India wins Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2-0 / 2010 Aus tour to Ind

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• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Administrator(s): Cricket Australia and BCCI
  Format: Test
  First tournament: 1996
  Tournament format: series
  
  Current champion India
  Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (2,380)
  Most wickets Anil Kumble (111)
  
  
  
  Australian Test wins (as of 2008-09) - 10
  Indian Test wins (as of 2008-09) - 10
  Draws - 6
  
  
  Series Summary
  
  Year Played in
  Result
  Player of the series
  
  1996-1997 India
  India won one-off test 1-0
  Nayan Mongia
  
  1997-1998 India
  India won the 3-match series 2-1
  Sachin Tendulkar
  
  1999-2000 Australia
  Australia won the 3-match series 3-0
  Sachin Tendulkar
  
  2000-2001 India
  India won the 3-match series 2-1
  Harbhajan Singh
  
  2003-2004 Australia
  4-match series drawn 1-1
  Rahul Dravid
  
  2004-2005 India
  Australia won the 4-match series 2-1
  Damien Martyn
  
  2007-2008 Australia
  Australia won the 4-match series 2-1
  Brett Lee
  
  2008-2009 India
  India won the 4-match series 2-0
  Ishant Sharma

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  1996-97 one-off Test
  
  The 1996-97 one-off Test was the first to be played under the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. This was also Sachin Tendulkar's first series as captain. The series consisted of just one match, played at the Feroz Shah Kotla ground in Delhi.
  
  The match, played from 10 October to 14 October 1996, lasted just over four days, as India defeated Australia by seven wickets. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. But the Indian spinners, led by Anil Kumble, bowled them out for 182. Michael Slater top scored with 44 runs. In reply India scored 361, riding on Nayan Mongia's career best 152. In Australia's second innings, Steve Waugh scored 67 to get his team to 234. This left India with 56 to get in the fourth innings, which they did for the loss of three wickets.
  
  Full scorecard -- http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1...13OCT1996.html
  
  Mongia was adjuged man of the match.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  1997-98 series
  
  Sachin Tendulkar, top-scorer in the series.The Australian cricket team toured India in February-March 1998. [1]
  
  The tour started on a sour note as Australia lost a practice match to Ranji Trophy champions Mumbai with Sachin Tendulkar scoring a fast double hundred and Mumbai's spin bowlers picking up fourteen of the eighteen Australian wickets that fell. [2]
  
  The first test (played from 6 March to 10 March) started at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai. India, having won the toss, elected to bat and with solid contributions from Nayan Mongia, Navjot Sidhu and Rahul Dravid, posted 257. Shane Warne and Gavin Robertson took four wickets each. In reply Australia were struggling at 6-137, but fighting fifties from Ian Healy (90) and Robertson (57) took Australia to 328 and a first innings lead.
  
  In the second innings, fifties from Sidhu and Dravid took India to 2-115, but the highlight of the innings was Sachin Tendulkar who scored 155 of only 191 deliveries, including a particularly savage assault on Shane Warne. He and Mohammed Azharuddin (64) took India to 418 in just 107 overs. The Aussies, faced with a target of 348 runs to win, crumbled as the spin trio of Kumble, Raju and Chauhan took nine wickets. India won by 179 runs.[3]
  
  The second test was played from 18 March to 22 March at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Australia won the toss, elected to bat and were soon struggling at 4-29. But Ricky Ponting and Steve Waugh scored fifties, and some late order contributions carried Australia to 233. The Indian innings that followed ensured that they would not lose the game, as all the top six batsmen crossed fifty. Azharuddin played a captain's knock, staying unbeaten on 163 as India posted an enormous 633-5 declared. Facing a task of scoring 400 runs to make India bat again, Australia lost wickets at regular intervals and managed to score just 181 runs. Anil Kumble took five wickets in the second innings, but Javagal Srinath was the man of the match for his six wicket haul. [4]
  
  The third test was played at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, from 25 March to 29 March. India won the toss and elected to bat first. Tendulkar scored 177 to notch up his second hundred of the series as India scored 424 in their first innings. Australia posted a score of 400 through Slater (91) and Mark Waugh (153*), while Kumble took six wickets for India. Starting with a lead of 24, India never really settled into a partnership, as wickets fell at regular intervals, and finally collapsed at the end with 5 wickets falling for just 25 runs. Scoring just 169, India set Australia a fourth innings target of 194 runs to get. This was achieved with relative ease, as captain Mark Taylor scored an unbeaten 102 and in company of first innings hero Mark Waugh, guided the Aussies home. Michael Kasprowicz was man of the match for his five wickets in the second innings.cricinfo.com Sachin Tendulkar was adjudged the man of the series for scoring 446 runs in 3 matches, while Anil Kumble picked up 23 wickets.
  
  Full scorecards -- http://ind.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1...S-SUMMARY.html
  
  At the end of the tour, Shane Warne famously said that he would be having nightmares of Tendulkar hitting him for sixes and that only Bradman was in his class. Sachin Tendulkar was Man of the Series. [5]

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  1999-2000 series
  
  This series was the third edition of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, played in Australia from November 1999 to February 2000. Sachin Tendulkar was the captain of India, while Steve Waugh led the Australian team. India lost the first practice match against Queensland by 10 wickets, while winning the second match against New South Wales by 93 runs.
  
  The first test match was played at the Adelaide Oval from 10 December to 14 December. Australia won the toss (cricket) and elected to bat first. Australia were reduced to 4-52 in the first session before Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting scored hundreds to take them near 300. Shane Warne scored 86 low down the order to take Australia to 441. India started their second innings on the second day, but lost both openers quickly and were reduced to 2-9. Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman did well to steady the innings, but both were dismissed before they could go on to big scores. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly were both unbeaten on 12 as India ended the second day at 4-123. On the third day, Tendulkar and Ganguly went on to score fifties, but the lower order failed to put up serious resistance, and India were bowled out for 285.
  
  Australia declared on 239 for the loss of eight wickets in the second innings, riding on the backs of Greg Blewett's 88 and Adam Gilchrist's quick 43. India needed 396 to win in the last innings and never looked to make match of it, as they collapsed to 110 in just 39 overs. Australia won by 285 runs and Steve Waugh was Man of the Match for his 150 in the first innings. [6]
  
  The second test was the Boxing Day Test played at Melbourne. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. The first two wickets fell quickly and Australia were 2-28, but Michael Slater and Mark Waugh took them past 120, before Waugh fell. The rest of the Australian middle order also contributed, notably Ponting and Gilchrist, and Australia reached 405. The Indian openers failed to see off even the first ten overs and India were 2-11. The rest of the batting followed suit, only Sachin Tendulkar standing amongst the ruins as India were dismissed for 238. Sachin Tendulkar scored 116.
  
  Australia started the second innings with a lead of 167, and went for quick runs. Gilchrist, promoted up the order, and Mark Waugh both scored fifties and Australia declared their innings closed at 5-208. India required 376 runs to win in the last innings and were never in the hunt, as wickets fell at regular intervals. Sachin Tendulkar was the only player to cross fifty as India was bowled out for 195. Australia won by 180 runs and Sachin Tendulkar was declared as Man of the Match. [7]
  
  The third and last test was the New Year's test, played at Sydney. Sachin Tendulkar won the toss for India and elected to bat first. Only 60 overs were bowled on the first day, but India had collapsed to 8-121 at the end. Sachin Tendulkar(45) was the only batsman to cross forty. The Indian innings folded quickly on the second day for 150. Australia started badly, going to 1-9 and later to 2-49 before Justin Langer and Ricky Ponting, who scored 223 and 141* respectively, took them past 450. An unbeaten cameo of 45 from Gilchrist took them to 5-552, and Australia declared their innings closed.
  
  India needed to cross 400 runs in the second innings just to make Australia bat again, which they had not scored even once in the entire series. But VVS Laxman seemed to have found the form that had eluded him the entire series. The complete range of cricket strokes was on display as Laxman flew to 167 in just 198 balls, being particularly savage on Brett Lee (taking 52 runs off 5 overs at one point) and Shane Warne. The rest of the Indian batting, however, could not stand up to the accuracy of Glen McGrath as he took five wickets to go with the fifer in the first innings. He was declared Man of the Match, as Australia won comprehensively by an innings and 141 runs.[8]
  
  Sachin Tendulkar was Man of the Series.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2000-2001 series
  
  Harbhajan, pictured here bowling in the nets, was the man of the series.The 2000-01 series was the most intense so far, and considered by many fans to be one of cricket's all-time classic confrontations, played over three gruelling Tests.
  
  The First Test was played in Mumbai on 27 February-1 March 2001. The game was over in only three days as Australia dominated from the beginning, putting India in to bat and then dismissing them for only 176 runs. Glenn McGrath took 3-19 and Shane Warne 4-47, Sachin Tendulkar top scoring for India with 76. Australia responded with 349 on the backs of centuries by Matthew Hayden (119) and Adam Gilchrist (122). Harbhajan Singh took 4-121. India's second innings was barely better than their first, Tendulkar again top scoring with 65 in a total of 219. Needing only 47 runs to win, Australia's openers knocked them off in 7 overs, taking Australia to a 10 wicket victory and a 1-0 lead in the series.
  
  The Second Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 11 March-15 March is regarded by many as without doubt one of the most exciting games of cricket ever played, although it began with Australia electing to bat and scoring 445, captain Steve Waugh contributing 110. Harbhajan Singh took 7-123, including a hat-trick. India's woes continued, being dismissed for only 171, with McGrath taking 4-18 in a brilliant bowling performance. Australia enforced the follow-on, and at the end of day 3 India were 254/4, still 20 runs behind forcing Australia to bat again. For many spectators, commentators, and even players, the match and the series were as good as lost for India.
  
  The fourth day saw the turnaround. V.V.S. Laxman and Rahul Dravid batted the entire day, never offering a chance, and ran the Australian fielders ragged as Waugh called on nine different bowlers to try to break the partnership. Laxman and Dravid added 335 runs, taking India to 589/4 and a commanding lead in the game. In the process, Laxman set a new individual high score record for India, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar's 236. Laxman was finally dismissed the next day on 281. Dravid made 180, and India declared on day 5 at 657/7, setting Australia an almost impossible target of 384 runs. Australia did not immediately crumble under the reversed pressure; at tea, they were 161/3 for their final innings, and a draw looked the most likely result. Then, the Australians lost 5 wickets for 8 in a span of 31 balls, with Harbhajan taking the first two wickets in the same over and Tendulkar taking the other three. Australia fell for 212 all out, with Harbhajan leading the bowling attack with 6-73. India had come back from the dead and recorded a stunning 171-run victory to level the series 1-1. They were only the third team in history to win a Test match after following on.
  
  The Third Test began at Chennai on 18 March with high expectations of a hard-fought series decider. Australia won the toss for the third time and elected to bat. Hayden batted through the first day for an eventual total of 203, but the rest of Australia's team contributed little to the total of 391. Again, Harbhajan Singh was the destroyer, taking 7-133. India pushed to 501 on the back of Tendulkar's 126. Australia ended day 4 at 241/7, a precarious lead of 131 runs. Early on day 5, Harbhajan again ran through the Australian tail, taking 8-84 and his series tally to an astounding 32 wickets, leaving Australia all out for 264. India had a target of 155 to chase, and plenty of time to do it. The only question was whether Australia's bowlers could get them out first. In 42 nail-biting overs, India steadily lost wickets, sinking to 135/7, a tantalising 20 runs short of victory, but in dire danger of losing their last batsmen before they could score them. The 8th wicket fell at 151, 4 runs short of victory, and it was left to wicket-keeper Sameer Dighe and, who else, Harbhajan Singh to see out the end. Fittingly, Harbhajan cut the winning runs past point and sealed the game and an incredible comeback series victory for India.
  
  The series victory for India meant that Australia had still not won a series in India for over 30 years. Harbhajan singh was the MOS.

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 24th June 2010 10:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Too bad, not even a single match in Chennai. I read there would be one ODI against NZ, but test match??

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2003-04 series
  
  The Indian cricket team toured Australia during November 2003 - February 2004, starting with a four Test series. [9]
  
  Before this tour, India had a poor record in Test matches away from home having won just 18 out of 176 Tests. The previous tour to Australia in 1999-2000 had resulted in a 3-0 defeat and India had not won a test match in Australia since 1981.
  
  The first Test match was played at Brisbane from 4 December to 8 December. In a rain-affected match, Australia got off to a good start with Justin Langer scoring a hundred. Scores from the remaining three batsmen out of the top four (Hayden (37), Ponting (54) and Martyn (42)) took Australia to 262 for the loss of just two wickets at the end of first day's play. Only 18 overs were possible on the second day but the Indians picked up seven Australian wickets for the addition of only 61 runs. The third day was again affected by rain and only six overs were bowled, at the end of which, India were 11 for no loss. India started the fourth day well, but three quick wickets reduced them to 3-62. But Sourav Ganguly (144) and VVS Laxman (75) took India to 409 and a first innings lead of 86. When the last day started, only the first innings had been completed, and the match appeared to be heading for a draw. However, Australia scored quick runs as four of the top five batsmen scored fifties. Matthew Hayden scored 99 runs in 98 balls faced, as Australia declared on 284. India had scored 73 runs out of the target of 199, when play was stopped with the consent of both teams. Sourav Ganguly was Man of the Match. [10]
  
  
  Australian batsman Ricky Ponting scored consecutive double centuries during the series.The second match was played at the Adelaide Oval from 12 December to 16 December. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Ricky Ponting was the highlight as he scored 242 runs, while contributions from Simon Katich and Jason Gillespie lower down the order took Australia to a first innings score of 556. Exactly 400 of these runs were scored on the first day. India started their first innings well, but four quick wickets meant that they were in trouble at 4-85. But Dravid and Laxman, the heroes of Eden Gardens in 2001, put together a partnership which took India to 388 before Laxman was dismissed for 148. Dravid went on to string together partnerships with the tail, and was the last man dismissed as India scored 523. Rahul Dravid scored 233.
  
  The second innings started just before lunch on the fourth day, with Australia leading by 33 first innings runs. But wickets fell all too regularly and only the lower middle order put up any resistance as Ajit Agarkar picked up six wickets. Australia were bowled out for 196. India started their second innings chasing 230 runs to win. First innings hero Rahul Dravid who was dropped by adam Gilchrist scored an unbeaten 72 and, fittingly, hit the winning runs as India won by four wickets. This was the first win for India in Australia since February 1981. Rahul Dravid was Man of the Match. India led the series 1-0 [11]
  
  The third test match was the traditional Boxing Day Test played at Melbourne. India got off to a good start, with Virender Sehwag scoring 195, and ended the first day at 4-329. But in the first session on the second day, wickets fell quickly and India were bowled out for 366. Australia, in their first innings, put up 558 runs, with centuries from Hayden (136) and Ponting (257). This was Ponting's second double hundred in as many matches. Anil Kumble picked up six wickets.
  
  India started the second innings 192 runs behind. Dravid (92) and Sourav Ganguly (73) were the only players to cross fifty, and India were bowled out for 286. This gave Australia a target of only 95, which they achieved for the loss of one wicket, levelling the series at 1-1. Ricky Ponting was Man of the Match for his 257. [12]
  
  The fourth and final test was the New Year's test at Sydney, notable also for being Steve Waugh's last test match.
  
  India won the toss and elected to bat first. The opening stand between Sehwag (72) and Chopra (45) was worth 123 runs. The spotlight, though, was on Sachin Tendulkar, who had not had success with the bat on the tour. He responded by scoring 241 unbeaten runs and put up 353 runs for the fourth wicket with Laxman (178). A cameo from 'keeper Parthiv Patel took India to 705-7 declared, India's highest ever test score. Australia started well, with Hayden and Langer putting up a 147 run opening stand. But they were in trouble at 7-350 before Katich and Gillespie put on 117 runs for the eighth wicket to take Australia to 474, Anil Kumble taking 8-141.
  
  India started the second innings 231 runs ahead and requiring quick runs to force a result. Sehwag (47), Dravid (91*) and Tendulkar (60*) all contributed, as India raced to 211 in 43 overs to set Australia 443 to win. Four overs at the end of the fourth day produced no wickets and Australia had to play out the last day to save the test, while India needed 10 wickets to win. The Australian batting responded well under pressure, with Langer, Ponting and Martyn scoring forties. But at 4-196, with more than one session to go, the match could have gone either way. However Steve Waugh, playing his last test, and Simon Katich put the match out of India's reach. Waugh scored 80 and Katich was unbeaten on 77 as the match was drawn despite 4 more wickets for Kumble which gave him 12 wickets for the match itself. Despite Kumble's efforts on a flat wicket, Sachin Tendulkar was Man of the Match for his unbeaten scores of 241 and 60 in the match. [13] The series score was maintained at 1-1.
  
  Rahul Dravid was Man of the Series for 619 runs in four matches. The series was hailed as one of the best that had been played in Australia.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2004-2005 series
  The Australian cricket team toured India during October - November 2004 for a four Test match series. This was Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath's last tour of India. They came with the desire to end Australia's 35 year drought of winning a Test Match series in India. Before this series India had performed poorly in tours of Sri Lanka and the Netherlands, and in the ICC Champions Trophy.
  
  Australia won the first Test played at Bangalore comprehensively. The Indian batting order collapsed twice and they didn't look at any point that they could have made a match out of it. Michael Clarke, playing his first ever Test match, scored 151 runs to take Australia to a commanding position. Harbhajan Singh took another 10 wicket haul (5-146 and 6-78) in the match. Anil Kumble took his 400th wicket. Clarke was awarded Man Of The Match.
  
  Being 1-0 down in the series, India started the second Test match played between 14-18 October 2004 at Chennai on a positive note. They got rid of Australia in the first innings for a mere 235 runs. Earlier, Justin Langer (71) and Matthew Hayden (58) started the Australian innings with a bang. They contributed 136 runs for the opening wicket. When it looked as if Australia would dominate this Test as well, Anil Kumble struck consistently and produced a beautiful bowling spell in which he took 7 wickets for just 48 runs from his 17.3 overs. Australia's innings collapsed from 189-3 to 235 all out. In reply India scored 376 runs and took a commanding lead of 141 runs. Virender Sehwag scored a magnificent 155 runs, Mohammed Kaif on his comeback match scored 64 and was well supported by young Parthiv Patel (54). Shane Warne took 6 wickets for 125 runs. The top order of Australian innings again collapsed in the 2nd innings, but then Damien Martyn notched up a century (104) at the crucial time with the result being that the Australians had scored 369 runs in their second innings, setting a victory target of 229 runs for India to win. India had a good chance of winning the game, but rain on the final day prevented any chance of play, therefore, the match ended in a draw. Anil Kumble took 6 wickets for 133 runs and was awarded Man Of The Match.
  
  The Third Test of the Series was played between 26-30 October at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground at Nagpur. Australia won the match and Series in four days. Australia posted 398 in their first innings, with Damien Martyn posting 114 runs with Michael Clarke making 91. In contrast, India played poorly in their first innings and none of their top order batsmen got going. The only batsman to make above 50 was Mohammed Kaif (55). Sachin Tendulkar, who returned from injury, made just 8 runs. India made 185 runs, 14 runs short of the follow-on. Australia rejected the follow-on and began their second innings, setting a target in excess of 500. But once again the Indians were bundled out for 200. None of the frontline batsman made a big score. Sehwag and Patel provided some hope but fell to the Australia's metronomic bowling. Australia won the third Test by 342 runs. Martyn was awarded Man of the Match. With this win, Australia won this Test series after 35 years of trying for success in India, a feat which has been termed the final frontier by Steve Waugh.
  
  The fourth and final Test match was played between 3-7 November 2004 at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. Having already lost the series, India made changes in the team. Patel, Akash Chopra, Ajit Agarkar and Yuvraj Singh were all dropped from the lineup. The first day of play was almost completely washed out by rain, with only 11 overs being bowled. India won the toss and elected to bat. The innings started on a bad note, losing 2 wickets on the first day itself. On the second day India was bowled out for their second-lowest score ever of 104 runs, with Rahul Dravid scoring the highest score in the innings of 31 runs. Jason Gillespie (4-29) was the main wicket taker for Australia. Australia's first innings also didn't last long, as they were bowled out on the same day for a score of 203 runs, with Martyn (55) top scoring. Murali Kartik (4-44) and Kumble (5-90) were the main wicket takers. 18 wickets fell in all on the second day of play. India made 205 runs in their second innings, with significant scores from V.V.S. Laxman (69) and Tendulkar (55). Michael Clarke (6-9) removed the tail order within 23 runs. Chasing 107 runs for victory, Australia lost wickets consistently throughout their second innings and were bowled out for 93 runs, giving India a victory by 13 runs. Harbhajan Singh (5-29) and Murali Kartik (3-32) took most of the wickets. Murali Kartik was named Man of the Match. This Test is one of the shortest Test matches ever played, lasting for only 2 complete days. The pitch prepared for the match had later come in for a lot of criticism by Ricky Ponting.
  
  Damien Martyn was named Man of the Series.
  
  2007-08 series
  
  Australia won the first Test in Melbourne by 337 runs within 4 days. Australia scored 343 runs in the first innings riding on Matthew Hayden's 124. In reply India folded for 196 with Clark and Lee taking 4 wickets each. India was set a target of 499 runs which they never challenged.
  
  Australia won the second Test by 122 runs in Sydney on the 5th day with only nine minutes to spare - Michael Clarke took 3 wickets in what would probably have been the second last over.
  
  India fought back with a win in the third Test in Perth by 72 runs. Two changes were made to the Indian team for this game, dropping the out of form Yuvraj Singh, and Harbhajan Singh, and recalling Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan. Australia had also made two changes to their team. Chris Rogers was brought in to replace the injured Matthew Hayden to become the 399th Test player for Australia. Shaun Tait was brought in for tactical reasons to replace Brad Hogg as Australia went with a four-pronged pace attack.
  
  India won the toss and elected to bat and the changes were to have an immediate impact. Jaffer and Sehwag contributed for the first opening partnership above fifty of the tour. Dravid, now relieved of his opening duties, found some semblance of form and was dismissed just short of a century on 93 as the highest scorer of the innings as India reached 330.
  
  Pathan's recall to the team was immediately successful dismissing both Australian openers. Australia's top order collapsed, leaving them at 5-63, as they struggled with the swing bowling of the Indian pace attack. A century partnership between Symonds and Gilchrist helped Australia recover to 212, which gave India a lead of 118.
  
  India's second innings again showed the worth of Sehwag as he scored 43 in 61 balls to give momentum at the top of the order. At the dismissal of Jaffer, Pathan came in as night-watchman and scored 46, the second highest score of the innings behind Laxman's 79. India were eventually dismissed for 294, leaving Australia the imposing target of 413 to win.
  
  Australia were bowled out for 340, 73 runs short of their target, and India once again put a stop to an Australian 16 Test match winning streak. Pathan again dismissed the two Australian openers, while Sehwag proved a useful contributor by dismissing Gilchrist and Lee. Australia's team changes proved unsuccessful, with Rogers having scores of 4 and 15, and Tait, wicketless in the match and bowled sparingly. Ponting, in a post match interview with Channel 9, laid the blame for the defeat on a poor first innings batting performance, while Kumble praised the contributions of his team and his young pace attack. The 4th test ended in a draw with SRT and Shewag scoring centuries for India.
  
  Player of the Series: Brett Lee.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2008-09 Series
  
  The first Test of the 2008-09 season was played at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore.This match ended in a draw.
  
  The second Test Match was played at the PCA Stadium in Mohali, Punjab. The Indians dished out a clinical all-round performance to outclass Australia by a record 320 runs on Day 5 to lead the 4-Test series 1-0. This was the biggest win for India in test match cricket excluding an innings victory.It was a historical match for India with Sachin Tendulkar who became the highest run getter in test match history surpassing record of 11,957 runs marks and on the way becoming the first man to score 12000 runs in test cricket history. It was a historic outing for Sourav Ganguly too, as he passed 7000 runs in Test cricket and scored a century in the process.
  
  The Third Test Match was played at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Anil Kumble, The Ace Spinner of Indian National Cricket team declared his retirement from the Test Matches after suffering from torn fingers.He was also the captain of the Indian side in this game. The match ended in a draw and VVS Laxman was declared the Man of the Match. Gautam Gambhir and Laxman scored double hundreds in India's First Innings.
  
  The Fourth Test was played at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. India gave ample proof of its status as a dominant force in world cricket as they thrashed Australia by 172 runs to regain the coveted Border-Gavaskar trophy after a gap of four years. After setting the visitors a daunting target of 382 for victory, the Indians exploited a turning fifth day track to skittle out the Aussies for 209 just before the tea break to wrap up the four-match series with a 2-0 margin. It turned out to be a perfect gift for Sourav Ganguly by his teammates in his farewell Test as they knocked out the Aussies in just about two sessions of play on the last day. Only Matthew Hayden stood bravely amidst the ruins with a 93-ball 77 as the Indian bowlers ripped through the batting line up to bring an end to the Australian innings rather quickly. Leg spinner Amit Mishra (3/27) and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh (4/64) were the chief architects of victory for the hosts who made amends for losing the home series 1-2 in the 2004-05 series. Opener Hayden, let off twice in his 30s, showed the most defiance from the tourists' ranks and top-scored with 77 off 93 balls with eight fours and a six before being fifth out and the end came swiftly after the departure of the Queenslander midway into the second session. Fast bowler Ishant Sharma took the first two of three Australian wickets to set India on their way to a deserving victory after which the spin duo of Harbhajan and Mishra spun a web of deceit to skittle the rest. The end came when last man Mitchell was declared out leg before offering no shot to Harbhajan Singh before tea. Australia lost their wickets at regular intervals after a fighting partnership between Hayden and Hussey was broken by young Mishra who had the latter caught at slip by Rahul Dravid who had a forgettable match with the bat and as a slip fielder too. India, thus, finished on a victorious note to give a fitting send-off to Sourav Ganguly who had announced before the commencement of the series in Bangalore on October 9 that he will quit the game after this series. The former India skipper, who missed the chance to score a century in his farewell appearance after having started his Test career with a bang a debut ton at Lord's in 1996 faded from the limelight with the happiness that he was part of a victorious team at the end. He was chaired off the ground after being hugged by all his teammates and the Australian players and was also greeted by retired captain Anil Kumble who has returned from Bangalore to see the finale. India capped a tight bowling display to record a crushing 172-run victory over Australia in the fourth and final Test and wrap up the series 2-0 in Nagpur.
  
  Australia was bowled out for 209 on the final afternoon as they chased an unlikely 382 to suffer their first Test series defeat since the 2005 Ashes in England.
  
  It was also India's first Test series win over Australia in seven years as they clinched the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
  
  Indian fast bowler Ishant Sharma was named man of the series for his 15 wickets.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th June 2010 10:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  We should win this series 2-0. We have the team to beat them 2-0.

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 24th June 2010 11:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Stan

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 25th June 2010 12:00 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Stan,
  
  Good work

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 25th June 2010 06:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  AF
  
  You missed to reserve the sixth post

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 25th June 2010 08:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia 2010
  
  Australia agree to India Test proposal
  
  Cricinfo staff
  
  June 24, 2010
  Text size: A | A
  
  Cricket Australia has agreed to the BCCI's proposal to convert the seven-match ODI series scheduled for October to two Tests and three ODIs. The Indian board's Tour, Programme and Fixtures committee announced the new itinerary today, with the first Test to be played at Mohali beginning October 2.
  
  Tour itinerary for India v Australia
  
  * October 2-6 First Test - Mohali
  * October 10-14 Second Test - Bangalore
  * October 19 First ODI - Kochi
  * October 22 Second ODI - Goa
  * October 24 Third ODI - Vishakapatnam
  
  The second Test will be played in Bangalore, followed by three one-day matches to be held in Kochi, Goa and Vishakapatnam. Australia will also play a three-day practice match at Mohali in September to begin the tour.
  
  This is not the first time the Indian board has made changes to a tour itinerary. Earlier this year, Cricket South Africa agreed to replace a five-match ODI series with two Tests and three ODIs. The board's determination to schedule more Tests has come in the wake of India ascending to the No.1 Test ranking for the first time.
  
  The BCCI also announced the schedule for New Zealand's tour of India in November. The teams will play three Tests and five ODIs. The first Test starts on November 4 and will be played in Ahmedabad. The second and third Tests will be played in Kanpur (November 12) and Mumbai (November 20).
  
  The schedule for the ODIs will be decided later based on logistics but the venues are Bangalore, Mohali, Chennai, Guwahati and Hyderabad.
  
  
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/464512.html

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th June 2010 08:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  feddy!
  happy to see few more test matches scheduled this yr... eagerly expecting viru to score 400+ in any one of the match... :P

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 26th June 2010 08:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thanks kalyan, tv, vinod and sourav. Yes we've got 11 test matches before wc 2011. .

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 8th July 2010 09:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3bbf...eature=related
  
  Perth 2008 Test - Australia 1st Innings - India all out for 330 and Aus batting.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th August 2010 10:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  UDRS technology available in India irrespective of BCCI stand
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india/conten...ry/472119.html

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st September 2010 09:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia in India 2010-11
  No UDRS for India-Australia Tests
  
  Cricinfo staff
  
  August 28, 2010
  
  The Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS) will not be used for the India-Australia Tests in October. "There won't be any UDRS in the series. We have already written to the International Cricket Council," the BCCI's chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty told PTI.
  
  As per ICC regulations, the host country - in this case India - takes the call on whether to use the UDRS in consultation with the visiting team. Cricket Australia always supported the use of the UDRS unlike the BCCI, which has resisted it since India and Sri Lanka became the first teams to experiment with the system in a three-Test series in July and August 2008.
  
  The BCCI's decision is not unexpected but will have its impact on a series during which all the technology to implement the UDRS will be available in India, as reported by Cricinfo. The only beneficiaries of the system will be the TV audience during the series and not the cricketers.
  
  When asked if the UDRS will be used in the World Cup in the subcontinent in 2011, Shetty said the decision rested with the ICC, for the tournament was an ICC event. The ICC approved the implementation of the controversial system for the World Cup in July, subject to agreements over costs and equipment between the broadcast partner, ESPN STAR Sports, and the host nations.
  
  Australia play two Tests and three ODIs on their tour of India in October.
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/474858.html
  
  dhandapasanga

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st September 2010 10:07 PM [Full View]

  A comment on No - UDRS by a member in cricforum

  
  
  

  Found it very hilarious from another forum.
  
  Commentary:
  
  And he's been given out!!!
  The batsman has asked for a Micromax review.
  
  Well, let's see:
  It is not a no-ball, so that's a citi moment of success
  It was pitched in the vodafone line
  According to Hawkeye, it was clipping the top of the MRF stump.
  
  So the original decision stays and the batsman has got to go.

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 2nd September 2010 11:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hughes picked for India Tests
  
  Phillip Hughes, the Australian opener, has returned to the Test squad while his New South Wales team-mate, 19-year-old fast bowler Josh Hazlewood, also won a place in the 15-man pool for the tour of India in October. Offpsinner Nathan Hauritz, whom Ricky Ponting had earlier called a 'lock-in' for the India series and the Ashes, reclaimed his position as Australia's No. 1 slow bowler after recovering from a foot injury.
  
  The trio take the place of fast bowler Clint McKay, middle-order batsman Usman Khawaja and left-arm spinner Steve O'Keefe.
  
  "The squad we have selected sees the return from injury of Phillip Hughes," Andrew Hilditch, the chairman of selectors, said. " [It] includes a very good mix of experience and new young talent with Steven Smith, Hughes and two young fast bowlers in Peter George and Josh Hazlewood."
  
  Brad Haddin, the first-choice wicketkeeper, is still not available due to an elbow injury giving Tim Paine another Test series behind the stumps. "Haddin is due to commence restricted batting in the next few weeks," Australian physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said. "He is on track to be available for club cricket and for New South Wales with the possibility of being available for selection in the India or Sri Lanka one-day series."
  
  Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke (vice-capt), Doug Bollinger, Peter George, Nathan Hauritz, Josh Hazlewood, Ben Hilfenhaus, Phillip Hughes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Marcus North, Tim Paine (wk), Steven Smith and Shane Watson.
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/475536.html[/b]

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th September 2010 06:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india/conten...ry/475621.html

  
  

• From: Sourav on 14th September 2010 03:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Guatam Gambhir will lead the Indian Board President's XI against Australia in three-day cricket match in Chandigarh Sep 25-27.
  
  Squad:
  Gautam Gambhir (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha, R. Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Abhimanyu Mitun, S. Sreesanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Abhinav Mukund, Ravindra Jadeja.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 14th September 2010 03:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Guatam Gambhir will lead the Indian Board President's XI against Australia in three-day cricket match in Chandigarh Sep 25-27.
  
