakistan for his first two years he was going very nicely i dont know why he was scraped or deprived from the team more than 2 and a half year his performance is promising his batting average is solid 37 for onedayer 41 for test but he was not playing for paksitan, when he played against the year last at multan against WI scored 71 sanjay was so astonished to rammeez raja lifting the issue why this man is not playing for the side, on rameez point of view unsatisfied replied he is so slow.paksitan in current circumstances needs solid and steady opener like him. the other should be chosen from salman butt or imran farhat who is suffering nowdays breavement of not including in the team.farhat was also going very well since 2006 karachi test against india from that to onward srinlankan tour, england scored 91 . 33. 34 then against wi at home scored some good knocks then south africa wasnt bad i am worried he is agreesive average 33 not playing why pakistani people should ask the selector dont put down the confidence and moral of the guys for you own liking or loathing do work for the betterment of the side. the other test flaws are misbah now including after a span of 5 years in those years he was the leading scorer in domestic but former captain sturrborn man didnt allow the selector to nominate him for the team same conduct was adopted against left hander asim kamal who produced 9 half centuries in a short career of 12 matches i remember when ever he played he scored runs despite of one or two failure knocks.the most inconsistent faisal iqbal had given chances on regular basis and the result we know just failur no improvement and today we dont have any middle order batsman besides yousuf 1998 and yunus 2000 have we produced any batsman in these seven years answer no the two talked about were not allowed by inzi bcoz his own carreer was in dread.these are the realities of inconvenince performance of pakistani team.bowling havent been a top issue there are so many guys waiting for the call najaf, rauf, irshad.but one more failure is why sami is not playing despite bowled well in abu dhabi against the island in may 2007 he is a good bowler he should be given a task a role that you have to bowl on a consistent tight line according to the field he needs some coaching and i am sure this man pakis coach lawson can do this job effectively if selection committe include sami and give the special task to coach to work with sami i am sure he will be a different bowler altogether
in pakitan what needs to be done is select guys who should mature having age of atleast 24. good enviable record in domestic seasons. can be able to take the intl cricket pressure and be stopped debut rosters for one or two years.
if they sort out these issue then i think available talent pakistan has got is very difficult to stop them from wins.they will turn out to be a better side of the world level to australia.
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Since India played with the best team (Australia), the standard of the team and increased. There is alot of competetion for the places in the team. So everybody has to perform well. This is the reason that they won against Pakisthan with huge margin.
I have seen people referring GOD in their comments. GOD is not in favour of a person or Country. GOD comes from GOOD.
O GOD
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Being a Pakistani my heart really gets grieved when I see pakistan cricket team in the condition which they are in today. I remember the dominance of my team in the early nineties the era of 2 ws and the batting might which we had saeed, aamer, Inzamam, Salim Malik, Ijaz all great players all formed world beating team now things are in contast . I feel our cricket will suffer more and that worst has not come yet. May God bring Pakistan cricket back to their winning ways as it is good for the game and for the cricket crazy nation.
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How many more catches does Kamran Akmal have to drop and how many more times does he have to fail with the bat before we start looking for another wicket keeper.
Look at Dhoni, when was the last time he dropped a catch?? Can anyone remember?? I can't. He's a superb keeper, (stands up to Pathan, RP Singh etc), performs with the bat 9 times out of 10 and is the captain as well. Will we ever get a keeper like that? I doubt it very much!
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Hello everyone.
All credit to India. I think that pakistan have got really weak batting however there bowling is amazing. Since Sohaib Akthar has come back, the pakistan spirits have lifted. The only batsmen that plays to perfection is Mohammed Yousuf. Everyone excepts Shaid Afridi to hits six however when you are under pressure and you want to get a defenable total you need to get quick runs.However its not all over yet, still 4 ODI's left.
PAKISTAN VS INDIA (THURSDAY 9:00AM)
SKY SPORTS AND ARY DIGITAL.
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Just a thought, put this team in and see the awesome results!
