England In India - October 2011/12

Well a typical start Indian start to an overseas tour by India. I still hope they will be somehow able to save this match and come back hard in next match with Zaheer back.
 
Hope Harbhajan can make it with his batting. :)

Swann has been excellent and way better then harbs
 
Dhoni looks decent enough out there and Dravid looks as solid as ever. Hope these two can put up a partnership that eats up as much of the deficit for India as they can. A century from both would be lovely.
 
Is it me or does Rahul Dravid have one of the worst batting techniques in this game?

It works for him, thanks to his fantastic hand-eye co-ordination, but it isn't technically very good at all.

I think it's just you on that one, how long have you been following cricket?

I bet the Indian tail's going to wag here whenever England gets that next wicket. This is when Harbhajan can get annoying. Take the new ball and get all over them again, Dhoni's technique shouldn't make it past the new ball - if it does then that'll be major fail for England.
 
Second New Ball available in 4 balls and its going to be interesting
 
I think it's just you on that one, how long have you been following cricket?

I bet the Indian tail's going to wag here whenever England gets that next wicket. This is when Harbhajan can get annoying. Take the new bowl and get all over them again, Dhoni's technique shouldn't make it past the new ball - if it does then that'll be major fail for England.

That's interesting. MSD may not have the best technique, but he's definitely got one of the finest temperaments in the world. He's extremely resilient and exceeds expectations all the time. If he survives the second new ball, I wouldn't call it a fail for England.
 
Will Zaheer bat today? I hope so. He can be tricky with the bat too. Both him and Harbhajan have played match saving knocks for us in the past. If Dhoni can bat 13-15 more overs along with Dravid, he would have done a good job.

Dravid onto 80's. Hope he gets that first hundred at Lord's that he missed so dearly on his debut test.
 
Dravid had better hope that someone hangs around if he wants that 100. The tailenders aren't going to like this.
 
Praveen has come out with the intention of playing T20 style cricket. He is a decent enough tail ender in the shorter formats, so chances of him swinging successfully are quite high.
 
PK's awesome :D Follow on avoided.

Geez Bhajji's having an awful game. 0/150, gets tonked quite a bit, and a duck to boot.
 
Follow on avoided !!! India have justified their No.1 position. They are changing history. Instead of losing they are now drawing the first match :lol:lol I doubt India will lose from here since it is still a pretty flat wicket. India might have to bat 4 sessions and probably chase 300/350. Will miss Shewag !!
 
Follow on avoided !!! India have justified their No.1 position. They are changing history. Instead of losing they are now drawing the first match :lol:lol I doubt India will lose from here since it is still a pretty flat wicket. India might have to bat 4 sessions and probably chase 300/350. Will miss Shewag !!

You serious? India just have 2 wickets in hand and trailing by 190+ runs. Assuming that they end up giving England a lead of 150+ (even more if Ishant and Zaheer dont hang around much), England will definitely score atleast 250-300 and give India 400-450 odd runs to chase in the final innings. India must hope our batsmen stay longer in the final innings and save the match.
 

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