  Squad:
  Gautam Gambhir (captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha, R. Ashwin, Piyush Chawla, Abhimanyu Mitun, S. Sreesanth, Jaydev Unadkat, Umesh Yadav, Abhinav Mukund, Ravindra Jadeja.

  Strangely, though, the squad features four players involved with the Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa - which ends on September 26, a day after the tour game starts. If all IPL sides make it to the semi-finals, to be held on September 24 and 25, the BP XI will be left with only 10 men. BCCI.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 14th September 2010 04:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  pujara is in the squad! ithula nalla adichanna kandippa ulla vanthiruvaan... kammannn pujara...
  
  jadu also there...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 14th September 2010 09:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Is it Ajay Jadeja?. Please don't tell me you are talking about Ravindra Jadeja.
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  
  jadu also there...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 15th September 2010 09:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  antha jadeja NDTV-la iruppparu...
  i m talking abt soorapuli ravindra jadeja.
  //avanai jadu-nu thane koopduranga dhoni & other players...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 19th September 2010 05:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  squad selection tmrw...
  
  Likely India squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun and Amit Mishra

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 19th September 2010 06:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  squad selection tmrw...
  
  Likely India squad: MS Dhoni (capt & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, M Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Abhimanyu Mithun and Amit Mishra

  may be chance for sreesanth

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 19th September 2010 07:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Nowadays these Squad Selection articles have half-a-page dedicated to Pujara . idhukkaagave avanai select panni 2 failure varanum. appodhaan noise konjam kammi aagumpola.

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 20th September 2010 03:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://cricket.rediff.com/report/201...alia-tests.htm
  
  Fantastic news this!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 03:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 03:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India squad: MS Dhoni (capt. & wk), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Suresh Raina, Cheteshwar Pujara, M Vijay, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Pragyan Ojha, Sreesanth and Amit Mishra

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 03:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  gauti, zaheer & bhajji r back... perfect squad... kappu namakku than...ramasamy kappai eduthu vaida...

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 20th September 2010 04:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  idhu yaarukku good news-o illaiyo, Raina-vukku romba nalla news. With Yuvi out of the way, he is guaranteed to get a few chances at No. 6. Hope he makes the No. 6 spot his own.
  
  Pujara, Vijay innum konja naal bench theikkanum. It will be very interesting to see who gets the first chance if Dravid retires.

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 20th September 2010 04:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  idhu yaarukku good news-o illaiyo, Raina-vukku romba nalla news. With Yuvi out of the way, he is guaranteed to get a few chances at No. 6. Hope he makes the No. 6 spot his own.
  
  Pujara, Vijay innum konja naal bench theikkanum. It will be very interesting to see who gets the first chance if Dravid retires.

  Athan Sehwag sollirukarula, he'll be ready to play in the middle order to accommodate M Vijay in the openers slot after senior retirenu

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 20th September 2010 04:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  GM dialogue in Singaravelan: ippo andha Pujara enna pannittaanu avan kaila mutham kudukkareenga. Nammaalu Vijay kai paarunga cheva cheva-nu irukku, onnu kudunga

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 20th September 2010 04:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  GM dialogue in Singaravelan: ippo andha Pujara enna pannittaanu avan kaila mutham kudukkareenga. Nammaalu Vijay kai paarunga cheva cheva-nu irukku, onnu kudunga

  
  sreesanth: oh.. satta mela evaloo button..

  
  

• From: GP on 20th September 2010 04:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  GM dialogue in Singaravelan: ippo andha Pujara enna pannittaanu avan kaila mutham kudukkareenga. Nammaalu Vijay kai paarunga cheva cheva-nu irukku, onnu kudunga

  

  
  

• From: Plum on 20th September 2010 04:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  gauti, zaheer & bhajji r back... perfect squad... kappu namakku than...ramasamy kappai eduthu vaida...

  Don't think so. I have a fear that Sachin might fail thanks to the T20 ketta pazhakkam recently. And Dravid ofcourse is playing his last series and it will only be a bonus if he does reasonably well. Gauti hasnt exactly set the world on fire recently. Viru is due a failure series. Vijay-ai nambinA enna kashtangaLlAm varumnu nAn solla thEvai illai. Raina oruthan dhAn nambikka natchathiram - avanaiyum short pitch pOttu thAkkuvAnga. Let's see how he copes. I have a good feeling that he'll come out succesful, though.
  
  idhellAm paravA illai - namma bowling irukkE...
  (Scene from nizhalgaL,
  N Ravi: andha poNNu irukkALE...(dreamily)
  Chandrasekhar: *Plays a sogamAna tune in his violin with his (azhumoonji-nu solradhu redundant adjective) face*
  )

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 04:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  GM dialogue in Singaravelan: ippo andha Pujara enna pannittaanu avan kaila mutham kudukkareenga. Nammaalu Vijay kai paarunga cheva cheva-nu irukku, onnu kudunga

  
  
  GM (double act): antha kai-ku muttham kodukka mudiyathu...soodu vena vaikkalaam... JK. pujara rombha varushama continuous-a neraya runs adikkuraan... but, edukkave illa... athan avan mela oru parivu.
  
  gauti, viru, dravid intha 3 perla yaaru injury aanalum vj-ku than first pref. oduppanga i guess.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 20th September 2010 04:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  gauti, zaheer & bhajji r back... perfect squad... kappu namakku than...ramasamy kappai eduthu vaida...

  Don't think so. I have a fear that Sachin might fail thanks to the T20 ketta pazhakkam recently. And Dravid ofcourse is playing his last series and it will only be a bonus if he does reasonably well. Gauti hasnt exactly set the world on fire recently. Viru is due a failure series. Vijay-ai nambinA enna kashtangaLlAm varumnu nAn solla thEvai illai. Raina oruthan dhAn nambikka natchathiram - avanaiyum short pitch pOttu thAkkuvAnga. Let's see how he copes. I have a good feeling that he'll come out succesful, though.
  
  idhellAm paravA illai - namma bowling irukkE...
  (Scene from nizhalgaL,
  N Ravi: andha poNNu irukkALE...(dreamily)
  Chandrasekhar: *Plays a sogamAna tune in his violin with his (azhumoonji-nu solradhu redundant adjective) face*
  )

  Dhoni ya ethuvum sollama vittutenga .. :P

  
  

• From: Plum on 20th September 2010 04:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Actually, much as I hate to admit it, India's success hinges much on Durby's performance
  
  Pontingg vEra keLappa pORAn batting-la.
  
  indha series-la sila pala idigaLai thAnga vEndi varumnu nenaikkarEn

  
  

• From: Plum on 20th September 2010 04:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  gauti, zaheer & bhajji r back... perfect squad... kappu namakku than...ramasamy kappai eduthu vaida...

  Don't think so. I have a fear that Sachin might fail thanks to the T20 ketta pazhakkam recently. And Dravid ofcourse is playing his last series and it will only be a bonus if he does reasonably well. Gauti hasnt exactly set the world on fire recently. Viru is due a failure series. Vijay-ai nambinA enna kashtangaLlAm varumnu nAn solla thEvai illai. Raina oruthan dhAn nambikka natchathiram - avanaiyum short pitch pOttu thAkkuvAn
  
  ga. Let's see how he copes. I have a good feeling that he'll come out succesful, though.
  
  idhellAm paravA illai - namma bowling irukkE...
  (Scene from nizhalgaL,
  N Ravi: andha poNNu irukkALE...(dreamily)
  Chandrasekhar: *Plays a sogamAna tune in his violin with his (azhumoonji-nu solradhu redundant adjective) face*
  )

  Dhoni ya ethuvum sollama vittutenga .. :P

  He is the key man, both batting wise and with his captaincy.

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 20th September 2010 04:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  GM dialogue in Singaravelan: ippo andha Pujara enna pannittaanu avan kaila mutham kudukkareenga. Nammaalu Vijay kai paarunga cheva cheva-nu irukku, onnu kudunga

  

  
  

• From: avven on 20th September 2010 04:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 20th September 2010 04:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  gauti, viru, dravid intha 3 perla yaaru injury aanalum vj-ku than first pref. oduppanga i guess.

  venaanjaami. Dravid Aus series-oda retire aayittaarunnu, Vijay-a SA pitch-la erakki vutturaadheenga. Steyn India-laye andha podu pottaan, avanga ooru pitch-la summaava viduvaan. Namma Sachin,Dravid-e SA-la 40 average-dhaan vachurukkaanga. adhanaala chinna paya Poosaari-ke modhal vaaippu kuduthurunga. naanga wait panrom

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 20th September 2010 05:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  adhanaala chinna paya Poosaari-ke modhal vaaippu kuduthurunga. naanga wait panrom

  too muchu

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 20th September 2010 05:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Pontingg vEra keLappa pORAn batting-la.

  romba ushaaraa "batting-la"nu kadasila add pannittaaru
  
  Ponting will have another very average series. Series mudinja udane indha post-a naan re-quote panren.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 05:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  poosari
  
  poosari SA-ku soodam kaatta poraan...

  
  

• From: Plum on 20th September 2010 06:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by cricinfo comment space

  ravindra jadeja is "NOT" in the side..sorry Australia, you have absolutely NO chance of winning now!!

  Sorry Sourav, India poorAm ivan mEla kolai veRiyA irukku!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 07:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara... finallyyy.....

  GM dialogue in Singaravelan: ippo andha Pujara enna pannittaanu avan kaila mutham kudukkareenga. Nammaalu Vijay kai paarunga cheva cheva-nu irukku, onnu kudunga

  
  
  GM (double act): antha kai-ku muttham kodukka mudiyathu...soodu vena vaikkalaam... JK.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 07:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by cricinfo comment space

  ravindra jadeja is "NOT" in the side..sorry Australia, you have absolutely NO chance of winning now!!

  Sorry Sourav, India poorAm ivan mEla kolai veRiyA irukku!

  intha fans-e ipdi than boss... 2,3 series perform pannalaina joker aakiruvaange... yuvi-i match winner, india's beven-nu sonnavange ippo avanai oru paisa-ku mathikkurathulla... kaalam bathil sollum!

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 20th September 2010 07:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by cricinfo comment space

  ravindra jadeja is "NOT" in the side..sorry Australia, you have absolutely NO chance of winning now!!

  Sorry Sourav, India poorAm ivan mEla kolai veRiyA irukku!

  intha fans-e ipdi than boss... 2,3 series perform pannalaina joker aakiruvaange... yuvi-i match winner, india's beven-nu sonnavange ippo avanai oru paisa-ku mathikkurathulla... kaalam bathil sollum!

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 07:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sari vidunga... 3,4 series...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 08:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Can somebody ban sourav for his excessive supporting of Jadeja??

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 08:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ithanai per avanai thitti theekureenga... nan oru aal (& vinoth) support panrathu porukka mudilaiya...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 20th September 2010 08:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sadesaava support seiyyaradhE oru periya dhandanai, ban vErayaa?

  
  

• From: Nerd on 20th September 2010 08:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ennadhu M Vijayyaaa?? Avan ennatha kizhichaan-nu test squad-la irukkaan??

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 20th September 2010 08:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Nerd

  Ennadhu M Vijayyaaa?? Avan ennatha kizhichaan-nu test squad-la irukkaan??

  inimelaavathu ethaavathu kizhidaannu thaan sethurikaar.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 08:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Nerd

  Ennadhu M Vijayyaaa?? Avan ennatha kizhichaan-nu test squad-la irukkaan??

  inimelaavathu ethaavathu kizhidaannu thaan sethurikaar.

  avan sattaiya than kizhichikkanum....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 20th September 2010 08:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  actually he has given good opening partnership with viru in the matches he has played... mosam ellam illapa. anyway, playing XI-la edam kedaikkathu....water boy velai than...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 09:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Nerd, Looks Like Yuvraj Singh is dropped for the test series and Pujara has been picked in his place. Ooh I am very saary he has been dropped for ODI's also.

  
  

• From: Plum on 20th September 2010 09:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  sadesaava support seiyyaradhE oru periya dhandanai, ban vErayaa?

  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 10:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Poll added. Interested people please vote.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 20th September 2010 10:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Voted for India 1-0

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 10:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Voted.
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  We should win this series 2-0. We have the team to beat them 2-0.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 20th September 2010 10:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Poll added. Interested people please vote.

  Done

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 10:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I the 2-0 voted. Who the other all two-zero's here?.

  
  

• From: Plum on 20th September 2010 10:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Af, india will not win the series-nu option add paNNunga vote paNdren.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 20th September 2010 10:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  All possible options are up there. Aus 1-0, Aus 2-0 or 0-0 caters to your post.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 20th September 2010 11:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I the 2-0 voted. Who the other all two-zero's here?.

  :P

  
  

• From: Nerd on 21st September 2010 01:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Nerd, Looks Like Yuvraj Singh is dropped for the test series and Pujara has been picked in his place. Ooh I am very saary he has been dropped for ODI's also.

  ODI squad enga? ODIs with who actually? Sorry am not updated
  
  But anyway, Yuvraj illainaalum paravalla, Vijay-ya 11-la eduthura poraainga. And we definitely need the services of Yuvi for the WC 2011.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 21st September 2010 06:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I the 2-0 voted. Who the other all two-zero's here?.

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Nerd

  And we definitely need the services of Yuvi for the WC 2011.

  

  
  

• From: Plum on 21st September 2010 08:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  All possible options are up there. Aus 1-0, Aus 2-0 or 0-0 caters to your post.

  Doesn't work for me. I want a definitive option saying india will not win the series.
  Aus 1-0ku vote paNNunA, according to chatterjee, Aus 2-0-nu win paNNa vAippu irukku. An option ruling out an indian win in the series is required to implement chatterjee

  
  

• From: Sourav on 21st September 2010 09:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yuvraj Singh unhappy for not getting Test Selection
  
  Tuesday, 21 September 2010 08:38
  
  News Desk: Breaking News! Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped from the 15-member team for the forthcoming test series against Australia, is not happy about the selectors' decision to drop hm.
  
  Yuvraj cited the example of two matches played in Sri Lanka. He scored a hundred in the tour game and then a fifty in the first test match. He missed the second test match due to dengue fever and could not find a place in the team for the third test, as Raina cemented his place with a century on debut.
  
  Yuvraj Singh was replaced with Cheteshwar Pujara from Saurashtra, who was waiting for a national call for a long time. The first test match between India and Australia will begin at Mohali from OCtober 1.
  
  Yuvraj will be leading the Rest of India team against Mumbai in the Irani Trophy, which will commence on the same day - October 1.
  http://www.breakingnewsonline.net/cr...selection.html

  
  

• From: hamid on 21st September 2010 09:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  All possible options are up there. Aus 1-0, Aus 2-0 or 0-0 caters to your post.

  Doesn't work for me. I want a definitive option saying india will not win the series.
  Aus 1-0ku vote paNNunA, according to chatterjee, Aus 2-0-nu win paNNa vAippu irukku. An option ruling out an indian win in the series is required to implement chatterjee

  Plum,

  
  

• From: hamid on 21st September 2010 09:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Yuvraj Singh unhappy for not getting Test Selection

  poy suvathula muttika sollu avana...

  
  

• From: hamid on 21st September 2010 09:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  this time too no matches at Chennai?????
  
  whjats the last International match played at Chennai?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 21st September 2010 09:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  A step towards reclaiming No. 1 rank - Ponting
  http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/200920...k-ponting.html

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 21st September 2010 09:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Yuvraj Singh unhappy for not getting Test Selection

  poy suvathula muttika sollu avana...

  Paavanga suvar!

  
  

• From: Plum on 21st September 2010 11:00 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Enga Yuvi pOi Suvar(wall)-la muttinA, Dravid-um injure Agi veLayAda mudiyAma pOgavA? En indha kolai veRi?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 22nd September 2010 07:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repos.../Ad0170416.png
  
  //
  http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repos.../Pc0191300.jpg
  nice still..

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 22nd September 2010 08:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  i yaam very saary.
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  All possible options are up there. Aus 1-0, Aus 2-0 or 0-0 caters to your post.

  Doesn't work for me. I want a definitive option saying india will not win the series.
  Aus 1-0ku vote paNNunA, according to chatterjee, Aus 2-0-nu win paNNa vAippu irukku. An option ruling out an indian win in the series is required to implement chatterjee

  
  

• From: Sourav on 22nd September 2010 08:56 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia Wins 2-0 [ 2 ]
  
  yaar antha 2 per...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 22nd September 2010 10:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  
  http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repos.../Pc0191300.jpg
  nice still..

  enna kurukurunu paakura ?

  
  

• From: Plum on 22nd September 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  adhu vERa oNNum illa - pOna muRai india vandhappO oruthan cycle gapla Ponting-ku lip to lip adichuttAn. andha bayam innum theLiyala pOlirukku!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 22nd September 2010 12:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by cricinfo comment space

  ravindra jadeja is "NOT" in the side..sorry Australia, you have absolutely NO chance of winning now!!

  Sorry Sourav, India poorAm ivan mEla kolai veRiyA irukku!

  nanum konjam check pannen... pathans-ku strong rekkamendation... pres. XI, Rest of India yethulayumae illainu... but, irfan pathan-i A team illa Z team-la kooda eduka mattanga.nu avanae vanthu announce panna than ellorukkum puriyum...

  
  

• From: Arun Prasad on 22nd September 2010 12:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia Wins 2-0 [ 2 ]
  
  yaar antha 2 per...

  Teamla Shewag irukuradhae marandhitu vote pandrangae

  
  

• From: Sourav on 22nd September 2010 01:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Arun Prasad

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia Wins 2-0 [ 2 ]
  
  yaar antha 2 per...

  Teamla Shewag irukuradhae marandhitu vote pandrangae

  arun, ithellam nallathukku illa aaamaa... over nambikkai odabukku aagathu.... sehwag oru 4 adichuttu slip-la koduthuttu pora maathiri ippove thonuthe...
  
  apdiye out aanalum intha MJ or watson kitta mattum out aagitatha... antha monnaingala kandalae enakku aagathu...

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 22nd September 2010 05:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India will win 2-0

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 22nd September 2010 07:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yuvraj Interview:
  http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/478169.html
  
  Key Sections:
  Now when you see the newcomers, do you see yourself at the age of 20 again?
  I see a lot of guys making the same mistakes.
  
  What mistakes?
  By mistakes I mean you come into the team, you have some success and you think, "Yeah, I can do the same things on the field all the time," which is not possible. Then after playing for India, you think, "I can do whatever I want," which is also not possible. It's just immaturity. No experience, so you make mistakes and hopefully you learn something from them, and from the older players.
  
  I see a lot of youngsters like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma, who are very talented and flamboyant. As a senior I tell them not to make the same mistakes I made, and try to guide them to a better tomorrow. When I began playing, you could say the game was changing, the distractions were beginning. Now the distractions are too much and my advice to the younger guys is mostly not to be distracted by what is happening outside and to concentrate on the game.
  
  Do they listen?
  They don't listen, especially Rohit and Virat. [Suresh] Raina still listens a little bit, but Rohit and Virat always argue with me. I don't blame the youngsters for not listening, because a lot of times Sachin or Sourav or Kumble said something to me and I said "What do they know?". But it's just your age… boys mature very late. That's what I've learned from my life. As a senior, I think it's our duty to help the junior guys, like [Ravindra] Jadeja and Praveen Kumar. I think it's our duty to help them as their career progresses. Hopefully they'll listen, if not to me, to other players.
  
  When you say distractions, you mean partying, money, celebrity?
  It's everything. When you are playing for the country, you start having a status. Then you want a big house. Then you want a nice car. You become famous, people start liking you, there is media hype around you. More than the positives, which these may sound like, there a lot of negatives. You start concentrating on other things, going out with your friends, saying "I'll practise tomorrow." At that moment it's important that there is someone to guide you and tell you, "No, your cricket is more important and everything here is because of your cricket. So practise five to eight hours, and after that do whatever you want to." You need to have a balance.
  
  Do you fear for the younger generation then?
  I do actually fear for them. If there were 50% of distractions in cricket 10 years ago, today they are at 100%. Any youngster can fall out anywhere. Especially since the IPL, a lot of youngsters, particularly in first-class cricket, focus on the IPL, which is a very bad thing. The players feel that they are not good enough in international cricket and they can survive in the IPL. You can't blame them, because the IPL gives them an opportunity to play with the best players, gives them money and gives them a sense of well-being with their family - things a normal man wants.
  
  But they need to realise that they need to push towards playing for the country. They need to be thinking of playing for the country, not because they may or may not eventually make it but because wanting to play for India is important in terms of pushing the level of their cricket, improving their cricket. I don't think the improvement of a cricketer's game can come by playing only for the IPL. You need to play all forms of cricket.
  
  

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 22nd September 2010 07:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  nallavan maadhiriye pesaraane. vedham saathaanai odhudhaa

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 22nd September 2010 07:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  because a lot of times Sachin or Sourav or Kumble said something to me and I said "What do they know?".
  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 24th September 2010 12:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdTi6...eature=related
  
  Sachin's 39th Test Century - Border Gavaskar Trophy - 4th Test - Adelaide 2008.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 24th September 2010 02:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Johnson pins target on Sehwag
  
  http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news...924-15qb9.html
  
  Australian pace spearhead Mitchell Johnson has pinned a target to the forehead of Virender Sehwag.
  
  Now one of the more experienced players in the Australian line-up, Johnson has wasted little time in selecting Sehwag as the key to India's top order.
  
  The left-arm quick says the rapidfire opener is vulnerable to short-pitched bowling and should prepare for a barrage from the tourists as a result.
  
  Accompanied by his more sedate but equally combative partner Gautam Gambhir, Sehwag gave the Indians a succession of confident starts in the 2008 series on the subcontinent, blasting 351 runs at a strike rate of 82.39.
  
  Gambhir scored more, but Sehwag's impetus invariably had the Australians out of balance, even if he was not around to convert starts into centuries.
  
  "Sehwag is someone we can bowl a lot of short balls to. I don't think he's too confident with the short ball early," Johnson said.
  
  "Last time when we were over here we came out and he was hitting good balls for four or six, you look up at the scoreboard and he's almost 50.
  
  "I think if we can get their top order out fairly cheaply it puts a lot of pressure on their lower order like (MS) Dhoni, (Rahul) Dravid and those guys."
  
  Echoing Johnson in his belligerence was allrounder Shane Watson, who said it was vital to show aggressive intent to the Indian batsmen, rather than mentally preparing for a long day in the field.
  
  "There are a few things we know we can make the most of with hopefully some of the Indian batsmen," said Watson.
  
  "I think a few guys it doesn't necessarily have to be raw pace, but getting a few short balls up a few of their top order batters is going to be really important, to set the tone of our bowling side.
  
  "I think just about every team in the world is (vulnerable) to raw pace, no matter who you are, no-one really enjoys the ball coming at your head at 150km/h."
  
  The Australians held a first outdoor net session on Friday afternoon, ahead of their lone tour match against an Indian board president's XI at Chandigarh's sector 16 stadium.
  
  While at pains to maintain a sense of focus on India, the announcement of England's Ashes squad saw a few glances cast further ahead, with Johnson saying victory in India would provide an ideal lead-in to the first home Test at the Gabba.
  
  "We want to win every Test leading up to the Ashes," he said.
  
  "We want to go out and win these two Tests, so we'll be doing everything we can to win those two Tests and play some good, competitive cricket."
  
  The Australians can be expected to field their strongest side - minus the Twenty20 Champions League pair of Mike Hussey and Doug Bollinger - against a local XI captained by Gambhir and featuring talented paceman Sreesanth.

  Thalaiva... sketch poduraange... kavuthiratha....

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 24th September 2010 03:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "Sehwag is someone we can bowl a lot of short balls to. I don't think he's too confident with the short ball early," Johnson said.

  Indian pitch-la short ball potta iduppukkudhaan varum
  
  

  "I think if we can get their top order out fairly cheaply it puts a lot of pressure on their lower order like (MS) Dhoni, (Rahul) Dravid and those guys."

  edhu Dravid lower order-a

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 25th September 2010 07:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/new...arke-20100925/
  
  Plum, unga sEvai kandippaa thEvai.
  Innaikku BP XI kooda vEra nallaa aadittaanga!

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 26th September 2010 12:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia Wins 2-0 [ 2 ]
  
  yaar antha 2 per...

  
  Now one more. 3rd vote is mine.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 26th September 2010 12:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  apdiye out aanalum intha MJ or watson kitta mattum out aagitatha... antha monnaingala kandalae enakku aagathu...

  கட்வுளே இந்த கழிசாடைங்க கிட்டே இருந்து சேவாக்கை காப்பாத்தாத. இதுக்காகவாவ்து இந்த தொடரில் சேவாக் இவங்க ரெண்டு பேரைத் தவிர யார் கிட்ட்வும் அவுட் ஆக கூடாது.
  
  அம்பயர்கள் யாரு??
  
  .

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 04:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia Wins 2-0 [ 2 ]
  
  yaar antha 2 per...

  
  Now one more. 3rd vote is mine.

  chattergy...?
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  apdiye out aanalum intha MJ or watson kitta mattum out aagitatha... antha monnaingala kandalae enakku aagathu...

  கட்வுளே இந்த கழிசாடைங்க கிட்டே இருந்து சேவாக்கை காப்பாத்தாத. இதுக்காகவாவ்து இந்த தொடரில் சேவாக் இவங்க ரெண்டு பேரைத் தவிர யார் கிட்ட்வும் அவுட் ஆக கூடாது.
  
  அம்பயர்கள் யாரு??
  
  .

  yen intha kolai veri... antha mj already viru kitta vambu pannan.... intha watson moonjiya paathale pudikkala....worst attitude,,,

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 26th September 2010 05:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  chatterjy...?

  No. That one vote is for you. I think that India has a chance to win by 1-0 margin or series may drawn at 1-1 because of the second test which is going to be played at Bangalore while looking at the past records of India. Though I am not sure, I think India is yet to defeat Australia in a Test Match at Bangalore. Nearly for the past 10 years at Bangalore, I don't have any memories of India's win against other test playing nations, too. Few years ago against Pakistan, even Sehwag's quickfire double hundred could not save the match after Younis Khan's marathon double hundred and quickfire 80-odd runs is still fresh in my memory.
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  yen intha kolai veri... antha mj already viru kitta vambu pannan.... intha watson moonjiya paathale pudikkala....worst attitude,,,

  இதெல்லாம் ஒரு காரணமா? இது rejeeted.
  
  In terms of cricket, Watson has good allround ability and one of the genuine allrounders in the cricket world today.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 05:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  chatterjy...?

  No. That one vote is for you. I think that India has a chance to win by 1-0 margin or series may drawn at 1-1 because of the second test which is going to be played at Bangalore while looking at the past records of India. Though I am not sure, I think India is yet to defeat Australia in a Test Match at Bangalore. Nearly for the past 10 years at Bangalore, I don't have any memories of India's win against other test playing nations, too. Few years ago against Pakistan, even Sehwag's quickfire double hundred could not save the match after Younis Khan's marathon double hundred and quickfire 80-odd runs is still fresh in my memory.

  ok, ok... intha thadava kandippa jeikkurom...
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  இதெல்லாம் ஒரு காரணமா? இது rejeeted.
  
  In terms of cricket, Watson has good allround ability and one of the genuine allrounders in the cricket world today.

  moonji-nu sonnathu summa... but, i really dont like him.... he had lot of ugly moments in the fieldt... ellor kittayum vambu pannite iruppan... sledging., out pannitu batsman face kitta poyi katthurathu etc...athan... evlo periya player-a irunthalum ipdillam panna pudikkama poyidum...

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 26th September 2010 05:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  My vote india win 2-0

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 26th September 2010 05:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  moonji-nu sonnathu summa... but, i really dont like him.... he had lot of ugly moments in the fieldt... ellor kittayum vambu pannite iruppan... sledging., out pannitu batsman face kitta poyi katthurathu etc...athan... evlo periya player-a irunthalum ipdillam panna pudikkama poyidum...

  சமீப காலத்தில் இதற்கு இந்திய அணியில் உள்ள வீரர்களும் விதி விலக்கல்ல.
  
  Few exceptions: Sachin, Dravid & Dhoni. As of now, rest of the team has this ugly Oz attitude. Even our Ganguly is not an exception but he too played cricket in hard way(i.e. Oz).

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 26th September 2010 05:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  BP XI batting. Pujara bowled by Johnson for 9

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 06:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  BP XI batting. Pujara bowled by Johnson for 9

  really?! 9 raasiyana no...nalla no-la than start pannirukkan... :P

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 26th September 2010 06:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sourav

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 06:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  moonji-nu sonnathu summa... but, i really dont like him.... he had lot of ugly moments in the fieldt... ellor kittayum vambu pannite iruppan... sledging., out pannitu batsman face kitta poyi katthurathu etc...athan... evlo periya player-a irunthalum ipdillam panna pudikkama poyidum...

  சமீப காலத்தில் இதற்கு இந்திய அணியில் உள்ள வீரர்களும் விதி விலக்கல்ல.
  
  Few exceptions: Sachin, Dravid & Dhoni. As of now, rest of the team has this ugly Oz attitude. Even our Ganguly is not an exception but he too played cricket in hard way(i.e. Oz).

  enna ipdi solreenga... i dont find that much irritating acts in indian cricketers... sreesanth, bhajji exception... watson ellam rombha worsttuppa... paakka thane porom...intha series-laye yethuna 1,2 incident nadakkum paarunga...

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 26th September 2010 06:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  BP XI batting. Pujara bowled by Johnson for 9

  really?! 9 raasiyana no...nalla no-la than start pannirukkan... :P

  Sourav, naanaavadhu kaadhudhaan kutharen . Pujara-vukku mookku vaayellaam kuthittaanga .
  
  Reply 1: yaen oru 99 adikka vendiyadhudhaana
  Reply 2: appo Indian team-la eduthaalum 9-dhaan adippaaraa

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 06:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  BP XI batting. Pujara bowled by Johnson for 9

  really?! 9 raasiyana no...nalla no-la than start pannirukkan... :P

  Sourav, naanaavadhu kaadhudhaan kutharen . Pujara-vukku mookku vaayellaam kuthittaanga .
  
  Reply 1: yaen oru 99 adikka vendiyadhudhaana
  Reply 2: appo Indian team-la eduthaalum 9-dhaan adippaaraa

  padichutteengala... i thought match starts on 27.. and pujara mela avlo nambikkai...
  
  starting mattum than 9.... aduthu 81, 171, 207, 324-nu poyitte irukka poran,,

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 06:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ch/464525.html
  
  p chawla 64 adichirukkan..but, batsmen-la oruthan kooda 20-i thodala....

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 26th September 2010 06:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/engine/current/match/464525.html
  
  p chawla 64 adichirukkan..but, batsmen-la oruthan kooda 20-i thodala....

  I have a bad feeling about this series.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 26th September 2010 06:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara mela avlo nambikkai...
  
  starting mattum than 9.... aduthu 81, 171, 207, 324-nu poyitte irukka poran,,

  naanum total Pujara hater kedaiyaadhu. But from whatever I have seen of him, he doesn't look that comfortable against pace. He doesn't have that bit of extra time which great batsman normally have (Rohit has it but his attitude ). But if Pujara has the attitude and hunger to score runs, he can overcome all the hurdles. unga favorite word-a inga pottukkanga.
  
  PS: Favorite word ennannu muzhikkaadheenga. "paakkalaam" - idhudhaan unga favorite word. unga paadhi post-oda conclusion idhudhaan

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 26th September 2010 06:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-australia-2010/engine/current/match/464525.html
  
  p chawla 64 adichirukkan..but, batsmen-la oruthan kooda 20-i thodala....

  I have a bad feeling about this series.

  The pitch in Bangalore also might suit Aussies. konjam kashtamdhaam.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 06:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  pujara mela avlo nambikkai...
  
  starting mattum than 9.... aduthu 81, 171, 207, 324-nu poyitte irukka poran,,

  naanum total Pujara hater kedaiyaadhu. But from whatever I have seen of him, he doesn't look that comfortable against pace. He doesn't have that bit of extra time which great batsman normally have (Rohit has it but his attitude ). But if Pujara has the attitude and hunger to score runs, he can overcome all the hurdles. unga favorite word-a inga pottukkanga.
  
  PS: Favorite word ennannu muzhikkaadheenga. "paakkalaam" - idhudhaan unga favorite word. unga paadhi post-oda conclusion idhudhaan

  epdillam note panrangapa... enakku technical-a ellam intha alavukku onnum theriyathu... but, i think he has very good techinque in batting... 1,2 matches-la paathathu...neraya columns-layum padichirukken.... kandippa he will shine...paarunga.