Most of these played in under 19 world cup Pakistan won, Bring em in; Get oldies out(except Shoaib Akhtar and Misbah):
1) Imran Nazir (if gets going, he's a treat to watch)
2) Ali Asad (attacking batsman and wicket keeper)
3) Faisal Iqbal
4) Hasnain Abbas (just 20 and already making a mark)
5) Shoaib Malik (still young and learning)
6) Anwar Ali (all rounder)
7) Misbah ul Haq
8) Sohail Tanveer (all rounder)
9) Shoaib Akhtar (Captain)
10)Abdul Rehman
11)Najaf Shah (new Wasim Akram in early 20s)
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PAKISTAN CRICKET IN THE WILDERNESS
NO IMRAN TO SPROUT THE REAL TALENT
NO AKRAM TO KNOCK OUT SIDES
NO WAQAR TO SEND EVEN THE BEST TO THE PAVILLIION
NO SAEED TO OPEN AND WIN THE CHASE
NO INZI TO STABILIZE THE MIDDLE ORDER COLLAPSE AND UP THE SLOW RUN RATE.
** NO STAR LEFT
TEAM OF QUOTA PLAYERS.
ONLY A TEAM OF LIABILY PLAYERS RATHER THEN CLASS PALYERS.
****
NEXT TEN YEARS PAKISTAN WILL ONLY LOSE LIKE BIG LOOSERS.
SERIES OUT COME
INDIA WIN ODI SERIES (5-0) or (4-1)
PAKISTAN WHITE WASHED IN TEST SERIES.
SHAME ON NASEEM ASHRAF AND ALL THE CRICKET BOARD.
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Legendary Indian opening batsman Saurav Ganguly played a fine knock that was studded with half a dozen boundaries and a massive six. In the company of upcoming Gambhir the former India captain provided a solid platform for current skipper MSD and his deputy Yuvraj to do the rest.
India's most successful cricket captain made his 50th ODI outing against arch-rivals Pakistan, a memorable one, with a resounding victory for his Team India. Pakistan bowlers Umar Gul and Shoaib Akhtar bowled well and Saurav Ganguly faced these world class frontline strike bowlers with courage and determination. Ability to counter attack has been the main weapon in the armoury of the hugely talented Saurav.
Pakistani batsmen Butt, Yousuf, Afridi and Misbah did a competent job but in the end the runs on the board were not quite enough to trouble the inform Indian batsmen.
Bowlers Sachin, Kartik, Bhajji and the pacers did not give away much. For Pakistan Umar Gul and allrounder Afridi bowled well.
The contest has just begun. Pakistan is a talented side with a fine blend of experience and youth. Let us wish the two sides good times on and off the field.
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hi this anwar jan mangal from england i am livin in England my orignin country is Afghanistan this is my message to pakistan cricket team.And this is my wish to pakistan cricket team "Allah every give power to pakistan team to beat every team like they won 1992 world cup"
Pakistan:Zindabad:
I am Afghani but I love pakistan more than Afghanistan special pakistan cricket.
"Good bless Pakistan Cricket for forever"
thanks.
Anwar Jan Mangal
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fact is India are far more talented than the Pakistan.
Gone are the Wasim and Waqar days.
Shoaib and Umar Gul are decent bowlers but no where as good as W & W.
I actually believe Pathan and RP Singh are better and more intelligent bbowlers.
Indian batting line is the best but not as risker than the Aussies. If they took more risks than the Aussies then I think they would be the best.
Fielding needs to improve but I think that will improve during time.
Dhoni isd far more intelligent than Malik. Malik is an insult to the word 'Captain' He is useless, no brain whasoever.
Tendulkar, Ganguly, Yuvraj, Uthappa, great batsmen and Sehwag waiting in the wings.
Oh Pakistan - I would use the emergency as a good excuse and go home while you have the chance.
8th November - Day before Diwali - I think India will toy with them and use them as firecrackers.
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On whose side are you?
From your article, it is clear that you are in supporting the visiting team.
Being an Indian(from name I think so), why are you supporting the opponents?
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By reading all the comments ive come up to a conclusion that all the indians are just jealous of PAKISTANIS the writer has written everything about the PAKISTANIS its his wish probably he like us or he has has accepted the fact that we have more talent.