  
  

• From: Plum on 26th September 2010 06:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  BP XI batting. Pujara bowled by Johnson for 9

  really?! 9 raasiyana no...nalla no-la than start pannirukkan... :P

  Sourav, naanaavadhu kaadhudhaan kutharen . Pujara-vukku mookku vaayellaam kuthittaanga .
  
  Reply 1: yaen oru 99 adikka vendiyadhudhaana
  Reply 2: appo Indian team-la eduthaalum 9-dhaan adippaaraa

  Dhoni: oNNulErundhu ettukuLLa oru raasiyaana number sollu
  Pujara: ombOfhu

  
  

• From: Plum on 26th September 2010 06:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara will fail in one or two matches be it tests or board president or tour matches. Nadula Yuvi oru 100 adippaan odi-la udanE avanai kondu vandhuduvaanga
  
  (Punjabla pepsi vikkaNumnA yuvi vENumE avainga vEra pressure pOduvAnga )

  
  

• From: Sourav on 26th September 2010 06:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Uncertainty keeps the rivalry thriving
  
  Sehwag holds the key to India's chances against Australia. Much will also depend on Zaheer and Johnson
  
  Ian Chappell
  
  September 26, 2010
  
  As India and Australia prepare to meet in a much-anticipated Test series, the first thing that strikes you is how vulnerable Ricky Ponting's team is against good spin bowling. If this was 2001, when Harbhajan Singh was at the top of his game, it's hard to see how Australia could win. However, this isn't 2001 and Harbhajan is not the attacking force he was nine years ago. Consequently Australia's chances are much improved.
  
  Apart from Michael Clarke, all the Australian batsmen are vulnerable, in varying degrees, to good spin bowling. Because Clarke is confident in his footwork right from the beginning of an innings, he's a better starter against spin than the rest of his team-mates.
  
  If Ponting, Shane Watson, Simon Katich and Michael Hussey overcome that hurdle, India's fragile attack will be hard put to stop them. If all the batsmen in this series are in peak form, there's very little difference between the two line-ups, except for one man - Virender Sehwag.
  
  Along with the form of the Indian bowlers, Sehwag holds the key to MS Dhoni's team winning the series. If Sehwag successfully launches a couple of his blitz attacks against the new ball, not only will it be difficult for Australia to recover, it'll also be an enormous boost to the batsmen who follow.
  
  Any planned Australian bumper barrage will be short-lived if Sehwag is splattering balls against the advertising hoardings. In addition, this is not a greenhorn batting line-up: apart from Suresh Raina, the Indian batsmen have shown on many occasions that they can handle whatever the opposing fast bowlers deliver.
  
  This promises to be a fascinating series, not just because it pits two intense rivals against one another but because there's also the heightened anticipation caused by uncertainty. Along with Australia's fragility against good spin bowling, the form of India's attack is currently a doubtful quantity.
  
  India's chances of winning the series will hinge on Zaheer Khan, who is the class bowler in their line-up. However, Zaheer's injury history and bowling form in the Champions League must have Indian fans chewing their nails. If Zaheer can regularly break through with the new ball, then it makes the rest of the attack so much more effective. If, on the other hand, he struggles, and Katich and Watson give Australia strong starts, it will put a huge strain on the rest of the Indian bowlers. It will also increase the likelihood of Australia's middle order firing, and if they post big totals, this in turn will make their bowling line-up more potent.
  
  For years Australia have put enormous pressure on their opponents by posting big totals. Even though it doesn't happen as often now, they still know how to turn the screws once they attain a position of strength.
  
  The Australian attack relies heavily on pace, with steady assistance from offspinner Nathan Hauritz. Mitchell Johnson is the spearhead of the attack but he struggles on pitches with less bounce. Australia need him to adapt quickly to Indian conditions.
  
  The other interesting aspect of this series is the Sachin Tendulkar factor. Tendulkar has always relished his battles with Australia and has often played a decisive role. It's no coincidence that ever since Tendulkar arrived on the scene this rivalry has grown in intensity. Just as Sunil Gavaskar gave Indian fans pride in their batting, Tendulkar has continually given them something to boast about. He's also featured in many opposition bowlers' nightmares; his was the wicket that meant the most. These days Sehwag has supplanted him in that regard, but if the ebullient opener is dismissed cheaply, there's still hope for India because Tendulkar follows. Even though he has reached senior-citizen status as a cricketer, of late Tendulkar's batting has featured a youthful spark. Nothing better to fan that flame than the thought of one last victory at home against the Australians.
  
  After a month of speculation and innuendo about fixing, and the odd moment of downright stupidity, the game is in dire need of a positive boost. This series could well provide a bit of competitive relief; that is, provided either side has the bowling resources to push through to victory.
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/478657.html

  
  

• From: Sourav on 27th September 2010 10:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting interview.
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/478773.html
  
  //
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  People can say what they want: Sehwag
  
  By: Agni Pandey Date: 2010-09-27 Place: Chandigarh
  
  
  Opener not paying attention to Johnson's remarks about him being a suspect against short bowling
  
  One of the keys to Virender Sehwag's success in international cricket is that he does not allow his mind to be cluttered with negative thoughts.
  
  He has a simple philosophy and come what may, he lives by it.
  
  Little wonder then, he did not read much into Aussie pacer Mitchell Johnson's view of him being vulnerable to short-pitched bowling early on in his innings.
  
  "Before the start of a series, everyone talks about such things," Sehwag told MiD DAY on the sidelines of the Indian team's practice session in Mohali yesterday.
  
  "Let people say what they want. I don't have a problem. Everything will be clear once the series starts. I really don't think much about all this," said Sehwag.
  
  In what has now become a tradition with visiting Australian teams, left-arm pacer Johnson targeted Sehwag since the opener will have a huge say in the two-Test series which kicks off at Mohali on October 1.
  
  "Last time when we were over here, he came out and hit good balls for four or six. You look up at the scoreboard and he's almost 50. Sehwag is someone we can bowl a lot of short balls to. I don't think he's too confident with the short ball early," said Johnson.
  
  But that surely does not guarantee success against Sehwag considering that over the years, he has always proved his detractors wrong. Before his first tour to Australia in 2003-04, pundits felt his lack of technique will be thoroughly exposed, but Sehwag scored 464 runs in four Tests at 58.00.
  
  On the opening day of the third Test, he scored 195 to light up the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  
  Sehwag has been a thorn for Australia. In 14 games against them, the dasher has scored 1400 runs at 51.85 with three hundreds. Meanwhile, Johnson has had a huge impact ever since his debut three years ago. The tall pacer has 29 wickets from eight Tests against India and has dismissed Sehwag thrice.
  
  http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2010/s...est-Series.htm

  
  

• From: Sourav on 27th September 2010 05:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  pujara 50+...
  kammannn tiger (puli),,,, talk me....

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 27th September 2010 05:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara 52*(102) ithukae ippadi sound vidureenga.. look at me.. Ajinkya Rahane 113*(111)

  
  

• From: Sourav on 27th September 2010 05:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Pujara 52*(102) ithukae ippadi sound vidureenga.. look at me.. Ajinkya Rahane 113*(111)

  dinsu, inga puraja patthi mattum than panjathu poyitu irukku....from yesterday... rahane 100 adicha enna 200 adicha enna... :P Rahane also has excellent first class avg. happy to see Aussies goes wkt-less after bowling 34 overs... P chawla 82 adichurukkan first inngs-la...

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 28th September 2010 11:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://cricket.rediff.com/report/201...vised-rest.htm
  
  Plum, chaterjee already working polave :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 28th September 2010 12:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by satissh_r

  http://cricket.rediff.com/report/2010/sep/28/harbhajan-singh-undergoes-mri-scan-may-be-advised-rest.htm
  
  Plum, chaterjee already working polave :P

  avar ponting-kulla chattergy pottaru... bhajji illaina dousar pondy-ku rombha vasathi...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 28th September 2010 11:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

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  LM, Please upload these pics.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 29th September 2010 12:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

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• From: ajithfederer on 29th September 2010 09:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article802785.ece
  
  A nice flashback since 2003. Some good images here.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 30th September 2010 06:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia hope to decode Sehwag
  http://www.deccanherald.com/content/...de-sehwag.html

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 03:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali
  
  Advantage India at favoured venue
  The Preview by Brydon Coverdale
  
  September 30, 2010
  
  Match Facts
  
  
  An injury to Harbhajan Singh has cast a cloud over India's hopes of having their first-choice attack back in action.
  Related LinksNews : Ponting hopes for controversy-free series
  Matches: India v Australia at Mohali
  Series/Tournaments: Australia tour of India [Sep-Oct 2010]
  Teams: Australia | India
  
  
  
  Friday, October 1, Mohali
  Start time 9:30am (0400 GMT)
  
  
  The Big Picture
  
  
  A Test series between India and Australia should be enough to whet the appetite of any cricket fan. But is that true of a contest spanning only two matches? We're about to find out. The abbreviated nature of the trip notwithstanding, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy is up for grabs. India are the holders after their 2-0 win at home this time two years ago, but much has changed since then. Australia entered that tour ranked No. 1 among Test teams and India were third. MS Dhoni's men are now at the top of the list, while the Australians have slipped to fourth. If Australia lose the series, they'll fall to fifth and begin the Ashes ranked lower than England.
  
  There are several fascinating subplots in this series. Will Harbhajan Singh continue to mesmerise Ricky Ponting? How will Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar, Test cricket's highest scorers, fare in what could be their final series against each other? Can Rahul Dravid find a way to dominate Australia, a team that has had his measure since 2004? Will Nathan Hauritz hold his own against the world's best players of spin? Is Marcus North on his last chance? And what controversy will arise?
  
  India haven't lost a Test series for two years and, despite drawing their last two, have so much talent in their batting line-up that it is hard to see how Australia can win. That is especially true of the first Test in Mohali, where India have lost only once, winning thrice and drawing five Tests. Can 20 wickets come from Mitchell Johnson, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger and Hauritz? Australia can dream, but India are unquestionably the favourites.
  
  
  Form guide
  
  
  India WDLWL
  Australia LWWWW
  
  
  Watch out for...
  
  
  It has been a heady couple of years for Suresh Raina. In that period, he has managed to force his way back from the wilderness through some compelling performances in the IPL, and done well in the shorter formats for India. Injury to Yuvraj Singh gave him a rare opening into Test cricket and he latched on with a fine debut century against Sri Lanka. That innings was testimony Raina's mental fortitude but, coming as it did on a flat track against a friendly attack, it did not say much about his technical prowess. Questions remain over Raina's ability to handle the bouncer and the next few months, including a tour to South Africa, offer him a chance to address those concerns. At some point over the next five days, Johnson and co. are going to test Raina with the short stuff, possibly with the help of the second new ball. How will he respond?
  
  Since Shane Watson stepped into the opening role during last year's Ashes, only Simon Katich and Michael Clarke have scored more Test runs for Australia. Last time Australia played Tests in India, Watson was making his long-awaited return to the baggy green and slotted in as a useful, if not outstanding, No. 6. He will be wary of Ishant Sharma's ability to jag the ball back in; that angle has been a weakness for Watson at the top of the order. Stuart Broad and Graham Onions repeatedly trapped him lbw using that method last year and three of his four dismissals against Pakistan in July also came against the ball moving in. But Watson has started the tour well, with a century in each innings of the warm-up game, and will look to use this trip to add to his one Test hundred.
  
  
  Team news
  
  
  
  An injury to Harbhajan has cast a cloud over India's hopes of having their first-choice attack back in action, following endless fitness issues in Sri Lanka. Dhoni said India will take a call on the offspinner on Friday morning. If Harbhajan does not make the cut, Pragyan Ojha will assume the role of lead spinner. Mohali's seamer-friendly reputation gives Sreesanth an opportunity to make the final XI as the third fast bowler, ahead of legspinner Amit Mishra. The batsmen pick themselves and, barring last-minute fitness issues, M Vijay and Cheteshwar Pujara are likely to sit out.
  
  India (possible) 1 Virender Sehwag, 2 Gautam Gambhir, 3 Rahul Dravid, 4 Sachin Tendulkar, 5 VVS Laxman, 6 Suresh Raina, 7 MS Dhoni (capt and wk), 8 Harbhajan Singh / Amit Mishra / Sreesanth, 9 Zaheer Khan, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Pragyan Ojha
  
  
  Australia are waiting to see how well Doug Bollinger and Michael Hussey train after their last-minute dash to India from the Champions League in South Africa. However, it would be a surprise if either man was left out. The only change from the team that lost to Pakistan at Headingley in July is likely to be the inclusion of Nathan Hauritz, who has recovered from his foot injury, at the expense of Steven Smith.
  
  Australia (possible) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Simon Katich, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Clarke, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Marcus North, 7 Tim Paine (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Doug Bollinger.
  
  
  Pitch and conditions
  
  The Australians spotted a tinge of green on the pitch after heavy rain in Mohali, adding to the likelihood they would play just one specialist spinner. However, there is a chance the normally quick surface might play a little slower than usual due to the weather. It was here two years ago that Peter Siddle announced himself by thumping Gautam Gambhir on the helmet with his first ball in Test cricket. Dhoni admitted the difficulty in predicting how the pitch would play. "We will have to see the wicket tomorrow. It looks a bit damp, it's been watered a bit. It looks like a good track. There may by a bit of skid for the fast bowlers," he said.
  
  
  Stats and trivia
  
  
  
  •Over the last ten years, Australia have lost more Tests to India than they have won. India are the only team that can boast of this record over Australia for the decade
  
  
  •During that period, Australia are the only team to have beaten India in a series at home
  
  
  •No bowler has dismissed Ricky Ponting more times in Test cricket than Harbhajan Singh, who has claimed his wicket on 10 occasions - Plum idhukaandiyavadhu bhajji venum pola irukke .
  
  
  •With the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan, Harbhajan is now the leading wicket-taker among active Test spinners, with 357
  
  
  •Michael Hussey and Simon Katich, who started their careers as opponents in Under-13s cricket in Perth, begin this series each having played 52 Tests and each having scored exactly 3981 runs
  
  
  Quotes
  
  
  "It doesn't matter on whom the pressure is. At the end of the day, you are expected to win if you are playing at home. Your ranking doesn't matter here much."
  MS Dhoni is not too caught up with the rankings
  
  "It is going to be a very big test for our bowlers and for me as a captain. India is the No. 1 team in the world and they are there for a reason."
  Ricky Ponting, on the other hand, is not losing sight of India's standing
  
  "Whenever I play against the Aussies and perform, I feel good. I will try to perform even better this time so that next time when the next series happens they should again take my name first."
  Harbhajan Singh gears up to play his favourite opposition
  Brydon Coverdale is an assistant editor at Cricinfo
  
  Feeds: Brydon Coverdale
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/479274.html
  
  Cricinfo, For their stats. . I never noticed about Dravid's run aggregate till now.
  
  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 04:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLKfMSXFFHQ
  
  En ratham kodhikudhu . A new Raktha charithra should be written after this series .

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 08:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I never noticed about Dravid's run aggregate till now.

  just 24 avg, no centuries in 13 matches... doesnt look like dravid stats...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 09:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/479342.html

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 09:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia have won the toss and elected to bat

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 09:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ada chaa. I wanted India to bat

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 09:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Ada chaa. I wanted India to bat

  me too...
  
  
  Australia (Playing XI): Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting(c), Michael Clarke, Michael Hussey, Marcus North, Tim Paine(w), Mitchell Johnson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Doug Bollinger
  
  India (Playing XI): Gautam Gambhir, Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, MS Dhoni(w/c), Suresh Raina, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Pragyan Ojha, Ishant Sharma

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 09:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Khan to Watson, 1 run, Sehwag at gully has put him down.
  
  ada paavi

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 09:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  0.2
  
  Khan to Watson, 1 run, Sehwag at gully has put him down. Wide half-volley, Watson leans out and looks to square drive, can't keep it down, Sehwag had to jump, not too high, and got both hands to it easy, but could not hold on. Single taken
  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 09:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Zaheer is off after that over. Vijay substitutes for him.
  
  Zaheer is back, so that was probably nature's call that took him out for an over.
  
  oru over-leva... ithellam ulla varrathukkku munnave ozhunga mudichuittu varrathulla...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 09:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ???
  
  Any live lings anybody

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 09:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  4.2
  
  
  Khan to Katich, OUT, 136.5 kph, Zaheer has nailed Katich and India have a wicket here.
  
  
  SM Katich lbw b Khan 6 (12b 1x4 0x6) SR: 50.00

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 1st October 2010 10:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting - Get out soon....

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 1st October 2010 10:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum, seekkiram vaanga. Ponting adikkaraan!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 10:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Plum, seekkiram vaanga. Ponting adikkaraan!

  athan avar fantasy team-la captain-a potturukkare... :P

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 10:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting adippAn. Idhu iyaRkkayin kattaLai. Indha muRai, plummAvadhu glummAvadhu, endha kombanAlum Ponting centurygaLum half-cenmturgaLum adithu kuvippadhai thadukka mudiyAdhu!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 10:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishanth (4 no balls in one over)

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Ishanth (4 no balls in one over)

  nettaikku ithey pozhappa pocchu...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 10:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  15.5
  
  
  Harbhajan Singh to Ponting, FOUR, shot, Ponting goes after Harbhajan, getting to the pitch of the full ball and hoisting it over midwicket
  
  15.4
  
  
  Harbhajan Singh to Ponting, FOUR, terrible line, wide outside leg stump, Ponting waits and paddles the ball to the fine leg boundary

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 1st October 2010 10:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Ishanth (4 no balls in one over)

  nettaikku ithey pozhappa pocchu...

  Sreesanth en adala ? Are they expecting this track 2 turn?

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 1st October 2010 11:00 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  12.3 Ishant to Ponting, no ball, this is really poor bowling from Ishant, length delivery, going wide down the leg side, Ponting tries to glance it to fine leg, gets a feather edge, goes to Dhoni, who appeals but has to curb it, because Ishant has overstepped, India and Ishant will be really cursing themselves, bigggg let off for Ponting

  Kisanth

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 11:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  15.5
  
  
  Harbhajan Singh to Ponting, FOUR, shot, Ponting goes after Harbhajan, getting to the pitch of the full ball and hoisting it over midwicket
  
  15.4
  
  
  Harbhajan Singh to Ponting, FOUR, terrible line, wide outside leg stump, Ponting waits and paddles the ball to the fine leg boundary

  silar sirippAr silar AzhuvAAr nAn sirithu koNdE azhugindrEn

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 11:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  All signs are pointing to a Ponting revival. Indiakku sangu dhAn. Pontingku vetRikani dhAn!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by satissh_r

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Ishanth (4 no balls in one over)

  nettaikku ithey pozhappa pocchu...

  Sreesanth en adala ? Are they expecting this track 2 turn?

  bhajji fit aagalaina aadiruppan... pitch report says it will get slower and slower...

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 11:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  idhellAm sari padAdhu - sathya, Maddy-ai kUppidunga avar dhAn ippollAm Chatterjee king-A irukkAr

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "IPL has ruined Ishant. All of $937,000 have gone to his head. He was the most expensive bowler and now he's the worst," spews Max.
  
  "I don't think IPL has ruined Ishant. If you see the article by Venkatesh Prasad, recently published in Cricinfo, you will come to know how dedicated he is for the game. I think he is lacking a good guidance from his fellow fast bowlers or coach. I definitely believe, one day or the other Ishant will lead India's pace attack," says Vinayaka.
  
  Lots of emails coming in about Ishant. Matt: "Ishant is a fine young player, but probably needs some time in domestic cricket again. Looks like he has been pushed too hard too early.....a bit of a break would help him regain confidence and return to the peak of his powers."

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 1st October 2010 11:07 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni dropped Watson

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:07 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ojha to Watson, no run, dropped, Watson feathers the ball this time and Dhoni can't hold on, he tried to push at the ball as it shaped away from him, Ojha turns around and throws his hands around in disgust
  
  now dhoni...

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  theme music for india today
  dandanAka hei daNakku nakkA dandaNakkA daNakku nakkA

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 1st October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ellarum kaila vennaiya thadavitu vanthutaangalo?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  aniyayathukku life koduthuttanuga watson-ku... viru-1, dhoni-1

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 1st October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India No. 3 at the end of the year! come on aussie tigers

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  3 overs irukku lunch.ku... epdiyavathu muyarchi panni 1 wkttu...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 1st October 2010 11:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  fielders muyarchi seiyyaNumE!

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Edhu epdiyo en fantasy teamla both pricky and vaasan so points aLLiduvEn!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:24 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  drop panna 2-mae easy ones i guess.... pidicha 1-um no ballu....awwwww....
  
  sari, how to see full innings commentary in cricbuzz... option irukkura maathiri therlaye...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  thalaiva wkt edu....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Who has lunch at 11.30 am? Seriously. To recap the session: Ponting won the toss, Watson was dropped in the first over, Katich was out cheaply, Ishant bowled a bizarre number of no-balls, Ponting was caught off one, Watson was dropped off a legal delivery and Australia are comfortably-placed at 101 for 1.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 1st October 2010 11:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ojha reminds me of Santhanu.

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 12:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni's first test series loss?

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 1st October 2010 12:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dhoni's first test series loss?

  Idu nadakadu plum :P

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 1st October 2010 12:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dhoni's first test series loss?

  mokka podadheenga Plum!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 12:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ponting 50.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 1st October 2010 12:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Cenjury dibarant..
  

  Code:

  Year	Ponting	Tendulkar	Difference
  2006	  33	      35	         2
  2007	  33	      37	         4
  2008	  37	      41	         4
  2009	  38	      43	         5
  2010*    39	      48	         9

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 1st October 2010 12:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  8 vanthurum polavae..
  ethavathu senji tholainga

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 12:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Physio comes out to attend to Ishant's leg. To be fair to him, that was a marginal no-ball. Well, things just got worse for India, Ishant is leaving the field. Vijay comes back to field. Sehwag will finish the over.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 02:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ponting & clarke out....

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 1st October 2010 02:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dhoni's first test series loss?

  Good Chatterjee Plum!!

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 1st October 2010 02:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  what is the number of catches by Dravid in tests?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 02:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  what is the number of catches by Dravid in tests?

  check here...

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 1st October 2010 02:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  what is the number of catches by Dravid in tests?

  197

  
  

• From: Plum on 1st October 2010 02:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Just noticed - Ponting run out by Raina.
  adhAne pArthEn - indha seriesla irukkara sothai Indian bowling attackAvadhu Ponting-ai out AkkaradhAvadhu.
  
  This series will be Ponting's redemption in India enbadhu ippO unga ellOrukkum kUda purinjiirukkaNumE?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 02:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  A little gem from Swapnil: "Surprisingly enough barring Ponting no other Oz batsman in current team has hit a Test double-ton. They wouldn't have minded Jason Gillespie playing as a specialist batsman would they!"

  how many batsmen in our team have scored double centuries... gauti, viru, dravid, sachhin, vvs...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 03:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Iceman: "Someone please tell Watson that he is still in his 70's and it is too early to play for a ton. Time to score some runs."

  
  

• From: Sourav on 1st October 2010 10:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/479503.html

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 1st October 2010 10:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  (Enna bowling Enna pheelding da saami).
  
  Ishanth you should be freakin happy that you are EVEN in the team and that is a curse for us because we don't even have a decent pacer to replace him. I can't believe he was the MOS in the same series two years ago. What a mighty fall. Dhoni was mighty pissed when he caught Ponting off Ishant's no-ball.
  
  Shewag you better hit some good runs to cover Watson's ton. He hit them at your expense. Zero to 100 and that's how you make the opposition pay for your mistakes. Well done Watson. Nobody understands the seriousness of catching and bowling in Indian cricket. With World cup close by every one of this mistakes will cost us big. Plum, Did you follow the game at all, yesterday?. And you are spot on about our bowling. An out of form Ponting-aye out aaka namakku indha paadu .

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 2nd October 2010 03:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Saw the highlights... Sathiyama intha OZ team a thokka adikalana vera entha team a? ippo illana eppo? Very poor bowling and fielding by Indians...
  
  We shld reduce them below 300 and shld not bat again...
  
  And Zaheer nee en chellam da... kalakki putta nethikku... Bowling sollala, Paanding out aagi pogum pothu vambu izhutha paaru.. You r my man...

  
  

• From: jinju on 2nd October 2010 03:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  yep, if only dhoni had held that paine's easy offering...
  
  zaheer the man!

  
  

• From: Plum on 2nd October 2010 06:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Isanthukku (ippo)sreesanthe thevalai.
  Adap pongappa I"ll take mithuna raasi over the current version of isanth
  
  And durby innumA indha ooru ivanai nambikitturukku
  ellA periya manushanukkum oru weakness uNdu - dhoni's is durby
  
  I think oz have a matchwinning 1st inns total almost

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 08:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  (Enna bowling Enna pheelding da saami).
  
  Ishanth you should be freakin happy that you are EVEN in the team and that is a curse for us because we don't even have a decent pacer to replace him. I can't believe he was the MOS in the same series two years ago. What a mighty fall. Dhoni was mighty pissed when he caught Ponting off Ishant's no-ball.
  
  Shewag you better hit some good runs to cover Watson's ton. He hit them at your expense. Zero to 100 and that's how you make the opposition pay for your mistakes. Well done Watson. Nobody understands the seriousness of catching and bowling in Indian cricket. With World cup close by every one of this mistakes will cost us big. Plum, Did you follow the game at all, yesterday?. And you are spot on about our bowling. An out of form Ponting-aye out aaka namakku indha paadu .

  dropped a easy one on 0 and the batsman make it to 100 and still playing...how much irritating it will be... very costly miss...
  
  nettai thambi, overa valanthuttan...athan crease-kulla kaalai vacchu poda mudila... i think if he plays some more tests, he will make the record for most no of no-balls in test cricket...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 08:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  And Zaheer nee en chellam da... kalakki putta nethikku... Bowling sollala, Paanding out aagi pogum pothu vambu izhutha paaru.. You r my man...

  thats an unnecessary sledging from zah... out aagittu pesama poravanai nakkal adikkurathu.... nallava irukku...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 2nd October 2010 08:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Seri aanadhu aayachu innaikku oru three - 100 kulla out panna paravala!!.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 08:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  350 vanthudum...intha mj vera vanthu sutthuvan, hauritz-um adippan... ishanth injured...only 3 bowlers now... bhajji..onnum efeective-a illa... all in zah hands...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 2nd October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ada pongayya innum oru wicketum edukala...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 2nd October 2010 10:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  And Zaheer nee en chellam da... kalakki putta nethikku... Bowling sollala, Paanding out aagi pogum pothu vambu izhutha paaru.. You r my man...

  neenga namma saadhi :hand-shake:

  
  

• From: Plum on 2nd October 2010 10:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Paandingai pazhippavan ellAm namma saadhi dhaen kals and sathya.
  Kals, EdhAvadhu mandirichi pOdunga

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 2nd October 2010 11:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Happada Ennapayyan outtu...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 11:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  We haven't heard when exactly Ishant will be allowed to bowl, considering he spent the most of yesterday off the field.

  can someone explain abt this rule pls...

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 2nd October 2010 11:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  We haven't heard when exactly Ishant will be allowed to bowl, considering he spent the most of yesterday off the field.

  can someone explain abt this rule pls...

  If a player goes off the field for a while, he is not allowed to bowl for the same time duration after he comes back to field. Otherwise our fast bowlers will take a break every other over during their spell

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 11:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ok...ok... benny.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia 295/6 (119.0 ov)
  
  Lunch - Day 2

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 11:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Benny Lava

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  We haven't heard when exactly Ishant will be allowed to bowl, considering he spent the most of yesterday off the field.

  can someone explain abt this rule pls...

  If a player goes off the field for a while, he is not allowed to bowl for the same time duration after he comes back to field. Otherwise our fast bowlers will take a break every other over during their spell

  idaila oru over off the field-na onnum prob illa right? because, yesterday zah went off the field after the very first over of the match, ishanth bowled 2nd over...zah came back and bowled the 3rd over directly without any wait...

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 2nd October 2010 11:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia 295/6 (119.0 ov)
  
  Lunch - Day 2

  another dull session..no clue abt aussies approach to this innings..nevcer seen such negative batting by them for a long time

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 11:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raghavendran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia 295/6 (119.0 ov)
  
  Lunch - Day 2

  another dull session..no clue abt aussies approach to this innings..nevcer seen such negative batting by them for a long time

  Adam has a couple of reasons for Australia's approach. "I see this composed batting as a two-pronged tactic. 1) it ensures a good total without exposing the tail too early. 2) It tires out the already depleted Indian bowling lineup and fielders."

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 2nd October 2010 12:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Mikail Saansan

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 12:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Seri aanadhu aayachu innaikku oru three - 100 kulla out panna paravala!!.

  oru 400-kulla?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 12:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "Ishant was out for 53 overs yesterday. And he returned only today morning. Since then only 38 overs have been bowled. So India will have to wait for 15 more overs to take the new ball perhaps," says Hanumanth.
  
  
  "These sides are so close, but the one thing that distinguishes them is the fielding, India should have caught Watson and Paine when they were both on 0, it goes to show, winning sides need all round talent, not just batting ability," says Alex.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 2nd October 2010 03:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni dropped 3 catches
  Maybe too tired from CL, playing without break! He need to balance.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 03:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "What is the difference between Kamran Akmal and Dhoni?" asks Alok. "Dhoni does not get dropped for his atrocious wicketkeeping!"

  dhoni had poor match behind the stumps!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 2nd October 2010 05:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant Sharma. Spends 100 overs off the field and then comes back for a spell. And then comes out to bat when the team is under pressure. What a player. Night duty begins.

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 2nd October 2010 07:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  DRAVID LOOKS IN GR8 NICK...SURELY V HAVE A GR8 SUNDAY TOMORO

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 2nd October 2010 09:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raghavendran

  DRAVID LOOKS IN GR8 NICK...SURELY V HAVE A GR8 SUNDAY TOMORO

  dravid

  
  

• From: jinju on 2nd October 2010 09:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raghavendran

  DRAVID LOOKS IN GR8 NICK...SURELY V HAVE A GR8 SUNDAY TOMORO

  yeah...waiting waiting for a dravid masterclass...romba naalaachu! will sure make my sunday if he bats through!

  
  

• From: Plum on 3rd October 2010 06:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravidku vechutangayyA Appu vechuttAngayyA. 50 kooda adikka mAttAr.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 3rd October 2010 07:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/...400/122447.jpg
  LM, pls enable the pic... thanks in adv.

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 3rd October 2010 08:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dravidku vechutangayyA Appu vechuttAngayyA. 50 kooda adikka mAttAr.

  unge strategy workaagum..dont worry :P

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 3rd October 2010 09:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  [html:e206b68bf0]http://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/122400/122447.jpg[/html:e206b68bf0]

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 3rd October 2010 10:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Singam Kalam Erangiduchu... So It will be 49th Ton Today!!

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 3rd October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravid

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 3rd October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravid . Continue the good work.
  
  
  Thalaivar - That off drive was a beauty .

  
  

• From: jinju on 3rd October 2010 11:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dravidku vechutangayyA Appu vechuttAngayyA. 50 kooda adikka mAttAr.

  Dravid
  
  first strategy workout aayidichu mr. plum...time for the next !
  
  
  GOD - what an offdrive

  
  

• From: Plum on 3rd October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Kals, this kind of defensive batting has never given a century for Sachin so expect a failure (I.e.) Less than 100 score from singam today.
  
  In today's test cricker, there are two varieties
  1) When sehwag is in the crease
  2) When he is not batting
  Ample proof can be seen in this mtach

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 3rd October 2010 11:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  empty stands.. that too on Sunday..

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 3rd October 2010 11:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India 191/3 @ Day 3 Lunch
  Rahul Dravid 62*(106)
  Sachin 21*(38)

  
  

• From: Sourav on 3rd October 2010 11:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  In today's test cricket, there are two varieties
  1) When sehwag is in the crease
  2) When he is not batting
  Ample proof can be seen in this match

  
  
  
  Dravid...

  
  

• From: Plum on 3rd October 2010 12:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by jinju

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dravidku vechutangayyA Appu vechuttAngayyA. 50 kooda adikka mAttAr.

  Dravid
  
  first strategy workout aayidichu mr. plum...time for the next !
  
  
  GOD - what an offdrive

  IppollAm single level chatterjee work Agaradhillai adukku dhaan multi level-la inge oru chatterjee ange fantqasy gamela thumbs down dravid-nu pOttu work paNNa vekka vENdi irukku.
  ShabbA ippOvE kaNNa kattudhE innum 7.5 days of test cricket irukkE!