NR i completely agree with u we shud bring new palyers but i would like to add muhammad yusuf's name(but the old palyers perhaps the present team just need some more time to adjust)
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To all: Stop making immature comments. The series has just begun and there is lots to happen. Just sit back and enjoy the series. It's a sport that is to be enjoyed and not to fight over, simple as that. Be appreciative for a change...
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How can Allah help you when you dont help yourself, remember god helps those who helps themselves, so for heaven's sake don't depend on Allah or God- play good cricket and you will win whoever it is whether it is India or Pakistan
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pakistan really needs two genuine batsmen at top of the order to compete with international teams. you can not win matches with ur opener playing with strike rate of about fourty as kamran akmal did in first one day.
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Maha -
Thats why we won the Twenty-20 cup beating you twice isn't it?
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HI,
well, the series has just begun and nothing can b said accurately that which is the better team. and shame on those guys who use god's name to support pakistan, god has other
importent things to take care of...
GOD HELPS THOSE WHO HELP THEMSELVES...
if pakistan wants to win they must perform with bat and ball, only prayers are not enough.
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Pakistam must opens with Imran and Afridi and give them chance 5 to 10 matches and change keeper Akmal.
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Pakistam must opens with Imran and Afridi and give them chance 5 to 10 matches and change keeper Akmal.
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Its only one ODI and really not much reflective of things to come.India Pakistan series traditionally oscillate as it goes along. Historically Pakistan had been been an ascendent cricket team both in test and one day cricket as the record shows.Both teams are almost even especially as one day teams. Remember last time a weak Pakistani team without Shoeb and Asif came from behind to win one day series emphatically on indian soil. So sit back and wait for the remaining matches.As cricket lovers both indians and pakistanis need exciting cricket.
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Its only one ODI and really not much reflective of things to come.India Pakistan series traditionally oscillate as it goes along. Historically Pakistan had been been an ascendent cricket team both in test and one day cricket as the record shows.Both teams are almost even especially as one day teams. Remember last time a weak Pakistani team without Shoeb and Asif came from behind to win one day series emphatically on indian soil. So sit back and wait for the remaining matches.As cricket lovers both indians and pakistanis need exciting cricket.
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Its only one ODI and really not much reflective of things to come.India Pakistan series traditionally oscillate as it goes along. Historically Pakistan had been been an ascendent cricket team both in test and one day cricket as the record shows.Both teams are almost even especially as one day teams. Remember last time a weak Pakistani team without Shoeb and Asif came from behind to win one day series emphatically on indian soil. So sit back and wait for the remaining matches.As cricket lovers both indians and pakistanis need exciting cricket.
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First of all Congrtulate to India and word of advise to pakistan,s selectors
Read my lips "get rid of Younas Khan"
I do not know him personally but in a team he showed a lot of selfishness,just look back last 5/6 matches he always selfishly get his partner run out and after 2nd or 3rd over get him self out.
Cricket is a team game,you need to support each other specially younger players.
If you donot want to get ride of him teach him a lession or two of sacrifice and unselfish and team cricket.
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oh...ofcourse dat doesnt matter much that pak win or loose coz sumtimes luck also matterz.....but datz true pakis r the best ....they r the best team n ofcourse shoaib is the best captain.....
pak will rock
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Well the first ODI was gud to watch seems to be like a good series started as we always expected,,,,but always as we see the pakistanis fielding ,,,, as the fact that "TAKE CATCHES AND WIN MATCHES"..Pakistan have always the problem of dropping catches usually in important matches
But India deserve to win that match because they bowled in line ,they were in plan as they planned to win the match
And ofcourse the Indian skipper Dhoni and Yuvraj played an outstanding innings
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I read over the comments and saw many people saying that Pakistna should bring new players. But the fact is that Pakistna and india are rival from really long time so they do not want to bring new players against india becasue they would have pressure. If they take out Mohammed Yousuf then who is going to play in middle order since Younis Khan did not do that good in first odi. ALl of the indians people should relax and calm themselves because Pakistna have still won more games than india. Now (including last odi) both teams played 109 matches and Pakistan won 64 and india won 23 and 4 matches had no result. Pakistna won more matches :)
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pakistan will abolish the indians once and for all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3-2 to the paksitanis!
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erm ur not world champions that would be australia
ur 20-20 champions yes
not world champions
means bugger all apart frm 20-20
win 50-50 and then u b world champions
barmy army...
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with all this childish arguing between British Indians and British Pakistanis,a better idea would be for one and all to support the country they live in - ENGLAND !
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YOOOOOOOOOOO TO ALL THE INDIA FANS OUT THERE RECPECT TO U ALLLLLL!!!!!!DHONI IS THE BEST CAPTIAN IN THE WORLD.... THE VICE-CAPTIAN IS A COOOL 6 HITTER!!!!... INDAI WILL WIN THE SERIES!!!......
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calm down everybody, we have a 5 match ODI series. India have just won one, Pakistan have still better stat against India, and i am sure Pakistan is more then able to carry on this good statestic, even with nowadays bad cricket team.
Pakistan have mostly young and inexperinced players and i belive pakistan is preparing a team for next world cup, so its important for Pak to find good players to next world cup.
I will give Indian players the credit for playing good cricket.
Pakistani batsmen have let down our team. Akmal, Misba, Afridi and Sohaib Malik specially. 4 inconsistent pakistani batsmen was the difference between Indias win and Pakistans lose.
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Afridi isn't playing that bad atleast he showed us that he can play slow in the first game. i believe if fast bowlers were therre then Afridi had better and more chance to hit sixes and fours than he had while playing the spinners.
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Woooow Mr. 'Indian' relax there are still 4 matches left and dhoni do not have any experience leading the side in test. if you think he has experience to lead the side in test then you are wrong cuz india is looking for a test captain LOL and Malik does have test captaincy experiences of 2 test matches "Something is better than nothing"
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Hi guys put behind the politics for the sake of the spirit of cricket!
Does not matter whether we are indians or pakistanis,what matters is the game itself! Lets just enjoy the game and accept the outcome.
We dont have to be so ugly to each other! After all its just an game of cricket not war!
The better team always doesnt win! a consistent team with a team effort wins!
Goodluck to both India & Pakistan
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Its typical of the Pakistani fans isnt it. Finding out reasons for defeat and consoling themselves with past statisitics. Keep playing like this current team and in few days you wont even have the statistics to fall back on.
During The T20 throughout the Worldcup ,most of pakistani fans thought it was their destiny to win the cup becasue it was Ramzan. When they lost ,the Ramzan fasting was given as reason for loss. This time i guess it will be overeating at hosts place as new innovative reason.Or will it be CIA conspiracy, or will it be match fixing again, or will it be pitch doctoring. All reason will be used by pakistani fans except the most obvious one which is they play bad cricket.
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pakistan slectors including Chairman are illigible for that job because these people have no cricket experience.
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guys what the fuss is all about may the better team winjust some tips for team india good that they won but still not convincing except fire works from dhoni ganguly n yuvraj.LET GANGULY N SACHIN OPEN GAMVHIR AT NUMBER THREE,REST DHONI CAN MANAGE THE ORDER ACCORDING TO SITUATION N RUN CHASE REQUIRED.hey don'r write off sachin just see him in test series n saurav too as for pakistan good to have akhtar back but no backing from fielders..n rest bowlers.series gonna be tough but i feel still india have the edge and i agree with imran comments..totally although i stay far in russia but still m cricket fanatic.best of luck india for the rest of the series
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Kalmesh,
I am suprised that your article didnt criticise the Indian approach to pakistan's lack of batting intent. I am also suprised you only focused on Pak's lack of batting intent. Its plain to see the pak team has a lot of problems on and off the field. I dont expect pakistan to win either series. What does make this series closely fought is the fact that the Indian side is almost as poor. The Indian team lacked intent in its bowling and should have prevented Pak scoring more than 200. As much as Indian seamers have improved, you never get the feeling that they are gonna knock sides over regularly. The Indian batting team profited from numerous gifts, customary drop catches which Pak cricket is obliged to offer. Reliance on old has beens like Tendulkar and Ganguly are holding the team back. This Indian team should have pasted the pak team, in this match and the whole series. The fact that they cant tells us a lot more about India's lack of intent to become a great side.