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 3rd October 2010 12:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Tendulkar says "naan kadavul"

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 3rd October 2010 09:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Kals, this kind of defensive batting has never given a century for Sachin so expect a failure (I.e.) Less than 100 score from singam today.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 3rd October 2010 10:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin... another century missed...
  
  dravid...
  
  kutty thala...
  
  oru 250-kulla suruttita chance irukku...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 3rd October 2010 10:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  What happened to Laxman?. Why did he come to bat at number 10?

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 3rd October 2010 10:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  What happened to Laxman?. Why did he come to bat at number 10?

  Back problem

  
  

• From: Plum on 3rd October 2010 10:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Plum
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Kals, this kind of defensive batting has never given a century for Sachin so expect a failure (I.e.) Less than 100 score from singam today.

  idhu kooda prachnai illai. Tendulkar solidA AdarArE, 96 vandhuttArE, century adikkaradhai pArkalAmnu tv munnAdi ukkArndhEn
  Oru 1 hour kuLLa india all out
  
  (Tendulkar 100 adikkaradhai live telecastla idhu varaikkum pArthadhilla inimEl pArka aasaiyum pada pORadhilla )

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 3rd October 2010 10:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  100 adichadhukapram tv paaka poirukka koodathaa?. Leg Dhadaa vida mosama irukku unga boests oda eppecttu .
  
  Sathya, thanks.
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Plum
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Kals, this kind of defensive batting has never given a century for Sachin so expect a failure (I.e.) Less than 100 score from singam today.

  idhu kooda prachnai illai. Tendulkar solidA AdarArE, 96 vandhuttArE, century adikkaradhai pArkalAmnu tv munnAdi ukkArndhEn
  Oru 1 hour kuLLa india all out
  
  (Tendulkar 100 adikkaradhai live telecastla idhu varaikkum pArthadhilla inimEl pArka aasaiyum pada pORadhilla )

  
  

• From: Sourav on 3rd October 2010 10:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  6-382, 405-la allout... avanga tails ellam evlo supera aadurange...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 3rd October 2010 10:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  6-382, 405-la allout... avanga tails ellam evlo supera aadurange...

  namma naattula thalai irukkumbOdhu vaal aadaadhu

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 01:00 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  6-382, 405-la allout... avanga tails ellam evlo supera aadurange...

  namma naattula thalai irukkumbOdhu vaal aadaadhu

  

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 4th October 2010 08:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  guys dhoni dismissal....enne nadanduchu..andhe replayle out madhiriye theriyalaye?..epdi out kuduthange?..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 09:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  6-382, 405-la allout... avanga tails ellam evlo supera aadurange...

  namma naattula thalai irukkumbOdhu vaal aadaadhu

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raghavendran

  guys dhoni dismissal....enne nadanduchu..andhe replayle out madhiriye theriyalaye?..epdi out kuduthange?..

  i also doubt thats not clean catch... they didnt show zoom reply... benefit of the doubt should go to the batsman...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 09:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kamman zah, nettai thambi, bhajji, ojha... bundle them below 250!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 09:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Jason: "Australia can't let India bat today, period. If Sehwag bats for one full session, you would feel that India can chase down anything"

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 4th October 2010 10:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Wat happened to this ishant ? y is he bowling so many no balls.. he has started in 2nd innings also..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 10:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Wat happened to this ishant ? y is he bowling so many no balls.. he has started in 2nd innings also..

  just 2 overs...3 no balls... ippo bhajji replaced him...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 10:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  oru lbw kodukkala... they r playing like its a T20...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 10:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Shabba Mudiyala... One LBW declined... Pongada!!

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 4th October 2010 10:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  benefit of the doubt should go to the batsman...

  After India Vs WI Series few years back(LARA Vs Dhoni controversy), I heard that benefit of the doubt goes to fielder.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 10:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  benefit of the doubt should go to the batsman...

  After India Vs WI Series few years back(LARA Vs Dhoni controversy), I heard that benefit of the doubt goes to fielder.

  i dont know abt this lara vs dhoni incident...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 4th October 2010 10:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  BCCI rejected UDRS for this series. Dhoni wasn't out yesterday.
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Shabba Mudiyala... One LBW declined... Pongada!!

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 10:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  More than BCCI, the Indian team management is against UDRS, including Senior players. I think I know the reason - basically, I feel that a majority of the umpire.referee community is generally against India/BCCI. Some basic jealousy instinct against the success/money available to the Indian players. And any close decision will tend to go against them seems to be a feeling among senior indian players. And I really cannot but sympathisee with them on this.
  THis is partially solved if the third umpire is Indian but then again, incompetence among this tribe is a problem as we saw yesterday.
  Basically, if we had UDRS, and the decision went to a third umpire who is Saffer or Aus or English, it is likely they favour India's opponents.
  
  What this means is that opposition can challenge India even on lucky decisions that India might have got, and get it reversed. While if India refers a decision that is clearly not out like yesterday, it will still go against them(althiough it was a bungling indian yesterday than a sceheming non=indian umpire).
  
  Overall, I think UDRS means amore decsisions go against India. I think we should resist UDRS until we put in competent Chris Broad type referees from our countrynd umpires who can use the system well in our favour or atleast against other countries' interests.
  Yes, I am being cynical.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:07 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  18.5
  
  
  Sharma to Ponting, OUT, 135.8 kph, Double strike! They had a man at backward square-leg and would you believe it Ponting has pulled straight to him. It was the short ball on the off and middle line, Ponting went for the pull but dragged it low towards Suresh who leaned forward to take a good low catch at backward square-leg.
  
  
  RT Ponting c Raina b Sharma 4 (4b 1x4 0x6) SR: 100.00
  
  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 4th October 2010 11:07 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Adangonniya ishanth
  
  Ishanth

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  18.6
  
  
  Sharma to Clarke, 1 no ball, 138.2 kph, OMG! What's happening out there! or as Fred Trueman would have said, "What's going off out there?!" Out... a batman walks and then not out. The right decision made btw. Here is what happenned: It was the full delivery on the middle and it was flicked straight to midwicket! But hold on there is more drama! Bowden felt it might be a no ball and asked Clarke to wait. He went upstairs to his third umpire and it was a no ball. The correct decision was made. Clarke was walking off but Billy asked him to hang on.
  
  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  EKII! how many no-balls u will bowl... 2 wkts wasted in no balls...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Nalla podaraan ya No-Ballu...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 4th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  14 no balls in this game says ravi shastri. That should be a world record right?

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Paravailla Paanding Wicket a eduthathunaala mannichu vittudalaam...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  3 wkts in 1 over... that would have been a mighty blow for aussies... wasted...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishanth Thambi Vaazhga... Clarke Out..

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Charged Up!!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 4th October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Apdiyae poduda ishanth. Start living your potential.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  20.5
  
  
  Sharma to Clarke, OUT, 136.9 kph, Clarke is gone and it's not a no ball this time. And what a delivery that. What a nasty awkward lifter. Suddenly, the game has swung around. Suddenly, Ishant has changed things around. Suddenly, the Aussies are on the back foot. It was a sharp bouncer and Clarke went blind: he shut his eyes, yanked his head away and offered his bat as an ungainly face shield. Mistake. The ball flew up, hit the glove, rammed into the shoulder and popped up behind. Clarke quietly turned and walked. The crowd roar.
  
  
  MJ Clarke c †Dhoni b Sharma 4 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 44.44

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:20 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ippo Hussey/Katich Mokka thaangathu... avingala out aakungappa, illana semma bore adikum...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Stan avtar la yaaru? entha padam?

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 4th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Arindhum ariyamalum. Navdeep, Samiksha.
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Stan avtar la yaaru? entha padam?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  zaheer comes back @ other end... double attack...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 4th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Arindhum ariyamalum. Navdeep, Samiksha.
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Stan avtar la yaaru? entha padam?

  oh ok ok....

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 4th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ippo rendu perum wicket la tent katti thangiruvaanga..

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 11:24 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant seidha anaithu paavangaLum Prantingai out aakkiyadhaal mannikkappattadhu

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2,3 overs left 4 lunch...one more wkt plsss...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 11:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Aus 428, 100/3 (23.0 Ovs) - LUNCH.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 4th October 2010 11:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant 3 wickets-a...

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 4th October 2010 11:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Ishant 3 wickets-a...

  andhe payyanukkule edho irundhiru paren

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 11:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni would have told to Ishant - If you don't take 3-4 wickets in this innings, no IPL parties for you
  paiyyan veriyaayittaan

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 4th October 2010 12:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ennallaam solli wicket eduka vekka vaendiyadha iruku payapullaya

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 12:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  27.4
  Ojha to Hussey, no run, 80.0 kph, Dropped by Raina at backward short-leg! It landed on the leg and middle stump line and Hussey flicked it. Raina was already standing up at the leg slip position and that meant he couldn't get down quickly enough to take it. He stretched his right hand out but couldn't hold on. I initially thought it was a bump ball the replays show it wasn;t.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 12:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  28.1
  
  Ishant to Katich, no ball, oversteps yet again for the n'th time! It pitched on leg and straightened, Katich is struck on the pad and he looked plumb in front, everyone went up in an appeal, replays suggest that it wasn't a no-ball, drama here, the Indians are not happy with that!

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 4th October 2010 12:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  i dont know abt this lara vs dhoni incident...

  All about the Dhoni-Lara incident
  
  Benefit of the doubt now with the fielder

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 4th October 2010 12:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  this is different sort of no-ball controversy..

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 01:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Mokkai Mannan out! ennaa blade pOduraan, Ravi Shastri kitta training eduthittruppaan pOla

  
  

• From: jinju on 4th October 2010 01:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  finally, the Kat with 9 lives goes! comeon India!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 02:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  5...5....5....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 02:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  49.5
  
  
  Harbhajan Singh to North, OUT, 89.9 kph, And he is gone this time. North has been struggling throughout his stay and his misery ends now. It landed on the leg and middle line and straightened. North leaned forward to defend but gets a thin edge on to his pad. The ball goes of bat and pad to silly point and Harbhajan is elated. And it's tea break now.
  
  
  MJ North c sub (CA Pujara) b Harbhajan Singh 10 (33b 1x4 0x6) SR: 30.30

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 02:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Ishant seidha anaithu paavangaLum Prantingai out aakkiyadhaal mannikkappattadhu

  I approve this

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 02:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  AhA! North-ai adutha match thUkkiduvAngaLO? (Steven Smith might come in? And if he does, Sachin will give his wicket cheaply to him, him being a first time bowler to Sachin ).
  
  edhu epdiyO, Ponting will now have only two centuries in this series
  
  More than that, I was hoping to have North for the ashes . Anything for England*
  
  
  *Only in the Ashes

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 02:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  yuvi 2 plum, 'look @ me'... :P

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 02:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  If Hussey does well now, Dhoni will be the lone failure from CSK in the match!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 02:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  0.3
  
  
  Ojha to Paine, OUT, Pujara takes a sharp catch at silly point. It turned from the middle and off line and Paine shaped to defend. The ball clipped the outer edge and went towards Pujara's boots. Pujara was in fact rising up but somehow managed to get down quickly to grab it with both hands.
  
  
  TD Paine c sub (CA Pujara) b Ojha 9 (12b 2x4 0x6) SR: 75.00

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 02:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I am fairly convinced Tendulkar is Dame Fortune's step-child and Ricky her favourite. I have always believed that if you really get down to analysee their individual innings, Ponting would have got 500% more than Tendulkar in terms of favourable umpiring decisions, dropped catches, and general luck. Same token, Ten will have the most outrageous umpiring decisions, most amazing catches(rememebr Adam Bacher?), and ofcourse, Steve Bucknor.
  I dont have statistical or empirical proof of this but
  A Cricinfo feature on Tendulkar's missed centuries offers the most believable of anecdotal evidence there can be
  
  
  

  Turns out watching Tendulkar miss centuries has been the fate of the Mohali crowd ever since he last made a hundred here in 1999-2000 against New Zealand. This is the fifth one he has missed here since then, and third in his last four efforts. A measure of how unlucky he has been is that he was once caught by a diving Kamran Akmal on 99!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 02:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  8 gone....

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 02:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  yuvi 2 plum, 'look @ me'... :P

  This is bad news for Indian Cricket.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 03:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  56.6
  Zaheer to Hauritz, out Bowled!! This is brilliant from Zak! Fuller length delivery, tails away at the last moment, Hauritz played all around that ball, he misses and the off stump is uprooted out of the ground, Hauritz could not believe it, he has a wry smile as he walks off. Hauritz b Zaheer 9(15) @ 138.35 kmph

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 4th October 2010 03:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 03:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  250 wkts for zah...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 03:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  target 216...

  
  

• From: jinju on 4th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Zaheer 250 wkts
  
  romba naalaachu oru Indian fast bowler ippdi yorkers podradhu paatthu...now it's upto the batsmen!

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 03:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Billy, the new Bucknor! Aussies have always the best player on their side, the umpire

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 4th October 2010 03:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Billy, the new Bucknor! Aussies have always the best player on their side, the umpire

  Gambhir out illaya?

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 4th October 2010 03:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  How many overs remaining for 2day? 30+ overs na, Sehwag innikae mudichuduvaar pola

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 03:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by satissh_r

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Billy, the new Bucknor! Aussies have always the best player on their side, the umpire

  Gambhir out illaya?

  miga periya uLpakka mattayin viLimbu

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 03:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  How many overs remaining for 2day? 30+ overs na, Sehwag innikae mudichuduvaar pola

  adhukuLLa umpire Sehwaga mudikkaama irukkaNum!

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 4th October 2010 03:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Originally Posted by satissh_r

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Billy, the new Bucknor! Aussies have always the best player on their side, the umpire

  Gambhir out illaya?

  miga periya uLpakka mattayin viLimbu

  
  Bugger Bowdenala enaku fantasyla -30

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 03:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  0.4
  Hilfenhaus to Gambhir, out Lbw!! The umpires have had a forgettable day so far, the poorest of decisions from Billy, Gambhir got a big inside edge onto the pads as he moved forward, it was a good delivery nevertheless, there was no movement on that one, Gambhir is livid with that decision, he is cursing his luck as he walks back to the pavilion, the Aussies are celebrating and why not! That's a big wicket! Gambhir lbw b Hilfenhaus 0(4)
  
  Billy... naaathari...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 04:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dravid outtu...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 04:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Remember, with Laxman struggling with a back spasm, India already are a batsman short in their line up! But LSRK has some good news - VVS is feeling a lot better now. VVS can only bat after 5 wickets have fallen in the innings

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 04:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  First inns-la I had selected Dravid as Thumbs Down Batsman so he had my protection and scored a 50. Second innsla I had Laxman as Thumbs Down so not suprised that Dravid failed

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 04:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Anyway, nAn appOvE sonnA mAdhiri, First series loss for Dhoni and his first loss against Australia!

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 4th October 2010 04:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sehwag out
  
  Sachin ... time to save the match for India :P

  
  

• From: MADDY on 4th October 2010 04:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sutham

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 04:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kashtam than.... vvs vera ippo bat panna mudiyathu...

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 4th October 2010 04:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Raina

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 04:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  13.2
  
  
  Hilfenhaus to Raina, OUT, 137.1 kph, It wouldn't surprise many that Raina has been bounced out. He hopped to get on top of the chest-high bouncer but could only poke it to slips. Gone! It was a surprise that they didn't bounce that many at him in the first innings. They have corrected it this time. Australia are on the kill here. They are hustling the Indians. Tendulkar is still out there.Zaheer Khan walks out
  
  
  SK Raina c North b Hilfenhaus 0 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
  
  

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 04:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  aNNan irukka bayamEn

  
  

• From: Sourav on 4th October 2010 04:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  aNNan irukka bayamEn

  athukku innoru end-la yaarachum irukkanumae...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 4th October 2010 05:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Anyway, nAn appOvE sonnA mAdhiri, First series loss for Dhoni and his first loss against Australia!

  Adhukkulla ipdi oru mudivukku vandhuda mudiyaadhu.. God is still out thr

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 4th October 2010 05:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dheergadharisi Plum vaazhga!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 4th October 2010 05:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sooberabbu.
  
  On paper any team can look better but nobody does the basics right like the Australians.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 4th October 2010 07:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Sooberabbu.
  
  On paper any team can look better but nobody does the basics right like the Australians.

  Further, it is the gritty Australians' fight till death attitude and self belief makes them really tough to beat.

  
  

• From: Plum on 4th October 2010 07:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yes Feddy. This is a match India should have won easily. To lose this match is unpardonable. And once again, our fabulous batsmen are letting us down. evLO vAtti? mudiyala!
  
  konja nALaikki sila pala indernational blogs pakkamE thalai vekka mudiyAma paNNittAnga.

  
  

• From: sunnyg on 4th October 2010 07:34 PM [Full View]

  India will lose

  
  
  

  Here's my prediction:
  
  India will be all out for 151 and lose by 60 odd runs.
  
  Sachin, as usual, will lead the fightback but not finish the job. He will score a 50+ and get out.
  
  There will be some support from Dhoni and Harbajan.
  
  It will be a pathetic display by the rest of the team.
  
  Let us hope that I am wrong!
  
  Sunny

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 4th October 2010 07:37 PM [Full View]

  Re: India will lose

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sunnyg

  Here's my prediction:
  
  India will be all out for 151 and lose by 60 odd runs.
  
  Sachin, as usual, will lead the fightback but not finish the job. He will score a 50+ and get out.
  
  There will be some support from Dhoni and Harbajan.
  
  It will be a pathetic display by the rest of the team.
  
  Let us hope that I am wrong!
  
  Sunny

  please :P

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 4th October 2010 08:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  OMG!! What a situation! Sachin's detractors will be eagerly looking forward to tomorrow's play.

  
  

• From: sunnyg on 5th October 2010 12:32 AM [Full View]

  We are waiting

  
  
  

  There are plenty of them waiting.
  
  I would have been one of them a few years ago when Sachin went thru a lean phase.
  
  Look at the amount of pressure resting on this man's shoulders, 20+ years after he made his debut. He is still the best batsman in the team.
  
  Over the past couple of years, Sachin has been playing well in the 4th innings of a test. He seems to be absorbing the pressure well.
  
  See my postings in the Sachin section.
  
  Sunny G.

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 02:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Naama Jeikarom... Sachin's 49th will be done... Support form Zak, VVS, MSD guaranteed...
  
  We r winning this game...

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 06:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Kals, irundhaalum ivlo optimism udambukku nalladhilla. If this were CSK, I'd believe you.
  Apart from other things, for indian team, dhoni never has delivered in a situation like this. People keep pointing at sachin. But except for a bucknor-assisted lucky 4th innings draw effort, what has dhoni done to win/draw a match single handedly for india?

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 06:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Kals, irundhaalum ivlo optimism udambukku nalladhilla. If this were CSK, I'd believe you.
  Apart from other things, for indian team, dhoni never has delivered in a situation like this. People keep pointing at sachin. But except for a bucknor-assisted lucky 4th innings draw effort, what has dhoni done to win/draw a match single handedly for india?

  kalavaram aarambam

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 06:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum, innaikkudhaan unga sEvai ingu thEvai.

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 08:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sathy, indiakku thEvai dhoniyin sEvai. Idhu varaikkum series lossE illAma OttittAr. After today's loss to Australia, let's see where he goes.
  
  To lose to this australian side is disastrous captaincy - especially when his predecessors(mainly ganguly) maintained equal status with a far superior aussie team. Luck cannot always favour you, msd. Today, ponting will steal a march over you and start your deglorification ha ha!

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 08:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  aDa poNNu veettukAranga yArAvadhu saNdaikku vAngappA

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 08:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ellaarum kalyaaNam mudinjappuram varuvaanga.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 08:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  To lose to this australian side is disastrous captaincy - especially when his predecessors(mainly ganguly) maintained equal status with a far superior aussie team.

  Ganguly is the only Indian captain to lose a home series against Aus since 1969. Varalaaru miga mukkiyam amaichare

  
  

• From: jinju on 5th October 2010 08:56 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  already some news channels started hour-long program "Will Sachin Deliver?" enna nadakkumo?! kadavule kaappaathunga!
  
  sachin shud do it, but more importantly i feel it's Dhoni's chance to play a matchwinning inning in tests. actually, i don't remember anything worthwhile from dhoni in tests so far, this is his golden chance! C'mon SRT, VVS, MSD..u guys can do it!

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 08:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum innaiku mattum India jeikkattum, appo paarunga!

  
  

• From: jinju on 5th October 2010 09:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Kals, irundhaalum ivlo optimism udambukku nalladhilla. If this were CSK, I'd believe you.
  Apart from other things, for indian team, dhoni never has delivered in a situation like this. People keep pointing at sachin. But except for a bucknor-assisted lucky 4th innings draw effort, what has dhoni done to win/draw a match single handedly for india?

  spot on! this is what i've been thinking from yesterday since the time i saw the scoreline. today is msd's chance!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 09:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  i think lax can bat @ 7... dhoni and bhajji follows next... 161 needed... 1 good partnership needed to seal the victory... still we have chance i hope... zah should not try any stupid shot like 1st inngs,..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 09:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ravi Shastri on Neo Cricket: "Australia start as favourites. It's going to be really tough for the Indians. There is enough rough out there on the pitch. Having said that, the first session behaves the quietest here in Mohali; it starts doing things in the second and the third session. The key today is watching the ball; one might bounce, one might take off, you got to play your natural game simply because runs are important. Make the most of any offer to score. Once you get 80-90 runs then the pressure goes back to Ricky Ponting. But at the start of the play, Australia can attack. If they can get two early, it will be all Australia. Patience is the key for Aus, there is enough on offer on that pitch, just remain disciplined with your line and lengths."

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 09:33 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Plum innaiku mattum India jeikkattum, appo paarunga!

  adhu nadakkum-nu 1 percent doubt irundhA kooda ipdi ellAm post paNNuvENA? Today is a day for Dhoni detractors. We'll rejoice and celebrate today at Dhoni's downfall

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 09:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  152 more ... please please... Sachu nidhanam!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 09:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  if zah plays sensibly, that will be a bonus...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 09:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz to Tendulkar, 2 runs, gets forward to push it to the off side, gets a thick outside edge that runs away past slip and short third man, one gets the impression that Tendulkar opened the face of the bat at the last moment as well

  Idhu intentional-a? avarukku thaan velicham!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 09:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hilfy had a few words to say to Zak and he isn't the one to keep quiet, Zak gives it back as well

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 09:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  zah out...

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 09:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 09:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Hilfy had a few words to say to Zak and he isn't the one to keep quiet, Zak gives it back as well

  

  Idhukku why ? Zak is sledging a lot these days, he should concentrate on his game!
  
  See while I am typing this, he is out!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Hilfy had a few words to say to Zak and he isn't the one to keep quiet, Zak gives it back as well

  

  Idhukku why ? Zak is sledging a lot these days, he should concentrate on his game!
  
  See while I am typing this, he is out!

  athan 8 wkt eduthanae.....
  that ponting incident seemed unnecessary...ithellam ok than...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  lacchu comes in... Raina will be Laxman's runner

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 10:02 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  back problem enna aachu ?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sehwag-i runner-a potturukkalaam...athu konjam raasi... work out aaga chance irukku...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sehwag-i runner-a potturukkalaam...athu konjam raasi... work out aaga chance irukku...

  Let him first practise running for his shots

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:07 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hilfenhaus to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, welcome boundary for India! Nips away from the length area outside off, Tendulkar angles it between third slip and gully, he was very much in control of that stroke! @ 139.66 kmph

  Hauritz to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, shot of the morning! pitched up on off and Tendulkar just gets to the pitch of the ball and strokes it down the ground past the bowler, as straight as a ramrod! Magnificent from Tendulkar

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sehwag-i runner-a potturukkalaam...athu konjam raasi... work out aaga chance irukku...

  Let him first practise running for his shots

  history theriyama pesatha... last SL series-la viru thane runner for vvs... gauti-viru combo known for their quick singles too...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  25.4
  Hauritz to Laxman, FOUR!!, to deep extra cover
  25.3
  Hauritz to Laxman, FOUR!!, VVS has come out with an aggressive intent! Nice juicy half volley outside off and Laxman will put those even if his legs are broken! Caressed through extra cover, no chance for the man in the deep
  
  

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ramal - I remember it very well. But Sehwag is bit lethargic in running between the wickets. Only Gambhir is quick!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  back problem enna aachu ?

  moov pottu sari panniruppanga...

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 10:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sehwag-i runner-a potturukkalaam...athu konjam raasi... work out aaga chance irukku...

  Let him first practise running for his shots

  history theriyama pesatha... last SL series-la viru thane runner for vvs... gauti-viru combo known for their quick singles too...

  Goutham lam yaaruya nalla runnerla sethurathu

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Raina will run out laxman/tendul with his over-enthusiastic running
  (And that is after assuming that ten and lax survive the aussie bowling, ofcourse)

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  100 up... India 100/5...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Ramal - I remember it very well. But Sehwag is bit lethargic in running between the wickets. Only Gambhir is quick!

  If he has no chance to reach the crease wen the fielder tries to direct hit, he gave up running few times...mattha padi, he is a good runner... nee puthusa oru -ve point create pannatha...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  100 up... India 100/5...

  Kalyan vaanga vaanga..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sehwag-i runner-a potturukkalaam...athu konjam raasi... work out aaga chance irukku...

  Let him first practise running for his shots

  history theriyama pesatha... last SL series-la viru thane runner for vvs... gauti-viru combo known for their quick singles too...

  Goutham lam yaaruya nalla runnerla sethurathu

  avan run-out-ku record elllam vacchirkkan... he ran himself and others out many times because of his very risky runs...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Ramal - I remember it very well. But Sehwag is bit lethargic in running between the wickets. Only Gambhir is quick!

  If he has no chance to reach the crease wen the fielder tries to direct hit, he gave up running few times...mattha padi, he is a good runner... nee puthusa oru -ve point create pannatha...

  mathapadi good runner...
  
  anyway lets leave this...

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 5th October 2010 10:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sehwag-i runner-a potturukkalaam...athu konjam raasi... work out aaga chance irukku...

  Let him first practise running for his shots

  history theriyama pesatha... last SL series-la viru thane runner for vvs... gauti-viru combo known for their quick singles too...

  Goutham lam yaaruya nalla runnerla sethurathu

  avan run-out-ku record elllam vacchirkkan... he ran himself and others out many times because of his very risky runs...

  Yeah his recent run out record is dubious

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Raina will run out laxman/tendul with his over-enthusiastic running
  (And that is after assuming that ten and lax survive the aussie bowling, ofcourse)

  allov.. raina nethe thirmnbi vanthu rest edukka aarambichittan

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Raina will run out laxman/tendul with his over-enthusiastic running
  (And that is after assuming that ten and lax survive the aussie bowling, ofcourse)

  allov.. raina nethe thirmnbi vanthu rest edukka aarambichittan

  he is the runner for vvs now...

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 10:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hamid,
  
  Raina is the runner for Laxman :P

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:24 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  oh..ok..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  runs coming easily... lacchu athiradi...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India require less than a 100 to win...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Lax now the target is just 98. Come on guys dont choke please!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  reqr. below 100 now...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin out...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin Out

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Why Sachin why

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bollinger to Tendulkar, out Caught by Michael Hussey!! That is like ripping into the hear of the Indian batting! It was angled short and just across, Tendulkar sways inside the line and looks to upper cut it over Gully, but he was cramped for room, doesn't get enough power behind that and Hussey takes an easy catch to his left at gully, Boy! Are we on for something here, Tendulkar is gone and the stadium is stunned into silence Tendulkar c Michael Hussey b Bollinger 38(64) [4s-5] @ 139.21 kmph

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin Played his part. Upto the rest to finish it off.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I think India yaemaathufying Aussies by saying Laxman injury...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  below 100... lacchu dhoni...plsssssss....

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Why Sachin why

  Yeah can't believe this! Unnecessary shot...

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 10:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin yen antha shot ippo

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  I think India yaemaathufying Aussies by saying Laxman injury...

  namakku than loss... if he batted earlier in 1st inngs. he might have scored more runs...

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  - Dhoni has to do it himself now or perish. And he will perish. Dhoni's first test loss against Oz, first in India

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Why Sachin why

  Yeah can't believe this! Unnecessary shot...

  upper cut @ this time...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 10:33 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  mitchu into the attack...

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vAnga Feddy - edhukku sad icon. Dhoni team dhAnE thOkka pOvudhu.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  - Dhoni has to do it himself now or perish. And he will perish. Dhoni's first test loss against Oz, first in India :yellowjump:

  Ippo indha nilamaile illadha jump laam thevaiya...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  - Dhoni has to do it himself now or perish. And he will perish. Dhoni's first test loss against Oz, first in India :yellowjump:

  Ippo indha nilamaile illadha jump laam thevaiya...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 10:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  mitchu to lacchu

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 10:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  If they think about winning this match both should stay till the last run, oruthar out aana kooda sangu thaan. But Ishanth summa kambu maadhri nipaapla...

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  A quickfire 50 by Bajji

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  hey..u guys are watching it live?
  
  Dhaks.. thr is a reason to it..Plum wants India to win.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:38 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  mitchu to lacchu

  i was abt to post this...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:38 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  A quickfire 50 by Bajji

  Plum : athukku naama thokkurathe parava illa

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:39 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  hey..u guys are watching it live?
  
  Dhaks.. thr is a reason to it..Plum wants India to win.

  Yea I know.. Naamalum serndhu help panna thaane kaariyam nallapadiya nadakum

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Jeipom Jeipom........

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by hamid

  hey..u guys are watching it live?
  
  Dhaks.. thr is a reason to it..Plum wants India to win.

  Yea I know.. Naamalum serndhu help panna thaane kaariyam nallapadiya nadakum

  Do u have any past records?

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  vAnga Feddy - edhukku sad icon. Dhoni team dhAnE thOkka pOvudhu.

  Poruppu illama pesadheenga Plum... Thokarathu Paanding ani... Paanding a drop panniduvaanga... apparom Paanding Career ku dot...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 10:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  94 required

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni should go for aggressive shots. Anyway he is going to last only for 40-50 balls. Instea of playing slowly and getting out for 10-15. He can score more by being aggressive.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by hamid

  hey..u guys are watching it live?
  
  Dhaks.. thr is a reason to it..Plum wants India to win.

  Yea I know.. Naamalum serndhu help panna thaane kaariyam nallapadiya nadakum

  Do u have any past records?

  Yep.. Naa jeikum nu solra team kandippa jeikum...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks.. sellathu sellathu..
  
  Sari..ur first test.. who'll win today?

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Dhaks.. sellathu sellathu..
  
  Sari..ur first test.. who'll win today?

  Op cose India

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Originally Posted by Plum

  vAnga Feddy - edhukku sad icon. Dhoni team dhAnE thOkka pOvudhu.

  Poruppu illama pesadheenga Plum... Thokarathu Paanding ani... Paanding a drop panniduvaanga... apparom Paanding Career ku dot...

  No Kals. Ponting's place as captain for Ashes is assured. And as long as Andrew Hilditch is CoS, Pontingai asaichukka mudiyAdhu, asaichukka mudiyAdhu. He has already committed that Ponting will be selected post-Ashes until Ponting wishes. Irrespective of results.

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ok..letz see

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  super

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Well done Dhoni

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum team le Panding.. Adhuvum captain.. So india sure shot victory

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Run OUT.... chi...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dhoni run out!

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 10:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks... romba raasiyaana aalthaan pola

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bollinger to Laxman, out Dhoni Run Out!! Oh my word! Confusion all around, that does happen when you have a runner, Laxman pushed it gently towards mid off, Dhoni wanted a single, he was foxed for a second seeing Laxman standing at the crease, stops for a minute, and then sees Raina who is almost completing the run, Dhoni had no option but to run, a direct hit from Hilfenfaus finds Dhoni way short of the crease, he does not even look back, he knew he was gone straight away! Aussies are delighted! Dhoni run out (Hilfenhaus) 2(14) @ 141.26 kmph

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ok, I give up

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant Sharma

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bhajji Gone..

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vAnga ellOrum Endhiran threadku pOi saNdai pOdalAm

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  yaruppa 50 kettathu....