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wow! just one match and india has suddenly become the world best team , be cool indians statistically you have never won more matches than you have lost( if you take out your great performances against keneya, bangladesh, namabia and holland) , so indians be cool dont be a fool.
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Kalmesh,
I am suprised that your article didnt criticise the Indian approach to pakistan's lack of batting intent. I am also suprised you only focused on Pak's lack of batting intent. Its plain to see the pak team has a lot of problems on and off the field. I dont expect pakistan to win either series. What does make this series closely fought is the fact that the Indian side is almost as poor. The Indian team lacked intent in its bowling and should have prevented Pak scoring more than 200. As much as Indian seamers have improved, you never get the feeling that they are gonna knock sides over regularly. The Indian batting team profited from numerous gifts, customary drop catches which Pak cricket is obliged to offer. Reliance on old has beens like Tendulkar and Ganguly are holding the team back. This Indian team should have pasted the pak team, in this match and the whole series. The fact that they cant tells us a lot more about India's lack of intent to become a great side.
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God says you are all NUTTERS!
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Pakistan as evryone knows is much better than India and have won more matches against india than india has won from Pakistan. pakistan will come back strongly inshallah on the 2nd odi
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I Agree with Abbas Mehmood. Just one match and India has become world leaders!! out of 27 ODIs in india, India have only won 7!! COMe On!! Get some where goes the home team advantage???? No matter what one shouldnt forget their past. Making record against kenya, holland isnt sufficient. what did india do against australia anyway?? but no worries.. let Pakistan get use to the environment and then see who wins the series!! lucky india (Asif is injured and shoaib is not fully fit and pakistan still unable to find openers) but No excuses.. India may Chakde in some Hockey Movie but Movie is movie afterall not in real cricket cuz PAK Rocks...
Ps: A piece of advice for Indian crickers and fans:- Carefull Bowling Afridi and Facing Shoaib's bouncers as with both of them you never where the bowl hit you.. ZUB ZUB!! lol
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Milind Rajput,
My frnd.. First of all who said tht Ramadan is a winning month? secondly No one put Ramadan as an excuse for loosing the 20-20 final..(it was just not meant to be) Maybe Irfan Pathan's parents' and other muslim prayers were to be listened on that day and thats why Indian won. (haha) im just kidding dude. Relax
but seriously although Indian board only allocated 265 seats for pakistani fans but i assure you still our support / prayers are with our team and we dont burn our player's houses if they loose cuz its just a game of cricket.. Chill out everyone!!
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It is a shame that people invoke God for cricket. I think many of us know God has many things to worry about than helping a team to wins.
Give the GOD a break! INSANE.
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TO ALI,
INDAI WIN THE SERRIES AGAISNT PAKISATAN!!!!!! AND DHONI IS ABOUT TO COME OUR TEST CAPTIAN YEAH!!!!..... MALIK IS NOT A GOOD CAPITAN I THINK YOU SHOULD HAVE A ANOTHER CAPTIAN!!!!!... AT LEAST DHONI WILL HAVE A ROLLL IN THE INDIA TEAM!!!!!!.......EVEN IF DHONI IS NOT OUR TEST CAPTIAN WE WILL PROBS GO 4 YUVRAJ SINGH OUR SIX HITTER!!!!!! AND AT LEAST WE HAVE TALENT IN OUT TEAM!!!!
IN A BIT TO ALLL THE INDAI SUPPORTERS!!!!
PEACE
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Pakistan can always come back. India surely played better in first one day. But the problem with India is always that their new players usually play their life's best cricket in their 1st year of international cricket. After that they mostly flop. Lets see how long india continues this golden run. Pakistan's team has been more reliable throughout 90s and beginning half of 00s. Pakistan , india and west indies are unreliable teams usually. Lets see what happens in this series.
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TO INDIAN
My friend no need to over-react, Chill out its only a game and nothing to decide between Dhoni and Malik first of all. they are both young and i hope and wish both Pak and India stays on top of the cricket table (instead of Aussie and South Africa) but i'd give 1st position to pakistan cuz this team is more talented than india and i hope you agree with me!!.. hahaha
Chill out man and try and learn to relax.. like Pakistanee team. they lost first ODI and 20-20 but they are kool as ever and thats makes them the best team in the world!! DAZ DAZ DAZ
but really i understand there is pressure on you ppl as indian fans (due to india's loosing streak from generations) but for you i wud say i hope you win one more of the remaining 4;) that wud give you some joy!! Happy now? :P
Salams to every one and ALL THE BEST!!
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The writer only talked about pakistans innings because it was much better than indias, pakistan gonna win next match no doubt about it,we are the best alongside australia and south africa.Pakistan rule and will beat india heavily on thursday!
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It's amusing to read what others have to write, especially the person who loves Dhoni to death..! :)
Anyhoo, I watched the game and being a HUGE Pakistan fan, I was quite disappointed at their batting. They had a great start, but a dismal end. The bowling attack was somewhat up to par, but not good enough to win. Whether the political situation is to be blamed for the defeat, who knows. The bottom line is the team needs to toughen up for Game 2.
India did do a good job in a lot of areas, but their fielding, I thought was in disarray. Misfields toward the end can cost any team a match and lucky for them, they got away with not a huge total!
It's great to see two rival nations compete in the world's greatest game. I just hope and pray that the political situation does not play any part in the series.
Cheers!!
Adnan K.
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pakistan can not win aginst this strong indian team.
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you sad bunch of people talking about the same game for so long. i would rather watch paint dry than read all these silly comments.
i can see 95% people have lost the plot about what was the title of article.
all of you just sit back and wait for the series to finish first and then come back and post your comments.
it will be more interesting to read all the arguments.
Finally good luck to india
(and pakistan as well but can see them winning with current team)
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Hi Guys its a fact india has a much better YOUNG SIDE than pakistan. We have proved it couple of times like in t20 matches n worldcups. So chill india will win. HAR HAR MAHADEV.
Cheers
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I don't see how you can judge a team's performance for the rest of the series after only 1 ODI? You need to have patience and alot of hope as well as luck to actually squeeze a result out between these two sides, remember the 20/20 final!?!?
Inshallaah Pakistan will come out good, and for goodness sake don't start trying to find excuses already, the series hasn't come into full swing as yet, BE PATIENT AND ENJOY!!!!!
PAKISTAN ZINDABAD
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PAKISTAN NEEDS A SOLID BATSMAN LIKE ASIM KAMAL ,
WHO CAN TAKE WICKETS INTACT.
I AM MISSIN , SAEED ANWAR & INZI ALOT.
YOUSAF CANT DO IT SINGLE HANDEDLY ALL THE TIMES . . . . .
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Honestly, I am reluctant to call this an article. This appears like a young school kid writing a diary. I am surprised such articles and such ignorant reporters find space on a ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ portal.
Thanks,
Girish
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PAKISTAN SHOW DEM TOMOZ
US MAN R GUNR BANG U INDIANZ OVR BRAPPPP AFRIDII ( SIK BTSMEN N BOWLER )
BRAPPP SHOAIB (FASTEST BALLER IN DA WORLD
INDIA ENT GOT NO1 EXCEPT HRBHAJGNPJHPETHN SINGH LOL
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Whether India wins or not I am happy, atleast we have a great country to live in, I mean India
BTW, India is destined to win all future matches
Rav Balkish
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Sorry for the Pakistan cricket team! I guess it must be difficult for them to focus 100% onto the game while their country and family are going through a dramatic situation.
Although cricket is second religion for both Pakistan and India and it might help the situation in Pakistan to creat bit of liveliness and interest to bring people in front of the TV to watch the matches and reduce their stress to do with political situation. Pakistan team is pretty strong and well capable of beating India, but may be it's a waiting game, play well and win, I guess that goes both ways. India is doing well at the moment, most of the guys are in form right now and they have plenty of choices. Praveen Kumar might surprise us all with his bat and ball, plenty more to come from Utthapa's bat, Gambhir still needs to get a 100, Sachin needs to fire. On the other hand, Afridi needs to boom boom!!! I guess its going to be a very entertaining series. Enjoy!!!