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Dhaks... romba raasiyaana aalthaan pola

  Vidunga Dhoni ku raasi illa.. Nambikkaiya mattum izhandhudaadhinga

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  DHONI team thothuruchupa ... Santhosa paduravangalam santhosa pattukunga

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ok, I give up

  Plum chaterjee ethuvum workout aagala... Kerala poi Billy Sooniyam Recharge pannitu vaanga...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dnt worry aduththa IPL / CL la paathukkalaam

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Totally irresponsible shot by sachin to play that nothing shot. There was no need for that flay across the ballso close to the body. Earlier in the over he just played and missed. Runs were flowing smoothly and we were scoring at >5 rpo. 50 + runs came in the first hour. Irresponsible shot .
  
  Raina/dhoni - Yebba saami

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  It is still not over. Ojha can bat

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 10:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  AhA! ingE oruthar kamukkamA anti-india chatterjee pOtturukkArpA!
  RK THambi, En indha kolai veRi?
  
  kals, inimE Dhoni teamsku AdharavA chatterjee pOdaNumnA, Maddy-ai kUttikittu vAnga. nAn retirement vAngikkarEn

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 10:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "Be cool till last, nothing above you" - itha yaaravathu Ishanth Sharma ku sollunga. payyan allrounder-a varuvaan.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:00 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  "Be cool till last, nothing above you" - itha yaaravathu Ishanth Sharma ku sollunga. payyan allrounder-a varuvaan.

  mothalla avan oru bowler-a varattum...

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 11:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Why Dhoni tries for a sharp single when he had the entire day ! Good captaincy.

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sharma 4

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Waterloo

  Why Dhoni tries for a sharp single when he had the entire day ! Good captaincy.

  So, you are not watching the match?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Waterloo

  Why Dhoni tries for a sharp single when he had the entire day ! Good captaincy.

  i think he has confused btw raina & vvs... who is watching the match?

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 11:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Waterloo

  Why Dhoni tries for a sharp single when he had the entire day ! Good captaincy.

  So, you are not watching the match?

  Point is that there is no need to go for a risky thing when you have the whole day to score runs.

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  36.1
  Johnson to Laxman, 1 run, 140.9 kph
  
  Hell. Why VVS takes a single the first delivery !

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Waterloo

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Waterloo

  Why Dhoni tries for a sharp single when he had the entire day ! Good captaincy.

  So, you are not watching the match?

  Point is that there is no need to go for a risky thing when you have the whole day to score runs.

  That wasn't risky. There was a single there. BTW, it was Raina who went for the single not Dhoni.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  lacchu y taking single in the first ball itself...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ramal, match pakuringala...

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Waterloo

  
  Hell. Why VVS takes a single the first delivery !

  He is inspired by Sachin
  
  See now, you have another point to bash Sachin

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Ramal, match pakuringala...

  no, i m in office...

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Naa sollala.... Sharma

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  lacchu... again for the consecutive 3rd over?! nettai thambi has faced 60,70 dels. in tests few times... he is capable,,,, but, ipdillam aniyayathukku avanukke strike kodutha thanguvana...

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 11:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  lacchu... again for the consecutive 3rd over?! nettai thambi has faced 60,70 dels. in tests few times... he is capable,,,, but, ipdillam panna thanguvana...

  Kirsten should contribute here

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Live score pathe ivlo tension-a.. BTW naanum oppice le busy-a irukaen

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  4th over also single taken in first ball...lacchu... EKLI!

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman is giving Ishanth Batting practice... Way to go

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Live score pathe ivlo tension-a.. BTW naanum oppice le busy-a irukaen

  match-kaka work-i konjam othukki vacchurukken...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Live score pathe ivlo tension-a.. BTW naanum oppice le busy-a irukaen

  match-kaka work-i konjam othukki vacchurukken...

  Allo naan ippove duty le busy-a thaan irukaenungo

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  just 67 runs needed now... lacchu...pls take the strike as much as poss. and score...dont give it to ishanth...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 11:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  5th over ramal

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  just 67 runs needed now... lacchu...pls take the strike as much as poss. and score...dont give it to ishanth...

  Neenga romba feel pannaadhinga.. Jeika poradhu naamathaan

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  5th over ramal

  kandippa ishanth gali..avanum evlo overs than thanguvaan... dhoni wouldn't do like this...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:24 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  just 67 runs needed now... lacchu...pls take the strike as much as poss. and score...dont give it to ishanth...

  Neenga romba feel pannaadhinga.. Jeika poradhu naamathaan

  chance rombbbha kammi than... paakkalaam...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  just 67 runs needed now... lacchu...pls take the strike as much as poss. and score...dont give it to ishanth...

  Neenga romba feel pannaadhinga.. Jeika poradhu naamathaan

  chance rombbbha kammi than... paakkalaam...

  Nooo.. Manasa thalara vidaadhinga...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 11:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  lachu does this again and again. Taking singles and exposing the tail. and
  he wil be aggressive when sachin is on the other end.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 11:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bhajji neeyellam manushane kedayaadhu! Learn from Ishant.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  lachu does this again and again. Taking singles and exposing the tail. and
  he wil be aggressive when sachin is on the other end.

  mokkai thanma irukkuppa... i thought only rohit sharma plays likes this... no doubt dhoni is one of the best to play with tails...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hamid bro, naama jeicha piragu, neenga paaraata poradhu Lachu va thaan.. Konjam micham veinga...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  6th over... vaayila ketta vaarthaiya varuthu...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 11:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Oh come on Ramal, don't you remember how well he played with Prasad in the first innings @ Kolkatta?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh come on Ramal, don't you remember how well he played with Prasad in the first innings @ Kolkatta?

  ennathu prasad-a... appollam nan rombha chinna kozhanthai pa...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 11:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Raina

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  is that out?

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 11:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  it is not about winning. Really cannot understand his thought process. The only aim seems to be increasing our blood pressure.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:33 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh come on Ramal, don't you remember how well he played with Prasad in the first innings @ Kolkatta?

  how can u justify giving strike to no-10 every over in a test match... oru over-na paravalla...

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 11:33 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  LAXMAN
  
  Ishant

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:35 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Lunch!
  Ind 405, 162/8 (42.0 Ovs)
  Ishant Sharma *
  14(35)
  VVS Laxman
  48(46)

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  54 runs needed...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman (Mixed emotions abt taking singles but batting is a treasure)
  
  Sachin
  
  Ishanth, Porumayaa aadupa.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  You guys should remember that he is playing with back pain! Calling him as Venna and other bashing is absolutely ridiculous

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 11:39 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh come on Ramal, don't you remember how well he played with Prasad in the first innings @ Kolkatta?

  how can u justify giving strike to no-10 every over in a test match... oru over-na paravalla...

  Do you think he can take single in 5th/6th ball of every over for the whole day ?

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 11:39 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by hamid

  lachu does this again and again. Taking singles and exposing the tail. and
  he wil be aggressive when sachin is on the other end.

  mokkai thanma irukkuppa... i thought only rohit sharma plays likes this... no doubt dhoni is one of the best to play with tails...

  Getlemen, I don't understand the fuss behind Lax taking singles when they are available.
  
  Normally when a batsman is playing with a tailender, the field is spread out so that 1) the batsman does not score runs and 2) they can bowl at the tailender. Knowing that Lax is not a hitter who can clear the ropes, the chances of him getting boundaries is less. So it is only sensible to give the strike(and some confidence) to the tailender. The field will be attacking for tailender and he has more chances for scoring some runs. I know there is a chance for the tailender to get out as well. But if Lax plays the entire over and takes 1 run then it is pretty much useless. Atleast in this way there is a chance of getting 5 runs in the over and putting some pressure on the Aussies.
  
  The same tactic was used by Steve Waugh almost always.

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  You guys should remember that he is playing with back pain! Calling him as Venna and other bashing is absolutely ridiculous

  adhu andha singles edukkara kaduppula pottadhu!
  
  His batting is

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman just CANNOT hit all the runs by himself. That's asking too much of him.

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  You guys should remember that he is playing with back pain! Calling him as Venna and other bashing is absolutely ridiculous

  Intha pechu vaangurathuku laxmanum oru 5 10 runku out aagirukalam

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 11:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  P_B yeah thats right, even Sachin did the same thing 2 years back at Australia. Ishant also gains more confidence as he bats.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh come on Ramal, don't you remember how well he played with Prasad in the first innings @ Kolkatta?

  how can u justify giving strike to no-10 every over in a test match... oru over-na paravalla...

  Do you think he can take single in 5th/6th ball of every over for the whole day ?

  not like that... the pressure on ishanth will be very less... 5th/6th ball fielding ellam tight panna u can easily pick boundaries, and req. runs koranjutte varum...
  yaaru strike panna safe-nu nenaikkura... ishanth or laxman....thats the matter...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 11:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  100 runla thOthaa perusaa theriyaadhu. 25 30 runla thOthaadhaan remba kaduppaa irukkum. Ishant Lacchu kaappaathungappa

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 11:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh come on Ramal, don't you remember how well he played with Prasad in the first innings @ Kolkatta?

  how can u justify giving strike to no-10 every over in a test match... oru over-na paravalla...

  Do you think he can take single in 5th/6th ball of every over for the whole day ?

  not like that... the pressure on ishanth will be very less... 5th/6th ball fielding ellam tight panna u can easily pick boundaries, and req. runs koranjutte varum...
  yaaru strike panna safe-nu nenaikkura... ishanth or laxman....thats the matter...

  sourav, its not as easy to pick runs as we think !!! Laxman panna thaan safe aana laxmanae pannanumna u have to get runs in boundaries ... appdilam velada mudiyaathu sourav practical la ...

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  
  Sachin
  

  Please don't blame him... He played his part.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 11:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Puli varumbodhe periya essay ezhudhittu enter aaringale.. Unga bis bis over-a

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 11:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  P_B yeah thats right, even Sachin did the same thing 2 years back at Australia. Ishant also gains more confidence as he bats.

  Sachin's knock was superb. He kept giving confidence to the tail and they responded.
  
  IMHO Lax playing like this is much better than going for big hits (a la Gilly,Dhoni) and getting himself out. After that Ojha and Ishant maathi maathi strike kuduthukka vendiyadhudhaan. Lax knows his limitations and playing within them.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ok... Aus want tail enders to strike as much as poss. so they can finish off easily while vvs standing not out in the other end... athan nadakka poguthu... i feel saving wkt is more imp... we have long time...
  sari vidunga...lets agree to disagree...ovvorutharukkum ovvoru peelingsu...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 11:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I wouldn't have criticized if he had been out for a peach of a delivery or after a very valiant knock. But the shot he got out was unwarranted. Normally he walks slow after getting out but looks like he himself wasn't pleased and walked off very quickly. Not a memorable day to make the 1000 runs for calendar year 2010.
  
  When will post lunch session start 12.15??
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  
  Sachin
  

  Please don't blame him... He played his part.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 11:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  --edited--

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 11:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ha.. Laxman's batting is absolute treat to watch.. i love it.. but his tendency to play with tailenders is irritating.. this is happening again and again..
  
  reg scoring more runs by this tactic u shd be kidding..
  
  Havent we seen many greats play with tailenders.. play and try to score off the first four deliveries... and then take a single... or for worse, if Ishant is to be exposed for five balls.. take a boundary off the 5th or sixth ball and increase the score and expose ishant for 6 balls..

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 11:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hamid - Neenga enna thirumbavum aarambikireenga?

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 11:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sorry.. have seen this happening many times.. hope someone brings in some sense to Lax on this.. we can have a look at the past history when lax was playing with tailenders.. did he ever won a match playing with tailenders? he always does this..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 11:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  feddy... 12.10 ist.

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  We are winning this... Laxman should do what is comfortable to him now.

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 11:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  and to say Tendulkar did the same. I dont exactly recollect the innings.. but im sure Tendulkar would have taken strike initially and as ishant gained confidence he slowly would have given him more strike.. not at the very first over itself..
  
  this is more like playing as the opposition captain wats

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 11:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  and to say Tendulkar did the same. I dont exactly recollect the innings.. but im sure Tendulkar would have taken strike initially and as ishant gained confidence he slowly would have given him more strike.. not at the very first over itself..
  
  this is more like playing as the opposition captain wats

  Even tendulkar does the same thing as laxman.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 11:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I wouldn't have criticized if he had been out for a peach of a delivery or after a very valiant knock. But the shot he got out was unwarranted. Normally he walks slow after getting out but looks like he himself wasn't pleased and walked off very quickly. Not a memorable day to make the 1000 runs for calendar year 2010.
  
  When will post lunch session start 12.45??
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  
  Sachin
  

  Please don't blame him... He played his part.

  Actually Feddy I can't criticize Sachin too much for this shot. If you are watching the match (I was until Sachin got out), Bollinger bowled a peach of a short ball which was almost a catch and clearly unsettled Sachin. After that Bollinger kept bowling short and Sachin - sensing the danger - felt obliged to put him off his line. So he attempted the upper cut in the same over once and then tried it again. With so little runs left, a couple of boundaries would mean Bollinger will stop bowling short.
  
  I think this is the reason why Sachin tried it, of course only he knows the truth. But the ball held its line and Sachin was cramped and got out .

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 11:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ram.. im really surprised to hear that
  
  is it possible to get the scorecard or cricinfo commentary of that match?

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I wouldn't have criticized if he had been out for a peach of a delivery or after a very valiant knock. But the shot he got out was unwarranted. Normally he walks slow after getting out but looks like he himself wasn't pleased and walked off very quickly. Not a memorable day to make the 1000 runs for calendar year 2010.
  
  When will post lunch session start 12.45??
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  
  Sachin
  

  Please don't blame him... He played his part.

  Actually Feddy I can't criticize Sachin too much for this shot. If you are watching the match (I was until Sachin got out), Bollinger bowled a peach of a short ball which was almost a catch and clearly unsettled Sachin. After that Bollinger kept bowling short and Sachin - sensing the danger - felt obliged to put him off his line. So he attempted the upper cut in the same over once and then tried it again. With so little runs left, a couple of boundaries would mean Bollinger will stop bowling short.
  
  I think this is the reason why Sachin tried it, of course only he knows the truth. But the ball held its line and Sachin was cramped and got out .

  quite possible.. we have seen this happenign many times.. whe tendulkar gets beaten or missed a shot.. he immediately hits a four/six and desettle the bowler..

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  and by that way he wont allow the commentator to talk about his miss much too

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Harbajan's batting by innings..
  http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/...g;view=innings

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 12:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VVS 50

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  he is playing with >100% s.r and ppl saying 'vvs hitting boundaries and all the runs is not poss'... :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ishanth boundary...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  its getting more and more tight..

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 12:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Va Va Sa

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  The news coming out from the Aussie dressing room is that Doug Bollinger will take no further part in this match. He is suffering from an abdominal strain. Steven Smith is on the field for him

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 12:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  The news coming out from the Aussie dressing room is that Doug Bollinger will take no further part in this match. He is suffering from an abdominal strain. Steven Smith is on the field for him

  Wicket edukkaradhukku munnaadi idhu vandhu tholaichirukka koodaadhaa . Sari wicket edukka try pannidhaan vandhuchunnu vachuppom. Sachin

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  lax

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman
  
  Dhoni and sachin
  
  Ishant

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  41..

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 12:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Tunsun aagudhupaa...

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 12:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant - another 4 hurray...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ishanth 2 4s...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 12:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  lax

  Naan thaan sonnaen le, innum micham iruku.. Kadaisi-a innum neraiya notworthy podalaam

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ishant
  too
  Tensionappa tension

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  ishant
  too
  Tensionappa tension

  es... 2-,mae lucky edgey 4s than...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  32...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dhaks. My take is different. Always love his batting. Anyway leave it. I wil happy to be wrong today

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  North comes in to the attack.. namaku thaan vadake soolam aachae

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  lacchu doing it again.... hmmm.... its easy for aus to take the wkt of sharma than vvs...and only 2 wkts remaining...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 12:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 5th October 2010 12:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman taking singles of first ball for three consecutive overs...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by kid-glove

  Laxman taking singles of first ball for three consecutive overs...

  neenga rombha late-u...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  watching it live

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 12:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  watching it live

  no dont do that

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  see guys, ishanth is living dangerously... if vvs was batting the full over, he would have scored a boundary in 5th or 6th del...

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 12:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting is trying a Sydney-Clarke by introducing North and Watson

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ramal. Leave it. Now letts look for india victory. Whatever way it comes.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Watson to Laxman, no run, hit straight back down the ground, strikes the stumps at the bowler's end but the ball didn't touch Watson's hand, if it had, Ishant would have been out @ 127.18 kmph
  
  

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by cricbuzz

  but the ball didn't touch Watson's hand, if it had, Ishant would have been out

  Originally Posted by cricinfo

  Shane Watson to bowl. Can he create something here?

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  26...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  s...hamid... epdi vanthalum ok...aaana varanum...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 12:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  News in: Bollinger has abdominal stiffness and unlikely to come back on the field.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  News in: Bollinger has abdominal stiffness and unlikely to come back on the field.

  Neenga romba late

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 12:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Somebody in Cricbuzz

  india should win today atleast to honour laxman for this superb innings.look at his strike rate its better than his carrer strike rate in 20-20

  

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Again single of first ball

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 12:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  News in: Bollinger has abdominal stiffness and unlikely to come back on the field.

  Plum nejimave pilly soonium veka poitaaro

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting is calling the field in to prevent the single

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 12:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting is calling the field in to prevent the single
  
  49.6 North to Laxman, 1 run, rocks back and steers it to deep point
  
  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ponting....thats not needed... its vvs... he will take single in the first ball anyway...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  again first ball single

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  22

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 12:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  4 leg byes. 18 to go

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 12:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  i m going for lunch... dhaks.... pls update me the score every over....

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 12:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Partnership 74..
  Ishant 29

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 12:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  chennai 1999 madhiri aagaama irukkNum

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 12:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  i m going for lunch... dhaks.... pls update me the score every over....

  Done...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 12:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Clarke is loosening up

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 12:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  i m going for lunch... dhaks.... pls update me the score every over....

  VV in Winner: onnai maligai saamaan vaangittu vara sollittaappaa .
  
  Just kidding Dhaks. Match mudiyaama green water-kooda kudikka koodaadhunnu ukkaandhurukken

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 12:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Clarke is loosening up

  Avanukku innaiku irukku..

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 12:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Ram.. im really surprised to hear that
  
  is it possible to get the scorecard or cricinfo commentary of that match?

  Don't look for another match. In this same match he never looked to farm strike when he was batting with Zaheer. But, you can argue that Zaheer is a better player than Ishanth and the situation is different. But my point is sachin always does this.

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 12:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Clarke is loosening up

  Arun Lol kitta anuppida vendiyadhu dhaan

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  16 ... :P

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 5th October 2010 01:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman romba nallavan
  
  Nanum than: Sharma :P

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman testig batting skills of Ishant...
  
  Ithuva athuku naeram

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Johnson to Ishant, no run, fends but fails to keep it down, lobbed in the air but just short of Katich at forward short leg, a billion hearts would have been pounding just for a split second

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  53.1 North to Laxman, 1 run, trifle short on middle, Laxman swivels back and pulls it all along the ground to deep backward square leg
  
  Again single

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  54.1 Johnson to Laxman, no run, strokes it to long off but doesn't take the single this time
  
  

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Way to go Lax & Ishant!
  
  Partnership is 80* - If Laxman scored most of the runs or faced most of the balls he would have got out earlier. No other go, what Laxman done or doing now is the right thing.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 six adichu matchai mudingappa....

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Drinks

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman was getting some treatement from the physion in the drinks break
  
  Laxman

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  55.2 Hilfenhaus to Ishant, out Lbw!! Ishant lbw b Hilfenhaus 31(92) [4s-5] Hilfenhaus to Ishant, THATS OUT!! Lbw!!
  55.1 Hilfenhaus to Laxman, 1 run, crunched away to deep point for an ambled single
  
  Again single of first ball
  
  Ojha

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 01:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Replays suggest that the ball may have been sliding down leg, we will confirm it for you once again, what drama!
  
  
  

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ayyayyo....

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Tha!!@# ian gould. that was going down the leg da kuruttu kabothi...

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 5th October 2010 01:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant out?

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Umpiring in this match is very poor!

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 5th October 2010 01:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Drinks la etho kalanthu kuduthutanga pola

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hawk eye showed that the ball was clearly missing Leg. kuruttu naay ian gould .

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 01:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  That was not out....

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  edhum solradhukkilla, we never wanna use the UDRS

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 01:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Gambhir, Ishant out illai kuduthaanga. Couple of aussies plumb LBW kudukkala! Instead of paying more for contracted players, BCCI shud look to hire umpires

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  edhum solradhukkilla, we never wanna use the UDRS

  Idhukaagave thappa kodukuraangalo?

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman oru velai 'last balla single edu'nnu captain sonnadha 'first ball'nu kaadhula vaangirupparo?

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by directhit

  edhum solradhukkilla, we never wanna use the UDRS

  Idhukaagave thappa kodukuraangalo?

  
  
  i seriously dont understand why MSD and seniors in the team are against using it - we are the team who is mostly screwed by the umpires esp playin against this whiners

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  9 to go...

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  8..

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  6...

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  6..... :nailbiting:

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 01:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Possibility of a Tie

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  guys you are missing a lot

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  guys you are missing a lot

  

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  What happened? Why no updateS??

  
  

• From: omega on 5th October 2010 01:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Score ennappa, oru siteum load aaha maatenguthu....

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 01:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Wonderful test match this..

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 runs to win..

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 01:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 to win

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  innum lunch ku poogama ukanthurukaen..

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India wins....

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India wins....

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Lacchu :bending and leg touchin:

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 to win

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 to win

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India Wins!!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Fcuukk yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India won

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  THIS IS AN EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  /-/

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman for President, Ishant for Vice President

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  !#!#!#! $!#! @#$!@ Take that Aussies ..

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great Great Great ! VVS, you are the ultimate mannnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Take that australia
  
  
  
  You will win another 10 world cups but we will continue to kick your arse in TEST (REAL) CRIcket

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 5th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  THIS IS AN EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  
  Yesssssssssssssss!!!! What a win....Classic...this is real classic!!!
  
  Beauty of test cricket
  
  
  Lachu
  
  Ishant

  
  

• From: omega on 5th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great win

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant, the world's greatest tailender

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Ishant, the world's greatest tailender

  

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 5th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Will vote for Ishant as MOM. reason : Match turning spell yesterday and contribution as a batsman !

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 01:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VVS continues to be the 'thorn in flesh' for the Aussies..

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 01:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Jeipom Jeipom........

  Sonnom illa..........

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Durby on Second day:
  "We still have Laxman, Dhoni, Raina and myself , all of us capable batsmen so we expect to overrun the aussie score"
  - Aussies vechAngayyA Appu ivanukku!
  
  BTW, not following the match. Have we lost already or it is going to take some more time to lose?

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Aussies
  
  Laxman
  
  Ishant

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Let me catch some breath and post later. Phew!!!!!!!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman / India
  
  nee mattum first inningsla aadi irundha ivlo kashtapattirukka venam...

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Durby on Second day:
  "We still have Laxman, Dhoni, Raina and myself , all of us capable batsmen so we expect to overrun the aussie score"
  - Aussies vechAngayyA Appu ivanukku!
  
  BTW, not following the match. Have we lost already or it is going to take some more time to lose?

  
  
  India Won.. Plum

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  This win means that India will retain the Border Gavaskar trophy even if australia wins the second test.
  
  

  
  

• From: MADDY on 5th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  unbelievable

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 01:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sankara1970

  Drinks la etho kalanthu kuduthutanga pola

  
  
  VVS...
  nettai thambi...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Billy bowden - Vaazgha new zealandhu, valarga finlandhu
  
  

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 01:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great win for India.. Hamid bro enga ponaar.. Naan thaan sonnaen le, jeika poradhu naama thaan-u

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 01:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  chanceless win.. Lachu .. you beauty..
  
  the environment is unbelievable.. new office rocks when I went down it was hardly 15-20 people.. by the time match got finished there are more than 250 people screaming for every run..one of the loudest cheer i heard for the victory run..
  
  Lax was chanceless.. so happy to see him.. his chemistry with Australia is awesome
  
  his antics and shouts against ojha.. it has to be seen to be believed.. first time I am seeing VVS animated in field.. he showed he will hit ojha with bat at a stage.. dont miss highlights guys..
  
  previleged to watch this match

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 01:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks Both your and Plum's strategies worked.. kantinue

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 01:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VVS You should play another 10 years
  
  Ishanth - I forgive all the no balls. Andha determination . Maturity of a great prospect already.
  
  Ojha - sodhappama irundhiye adhuvaraikkum seri

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 5th October 2010 01:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VVS was, is, and will continue to be OZ's kryptonite.

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 5th October 2010 01:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  This test is the kind of real resurrection Ishant needed.

  
  

• From: Ramkumar86 on 5th October 2010 01:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Superb match..
  Neraiya per suthi ninnalum gun nu mari katta vecha ishant sharma ku than MOM kudukkanum.

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 01:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  VVS You should play another 10 years
  
  Ishanth - I forgive all the no balls. Andha determination . Maturity of a great prospect already.
  
  Ojha - sodhappama irundhiye adhuvaraikkum seri

  Stan poi thoongunga, Mani 4:30 am aaguthu...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 01:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  and when the LBW was not given for ojha.... I cant describe that..everybody absolutely loved it and happy that it is hitting the stumps

  
  

• From: jinju on 5th October 2010 01:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  You will win another 10 world cups but we will continue to kick your arse in TEST C(REAL) CRIcket[/b]

  
  yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! pongadaaaaaaaa chinna pasangalaaaaaaaaaaaaaa woooooooooooooohoooooooooooooo. ricky paanting's record of not winning a test in India ever remains intact....India, keep it so for another match too!
  
  ODI, 20-20 ???????!!!! idhaan TEST CRICKET!

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 01:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Dhaks Both your and Plum's strategies worked.. kantinue

  Kandippa

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 01:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishant - apologies for the insults! Happy that u proved me wrong.
  Lachchuuuuuuuu :umma:
  Pranting

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 5th October 2010 01:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 01:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 01:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  North comes in to the attack.. namaku thaan vadake soolam aachae

  
  
  namakku innikku vadakkE, theRkE, mERkE, kizhakkE ellA dhisaiyilum soolam dhAn. pAvam nIngallAm - ball by ball tensionA jeyippOmngara nappAsaila pArthurikkInga
  
  Atleast, I didnt go through this nappAsai. 2 hours meeting vecha engaL Manager vAzhga!

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 01:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VVS..as long as you keep playing aussie cannot go near No1 ranking

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 02:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I am extremely happy that I was expecting this series for a long time and I opened this thread. Feel very satisfied and happy now. India- Australia series is the best test series at present.
  
  Ishanth My apologies to you on my earlier post after first day.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 02:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramkumar86

  Superb match..
  Neraiya per suthi ninnalum gun nu mari katta vecha ishant sharma ku than MOM kudukkanum.

  

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 02:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  PrannoyRay Tweets :
  
  This is the new India. How many years have the headlines said "India goes down fighting". Now the new India headline "India's fighting win"

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 02:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Atleast, I didnt go through this nappAsai. 2 hours meeting vecha engaL Manager vAzhga!

  good, so its ur manager's strategy that helped India win today :P

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 02:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  North comes in to the attack.. namaku thaan vadake soolam aachae

  
  
  namakku innikku vadakkE, theRkE, mERkE, kizhakkE ellA dhisaiyilum soolam dhAn. pAvam nIngallAm - ball by ball tensionA jeyippOmngara nappAsaila pArthurikkInga
  
  Atleast, I didnt go through this nappAsai. 2 hours meeting vecha engaL Manager vAzhga!

  Appo neenga manager illiya...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 02:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Kalyan, We were talking the other day right, VVS Again kills Australia.
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  VVS You should play another 10 years
  
  Ishanth - I forgive all the no balls. Andha determination . Maturity of a great prospect already.
  
  Ojha - sodhappama irundhiye adhuvaraikkum seri

  Stan poi thoongunga, Mani 4:30 am aaguthu...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 02:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  cricinfo cricbuzz not working properly... someone who watches the match live can update who is the MOM...

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 02:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I amnot watching now.. left cafeteria after the winning run..

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 02:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  What a win
  
  Aussies
  
  Lax . Playing with an injured back

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 02:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  cricinfo scorecard showing Ind 55/4...

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 02:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by directhit

  edhum solradhukkilla, we never wanna use the UDRS

  Idhukaagave thappa kodukuraangalo?

  
  
  i seriously dont understand why MSD and seniors in the team are against using it - we are the team who is mostly screwed by the umpires esp playin against this whiners

  DH, I posted earlier on this. My theory is this:
  We the fans ourselves believe that certain officials like Bucknor are deliberately anti-India. Imagine thhe plight of players who see them in close quarters and can sense their biases even better.
  I feel that our seniors including Rahul, Sachin et al have a feeling that most of the umpires and referees will act against us when it comes to close decisions.
  
  Consider this: we use UDRS..
  1) We refer the catch that Watson took in 1st inns - I feel that most 3rd umpires will give that out: Elite panel because they are anti-India and nobody can question them because it is a close call here, and Indian umpires because theya re stupid and incompetent(Hazare )
  2) Same catch if Laxman takes and Ponting refers, benefit of doubt will go to the batsman.
  
  I believe this is how most umpires today will operate given theirr anti India bias. Or even if it is one or two of them who are like that, ICC will put only those umpires in charge of India matches. And ofcourse, if it is an Aussie third umpire, sollavE VENAM. Did you know that of the last 41 tests India has played, Chris Broad has been referee for 23 tests!. Why? Because he screws India, that's why.
  
  So, UDRS means even by chance if we get a lucky onfield decision, opposition can refer it and get it reversed. While if the oppistion gets a close decision onfield, even if we refer, it will be upheld.
  So it is lose-lose for us.
  
  The solution to this is to infiltrate the ELite panel, infiltrate the committee that chooses, evaluates and removes umpires from employment etc. Today, Aus and Eng control that - that is why Chris Broad gets to survive even after being so openly biased.
  It is not difficult for BCCI to take control of evaluating the match refereees and deciding on their surivival but they are not doing that.
  If anyone by chance sees this, pleasee give this idea to BCCI. Anyway wee are accused of running world cricket. epdiyum kolai kuthavALI-nu pEru eduthAchu. kolaiya paNNiduvOmE!

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 02:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Breaking News : Aussie cricket board declared no more test matches with India till Lax retires..
  
  ICC, players and umpires requesting Lax to retire

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 02:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum, Dhoni is yet to lose a series. Appadinu padikadhinga Ponting is yet to win a test in India.

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 02:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Tha!!@# ian gould. that was going down the leg da kuruttu kabothi...

  Ian Gould, Silly Bowden, Chris Broad etc - - nallA try paNNinInga thambigaLA Indiavai thOkkadikka!
  
  (But Broad will now give fines to Gambhir and Zaheer - Ponting engira uthamarai vambukku izhukkalAmAnu report kuduppAr pArunga )

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 5th October 2010 02:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum,
  Cha cha..enna idhu chinna pulla thanama..White man never lies and therefore benefit of doubt (in most Sports, not just crikcet) always goes to him. :P

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 02:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  The solution to this is to infiltrate the ELite panel, infiltrate the committee that chooses, evaluates and removes umpires from employment etc.

  Recent-a Ramana padam paatha effect-a irukkumo

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 02:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Kalyan, We were talking the other day right, VVS Again kills Australia.
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  VVS You should play another 10 years
  
  Ishanth - I forgive all the no balls. Andha determination . Maturity of a great prospect already.
  
  Ojha - sodhappama irundhiye adhuvaraikkum seri

  Stan poi thoongunga, Mani 4:30 am aaguthu...

  Yeah I told you... OZs attack and VVS delivers @ a strike rate of more than 90...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 02:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Man of the match: Zaheer

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 02:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum your thoughts on symonds interview with harsha reg bhajji should be punished.
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Tha!!@# ian gould. that was going down the leg da kuruttu kabothi...

  Ian Gould, Silly Bowden, Chris Broad etc - - nallA try paNNinInga thambigaLA Indiavai thOkkadikka!
  
  (But Broad will now give fines to Gambhir and Zaheer - Ponting engira uthamarai vambukku izhukkalAmAnu report kuduppAr pArunga )

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 02:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  North comes in to the attack.. namaku thaan vadake soolam aachae

  
  
  
  namakku innikku vadakkE, theRkE, mERkE, kizhakkE ellA dhisaiyilum soolam dhAn. pAvam nIngallAm - ball by ball tensionA jeyippOmngara nappAsaila pArthurikkInga
  
  Atleast, I didnt go through this nappAsai. 2 hours meeting vecha engaL Manager vAzhga!

  Appo neenga manager illiya...

  emanukku eman mAdhiri avar managerukku manager!

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 02:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Plum your thoughts on symonds interview with harsha reg bhajji should be punished.
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Tha!!@# ian gould. that was going down the leg da kuruttu kabothi...

  Ian Gould, Silly Bowden, Chris Broad etc - - nallA try paNNinInga thambigaLA Indiavai thOkkadikka!
  
  
  (But Broad will now give fines to Gambhir and Zaheer - Ponting engira uthamarai vambukku izhukkalAmAnu report kuduppAr pArunga )

  I havent read it but if he said that, well, he is right. Durby should have been punished. But if he tries to paint Ponting, Hayden et al as uthamapurushans and Sachin black, then I don't agree.
  
  I think Symonds must have been racially targetted within the Aussie team itself. He is just not coming out with it. Michael Jeh has written that coloured cricketers face bias and jeers across all age groups and levels of cricket - I am sure Ponting etc used him as a bali Adu. Sad thing is he never comes out with the truth on this.

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 02:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kals, nInga sonnA mAdhiri Kerala pOi recharge paNNanum. It was too close this time!
  
  Maddy, nInga temporary-A konjam fill in paNNunga chatterjee incharge-A!

  
  

• From: directhit on 5th October 2010 02:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  The solution to this is to infiltrate the ELite panel

  adhaan namma Javagal Srinath a anuppirukkome!!

  
  

• From: jinju on 5th October 2010 02:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  
  Ian Gould, Silly Bowden, Chris Broad etc - - nallA try paNNinInga thambigaLA Indiavai thOkkadikka!
  

  to put the Plum thinking hat on, don't u think it's part of a wider conspiracy to make India ultimately use UDRS? that if we get bad decisions, we can't complain coz we r only against the use of UDRS. for all one knows, chris broad was seen sitting next to that hapless sanjay hazare when that dhoni decision was made. wonder who pressed the button?

  
  

• From: Plum on 5th October 2010 02:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  avaru sava savagal srinath-nga!
  
  That is the whole point - people like Mahanama, Srinath are the match referees from sub-continent. Does it tell you what filter is applied for selection - only nice guys! From this alone, you can see who is controlling the match referee selection.
  
  Imagine if Ranatunga, Gavaskar, Miandad are match referees - veLLaiyanai Oda Oda verattuvAnga. As a fan, I wish this happens. In the future, Durby should be a match referee and appointed for all Australia matches
  I dream of such a world!

  
  

• From: jinju on 5th October 2010 02:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by Plum

  The solution to this is to infiltrate the ELite panel

  adhaan namma Javagal Srinath a anuppirukkome!!

  honestly, venki prasad has more rosa rollaayudham than our sambar sri!

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 02:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Ishanth - I forgive all the no balls. Andha determination . Maturity of a great prospect already.

  I would never ever say a word against him hereafter That innings was a gem

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 03:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  In the future, Durby should be a match referee and appointed for all Australia matches
  I dream of such a world!

  Idhu kandippa nadakanum

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 03:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  can anybody post Pranting's speech during presentation ceremony?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 03:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ricky Ponting: "It was one of the exciting test matches I have played. Full credit to India; they outplayed us today. We tried our best. It was satisfying effort from the boys. I told them to just take out the scorecard out of the mind. The partnership between Ishant an Laxman was great and it made the difference I guess. Bollinger's injury probably didnt help us there; we needed a fresh bowler to give it a shake but that's the game."

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 03:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Ishanth - I forgive all the no balls. Andha determination . Maturity of a great prospect already.

  I would never ever say a word against him hereafter That innings was a gem

  Still, he is NOT capable of playing in the 11 as a bowler.. even the 3 wickets he took in the second innings, it was more of batsmen threw it away.. except Clarke's.... saying that, he already secured his place for anoter series... with his current form, I hate him as a fast bowler...

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 03:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  RR,
  
  Only Watson got out to a nothing delivery, Ponting's wicket was because of a well executed plan. Dhoni had a short midwicket and Ishant bowled it short on the off stump.
  
  About his bowling, he is having some technical shortcomings, which can be corrected easily. What matters is his heart to fight it out.

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 03:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Master,
  
  In Ponting's case, the plan was just worked.. but can't say as a great delivery... but overall, he is NO more a lethal bowler who can threat the opponents with his pace / in-coming deliveries.... look at his run rate per over... Sreesanth is far better than Ishant in test cricket..

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 5th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India laxman n ish

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 5th October 2010 03:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...005-165u4.html

  
  

• From: hamid on 5th October 2010 03:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  RR.. itz celebration time.. letz do the post mortems tomorrow please..
  
  ponting mokathula kari letz enjoy that. he has created a image that AUS can win in tight situations..the pressure applied by them is tremendous and it is hard to win against them.. as prannoy roy said.. how many times we had headlines india goes down fighting.. now India wins a tight match.. celebration time ya..

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 03:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Master,
  
  In Ponting's case, the plan was just worked.. but can't say as a great delivery... but overall, he is NO more a lethal bowler who can threat the opponents with his pace / in-coming deliveries.... look at his run rate per over... Sreesanth is far better than Ishant in test cricket..

  Bowling to a plan is also great bowling, isn't it? Sreesanth is as inconsistent as Ishant, if not more. I prefer Ishant to Sreesanth. When Prasad was the bowling coach, Ishant was bowling like a dream. He just needs guidance. Probably Ishant should be given a break for one or two series and he should play few domestic matches. That might do some good for him.

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 03:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  RR.. itz celebration time.. letz do the post mortems tomorrow please..
  
  ponting mokathula kari letz enjoy that. he has created a image that AUS can win in tight situations..the pressure applied by them is tremendous and it is hard to win against them.. as prannoy roy said.. how many times we had headlines india goes down fighting.. now India wins a tight match.. celebration time ya..

  OK.. lets forget about that.. this match reminded another closest match of 2005 ashes which eng won by two runs...

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 03:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Master,
  
  In Ponting's case, the plan was just worked.. but can't say as a great delivery... but overall, he is NO more a lethal bowler who can threat the opponents with his pace / in-coming deliveries.... look at his run rate per over... Sreesanth is far better than Ishant in test cricket..

  Bowling to a plan is also great bowling, isn't it? Sreesanth is as inconsistent as Ishant, if not more. I prefer Ishant to Sreesanth. When Prasad was the bowling coach, Ishant was bowling like a dream. He just needs guidance. Probably Ishant should be given a break for one or two series and he should play few domestic matches. That might do some good for him.

  Master, I was about to say this.. he needs to understand his strengths...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 5th October 2010 03:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Another thriller....
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/iranicup2010...ch/465502.html

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 04:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Another thriller....
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/iranicup2010...ch/465502.html

  Rest of India win the match by 361 runs.

  
  

• From: wrap07 on 5th October 2010 04:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great Win for India
  
  vvs & ishant
  (vvs reserves his best for Aussies)

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 04:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  "Be cool till last, nothing above you" - itha yaaravathu Ishanth Sharma ku sollunga. payyan allrounder-a varuvaan.

  itha aaro avar kitta sollirukaar
  
  I told you guys we were winning this.
  
  Sachin , Laxman
  Ishanth - allrounder

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 04:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 05:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  Sourva, plz post some of them.. worst commentator after Ramiz Raja
  
  He once said when Romesh Powar was about to bowl...
  
  "Sharad Powar comes to bowl sorry Romesh Powar comes to bowl"..
  
  even in this match, "Australia is maintaining a very good running rate.... run rate"

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 05:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Beautifully Written:
  Nearly throughout his stay, Laxman had drained out all emotion from his face. Even when Dhoni was rushing towards him in vain to get across for the single, laxman was motionless. When Dhoni ran past him after getting out, Laxman just turned and looked into a distance and at nothing in particular. It was a nice little moment. You could feel that he was in a zone. You could sense his focus. You could see his state of mind. Only when Ojha made that error of running so close to the landmark, Lax lost his cool. He quickly composed himself, spoke to Ojha, patted him on the back and settled the nerves. At the end of it all, he turned towards the dressing room and held his arms aloft. Then he turned and enveloped Ojha and Raina with a big hug. All the three were screaming their heads off.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 05:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  Sourva, plz post some of them..

  sorry RR, i cant post that here... will pm u.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 05:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  Sourva, plz post some of them..

  sorry RR, i cant post that here... will pm u.

  enakkum PM pls

  
  

• From: Bala (Karthik) on 5th October 2010 05:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sourav,
  PM ellam velaikkavadhu, takkunu inga potrunga, yaarum onnum solla maattaanga

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 5th October 2010 05:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://twitter.com/eyepeeyell/status/26430879355

  
  

• From: jinju on 5th October 2010 06:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  gambhir and ishant out of next test...abhinav mukund and jaidev unadkat to replace them.
  
  Ponting given a break from the odi series. he's playinv too much cricket, Cricket Australia feels

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 06:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  Sourva, plz post some of them..

  sorry RR, i cant post that here... will pm u.

  just checked ...
  
  Bala(K), inga podrathu kashtam than...

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 5th October 2010 06:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  RR,
  
  Only Watson got out to a nothing delivery, Ponting's wicket was because of a well executed plan. Dhoni had a short midwicket and Ishant bowled it short on the off stump.
  
  About his bowling, he is having some technical shortcomings, which can be corrected easily. What matters is his heart to fight it out.

  I agree with LM. His dedication is his biggest plus, which is quite evident in the way he bats. Compare that with the other guy who would hope to smack the ball over the ropes and dance like a joker. I read somewhere that Venki somewhere mentioned that Ishant is very dedicated and trains pretty hard.
  
  And we are also being cruel in judging his ability based on performances in Indian pitches. Other country bowlers have the privilege of bowling in bowler friendly pitches and enhancing their reputation. And when they do come to India and fail they conveniently blame it all on the pitch. On the other hand when Indian seamers do well abroad, people will be quick to point out that pitch assisted them and for the rest of their lifetime their bowling ability will be judged based on performances in India's bowling graveyards.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 5th October 2010 06:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  Sourva, plz post some of them..

  sorry RR, i cant post that here... will pm u.

  just checked ...
  
  Bala(K), inga podrathu kashtam than...

  Yup..

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 5th October 2010 06:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  eyepeeyell's tweet abt arun lal's commentary....

  Sourva, plz post some of them..

  sorry RR, i cant post that here... will pm u.

  just checked ...
  
  Bala(K), inga podrathu kashtam than...

  Kastama.. Padhi thitraana illa edho solla varaana ne therile

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 06:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Apologies for gate-crashing Ishant's felicitation. But wasn't Ganguly's "God help their careers" aimed solely upon Ishant Sharma?

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 5th October 2010 07:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Apologies for gate-crashing Ishant's felicitation. But wasn't Ganguly's "God help their careers" aimed solely upon Ishant Sharma?

  Was it?

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 5th October 2010 07:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Not that I care for Ganguly's comments, but didn't he make that comment on the eve of batting collapse? And he commented about fielding as well.. coming from Ganguly that was purely comical!
  
  Any cricketer worth his salt wouldn't dare to judge a bowler based on T20 performance

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 07:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by jinju

  gambhir and ishant out of next test...abhinav mukund and jaidev unadkat to replace them.
  
  Ponting given a break from the odi series. he's playinv too much cricket, Cricket Australia feels

  Laxman also wont play??

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 5th October 2010 08:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by jinju

  gambhir and ishant out of next test...abhinav mukund and jaidev unadkat to replace them.
  
  Ponting given a break from the odi series. he's playinv too much cricket, Cricket Australia feels

  Laxman also wont play??

  yes doubt dhan..pujara varuvan pole

  
  

• From: Sourav on 5th October 2010 08:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raghavendran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by jinju

  gambhir and ishant out of next test...abhinav mukund and jaidev unadkat to replace them.
  
  Ponting given a break from the odi series. he's playinv too much cricket, Cricket Australia feels

  Laxman also wont play??

  yes doubt dhan..pujara varuvan pole

  athukku yen moonjiya apdi vachukkura?

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 5th October 2010 08:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  BennyLava, here you go.
  
  KKR doesn't deserve to play in the semis: Ganguly
  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/i...ow/5785785.cms
  
  BANGALORE: A furious Kolkata Knight Riders skipper Sourav Ganguly lashed out at his team following the abject manner in which they caved in against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Saturday night.
  
  "I thought we played good cricket for the first 10 overs and for the remaining overs of the match, we were absolutely rubbish. In one line, we were rubbish," the KKR captain fumed after the game.
  
  The defeat has left the Kolkata side needing to win all their three remaining matches to have any hopes of qualifying for a last-four berth, but Ganguly preferred to look at the worrying present while assessing the team's semifinal chances. "We have to play better cricket. If we play cricket like this, we don't deserve to be in the semifinals. There are other teams who are playing better cricket than us. If we have to get there first, let's play better cricket and win matches," stated the former India captain.
  
  Ganguly, the most successful Indian captain ever, is known for his ability to inspire his teammates during difficult times, but the comprehensive loss to RCB seems to have left the Prince of Kolkata disheartened.
  
  "I don't mind losing, but we were pathetic on the field. I can talk, I can lift them up. But they need to lift themselves. I can't go and field for them, I can't go and bowl for them. When I was leading India, I had some serious talent to look after. That probably helped. Hopefully these guys will look after themselves," said Ganguly, who was handed back the captaincy in IPL 3 after KKR's last-place finish in the second edition of the eight-team tourney.
  
  "They have to pick themselves up, there's no option. They're professionals. The entire world is watching, the selectors are watching. If they play like this, God help their careers," added Ganguly.
  
  When asked about Ishant Sharma's unsatisfactory performance on the day, Ganguly replied in a tone that aptly reflected his mood. "You have to ask Ishant that question," said Ganguly.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 5th October 2010 08:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frqztdxTc1U
  
  Winning moments of today's Epic! Enjoy!

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 5th October 2010 08:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Puliyan,
  
  Except the last sentence where the question was specific about Ishant rest didn't feel like he is referring to Ishant.
  
  Even IF Ganguly did mean Ishant, Ganguly is hardly a yardstick for commitment... and if he criticizes others what can we do but laugh?

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 5th October 2010 08:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Benny Lava

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  RR,
  
  Only Watson got out to a nothing delivery, Ponting's wicket was because of a well executed plan. Dhoni had a short midwicket and Ishant bowled it short on the off stump.
  
  About his bowling, he is having some technical shortcomings, which can be corrected easily. What matters is his heart to fight it out.

  I agree with LM. His dedication is his biggest plus, which is quite evident in the way he bats. Compare that with the other guy who would hope to smack the ball over the ropes and dance like a joker. I read somewhere that Venki somewhere mentioned that Ishant is very dedicated and trains pretty hard.
  
  And we are also being cruel in judging his ability based on performances in Indian pitches. Other country bowlers have the privilege of bowling in bowler friendly pitches and enhancing their reputation. And when they do come to India and fail they conveniently blame it all on the pitch. On the other hand when Indian seamers do well abroad, people will be quick to point out that pitch assisted them and for the rest of their lifetime their bowling ability will be judged based on performances in India's bowling graveyards.

  Benny Lava, attitude is fine... but he is NOT at all bowling to his potential.. he lost his pace / swing... Can you say Ishant a wicket taking bowler in test cricket? Agree that you can't judge a bowler with his performance in the subcontinent.. but still, his stats has NOT progressed well since 2008 (think it was the last series of Aus)... he must go back to domestic level and correct things to rejuvenate himself at this level...
  
  I don't want to compare Sreesanth's attitude with Ishant.. obviously, the world knows but don't forget that he had a 5-wicket haul in the recently concluded SA series...

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 5th October 2010 09:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  RR, I don't want to defend Ishant to a great extent, I do not have that much belief in him yet but I still believe he is a fine material and with his attitude he has a better chance of coming good than other laid back players.
  
  And in the current team, I think Ishant's role has been to bowl to plan. Agreed he doesn't look like a wicket taking bowler, but in these conditions only Zaheer has performed consistently over the years... vera yaaru irukaanga?
  
  I just feel that we are being unfair. Let us see him perform in overseas and come to a conclusion.

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 5th October 2010 09:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ishanth allrounder-a varuvaan

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 5th October 2010 09:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kizhinjidhu!
  
  Oru irfan pathan podhadha?

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 5th October 2010 09:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Ishanth allrounder-a varuvaan

  Ivan kaalaila irundhu idhaiye sollittu irukkan Venaam

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 5th October 2010 09:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  heyyyyy thambi .
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Ishanth allrounder-a varuvaan

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 09:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  heyyyyy thambi .
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Ishanth allrounder-a varuvaan

  Kandippa... Enna Davuttu, avanoda front foot defense ellam enna copy book style... He has the courage in him to become one....
  Bowling illati batting...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 5th October 2010 09:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Injured Gambhir and Ishant out of second Test
  
  India have omitted Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma from the second Test in Bangalore following injuries to their right knees. The squad for that Test, announced hours after the win against Australia in Mohali, includes Tamil Nadu opener Abhinav Mukund and Saurashtra quick bowler Jaidev Unadkat, both of whom are uncapped, as replacements.
  
  Mukund, 20, has been a consistent performer in domestic first-class matches since his debut in late 2007. He has nine centuries in 29 matches, and an average of 55.88, and his career highlights include an unbeaten triple-century against Maharashtra in 2008 and a 257 against Hyderabad last season.
  
  Unadkat, 18, has been promoted despite not having played a Ranji Trophy match. He first came into the spotlight when his Kolkata Knight Riders bowling coach Wasim Akram endorsed his talent ahead of the 2010 IPL season. Though Unadkat did not make much of an impression in the IPL, he made the cut for India A's tour of England. He impressed with a 13-wicket haul at Grace Road on first-class debut against West Indies A. He was included in the Rest of India squad for the Irani Trophy game against Mumbai that coincided with the first Test, and he returned figures of 4 for 41 in the first innings to put his name firmly in the selectors' radar.
  
  The youngsters get their chance due to the injuries to two of India's first-choice players. Ishant had been off the field for much of the first innings due to his injury but returned to play a crucial role in India's heart-stopping win in the first Test in Mohali. On Monday, he took three quick top-order wickets to deflate Australia's strong start and on Tuesday he stoutly hung on for a career-best 32 - and a match-turning 81-run stand for the ninth wicket with VVS Laxman.
  
  Gambhir, who scored 25 and 0 in the first Test, was hit in the knee while fielding at short leg on Monday when he was trying to take evasive action to save himself from a Michael Hussey sweep off Pragyan Ojha.
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/480066.html

  
  

• From: vanchi on 5th October 2010 10:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  super win
  
  sachu, lachu, ichu

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 6th October 2010 12:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Benny Lava

  RR, I don't want to defend Ishant to a great extent, I do not have that much belief in him yet but I still believe he is a fine material and with his attitude he has a better chance of coming good than other laid back players.
  
  And in the current team, I think Ishant's role has been to bowl to plan. Agreed he doesn't look like a wicket taking bowler, but in these conditions only Zaheer has performed consistently over the years... vera yaaru irukaanga?
  
  I just feel that we are being unfair. Let us see him perform in overseas and come to a conclusion.

  IMO Ishant ovvoruthar kittayum poi advice kekkuradhai modhalla niruthanum. Over coaching can be harmful sometimes as different coaches tend to give different directions. thanakku enna varudhunnu therinjukittu adhai perfect pannanum, appuram chinna chinna fine-tuning mattum panninaa podhum. adhai vittuttu "anne neenga sollunga, anne neenga sollunga"nu kettutte irundhaa, sollanume-nu edhavadhu solli irukkaradhai kedukkadhana chance adhigam.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 5th day
  We were wary of Laxman - Ponting
  ESPNcricinfo staff
  
  October 5, 2010
  
  
  Ricky Ponting: "VVS Laxman has been a bit of a thorn in our side" © AFP - Hell yeah
  
  
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  Australia's bowlers had been wary of VVS Laxman, despite his bad back, going into the fifth day at Mohali, Ricky Ponting has said. Laxman overcame his injury to play another nerveless innings against his favourite opposition and shepherd the tail to victory.
  
  "Just having some dinner last night with a few guys I was sitting with, I really felt that [we should beware] the wounded player [Laxman], and batting down the order I felt he would make a big contribution today," Ponting said. "I was trying to make sure that we weren't thinking they were going to be a batsman down again in the second innings and get too carried away."
  
  Laxman batted at No. 10 in the first innings and sat out the fourth morning as Australia set India a target. He could not bat at his usual No. 6 position on the fourth evening as India's chase ran into rough weather. The Indian team said he would bat on the last day if required, and he walked out at the fall of the nightwatchman Zaheer Khan. Laxman stood tall as India lost wickets and guided the tail to victory.
  
  
  "Even with that [bad back] today he showed what sort of class player he is," Ponting said. "He has been a bit of a thorn in our side there's no doubt about that, I guess him and Sachin [Tendulkar] would be the two who've done the most damage over the years, a couple of guys who've played a lot against us and have got good records against us. I hope his back's pretty sore for next week as well and he can't play."
  
  Things went against Australia through the fifth day. Doug Bollinger, who had joined the team late after the Champions League, was forced off the field with an abdominal strain in the middle of a very good spell. Then, with India's last pair requiring six runs to win the game, Pragyan Ojha survived a close lbw shout and Steven Smith missed a direct hit that could have ended the match, but ended up conceding four overthrows.
  
  "That's what we expect from our guys, we expect that when there's a half chance there that they'll want to take it. There's no blame at all towards Smith for having a shot at the stumps, if that was me I would have done exactly the same thing.
  
  "It probably doesn't help," Ponting said of Bollinger's hurried preparation for the game after the Champions League. "But he had been bowling, and that was one positive for Doug, that he had been playing competitive cricket. He probably hasn't been bowling the amount of overs in the Champions Leauge that some of the others have had coming over here, but he has been playing and arrived a couple of days before the game.
  
  "I thought his spell today was probably the best he's bowled during the game, so disappointing for him to go down at the end there. I went to grab his hat off him for the start of his next over and he said he felt some pain in one of his abdominals, and being a fast bowler and having that sort of injury I just sent him off the ground straight away."
  
  The match was marred by some questionable umpiring decisions. Michael Hussey and Gautam Gambhir got rough calls on the fourth day, while Ishant Sharma was sent on his way today with the game in the balance, before the lbw appeal against Ojha. After a match of such close margins, Ponting reaffirmed his faith in the UDRS, the use of which had been refused by India at the start of this series.
  
  "I'm a big supporter of the UDRS, I actually queried the ICC before the series started about the reason why we weren't using the system," Ponting said. "One thing I know about the system so far is that you definitely get more correct decisions in a game of cricket than you do without it, we understand how difficult a job it is for the umpires out there. There's no doubt, take this Test match alone, with the use of the system here I think we would've have a lot more right decisions in the game."
  
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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:33 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 5th day
  'These situations get the best out of me' - Laxman
  India's man of the moment reflects on yet another under-pressure classic against his favourite opponents
  
  Sidharth Monga in Mohali
  
  October 5, 2010
  
  Waiting in Taj Chandigarh for VVS Laxman to arrive, I was reminded of Taj Samudra in Colombo, just after India's previous Test, in August this year. That game, too, had a similar ending to the one in Mohali. Laxman, fighting back spasms, stood at square leg (then too he needed a runner), arms aloft, his team-mates congratulating him for a match-winning effort in the fourth innings. If anything, this came from an impossible situation and despite worse pain.
  
  Then, too, Laxman had to stay back at the ground for treatment. Today, he couldn't even last the post-match presentation, and left midway. About an hour later, he arrived at the team hotel with a smile on his face and what looked like an X-ray report in his hand. It was so like Colombo. Then too he was more than happy to give us a few minutes despite the obvious pain he was in. He had spread joy on the field, there was no harm sharing it off it too. Even today, with a flight scheduled in the evening, and that hurting back, he sat down for a chat.
  
  "We'll do it like the last time?" Laxman asks. Which meant he wanted to talk in the foyer.
  
  "We have a nice routine going," I say in reply. "You win a match, and we talk in the hotel lobby."
  
  "The routine is nice," he says. "But the pain is not." And laughs.
  
  During the chat we remind ourselves that those back spasms are not that bad a thing. The first time Laxman suffered those spasms was in March 2001. Over the next week, he played the greatest Test innings of all at one of the greatest places to play Test cricket in. Three improbable wins out of three is not a bad strike rate for those spasms at all.
  
  While there might be a general agreement, statistically proven of course, that back spasms have given Test cricket three unforgettable innings, a thought needs to be spared for the back. And both the physios, Nitin Patel now and Andrew Leipus in 2000-01, are people Laxman doesn't stop thanking.
  
  "I have been doing a lot of mobilisation exercises on my lower back and my upper back," he says of the last three days. "Various techniques Nitin uses to relieve spasms. Also a lot of painkiller injections." Three of them in fact. Followed by tablets before the start of the game today, and then at each break in the play.
  
  Last night was spent thinking about the back. "I was not sure how it would hold up," Laxman says. "Then I went and had a net. Last three days I was doing nothing but sitting and having treatment. So I had a net last evening, to make sure the spasms didn't aggravate. Even if they aggravated, I would have had enough time to recover by the match. It seemed okay in the last night. I was quite apprehensive about how my back would be."
  
  As any team would, Australia too bowled a lot of bouncers and flighted offbreaks wide of off to make sure he has to put his back in discomfort. Pain, though, was to disappear soon. Once he drove Nathan Hauritz through the covers, Laxman could feel it. "Once you are in the thick of things, your concentration shifts from the pain, and towards the task at hand," Laxman says.
  
  "Once your mind goes away from the pain and towards the goal, it helps. Still at times, especially when I was playing the short-pitched delivery, it was quite painful. Because of the awkward movement."
  
  The physical pain was forgotten momentarily, but wickets were falling at the other end. That is why perhaps Laxman is generous in applauding Ishant Sharma, the No. 10 who stuck around with him for 106 minutes. "He had been struggling with the injury," Laxman says. "The last three-four days he has been taking injections on his leg. To come and bowl as well as he did yesterday, and then this innings, was a marvellous effort.
  
  "What impressed me most about him was the temperament. We had little chats in the middle. And when, towards the end, Mitchell Johnson troubled him, he told me he wasn't comfortable facing him. Then only I started to try and face more of Johnson. It was important to have that trust. There was no way I could have done it alone. But I have always had a lot of confidence in Ishant."
  
  
  
  
  I was Hyderabad's main batsman and I had to get a lot of runs for them. I think the earlier part of my career with Hyderabad taught me a lot to take responsibility. Probably that helped me a lot.
  
  
  
  
  
  After Ishant, too, Laxman had to try and farm the strike so that Pragyan Ojha got as little of Johnson to face as possible. In doing so, on the fifth ball of a Ben Hilfenhaus, Laxman wanted his runner, Suresh Raina, and Ojha to go for a sharp single. Ojha did not make a quick enough start. Laxman was all arms and words then. This was a first: Laxman involved in an un-nice moment.
  
  "I knew the last ball would be a bouncer, and there was no way I could have taken a single off that ball," Laxman said. "So we had to take the single on the fifth ball, so I get a little ... It was wrong on my part, and that's what I apologised to Ojha for at the end of that over. I asked him to be calm, and not lose his composure, and not get tense and panic. Because he also played six-seven balls, and that was crucial in the end."
  
  Okay, this is more the Laxman we know. Which is what confounds me often. The kind of innings Laxman is known for remind me of street-smart cricketers like Javed Miandad and Arjuna Ranatunga. Laxman is an entirely different character. How does he do it so often in those situations? He has a great theory.
  
  "I think sometimes these situations get the best out of me, from the mental point of view," Laxman says. "Mentally I have always relished these situations. Always think right from my younger days, I really want to do well in such situations. If I don't do well, I feel really bad and that I have let the team down. I keep discussing with my coaches that I should be in the same mind frame when the going is easy also.
  
  "Probably something to do with Hyderabad. Because when I was playing at that time, I was their main batsman and I had to get a lot of runs for them. I think the earlier part of my career with Hyderabad taught me a lot to take responsibility. Probably that helped me a lot.
  
  "So mentally not much, but physically this took a toll on my back." Some things, though, get better in the pain.
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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 5th day
  India's Atlas, Australia's nemesis
  
  Cricketers spend entire careers wishing they could bat in a crisis like they do in a normal situation, Laxman wishes for the opposite
  
  Sidharth Monga in Mohali
  
  October 5, 2010
  
  Atlas had a bad back. Atlas took a few injections, popped some painkillers, did some exercises. Then Atlas turned up at 76 for 5 in a fourth innings, coolly scored 73 off 79 (despite having turned down about 10 singles), forgot the pain, and carried India all the way through.
  
  This Atlas, though, does the dirty job with a certain style, creating symphonies with ambulance sirens around him. His team-mates have variously spoken of the soothing effect VVS Laxman has on them. That soothing Laxman moment came some five minutes before lunch today.
  
  A small but tense crowd at the PCA Stadium had lost its voice by then. Resigned to defeat, they were just hoping for the lunch break to delay the final rites. Laxman and Ishant Sharma, Atlas and his deputy, on their feet thanks to shots and tablets, had added 29. Australia had by then started denying Laxman boundaries. They looked to plug his favourite area with two men who were almost two deep midwickets. Ben Hilfenhaus bowled back of a length, outside off, and Laxman still pulled it. The back may have been wobbly but the wrists were still there, persuading the ball between the two men.
  
  Hang on, we thought, were we missing something beautiful in the tension of the result? For that moment, when the ball sped through what hardly looked like a gap, it was possible to just admire the beauty of that shot in isolation. Laxman, though, is almost embarrassed when you talk to him about the beauty of his batting. He can't understand what the big deal is, for he hasn't seen it from the outside. He might never know what we feel when we see him bat. However, it is his mental strength that he takes pride in; and his team-mates too.
  
  Laxman has often been the most disposable member of the Indian team. It seems he has been playing for his place in the side throughout his career. Still, he has played so many of these saviour knocks for India that he thrives on these situations now. Possibly he longs for them. At least he wishes he could bat the same way in normal circumstances as he does in a crisis. Cricketers spend entire careers wishing to bat in a crisis as they do in a normal situation, but in Laxman's world, crisis is normal, and normal not so exciting.
  
  Last evening, around when Ricky Ponting was warning his mates of the Laxman threat, Laxman was in the nets, testing his back, conscious that his absence in the first innings might have put India in a position from where they could lose. He had had back spasms during his match-winning century in India's previous Test too. Had India lost this one, his head would have been called for again, given the injury history and his age. In the world of Laxman, you thrive on this.
  
  Normally, just before he comes in to bat, Laxman is hard to find in the dressing room. He is either sleeping under some bench or listening to some music on his headphones. Today he was listening to Nitin Patel, the team physio, desperately trying to get things right. Then Zaheer Khan, the nightwatchman, fell. The crowd sighed in relief when Laxman came out and not MS Dhoni.
  
  Australia were going to put more stress on his back. There would be a fast bowler bowling bouncers, a spinner tossing it up, asking him to stretch and drive.
  
  Soon enough the flighted delivery came. Laxman leaned forward and drove it through the covers for four. The pain was forgotten momentarily. "I had timed that well," he says. You bet you had. Ponting passively chewed gum. To the next ball, Laxman went forward and then rocked back, and took four through extra cover. The mix of injections and adrenalin was working.
  
  
  
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  Out in the middle Laxman hardly showed emotion. Sachin Tendulkar's dismissal brought along the drinks, and with them more painkillers and exercises from Patel. When Dhoni ran himself out, Laxman just stood by the stumps, helpless, watching another wicket fall. Dhoni charged straight off. If Suresh Raina, Laxman's runner, was dreading blame would be apportioned to him, he was wrong. Laxman just looked away. Later Raina almost ran Laxman out, minutes before lunch, but the two came back for the interval with smiles on their faces. Nothing calms you like Laxman, they say.
  
  A possible criticism of Laxman's batting at times can be that he doesn't take charge with the tail often enough. He lets them bat unless they find a bowler difficult to face. That, though, has been the Laxman style throughout, and the results are not to be argued with. Only once did Ishant ask to be shielded, and Laxman did that, against Mitchell Johnson. When you have a tailender as determined as Ishant, those singles can otherwise be picked. Ishant faced 92 balls to Laxman's 79, but there was no way one wounded man was letting another down.
  
  The umpiring did let them down, though, removing Ishant with 11 runs still to go. Laxman still just stood upright and stared into the openness. Pragyan Ojha, though, was slow to start, not awake to twos and ones that would manoeuvre the strike. Then something rare happened. Laxman got animated, shouting at Ojha, asking him to run, willing him to run. If he didn't have a runner, surely Laxman would have managed those runs - so high was he then. "Obviously, I didn't want to lose after having come so close," he says.
  