Vinod Dhawale, London, UK
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Oh dear of dear. Why people, especially Pakistan fans are pulling God, doesn't Allah blesses millions of Muslims in India. Shame to some nutters portraying God as Pakistan's property.
On paper both teams are equal, let me best team win on the pitch.
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today's match wil b a cracker, bv weather is overcast here, and cool abt 16deg, hop it doesnt rain, all the best to both teams, Man! it hurts when i see
mslms distributing sweets here in india when india loses.
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It was a good display of sport by indian side but abysmal performance by pakistan....hope to see a good series but pakistan has a good side so shpuld bounce back..............................was reading some comments above...............................................................just a piece of advice...............................DEJECTED PAKISTANI........its true that pakistani legendary players like wasim and inzy are no more playing but how will a new legend come up.....only by giving chances transtion will have some problems..........................................................Dr. Coelho......Yes ganguly is a good player but some time blind fan following does not help the team overall....he is a very good player but probably it was not a very high-fi performace by him as you are saying......stop congratulating the wrong hero...and give praises for the real one..as it is his due....when ganguli plays good then everyone should praise him as well........
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HI SLAAM 2 ALL :)
WEL M NT SURPRISED ON THE PAKISTAN DEFEAT IN 1ST ODI AGAINST INDIA AT GAWAHTI ON NOV 05, 2007 COZ IT SEEMS IN THE LINK GIVEN BELOW:
IN DIS LINK U CAN EASILY C THE DIFFERENCE DAT DHONI WANA SNATCH THE CUP N MALIK ON OTHER HAND IS VERY OBEDIENTLY OFFERING THE CUP :)
WEL ITS ALL FOLKS...BUT IT SEEMS DAT
PAKISTAN WILL LOOSE FIRST 2 ODIs THEN WILL WIN NXT 2 ODIs & THEN WHEN PAKISTAN WUD B HOT FAVOURITE AFTER WINNING 2 CONSECUTIVE ODIs PAK WILL LOOSE EAISLY THE FINAL MATCH :)
HAHAHAHHAHAH
WITH BEST REGARDS,
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This is a good and balanced article.Please do not become so excited as all the teams have come for playing and have equal rights.
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After reading through the above posts, it seems the Pakistani paranoid is still alive & well. Only Mohammad Yousuf is a world class batsman in the Pakistan team. The Indian team have world class batsman running all the way through. The poster is right who said that there is no Imran, Inzamman or Waqir or Wasim. India are a class act & this is a good 'warm-up' for them for the up & coming series with Australia. Sachin is the best batsman on the planet. Ponting running a close second. I can only see India winning all 5 ODI, & more than likely, deserving to do so.
In Sport....
Johnboy 257
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The Pakistanis are on poor form but i think the bowling has to improve. We have players like Shoib who bowl fast but they have to control the run rate, espicially Tanvir who has be useless after the T20. Tanvir should be out and replaced by someone who can control his line and length. Alam should also be included in the squad, Rehman on the other hand is useless and doesnt deserve his place he must be replaced adn Alam would be the best person to replace him with. He's shown he can bowl under pressure against Aus. in the T20 and he can bat
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TE ZEESHAN,
FINE I WILLL RELAX OK TO THE PEOPLE THAT CANT TAKE IT.....!!!!!! I WOULD GIVE INDAI 1ST PLACE AND I DONT NO WHERE PAKISTAN WOULD BE THOUGH...!!! I WONT RELAX LIKE A PAKISTANII YEAH!!!!!INDAI R THE BEST TEAM IN THE WORLD....!!!!!!LOlllllllll
NO INDAIN HAS ANY PRESSURE ON THEM...!!!!!!