  Laxman being Laxman, he apologised to Ojha during the over break. That's perhaps why the team loves him so. That's perhaps why he generates so much confidence, so much calm, so much goodness. In almost an anti-climactic slice of luck, India sped through the last six runs.
  
  Once again, rather fittingly, Laxman was not in the winning frame. Just like at the P Sara, where he had had a runner when the winning runs were scored, he stood at square leg even as Ojha jumped up and down. The team, though, was not going to leave their Atlas alone. While in Colombo they walked out as if they had known Laxman was always going to win them the match, there was more exuberance today, but they were still not going to mob him Twenty20-style. In the world of Laxman, you don't act all surprised after one of his near-impossible match-winning knocks.
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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 5th day
  Ishant's attitude wins hearts
  
  Tests like this, where Ishant Sharma busts his gut for scant rewards, will make him ready for the ones more personally rewarding
  Sidharth Monga in Mohali
  
  October 5, 2010
  
  This Test shows just why Ishant Sharma is still a part of the Indian team. And that reason is not his batting - without which VVS Laxman wouldn't have been able to win India this great Test match. It's the attitude he brings, the determination and the temperament that has made him a favourite with the team management, and who can blame them?
  
  Struggling with his knee, Ishant bowled 10 no-balls in his 11 overs in the first innings, going for 71 runs. He went off, took injections for the pain, and came back on the next morning to field for more than a session so that he could bowl in the same innings. He might have been short on confidence, but he was not found wanting on the effort.
  
  In a scathing interview to ESPNcricinfo recently, India's former bowling coach Venkatesh Prasad spoke unflatteringly of some of Indian fast bowlers' attitude. Ishant, though, he couldn't stop praising. "He's somebody who works extremely hard at the nets," Prasad said. "He bowls in the nets at the same intensity with which he would bowl in a match. He has a great work ethic."
  
  Ishant has had reasons to work hard after his success in Australia in 2007-08. Results haven't always been forthcoming, but Ishant has battled away. On the fourth morning, after yet another disappointing first spell, Ishant was ready as ever when called for another. A little slice of luck, the Shane Watson bottom edge, worked wonders for the confidence, and for a brief period he was the same threatening bowler again. He was completing his action better, he was following through better, and he was now looking the batsman in the eye. Three wickets later, his job had been done.
  
  Not quite, as he discovered on the next morning. He came out to join Laxman, with 92 runs required for what looked like an impossible win. For the 106 minutes that followed, Laxman showed confidence in Ishant, who did nothing to suggest that the trust was misplaced. In fact Ishant faced more bowling than Laxman, who would often take singles early in the overs.
  
  They bounced Ishant, they yorked him, they tried to entice him with the flight, but nothing worked. He showed the temperament of a veteran, getting behind the short balls, not minding an odd blow in the shoulder area. The biggest attributes of his effort were how he left outside off, and how he was always awake to possibilities of running hard to manoeuvre the strike.
  
  Laxman was not stingy in praise for his partner-in-rescue. "He had been struggling with the injury," Laxman told ESPNcricinfo. "The last three-four days he has been taking injections on his leg. To come and bowl as well as he did yesterday, and then this innings, was a marvellous effort.
  
  "What impressed me most about him was the temperament. We had little chats in the middle. And when, towards the end, Mitchell Johnson troubled him, he told me he wasn't comfortable facing him. Then only I started to try and face more of Johnson. It was important to have that trust. There was no way I could have done it alone. But I have always had a lot of confidence in Ishant."
  
  When Ishant was finally dismissed, thanks to a heartbreakingly wrong decision considering how much hard work he had put in here, he could not be consoled. He smashed his bat into the ground on his way back, then into his pads, and walked like Inzamam-ul-Haq, if such a thing is possible for a tall, thin fellow.
  
  There will surely be Test matches where he will work half as hard, and walk away with match awards. And Tests like this, where he busts his gut for scant rewards, will make sure he is there to play the Tests more rewarding in nature.
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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India v Australia, 1st Test, Mohali, 5th day
  
  A special innings from Laxman - Dhoni
  ESPNcricinfo staff
  
  October 5, 2010
  
  MS Dhoni hailed the duo of VVS Laxman and Ishant Sharma for their match-winning stand of 81 that helped India fight back after being reduced to a seemingly hopeless 124 for 8. Laxman played a decisive role in guiding India to a second successive win while chasing, following up his unbeaten century against Sri Lanka at the P Sara Oval with 73, also undefeated, to seal a one-wicket win and spark off wild celebrations.
  
  "VVS was really remarkable in this match. He helped the team overcome a batting collapse. Laxman remained at the crease, hit boundaries, rotated the strike and kept the scoreboard moving all the time," Dhoni said after the match. "For me, it was a very special innings by Laxman."
  
  Laxman's performance stood out as he played with a sore back, a niggle that forced him to drop down the order in the first innings and bat with a runner in the second. He was supported admirably by Ishant, who scored a determined 31 to revive India's hopes after Australia's seamers had put their team in sight of a win. "Ishant showed good character when the batting collapse took place. It was no doubt a big task. Only two-three batsmen remained and Laxman was on the other end. But they supported Laxman well and that worked for us," Dhoni said. "Our heart rate went up. Nobody could imagine such an ending in four-and-a-half days when the match started."
  
  India's target of 216 was not the most intimidating but Australia's fast bowlers hit back on the fourth evening to limit India to 55 for 4, and continued to make steady inroads on the final day to leave the hosts reeling. Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, rued the unavailability of Doug Bollinger - who had to leave the field with abdominal stiffness - against the lower order. "We failed to take a couple of wickets quickly," he said. "Bollinger's injury probably didn't help us there; we needed a fresh bowler to give it a shake but that's the game.
  
  "Full credit to India; they outplayed us today. We tried our best. It was satisfying effort from the boys. I told them to just take the scorecard out of the mind. The partnership between Ishant and Laxman was great and it made the difference."
  
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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VVS Laxman the difference in gripping Test loss - from "The Australian"
  
  FOUR overthrows and the impregnably brilliant VVS Laxman have combined to deny Australia victory.
  India won the fingernail-tense Mohali Test with only one wicket to spare yesterday.
  
  The win means the locals retain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, as it is only a two-match series.
  
  It was an excruciating afternoon's cricket as the game went down to the wire on the last day.
  
  India still needed 11 to win when the ninth batsman Ishant Sharma, who had denied the Australians for 106 valuable minutes and scored 31 runs, was dismissed lbw to a ball that was missing leg stump.
  
  Pragyan Ojha, a noted bunny, joined Laxman at the crease and a game of millimetres and agonising moments took the tension to a new high.
  
  It would have been fitting had the game ended in a tie, but India deserved its win. Which isn't to say Australia deserved to lose.
  
  Laxman, who was batting with a runner because of a bad back, farmed the strike as Ricky Ponting offered singles early in the over and attempted to restrict them late.
  
  Mix-ups threatened and both sides were at fever point as they knew a single mistake could cost the game. As it probably did.
  
  It was Test-match cricket at its absolute screaming, edge-of-the-seat best. It was hard to watch, impossible to look away. A contest as tense as that in Sydney in 2008
  
  In the end, with India six runs short of victory in the final over, a denied lbw appeal that saw an attempted single and led to four overthrows from 12th man Steve Smith proved to be the final straw for the Australians and India won. Umpire Billy Bowden ruled the ball came off the bat and couldn't have been lbw. Nobody will ever know.
  
  In the chaos that followed, the batsman was short of his ground and the throw that would have won Australia the game missed by centimetres. Smith had to be consoled after the match.
  
  Australian captain Ricky Ponting was gracious in defeat.
  
  "It was one of the best, one of the most exciting Test matches I have played in and I have played nearly 150 now I guess, and that is right up there," he said. "Full credit to India for gutsing it out."
  
  Laxman has repeatedly broken Australian bowlers' hearts, sprinkling his career with towering innings since scoring a 95 on his first appearance against Mark Taylor's team in Calcutta in 1998.
  
  While the injured batsman's innings was undeniably critical it might also be argued that the demands of Australian administrators and the Champions League Twenty20 competition also cost the visitors the game and any chance of winning the series.
  
  Smith was on the ground as Doug Bollinger was unable to bowl after the lunch break when his side needed two wickets for victory.
  
  Team staff said he was reportedly suffering from "abdominal stiffness or a strain".
  
  Bollinger, who took the critical wicket of Sachin Tendulkar and then dismissed Harbhajan Singh as the Australians took the upper hand in the morning session, was unable to prepare properly for the Test, arriving just days before it started. Ponting said his injury contributed to the loss as his reduced attack wore down on the frantic final day.
  
  Bollinger and Michael Hussey were instructed by Cricket Australia to remain in South Africa and compete in the Champions League for the Chennai Super Kings when the rest of the side was in India competing against a President's XI and acclimatising.
  
  A physiotherapist who did not want to be named told The Australian that fatigue-related injuries on the fifth day were to be expected when bowlers did not prepare properly.
  
  Cricket Australia gets a huge income from the Champions League which feeds into domestic cricket but the decision represented a paradigm shift in philosophy. Test cricket now seems to have to make allowances for domestic Twenty20 tournaments.
  
  The situation cannot take anything away from Laxman.
  
  India was 8-124 and needed 91 to win when Sharma joined the batsman at the crease.
  
  The Australian bowlers were on a high, having taken 4-69 in the opening session of the last day, but could not take the last step.
  
  Laxman has probably done more damage to Australia than any batsman in memory.
  
  It was his 281 in Calcutta against Steve Waugh's side that won an incredible Test and sent the Australian into retirement without notching a series victory on the subcontinent.
  
  In 2000 he scored 167 in a game India lost at Sydney, he followed up with 148 in Adelaide (2003), 109 in Sydney (2008) and 200 not out in Delhi last year.
  
  While Australia must deal with Bollinger's injury, it faces a number of selection dilemmas going into the second Test in Bangalore, starting next Saturday.
  
  Ponting was forced to turn to part-time off-spinner Marcus North when Nathan Hauritz could not do the job on the last day. That he was bowling to a batsman in Laxman who was incapacitated is all the more concerning.
  
  Had India lost it would have had only itself to blame - Indian players an officials have steadfastly refused to introduce the Umpire Decision Review System, which could have reversed two key decisions.
  
  Sharma had put on 85 runs with Laxman when he was adjudged lbw by umpire Ian Gould from the bowling of Ben Hilfenhaus.
  
  Replays showed the ball would have missed leg stump and could have been successfully challenged under the UDRS.
  
  India also lost Gautam Gambhir in the first over of the innings to a ball that had come off a big inside edge, again from the bowling of Hilfenhaus.
  
  Again it would have been over turned under the UDRS.
  
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• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 05:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australians choked again, admits shattered Ponting - Sydney Morning Herald
  
  Jamie Pandaram
  October 6, 2010
  
  MOHALI: As he trudged off the field here yesterday, Ricky Ponting could not help but recall all the close matches his side had choked in recently.
  
  And with just one Test remaining before the Ashes series, questions over the mental fortitude of the Australian team will not be answered until summer's conclusion.
  
  While Ponting remained sure his team is developing following the one-wicket loss to India yesterday, the truth of the result is that it remains unclear if they are capable of winning the big, tight games. Australia have been losing more of the nail-biters than winning of late, and Ponting conceded it was impossible to tell how his side would respond to the latest setback: losing a match that was all but in grasp when his bowlers failed to break through India's dogged tail.
  
  ''We've had a few tight ones, we've been in some situations in the last few series, some times we could have won games … that's really the only thing I've been thinking about since walking off the ground - South Africa in Australia last time, first Test in Cardiff in the last Ashes series - there's a few that I've been thinking about already,'' Ponting said.
  
  ''It's disappointing that we haven't been able to nail some of those really crucial moments that define champion teams. That's what we haven't been able to do just yet, but the more we get there and get ourselves into those positions, we'll start to grab hold of a few of those chances. When we do that we might just get on a bit of a roll. You don't know how they're going to take it until you see them in a similar situation next time.
  
  ''The best way to look at it is like a golfer that has got a couple of shots lead with a couple of holes to go and doesn't get across the line; you don't know if it's going to be a good experience having been there once, or if it's a thing they might not overcome next time. We won't know until we get those younger guys in that situation.
  
  ''I'd like to think we all learnt a fair bit from the Test match.''
  
  Few could believe India had pulled off the amazing win, thanks to VVS Laxman's mastery and Ishant Sharma's composed defiance to put on 81 runs for the ninth wicket, before Pragyan Ojha completed the magic. It is only the 12th one-wicket victory in Test history.
  
  ''This is a tough loss for us, there's no doubt about it, it's no good hiding from it, this hurts all of us, and I'm sure it's hurt a lot of people at home that have been watching on tele,'' Ponting said.
  
  ''A lot of people probably expected us to win today, the one thing I kept saying to the boys is: 'Don't expect it's going to happen'. I told them at lunch to take the scoreboard out of it. They all hurt when you lose, especially when you've been in positions to win.''
  
  The result came down to a mad final over typical of the entire game: substitute fielder Steve Smith threw four overthrows attempting a run-out, then last batsman Ojha's leg-side glance allowed the Indians two runs for an astonishing win that means Australia cannot win the two-Test series and therefore will remain ranked fourth.
  
  World No.1 India had no right to claim this match; they lost 3-5 before lunch - all of them dangerous in Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni and Harbhajan Singh - and were 8-124 chasing a fourth-innings ground record 216. Laxman had batted in 10th position in the first innings due to back spasms, and was doubtful until he walked to the crease upon the early dismissal of nightwatchman Zaheer Khan yesterday. Again, he required a runner.
  
  Ignoring the disruption of being Very Very Stiff, Laxman frustrated, fooled and flogged the rival bowling attack for more than three hours for an unbeaten 73 from 79 balls. Laxman and Sharma scored a match-winning 81 runs for the ninth wicket as Australia gambled with Marcus North and Shane Watson.
  
  Man of the match Zaheer was in awe of Laxman. ''It was remarkable how he approached the last innings, he has got us out of so many dangerous situations,'' he said. ''We all call him Very Very Special Laxman, that's what he is.''
  
  The second Test starts in Bangalore on Saturday.
  
  http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...005-166bz.html
  
  

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 6th October 2010 07:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thanks for the articles, AF

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 07:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  LM, There are a good number of images in cricinfo of Ishanth and Laxman. Please post whenever possible. There was a pic in which Ponting was behind laxman waiting to congratulate him. It was priceless. Pictures speak 100000000000 words.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 6th October 2010 08:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

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• From: ajaybaskar on 6th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  One interesting line I saw in HT.
  
  "Mahatma Gandhi's last spoken words were 'Hey Ram'. If it was Ricky Ponting, then it would be 'Hey Laxman'.

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 6th October 2010 11:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  One interesting line I saw in HT.
  
  "Mahatma Gandhi's last spoken words were 'Hey Ram'. If it was Ricky Ponting, then it would be 'Hey Laxman'.

  

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 6th October 2010 11:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Benny Lava

  kizhinjidhu!
  
  Oru irfan pathan podhadha?

  ramakrisea ungaloda asai puridu.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 6th October 2010 12:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  The day Vvs Laxman retires from test cricket, will be a national holiday in Australia

  
  

• From: hamid on 6th October 2010 12:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Maniraj

  The day Vvs Laxman retires from test cricket, will be a national holiday in Australia

  nice one

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 12:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  

  Originally Posted by Maniraj

  The day Vvs Laxman retires from test cricket, will be a national holiday in Australia

  
  

• From: Plum on 6th October 2010 01:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ok, now that the after effect of the scintillating victory is wearing off, we must face up to reality
  TEN REASONS WHY INDIA WILL LOSE IN THE UPCOMING BANGALORE TEST MATCH
  =============================
  10 No Gambhir for next test - Vijay is not fit to tie Gambhir's shoelaces. Although Gambhir has not been in great form, Vijay for Gambhir is an inferior replacement and will hurt India with Vijay failing to score even a single 50 in either innings and/or disorienting Sehwag and/or causing Sehwag's failure as well
  9 We lose another crucial batsman in Ishant Sharma - if we need a solid batsman to tie one end up, we will not have him in the Bangalore test
  8 Sreesanth will come in and tilt the cosmic balance against India - his addition to the team combined with Durby's continued presence will raise India's paavakaNakku levels to beyond the Aussie total.
  7 Sreesanth in the team will disfigure team unity
  6 Laxman is still doubtful and may not be able to give 100%
  5 Laxman the catcher will be missed even if he plays as he cannot give 100% in fielding
  4 Rahul Dravid being his retirement series has to fail now that he hs notched the mandatory single half century for the series
  3 SRT's 90's bad luck has returned so I foresee a twin failure for him. Perhaps, not even half centuries for him
  2 Viru will succumb to short balls
  1 Heck, it is Bangalore Chinnasamy Stadium, India's kryptonite

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 6th October 2010 01:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 6th October 2010 01:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sooperabbu.. ippovae aarambichiteengala? neenga oru columnnist ah pogalaam..
  
  aanalum last test la unga chatterjee power konjam koranja maathiri theriyithu.. recharge them i say..

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 01:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ok.. Yaarachum TEN REASONS WHY INDIA WILL WIN NEXT TEST IN BANGALORE list podunga paapom

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 6th October 2010 01:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://blogs.cricinfo.com/thelonghan...nting_wind.php

  
  

• From: Plum on 6th October 2010 01:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Ok.. Yaarachum TEN REASONS WHY INDIA WILL WIN NEXT TEST IN BANGALORE list podunga paapom

  mavaraasa un vai raasi nalla irukku neeye poduppA!

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 6th October 2010 01:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  9 We lose another crucial batsman in Ishant Sharma - if we need a solid batsman to tie one end up, we will not have him in the Bangalore test

  enna than chatterjee'nalum ithu romba over...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 01:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Ok.. Yaarachum TEN REASONS WHY INDIA WILL WIN NEXT TEST IN BANGALORE list podunga paapom

  mavaraasa un vai raasi nalla irukku neeye poduppA!

  Unga range ku chatterji laam poda mudiyuma nu therile.. But edho ennale mudinjadhu try panraen

  
  

• From: Sourav on 6th October 2010 02:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting, batsman Shane Watson and fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will miss this month's one-day internationals against India to stay fresh for the Ashes, officials said.
  
  Australia ODI Squad:
  Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Mike Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Clint McKay, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 6th October 2010 02:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  This Callum Ferguson will be a hot cake in next month's IPL auction.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 6th October 2010 03:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/new...heer-20101005/

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 6th October 2010 03:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australian Test captain Ricky Ponting, batsman Shane Watson and fast bowler Mitchell Johnson will miss this month's one-day internationals against India to stay fresh for the Ashes, officials said.
  
  Australia ODI Squad:
  Michael Clarke (capt), Cameron White, Doug Bollinger, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, James Hopes, Mike Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Clint McKay, Tim Paine, James Pattinson, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, David Warner

  this team looks like Australia's Board President XI

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 03:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  -deleted-

  
  

• From: hamid on 6th October 2010 03:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks :un kaal engappa:

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 6th October 2010 03:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Is ponting rested? I thought it was for ODI series.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 03:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Dhaks :un kaal engappa:

  Small changes iruku na.. Yes Satya, Ponting rested for ODI only.. Sorry for wrong info

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 6th October 2010 03:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  My 2 cents..
  
  * A Sehwag spl is due and I think Bangalore will get a chance to watch some pyrotechnics.
  
  * Bhajji is slowly finding his rhythm back and may join the party in Bangalore
  
  * Ponting, in his quest to reach Sachin's records, will gift away his wicket in both the innings.
  
  * Bangalore is not a bouncy wicket like Mohali and expect another big innings from Raina.
  
  * An over confident Watson will not trouble the scores much this time.
  
  * With the trophy being retained, India will be looking to dominate the wounded Kangaroos
  
  * Murali Vijay will carry his IPL/CL form to the test arena. Being a technically correct batsman will be an added advantage
  
  * Zaheer is already having his tail up and will fire down some missiles to the vulnerable Ponting & Co
  
  * Rahul Dravid, presumably playing his last match in his home soil, will be keen to end the career on a high note. (Remember Ganguly?)

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 6th October 2010 03:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravid is required for next years SA series, He shud play until then IMO.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 04:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Now here comes the TRUE list:
  
  I give 11 reasons against the 10.
  
  11 REASONS WHY INDIA WILL WIN NEXT TEST MATCH IN BANGALORE
  
  11. Not in great form Gauti goes out of the squad coz of injury, thereby making way to in-form Vijay who played great innings in the latest CLT20.
  10. Sreeshant comes in replacing Ishant who can reverse the ball well, thereby dual attack with Zak's reverse swing.
  9. Sreeshant anaegamaaga pala poojai seidhu vandhurupaar, so Billy's pilly soonium effect romba kuraivaagavae irukum.
  8. We saw the effort of Laxman with back ache and so with 3 days time, he most probably comes in with fit health and we know the performance of this guy against Australia(particularly).
  7. Australia's main bowler Bollinger is injured and so the chance of him playing next match is very less.
  6. Sachin's thirst for century will be more as he missed one in the last Test. Solli adikardhula Ghillli enga Thalaivar, so Kadavul next match le sure shot century confirm.
  5. With Zak and Bhajji getting back to form, bowling department is more stronger than expected.
  4. The partnership between Sehwag and Vijay is one of the best with an average of more than 110.
  3. Dhoni, who did not do his best behind the stumps and with bat in the last match will try to explode in the next match.
  2. With Sehwag in great form in recent times with an average of more than 80 with his aggressive batting style adds more strength to the team.
  1. As Plum is retaining Ponting as Captain in his Fantasy Team, he is no way going to win the match.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 04:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hamid bro, Satya and others.. Ippo paarunga

  
  

• From: Sourav on 6th October 2010 04:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks!

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 6th October 2010 04:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Super Dhaks!

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 6th October 2010 04:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Hamid bro, Satya and others.. Ippo paarunga

  kalakuringa ponga :P

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 04:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thank you

  
  

• From: Plum on 6th October 2010 04:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks :thumbs_up:
  
  I am quite confident I will be right this time.
  
  BTW, the scenario now has enabled me to vote taking into account my requirements - I am voting for 1-1

  
  

• From: Sourav on 6th October 2010 04:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  gauti-vj
  ishanth-sreesanth
  
  i guess some more changes will be in both sides...
  
  vvs-pujara
  north-s smith
  bolli-p george
  
  

  
  

• From: hamid on 6th October 2010 04:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhaks kalakkura nanba.. esp the points 9 & 1

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 05:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Dhaks :thumbs_up:
  
  I am quite confident I will be right this time.
  
  BTW, the scenario now has enabled me to vote taking into account my requirements - I am voting for 1-1

  Papom...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 05:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by hamid

  Dhaks kalakkura nanba.. esp the points 9 & 1

  

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 6th October 2010 05:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thanx to Ramal too for his ideas for the list

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 08:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hurts more than 2001 Kolkata loss, says Ponting
  Special Correspondent
  
  
  Zaheer Khan said he would happily hand his Man of the Match award, won for his eight wickets that set up India's win, to V.V.S. Laxman for the batsman's innings on Tuesday.
  
  “Laxman's innings was very, very special, which is why we call him ‘Very Very Special' Laxman,” said Zaheer. “It's remarkable how he has got us out of danger so many times. I'll happily give him my award. He deserves it for the way he played.”
  
  Laxman, Zaheer said, had calmed a dressing room that had grown tense after Sachin Tendulkar's wicket. “We were in a difficult position and there were a lot of nerves even though we tried not to show them,” said the left-armer. “But Laxman has done it so many times. So his being there at the crease was definitely calming.”
  Long-time nemesis
  
  Ricky Ponting said Laxman had been a thorn in Australia's side for long. “I hope his back is still sore for Bangalore,” said the Australian captain, trying to lighten the gloom of defeat with a joke.
  
  “I said to the boys yesterday that his was the important wicket, and it turned out that way. He's just a class player.”
  
  Ponting said Bollinger's absence had played a part in the defeat, but refused to give it too much importance and chose to praise India.
  
  “Sure it hurts when you lose a strike option, but we used five bowlers today and no one could get that one wicket,” he said. “We bowled something like 90 or 100 balls at Ishant (Sharma), but couldn't dismiss him. Credit to the Indians, they just played well.”
  
  Ponting admitted that he was bitterly disappointed and that it wouldn't be easy to bounce back in Bangalore. “This is probably more disappointing than Kolkata (in 2001). There's no hiding the fact that it hurts. But this was one of the best and most exciting Test matches that I've been part of, and I'm proud of my team for how they competed. We're playing the No. 1 side in their backyard and we nearly had the match won.”
  
  http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article814773.ece
  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 09:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  We have to win this series 2-0 to avenge the 1999 test series loss of 3-0. A draw could be acceptable but not a loss.

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 6th October 2010 10:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  No way 2-0 win, seal and pack Paanding to OZ land...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 11:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  The steel beneath the silk
  
  The splendour of his batting sometimes distracts Laxman's admirers from the mental strength that is such a big part of his game
  
  Sambit Bal
  
  October 6, 2010
  
  Artists are usually loved, but in sport, particularly team sport, artistry can sometimes be regarded as an indulgence, and even as mildly frivolous. This conforms to the notion, often false, that pleasure givers are essentially pleasure seekers. Of course, no one has ever accused VVS Laxman of frivolity, but it is true that the beauty of his art often obscures the steel behind it.
  
  Yesterday he stroked 73 from 79 balls, and if one could separate the innings from the circumstances, it was a serenely majestic one, full of craft and silken shots. When Nathan Hauritz overpitched early in the innings, Laxman leaned forward to stroke it through cover, and when he pitched it fractionally short, he glided back to slap it past cover. The short ball, which had accounted for a few of his team-mates, didn't hustle him. One was top-edged over the keeper, but the others he pulled with handsome certainness: there were two men on the fence for the stroke and twice the ball went between them. It was as if Laxman was batting as he pleased.
  
  Yet it was not the ease and poise with which he batted but the circumstances he mastered that will grant this innings its greatness. That he watched Sachin Tendulkar perish trying to manufacture a stroke, endured the shambolic run-out of MS Dhoni, played for a large part of the innings hoping the No. 10 wouldn't let him down, and more than anything else, played with the knowledge that one false stroke would end the game for his team, while still managing to keep his wits and his game, points to a singularly exceptional feat.
  
  To bat at the international level takes considerable skill; to marshal the trickiest of fourth-innings chases in the company of the tail requires nerves of steel. That's a rare and priceless quality. The splendour and the gorgeousness of his batting sometimes distract Laxman's admirers from the mental strength that is such a big part of his game. It isn't a coincidence that he is part of a rare and small group of batsmen whose second-innings average is higher than their first.
  
  Numbers, of course, sell him short. A man of his talent and temperament should have more than 16 hundreds from 114 Tests. Alastair Cook has 13 from 60. Batting for a large part of his career at No. 6 - his preferred position, No. 3, has been inhabited by his friend and partner in many heroics, Rahul Dravid - hasn't helped. Laxman has learnt and adapted to batting with the tail, but his natural game is suited to batting at the top, when the bowlers have to set fields to get him out rather than offer him a single to get his partner on strike.
  
  But it will stand the scrutiny of time that not only have many of his runs come in tough situations but against the toughest opponents. No team has beaten Australia in more Tests than India since Laxman started playing, and to these nine wins, from Kolkata to Mumbai, Chennai to Mohali, Adelaide to Perth, Laxman has contributed over 1000 runs at 71.80.
  
  
  
  
  It isn't a coincidence that Laxman is part of a rare and small group of batsmen whose second-innings average is higher than their first
  
  
  
  
  
  And only a Test ago he guided India to a series-levelling win in Colombo, with an assured hundred in the final innings of the match, a feat so rare that it has been achieved only 63 times in the history of the game, which spans 1972 Tests and features 3396 hundreds in all. It is rare for a reason: a chase in the final innings not only requires the batsman summon all his skills for the pitch on the final is at its most demanding but also the mental faculty to isolate his batting from the situation while being always aware that his is the wicket that could turn the game.
  
  I interviewed Laxman in his hotel room on the eve of his 100th Test, in Nagpur in 2008. He had friends waiting for him, but he was generous with his time. He was open and sincere and looked almost embarrassed when I asked him if he was aware of the effect he had on the viewer. The thing he was most proud of, he said, was his mental strength. "I am proud of my innings in pressure situations. I really relish pressure situations, when you have to bail the team out, and you can't do that if you are not mentally strong."
  
  The other thing I remember from the interview was how he spoke of the team's ambition to become No.1. The "contribution", he said, emphasising the word, was very important. The team was focused on being No. 1, he said, and as long as "I am contributing to that goal, I'll be more than happy".
  
  India went on to win that Test and with it the Border-Gavaskar trophy. Laxman contributed 64 in the first innings and featured in a 146-run fourth wicket partnership with Tendullkar after a mini-collapse during which India lost three wickets for 18 runs. And in Mohali yesterday, he ensured that India will retain the trophy.
  
  ESPNCricinfo announced its all-time India XI last month. Three of his batting partners - Tendulkar, Dravid and Sehwag - made it to the team. Laxman lost out to Vijay Hazare. But who knows what will happen if the exercise is repeated in a couple of years. Laxman still looks good to win India a few more Tests.
  
  For all the beautiful strokes he played at Mohali, the enduring image of Laxman from the Test will be him wildly admonishing Pragyan Ojha for not being alert to a single. If abusing your own team-mates was part of the ICC code of conduct, it could even earn him his first-ever summons to the match referee's chamber, for in one frame he appears to be threatening Ojha with bodily harm with a raised bat. It's a moment to savour: you might never see him this animated on a cricket field again.
  Sambit Bal is the editor of Cricinfo
  
  Feeds: Sambit Bal
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/con...ry/480141.html
  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 6th October 2010 11:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I understand it is out of one hands realistically but I would like Dhoni to win the toss and make us bat first. It's essentially becoming tougher every test match for our top order batsman to play against a pile of runs from late second day. It will be great if we bat first in Bangalore.
  
  GM: Yenga, tosskku captain-ae mattum anupina than othukuvingaala oru laxman oru dravid atleast oru pragyan ojha ellam othukka maatingala!!.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 7th October 2010 10:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Indians move up
  
  Calcutta: Sachin Tendulkar moved up one spot, to be at No. 3 in the latest ICC Test batsmen rankings, released on Wednesday. Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara head the list while India opener Virender Sehwag is in second place.
  
  Sachin’s performance in the Mohali Test, which concluded on Tuesday, helped him move up one spot.
  
  The 37-year-old’s third position is his highest ranking since the Hamilton Test against New Zealand in December 2002.
  
  Now, Sachin only trails Sehwag by 13 ratings points. If he can deliver in the second Test, which begin in Bangalore from Saturday, Sachin could potentially put himself in the second place.
  
  India’s hero, V.V.S. Laxman jumped four places to eighth position and with it, achieved his career-best rating to date. Rahul Dravid moved up one place to the 22nd.
  
  However, Gautam Gambhir and Mahendra Singh Dhoni have fallen to 16th and 37th positions. Zaheer Khan, Doug Bollinger and Ben Hilfenhaus have achieved career-best rankings.
  
  Rankings
  
  Batsmen: 1. K. Sangakkara, 2. V. Sehwag, 3. S. Tendulkar, 4. S. Chanderpaul, M. Jayawardena, 6. J. Kallis, 7. G. Smith, 8= V.V.S. Laxman, M. Clarke, 10. Ross Taylor.
  
  Bowlers: 1. D. Steyn, 2. G. Swann, 3. Md Asif, 4. M. Johnson, 5. Z. Khan, 6. J. Anderson, 7. M. Morkel, 8. D. Bollinger, 9. H. Singh, 10. Md Aamer.

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 7th October 2010 11:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I understand it is out of one hands realistically but I would like Dhoni to win the toss and make us bat first. It's essentially becoming tougher every test match for our top order batsman to play against a pile of runs from late second day. It will be great if we bat first in Bangalore.
  
  GM: Yenga, tosskku captain-ae mattum anupina than othukuvingaala oru laxman oru dravid atleast oru pragyan ojha ellam othukka maatingala!!.

  illatti oru CSK jersey pottukittu polamna Dhoniye toss win panniduvar...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 7th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  I understand it is out of one hands realistically but I would like Dhoni to win the toss and make us bat first. It's essentially becoming tougher every test match for our top order batsman to play against a pile of runs from late second day. It will be great if we bat first in Bangalore.

  Thats wat viru told on ICC award ceremony yesterday, "Fielded for 140+ overs and u should come to bat in 10 mins, thats very challenging!"