I NO I DONT HOPE I NO INDAI WILLL WIN THE SERIRES
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To INDIAN,,
My frnd what did i say yesterday? Watch Afridi's sixes and Shoaibs bouncers!! and thats what killed india today. hahaha (Im jus being funny)
And yes... if there was no pressure on you.. you wudnt have reply to me.. lolz
I seem to like your comments trust you are funny. lolz
Take care people And say with me.. CHAK DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PAKISTAN!!!!!! :D
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I just watched our victory over India today.. I must say it was not an convincing win for Pakistan, I expected them to finish it off with overs to spare.. Hopefully now this result is a turning point for us to succeed under our new coach of Pakistan. I will say this.. Pakistan will be a formidable side in years to come. PAKISTAN ZINDABAD. (*
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It was happy to see that Pakistan's batting clicked today. India batted well by putting on 321, but Indian bowling failed to match the shine of their batting. Younas, Misbah, Afridi and Sohaila ( Shoala Chi Chi) lived up to the expectation of 16 Crores Pakistanis. Hard Luck India and Well Played Pakistan.
Cricket should always be the winner..
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To INDIAN comment # 73,
Dhoni is not given test captaincy against Pakistan becasue the selector think that he is not the rigth man for the right job so they gave it to kumble. Malik was never dropped even though he wasn't the captain, he was still in the team when Inzi was in the team. Yuvraj is not a professional six hitter comapring him to Afridi and Sanath Jayasuriya.
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hi guyz,
im a huge paki friend but got to say 31 wides were too much......we need to work on our bowling although we won today but we could do better....shoaib malik needs to be more aggressive , the prob is he lacks aggression he is a very a very simple man and cricket captaincy is for very attacking people but i have faith inshallah we'll come back even better in the next one wait and watch........but i also think this time round for the first time india is the better side with really good batsman and wonderful bowlers........neways best of luck to both the side come guys pakistanis and indian we are the most interesting cricket playing nations wher can you find more interesting cricket than between india and pakistan so cheers ...........cricket zindabad india and pakistan zindabad for giving so much entertainment.
btw some people dont realize we take GOD'S name in every breath even while doing smallest of things coz we dont know wat will happen next but he does....so no need to b offended .......everyone is different so inshallh will post on sunday.
cheers
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Tru mdurr I totally agree with you MASHALLAH and INSHALLAH Pakistna will win the odi and test series INSHALLAH
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The win at Mohali will do more harm to Pakistan Cricket than good as it happened in home series against South Africa.Team management, players Selectors and the heavily paid and pampered PCB react like schoolboys after a win and never learn. They all work on day to day basis and will trumpet a win for all wrong reasons.For example what are Yousaf,Kamran Akmal and Misbah doing in the playing eleven?Why Younas and Misbah are repeatedly harming team interest in the manner they get out?Why did The Captain bowl through Umargul.Why didn't he bring in Akhtar when Yuvraj came in?And does he understand field deployment?Because of this win, management will persist with players like Misbah, Akmal and Yousaf in ODIs and loose the series
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all u tapus out we bounced bak n i knew we would
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Khuram Mate..
If you think you know more about cricket than shoaib malik then why didnt PCB choose you as a captain? anyway thats not the point. i see why malik kept akhtar for the last overs cuz he knew that indian wud hit the ball (since they had many wickets) thats why he kept him, and about Iftikhar anjam, well he didnt bowl as good as he previously did (so i reckon malik would keep Gul for last few overs in the future) i will give him your message anyway. haha
and for you MAHA .............................................................................................................. DREAM ON!! :P lol
INSHALLAH We Will Win both series (Afterall we have to revenge the T20 final)
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TO ZEESHAN
I DIDNT WATCH AFRIDI SIXS OR SHOAIBS BOUNCERS!!!!!.... TO BUSY CHATTIN TO MA MATES ABOUT STUFF AND I WOULDNT WATCH THE HIGHLIGHT...INDIA WILLL KILLL PAKISTAN IN THE NEXT MATCHES COMIN UP!!!!!!YH.YH.YH
PEACE TO ALLLLLLL MA HINDUUUUUUUU PEOPLE AND DONT SAY
chak de pakistan xxx wrong
AND,
SAY
CHAK DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE INDIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dear Indian,
Happy Diwali to you too (you negative person you only said peace to hinduu people!! I didnt expect this from you!! soo unlike Dhoni:P) hahaha
By the way i bet you watched it but you didnt enjoy PAK kicking buttss OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUCH:p
Take care guys and yes....... PAKISTAN ZINDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAAAAAAD!!!
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