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 7th October 2010 11:35 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  3 batsmans and 2 bowlers in top ten test ranking . This is very good one for indian team.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 7th October 2010 11:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  If india wins the series 2-0, how many points will it get in ICC rankings?

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 7th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Got a chance to watch the indian batting in the first innings.. Ishant had played some good strokes then too..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 7th October 2010 11:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  If india wins the series 2-0, how many points will it get in ICC rankings?

  +3
  http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/match_z..._predictor.php

  
  

• From: Sourav on 7th October 2010 05:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricket365.com/news/story...dium-Bangalore
  
  won only 4 here out of 18.
  
  
  It's a mixed bag for the hosts where their batsmen are concerned. Sachin Tendulkar has scored 558 runs at an average of 50.72 in his seven matches here while Sehwag's average of 56.42 in four games is down to a double ton he scored against Pakistan in 2005. Now for the bad part if you are an Indian fan. Rahul Dravid averages 21.69 in seven games while India's hero in the Mohali Test VVS Laxman's is 26.50.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 7th October 2010 05:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dont worry. Raina will score his first 200 here...

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 7th October 2010 08:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dont worry. Raina will score his first 200 here...

  short pitch pottu target pannuvaige..he needs a bit of technique of playing short pitch bowling..adhe mattum vandiduchuna he wil b a gr8 player..but indhe test kashtamdhan pole irukku

  
  

• From: sunnyg on 7th October 2010 09:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India has a poor record against Australia in Bangalore.
  
  Considering that the wicket will support swing, can we go in with 3 pacemen and 1 spinner (Harbajan)?
  
  I hope MSD wins the toss and we bat first.
  
  Dravid has had a miserable time at Bangalore as the stats reveal. I figure this will be his last home game at Bangalore - he needs to deliver something big.
  
  Here's another chance for Murali Vijay. He has a weakness outside the offstump - I hope he can overcome that and score big.
  
  If VVS is not fit, Pujara will play. Ponting is not a magnanimous captain to grant VVS a runner every time he bats.
  
  MSD better deliver with the bad and gloves! He had a very poor game at Mohali.
  
  Good luck India!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 7th October 2010 10:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/480390.html
  
  Australia in India 2010
  Hussey wanted to leave CLT20 early
  
  Michael Hussey, an important part of Australia's middle order, has said that he was forced to play in the Champions League Twenty20 right till the end of the tournament, which affected his preparations for the Mohali Test. The Test turned out to be an all-time great match, but Hussey scored only 17 and 28 in a one-wicket Australian defeat.
  
  Hussey and Doug Bollinger, both part of the Chennai Super Kings' victorious campaign in South Africa, joined the squad two days before the Test started in Mohali. Bollinger had to pull out on the last day of the match with an abdominal strain, when he was on fire and Australia needed two wickets to wrap the match up with runs to spare.
  
  Hussey said he would have dropped out of Champions League early if he had the choice. "I just had to grin and bear it really, get here as quick as I possibly could after the final and just prepare as well as I can. I put my case forward, but they'd made their decision and I just had to go along with it really. I'm contracted to Cricket Australia so it's their call.

  
  

• From: Plum on 8th October 2010 08:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ah! This calls Australia's bluff - quite a few of them have been blaming evil IPl and tonty tonty for ruining their test preparation as though the players never had a choice. The message was evil indians conspiring to get key aussies play tontx tomty till 2 days before the match - forgetting that so did dhoni and raina. But now CA itself forced HusseyA? Let me say what these oz outlets say now.

  
  

• From: tamizharasan on 8th October 2010 09:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sunnyg

  India has a poor record against Australia in Bangalore.
  
  Considering that the wicket will support swing, can we go in with 3 pacemen and 1 spinner (Harbajan)?
  
  I hope MSD wins the toss and we bat first.
  
  Dravid has had a miserable time at Bangalore as the stats reveal. I figure this will be his last home game at Bangalore - he needs to deliver something big.
  Here's another chance for Murali Vijay. He has a weakness outside the offstump - I hope he can overcome that and score big.
  
  If VVS is not fit, Pujara will play. Ponting is not a magnanimous captain to grant VVS a runner every time he bats.
  
  MSD better deliver with the bad and gloves! He had a very poor game at Mohali.
  
  Good luck India!

  Is Dravid aware of what you have figured out?

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 8th October 2010 09:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by tamizharasan

  Originally Posted by sunnyg

  India has a poor record against Australia in Bangalore.
  
  Considering that the wicket will support swing, can we go in with 3 pacemen and 1 spinner (Harbajan)?
  
  I hope MSD wins the toss and we bat first.
  
  Dravid has had a miserable time at Bangalore as the stats reveal. I figure this will be his last home game at Bangalore - he needs to deliver something big.
  Here's another chance for Murali Vijay. He has a weakness outside the offstump - I hope he can overcome that and score big.
  
  If VVS is not fit, Pujara will play. Ponting is not a magnanimous captain to grant VVS a runner every time he bats.
  
  MSD better deliver with the bad and gloves! He had a very poor game at Mohali.
  
  Good luck India!

  Is Dravid aware of what you have figured out?

  

  
  

• From: Plum on 8th October 2010 02:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting on the first test
  I left a comment for him there wishing my fantasy team captain all the best and predicting that Australia will win the second test

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 8th October 2010 02:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ponting on the first test
  I left a comment for him there wishing my fantasy team captain all the best and predicting that Australia will win the second test

  Is this the one you commented Plum?
  
  "From_India_with_love of HOLY_LAND Posted at 6:53 AM Today
  
  Nice one Ricky! I've always admired the Australians for their fighting spirit and competitiveness as long as they don't cross the line. Goodluck with the second test. "

  
  

• From: Plum on 8th October 2010 03:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Laxman is Australian for Fear
  
  

  Cockroaches originated in Australia. This is proved by the fact that they are killed by application of Laxmanrekha.
  
  There is a cheat code in the International Cricket 2010 video game that lets you have two Laxmans in your team. Australia has complained to the ICC and the UN Atrocities Commission against this.
  
  There is a brand of shoes in Australia that is used to discipline donkeys. Its name: VVS Laxman, because Laxman kicks your ass.
  

  The following can actually be considered seriously if you ask me
  

  A new festival has been instituted in India. Lord Ram's conquest over Lanka is currently celebrated as Ramnavami. Laxman's conquest over Aussies has given way to a five day festival called Laxmanpanchmi. Ravan is replaced by Ponting, and the 10 heads by heads of Aussie players. Instead of an arrow killing Ravan effigy, finale includes a bat hitting a ball and bringing down the modified effigy. Ishant

  
  

• From: vanchi on 8th October 2010 10:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  from Hindustan times,
  
  
  Dhoni hopes for Laxman's recovery before second Test
  
  Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Friday said injured batsman VVS Laxman is recovering fast from the back spasm and a call to include him in the playing eleven would be taken on Saturday before the start of the
  
  second Test in Bangalore. "Laxman is much better right now and we will talk a call (on him)
  tomorrow
  morning, depending on how he shapes before the game", Dhoni said at the pre-match press conference.
  
  
  
  ponting

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 8th October 2010 11:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India vs Australia: Approaching milestones
  
  Rajesh Kumar
  08 October 2010 (Bangalore)
  
  # Sachin Tendulkar (13973 in 170 Tests) is all set to become the first batsman in Test annals to complete 14,000 runs in Tests.
  
  # Sachin Tendulkar (2884 in 30 Tests) has a golden opportunity to become the first batsman to complete 3000 runs in India-Australia Tests.
  
  # In case he makes 73 runs in the Bangalore Test, Rahul Dravid (1927) would become the third batsman to complete 2000 runs in India-Australia Tests. He would be joining Tendulkar (2884) and VVS Laxman (2279).
  
  # In case of a win, Mahendra Singh Dhoni would be the first Indian skipper to post four successive wins against Australia. Sunil Gavaskar and Sourav Ganguly had won three tests each against Australia.
  
  # Rahul Dravid (197) requires three catches to become the first fielder in Test cricket to complete a double century of catches.
  
  # If he makes 27 runs, Ricky Ponting (1862) would set an Australian record for the highest run-aggregate against India. Matthew Hayden had amassed 1888 (ave.59.00) in 18 Tests.
  
  # Zaheer Khan (985) requires 15 runs to complete the double of 1,000 runs and 200 wickets. He would be joining the four Indian all-rounders - Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh.
  
  # Michael Clarke (985) requires 15 runs to complete his 1,000 runs against India.
  
  # Ricky Ponting (19) needs one hundred to become the first captain to complete 20 as captain. He would also be the first Australian to post 7 centuries against India.
  
  
  Read more at: http://cricket.ndtv.com/AUSININD10/n...eyword=news&cp

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 8th October 2010 11:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Laxman is Australian for Fear

  A post by an Australian in another cricket forum when Laxman was on the verge of 50,
  
  

  Also, if Laxman gets India home, with a bad back, on a dodgy pitch, after all he's put us through against him, then I think we should refuse him entry to the country for the rest of his life. Cancel any visa, put up "WANTED" posters everywhere, had enough!

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 9th October 2010 07:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  India vs Australia: Approaching milestones
  
  Rajesh Kumar
  08 October 2010 (Bangalore)
  
  Read more at: http://cricket.ndtv.com/AUSININD10/n...eyword=news&cp

  Allov rajeshu... u missed one main record abt viru...
  
  If Viru makes a 50+ score he will become the first player to score 50+ scores in 12 consecutive matches....

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 07:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  andha listleyE nadakka kUdiyadhu Ponting's impending records dhAn. Sachin, viru ellAm bengalurula 20 thANdaradhE kashtam indha muRai.
  Ponting lucky ground bangalore.
  
  Apram guys, mudinjA match pArthu EmARAma irunga - because I am planning to watch most of this match live and that means sangu for sachin, lax, dravid, viru, vijay, zaheer, sreesanth, ojha and india.
  Sorry sachin fans indha matchlEyum avarukku century kedayaadhu

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 07:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  andha listleyE nadakka kUdiyadhu Ponting's impending records dhAn. Sachin, viru ellAm bengalurula 20 thANdaradhE kashtam indha muRai.
  Ponting lucky ground bangalore.
  
  Apram guys, mudinjA match pArthu EmARAma irunga - because I am planning to watch most of this match live and that means sangu for sachin, lax, dravid, viru, vijay, zaheer, sreesanth, ojha and india.
  Sorry sachin fans indha matchlEyum avarukku century kedayaadhu

  ungaLai maadhiri oru kadami veerarai naan mattum alla indha naadE idhu varai kaNdadhillai

  
  

• From: Sourav on 9th October 2010 07:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Peter George who is likely to debut today is 6.6" height....

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 07:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Peter George who is likely to debut today is 6.6" height....

  namma aaLunga paakkaadha oyaramaa?

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 08:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://rousingcricket.blogspot.com/2...-for-fear.html
  
  VVS Laxman: Australian for Fear
  
  1.Fosters have started a new campaign: VVS Laxman, Australian for Fear.
  2.The scale which measures 'resistance to pressure' (or 'resilience') has been edited. 'Laxman against Aussies' is the maximum achievable value.
  3.Cockroaches originated in Australia. This is proved by the fact that they are killed by application of Laxmanrekha.
  4.Team India has changed the phrase 'one-man army'. From now on it is known as the 'Lax-man Army'.
  5.People have complained that Laxman doesn't do much in the Ramayan. It was because Raavan was from Sri Lanka and not Australia.
  6.Indian students put on high alert in Australia, they are the only Indians in the universe criticizing Laxman today.
  7.Gandhi's last words were - 'Hey Ram', Ponting's last words would be 'Hey Laxman'.
  8.There is a cheat code in the International Cricket 2010 video game that lets you have two Laxmans in your team. Australia has complained to the ICC and the UN Atrocities Commission against this.
  9.Australia is called 'Down Under' not because of its location on the map, but because of their state after Laxman bats against them.
  10.In the last continental drift, Australia broke away from Asia. They knew Laxman was coming, and were trying to get away.
  11.Kangaroos keep their young in a pouch in their bellies to protect them from Laxman.
  12.A new festival has been instituted in India. Lord Ram's conquest over Lanka is currently celebrated as Ramnavami. Laxman's conquest over Aussies has given way to a five day festival called Laxmanpanchmi. Ravan is replaced by Ponting, and the 10 heads by heads of Aussie players. Instead of an arrow killing Ravan effigy, finale includes a bat hitting a ball and bringing down the modified effigy. Ishant is happy to play the role of Hanuman.
  13.When someone dies in Australia, they chant 'Laxman naam satya hai'.
  14.Ricky Ponting doesn't need to watch horror movies. He just sets up a slideshow of Laxman pictures.
  15.The Ashes have a new meaning in Australia - they are what you're reduced to when Laxman is done with you.
  16.Sachin is one of the most common first names in India today. In 10 years, it will be Vangipurappu.
  17.There is a brand of shoes in Australia that is used to discipline donkeys. Its name: VVS Laxman, because Laxman kicks your a**.
  18.The day VVS Laxman retires from Test cricket, it will be a National holiday in Australia.
  19.Reports coming in from Cloud 9 indicate that this is the first time when more people are chanting Laxman than his much more revered brother Ram.
  20.The Laxman fan club have applied for his canonization. They already have proof of his miracles, the latest one involving the Cricinfo server crash. The first time such an out of the world thing happened was when an existing God scored 200.

  
  

• From: Bala (Karthik) on 9th October 2010 08:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  andha listleyE nadakka kUdiyadhu Ponting's impending records dhAn. Sachin, viru ellAm bengalurula 20 thANdaradhE kashtam indha muRai.
  Ponting lucky ground bangalore.
  
  Apram guys, mudinjA match pArthu EmARAma irunga - because I am planning to watch most of this match live and that means sangu for sachin, lax, dravid, viru, vijay, zaheer, sreesanth, ojha and india.
  Sorry sachin fans indha matchlEyum avarukku century kedayaadhu

  

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 09:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Aus won the toss and batting

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 9th October 2010 09:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 9th October 2010 09:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  no vvs,,,
  
  puraja...welcome to international cricket!

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 09:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni tossed the coin with left hand hoping for a change in luck . 10th toss lost in a row.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 9th October 2010 09:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Dhoni tossed the coin with left hand hoping for a change in luck . 10th toss lost in a row.

  ravi told its a world record in losing toss...

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 09:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Aus won the toss and batting

  ellAM en predictionku EthA mAdhiriyE nadakkudhu!
  
  Katich and Watson - nalla opening kuduthuttu Ponting century adikka mariyAdhaiyA vazhi vidungappA! This will be the start of narrowing the gap of centuries and runs between Ponting and Sachin. Ponting on the up Sachin on the down

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 9th October 2010 09:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum, indhiyakku ungalai madhiri uzhaikiravanga yaarumae illa
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Aus won the toss and batting

  ellAM en predictionku EthA mAdhiriyE nadakkudhu!
  
  Katich and Watson - nalla opening kuduthuttu Ponting century adikka mariyAdhaiyA vazhi vidungappA! This will be the start of narrowing the gap of centuries and runs between Ponting and Sachin. Ponting on the up Sachin on the down

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 09:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ball swing aagudhu. Might not be a bad toss to lose.

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 09:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sreesanth

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 09:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Atleast ishanthu thambi battingla getti. Sreesanthu battingum kedayaadhu. Bowlingum sodhappal.
  
  BangalorenAlE somehow things conspire against india

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 09:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Allo Sreeshaanthu thambiyum jix adichuttu iduppai valaichu nelichu aaduvaapla

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 09:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Watson -
  Why is he not considered better than Flintoff? Better than flintoff in most respects. Flintoff had more rputation than performance as a medium pacer

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 10:02 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Seri katich thambi seekiram poyidu. Ponting century adikkaradha pArkaNum

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 9th October 2010 10:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Watson -
  Why is he not considered better than Flintoff? Better than flintoff in most respects. Flintoff had more rputation than performance as a medium pacer

  Watson is a better batsman, Flintoff was a better bowler. I remember in the tours England made to India, he was often England's best bowler and over-bowled. Watson is hardly the bowler that Flintoff was.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 10:07 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Benny Lava

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Watson -
  Why is he not considered better than Flintoff? Better than flintoff in most respects. Flintoff had more rputation than performance as a medium pacer

  Watson is a better batsman, Flintoff was a better bowler. I remember in the tours England made to India, he was often England's best bowler and over-bowled. Watson is hardly the bowler that Flintoff was.

  From what I have heard - Watson started his career as a fast bowler. He could bowl 150+ and his batting was the weaker suit. Due to continuous injuries he stopped bowling fast and has worked on his batting.

  
  

• From: omega on 9th October 2010 10:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ian Gould .....

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 10:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  LSRK - Maybe a turn-around in the corner
  
  orE turn-around, Sreesanth pandhu pOttuttu thirumbi starting positionkku varradhudhaan!

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  GM in UA: appadiye oru 100 roova sethu tharrom. avan (Sreesanth) mudiya vetti koottittu vaanga

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 10:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  PB curious to know - neenga Pujara batting paarthirukkeengaLaa?

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 11:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  paathurukken. kelvi-la edhuvum ulkuthu irukkumo

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 11:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  paathurukken. kelvi-la edhuvum ulkuthu irukkumo

  posts, avatar ellaam paarthaa periya fan pOla irundhichu! adhaan Domestic or A-Team match ellaam kooda follow paNNuveengaLo nu thOnichi (not only score in sites, but actual match)

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  paathurukken. kelvi-la edhuvum ulkuthu irukkumo

  posts, avatar ellaam paarthaa periya fan pOla irundhichu! adhaan Domestic or A-Team match ellaam kooda follow paNNuveengaLo nu thOnichi (not only score in sites, but actual match)

  idhe thread-la 3rd,4th and 8th page-laaam paatheengalaa

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 9th October 2010 11:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Benny Lava

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Watson -
  Why is he not considered better than Flintoff? Better than flintoff in most respects. Flintoff had more rputation than performance as a medium pacer

  Watson is a better batsman, Flintoff was a better bowler. I remember in the tours England made to India, he was often England's best bowler and over-bowled. Watson is hardly the bowler that Flintoff was.

  From what I have heard - Watson started his career as a fast bowler. He could bowl 150+ and his batting was the weaker suit. Due to continuous injuries he stopped bowling fast and has worked on his batting.

  Yeah, he still has some good pace but not much seam or swing movement. At best he is pretty accurate which suits ODI & Tonty^2.

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 9th October 2010 11:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  paathurukken. kelvi-la edhuvum ulkuthu irukkumo

  posts, avatar ellaam paarthaa periya fan pOla irundhichu! adhaan Domestic or A-Team match ellaam kooda follow paNNuveengaLo nu thOnichi (not only score in sites, but actual match)

  ohh.. cha.. all these while I overlooked it thinking it is Che Guevara

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 12:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Durby vAila violin vAsikkaradha vuttutu wicket edukkara vazhiya pAru
  Wicket edukka vakkillai vAi mattum vadakku vaasal varaikkum

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 12:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Durby vAila violin vAsikkaradha vuttutu wicket edukkara vazhiya pAru
  Wicket edukka vakkillai vAi mattum vadakku vaasal varaikkum

  sonna vaai muhurtham oNNu eduththuttaan

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 12:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  andha wicket poi arai hour aachu. ippo Bajji Ponting-kooda prachanai pannittu irukkaan. Plum adhai solraaru.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 12:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Excellent catch by aNNan
  He was moving to his left, but managed to hold the edge!

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Cricinfo

  "In India things can meander for a while, without anything happening, before suddenly the action starts," Matthew Hayden once said.

  

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 01:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Watson did well. Ponting looking good for atleast 50, if not a 100 or 200. Clarke in the ground where he made a bang with 151.
  
  All 3 of them in my fantasy team. I am the winner of the game, I say.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 01:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Watson did well. Ponting looking good for atleast 50, if not a 100 or 200. Clarke in the ground where he made a bang with 151.
  
  All 3 of them in my fantasy team. I am the winner of the game, I say.

  yes, pOna match just missu! indha murai vetri ungaLudhE

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 01:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  courtesy of rain, this match will be a draw

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 9th October 2010 01:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Clake gone

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 01:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Raina apdiyE prantingayum eppadiyaachum thokkidunga kaNmaNigaLaa!

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 01:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Clarke gone
  paravA illai en captain ponting singamla! SingleA ninnAlE indiavai poRatti eduppAru - innum hussey, paine, johnson, north, hauritz, hilfy, georgenu ivLO support irukku - epdi indiakku thaNNi kAtRArunnu pArunga

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 9th October 2010 01:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Clarke gone
  paravA illai en captain ponting singamla! SingleA ninnAlE indiavai poRatti eduppAru - innum hussey, paine, johnson, north, hauritz, hilfy, georgenu ivLO support irukku - epdi indiakku thaNNi kAtRArunnu pArunga

  comedy pannadinga .

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 01:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ahn you'll laugh now but Ponting will make you cry

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 9th October 2010 01:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Paaanding Shoo Shooo Shooooooooo

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 02:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vaanga KalyAN. nalamaa? naama koottu prarthanai seiyya vENdiya nEram vandhaachu!
  Ponting out out!

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 9th October 2010 02:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  vaanga KalyAN. nalamaa? naama koottu prarthanai seiyya vENdiya nEram vandhaachu!
  Ponting out out!

  Nalame...
  
  Paanding Out Out

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 02:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sanga thalaivar Plum engE?

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 02:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting 50
  
  Durby, kaiya dharbaiyala posukkikka.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 02:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ponting 50
  
  Durby, kaiya dharbaiyala posukkikka.

  adhaan adi pattu uLLa poittaanE

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 9th October 2010 02:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ahn you'll laugh now but Ponting will make you cry

  pointing en teamla um irkan

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 02:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Oh you zimbly waste for my purpose. Ponting teamla vechurukkAdhavnga yArAvadhu sandaikku vAngappA!
  
  Anyway, curious that Ponting's only centuries in India, including one in this innings, are all in Bangalore!

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 04:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  :umma: to Raina.
  Ivarukku 10 test matchesla teamla place ilavasamA announce paNNum badi cheekavai kEttu koLgirEn!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 9th October 2010 04:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  raina!

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 04:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting wicket eduthuttAnla - mark my words - icc will investigate Raina's bowling action and call it a throw.
  The ponting has a strong weapon - the captain's report and is in nexus wqith icc officials. Idhu nadakkudhaa illaiyaannu paarunga.
  (Esp if raina takes a couple more wickets)

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 9th October 2010 04:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Rainnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :umma: U made my day!
  Chinna thala Raina vaazhga! Bowling Change senja aNNan Dhoni vaazhga, out kuduththa umpire vaazhga vaazhga

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 9th October 2010 05:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Raina future captain of indian cricket team

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 07:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  North and Paine not in my fantasy team, predictions or betting. So, expect a leather hunt for india tomorrow in the field. Hauritz and johnson vEra nalla batters. Hilfum steadyA nippAn. Peter George pathi theriyalai. 400 nichayam. 500+ kooda distimct possibility. 600 thottutA appuram aussie win uRudhi.
  
  But with Dravid, vijay, che assured to fail, over dependence on raina and sachin and viru. And they don't take nicely to this pressure. Looks like aussie have set the foundation for a winning frst inns total

  
  

• From: Plum on 9th October 2010 07:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  North and Paine not in my fantasy team, predictions or betting. So, expect a leather hunt for india tomorrow in the field. Hauritz and johnson vEra nalla batters. Hilfum steadyA nippAn. Peter George pathi theriyalai. 400 nichayam. 500+ kooda distimct possibility. 600 thottutA appuram aussie win uRudhi.
  
  But with Dravid, vijay, che assured to fail, over dependence on raina and sachin and viru. And they don't take nicely to this pressure. Looks like aussie have set the foundation for a winning frst inns total

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 10th October 2010 01:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Special Laxman, incredible Ishant
  
  Perfect partner: Sharma, Laxman and Harbhajan celebrating the victory
  GUEST COLUMN
  
  By Vivian Richards
  
  There is one cricketer who makes the bat look like a conductor's baton. He waves it majestically, with incredible grace and elegance, to produce the sweetest music. And every now and then he outdoes himself and produces a symphony that echoes long after the applause dies out. V.V.S. Laxman, take a bow!
  
  For a cricket lover, there is nothing more satisfying than watching a good Test match. I am in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, but I was impressed to see the intense, seesaw battle in Mohali—between India and Australia. This is why Test cricket will outlast its obituaries.
  No other version has the story, the drama or the twists and turns that a Test has. Other forms may chip away at the edifice of the game, but a Test like the one we witnessed is the ultimate spectacle in the sport, and more games like this one will only strengthen the format.
  
  The Test match had many obvious and not so obvious heroes. For example, the match was played on a pitch that had enough in it to keep both the batsmen and the bowlers interested and challenged. Sachin Tendulkar, Shane Watson and Laxman showed that batting was tough but not impossible while Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Mitchell Johnson, Doug Bollinger, Ben Hilfenhaus and the Indian spinners got good purchase when they tried hard. A domestic cricket game (Irani Trophy) was going on in another channel, where the pitch was really very dead and uninspiring, with a target of 700-plus runs and impossible stuff like that. It is pitches like these that Test cricket has to guard against, and Mohali was well-served by the fact that the curator got his pitch absolutely right.
  
  Next was the supporting star on that memorable last day. If Laxman’s initials could stand for Very Very Special, Sharma's could stand for Incredible Support. He was an equal partner in India's remarkable turnaround. He faced more balls than Laxman and took the team to the threshold of victory. At no point can Sharma's contribution be ignored, and, since he is not a frontline batsman, his achievement is as special as Laxman's.
  
  And now for the most obvious of heroes. Watching Laxman on Tuesday, I was reminded of my mate Gordon Greenidge who played at his best when he was injured. We used to tease him saying that the fact that he had an injury armed him with an excuse and this made him play with lesser anxiety and greater freedom. However, it is no mean task to conquer pain, and a true champion must possess the power to put mind over matter. Laxman looked the part from the minute he came to the crease. What has always impressed me about Laxman is the aura of calm and composure he brings to the crease. He is elegant and unflappable, irrespective of the evidence on the scoreboard. He plays when his team needs him, and, while he is spoken of less than his illustrious teammates, Laxman will be remembered for the way he could turn a game, and the way he could absorb pressure. I was also impressed by the way Laxman trusted Sharma and gradually let him face the bowling. This was crucial because he did not need to sacrifice singles till the very end. Speaking from experience, it's hard to bat with a tailender because you have to plan out the over. It is all about taking the bulk of the strike and hoping that the guy at the other end, who can barely get bat to ball, can take at least the last one or two balls in an over. It's not easy doing that, which is why I keep stressing on the role of Sharma.
  
  Had India lost, Laxman may have received some criticism for the fact that Sharma faced more balls than him. However, Sharma responded to that confidence and ensured that Laxman's gambit worked. You've got to feel for the Australians. They were on the verge of victory and yet it was denied. The team did very little wrong and eventually everyone, particularly the Indians, need to remember that the smallest margin possible separated the two teams.
  
  I would go to the extent of saying that there are many things the visitors can take heart from in this defeat, and there are many lessons India needs to learn even though they were victorious in Mohali. Having taken eight of ten wickets, there is very little Ricky Ponting could have done differently. Australia's young bowling attack was extremely effective. Though they could not cross the line, they ran the Indians close, which in itself is rather hard to achieve against India at home. Indians need to raise their game in Bangalore, because Australia are indeed running them close.
  
  Though they collected the ICC Test team award, the Indians have some worries. Even on a pitch that was not quick, the discomfort of some of the batsmen against balls that were above the shoulder is a cause for concern. Suresh Raina, for instance, needs to be more balanced and his head needs to be still.
  
  Trouble against short-pitched bowling might lead to problems when the Indians tour South Africa later this year, and I think that would be the real test of their mental strength and technical soundness. India have won a few series abroad, but they need to win in Australia and South Africa to convert the sceptics. However, right now it's time for the hosts to savour the sweet taste of victory. True, the margin was the slimmest possible, but a victory is always sweet. Seeing the Indian trio of Laxman, Raina and Pragyan Ojha, one could sense that this victory meant a lot to them. They need to feed off this victory to gain self-belief. But they also need to be aware that the Australians are not too far behind.
  Richards, former captain of the West Indies, is a cricketing legend.
  
  http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-b...Type=EDITORIAL
  

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 10:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  indha North, Paine imsai thaanga mudiyalai. Plum vandhu chatterjee podunga.

  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on 10th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum,
  
  immediat chatterjee

  
  

• From: Sourav on 10th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  indha North, Paine imsai thaanga mudiyalai. Plum vandhu chatterjee podunga.

  yes... over-ku oru 4 adichuturangae.... r.r 5.5 seekiram out pannugappa...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 10th October 2010 10:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  puli...enna athu pujara avatar.... avatar/siggy chettergy-a?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 10th October 2010 10:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  pujara seems to be another raina in fielding...

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  puli...enna athu pujara avatar.... avatar/siggy chettergy-a?

  Hub-la Pujara avatar potta modhal aalu naandhaan-nu sarithirathula edam pudikka poren

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 11:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  idhu enna pudhu trend-u? Noball-a illaiyaanu 3rd umpire-kitta kekkaradhu. UDRS-ku badhila umpires-e namakku aappu vaikkaraainga

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 10th October 2010 11:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 10th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Enna oru wicket-um vizha mattengudhu Ban playing matches in Bangalore

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 12:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Finally

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 01:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hubbers, pls urgently call maddy for chatterjee.chatterje positionku talaq talaq talqq. POna match mudinjavuNE gauravamA vilagi irukkaNum chatterjee postlErundhu. Pls urgent appoint maddy for all chatterjee involving dhoni and nadal.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 01:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  IPL terminates Punjab, Rajasthan franchise
  
  The IPL has terminated the franchise agreements with Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals and has issued a notice to the Kochi franchise, asking them to resolve their disputes and form a joint venture company to hold the rights The decisions were taken at an emergency meeting of the league's governing council in Mumbai on Sunday.

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 01:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Arun Lal delivering this news live on television:
  Step 1 - Arun Lal reaches his maximum excitement mode, which is roughly one-millionth as a particularly quiet stretch in an 80s malayalam art movie - involving a man brushing his teeth in real time - as he announces the sensational news coming out regarding termination of ipl franchisees
  Step 2 - someone prods it is not official it. Lal drops excitement level as he realises the goofup of annoincing no-bcci-official news and quickly disclaims that this is not a official bcci press release yet
  Step 3 -
  Arun Lal ponders the implication for 10 seconds, and starts his verdict "as to what it means"....pause for 20 seconds as lal reverts to "cow grazing sequence in the same movie as above mode" level of excitement, "I don't know".
  Step 4 - realising that he cannot short sell his viewers without expert analysis, Lal proudly reveals is deduction "but what it means now is that two franchisees have been terminated by BCCI"
  (Arun)LOL

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 01:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  No more chatterjee
  But really Oz have done well enoug to win this test. I think durby and co have to be seriously evaluated. Time and again, they let opposition to 400-500 with nincompoop efforts but the indian batting machine somehow saves the day for them. With victories papering over the cracks, durby gets away on "don't change a winning team" logic. When was the last time he earned a wicket? Shouldn't we just kick him out. If a few losses have to be endured for this to happen, so be it.

  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on 10th October 2010 01:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Time for Ashwin to be drafted in

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 10th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  North best score in this match

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 01:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bajji and Sreeshanthu kattipudi vaithiyam

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 02:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Office-la half day's worth work irukku. Sehwag out AnavuNe office keLambi pOlAmnu irukkEn. Hopefully, he will not keep me long if india get to bat today. Innikki vElai mudichE agaNum. nAlaikku vEra early morning flight so can't work late. Viru, 3pm 3;r0pmkuLLa out aayiduppA

  
  

• From: Benny Lava on 10th October 2010 02:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Enna oru wicket-um vizha mattengudhu Ban playing matches in Bangalore

  +1
  
  I am not sure about the batting order today, but I hope pujara is pushed to number 3. As it is, Dravid is not providing the solidity required at no. 3 position, but his experience will be a huge plus at number 6 which is a critical position. A new comer coming 5 down at a crucial juncture is different from an experienced person like Dravid coming which will be far more relieving. At the same time, Pujara can also have enough time at no. 3 to build an innings.

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 02:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hilfy en singamE apdi pOdurA durby thalaila!
  I replaced johnson with hilfy - looks like I have become anti-chatterjee now.
  Dhoni is keeping like farex these days. Too much workload!

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 02:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  This innings is a sneak peek into India's future Test batting lineup. Raina, Vijay & Che (only Gambhir is missing) up against a decent bowling attack in a pitch offering some help to the bowlers. Youngusters- time to make a name for yourselves .

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 10th October 2010 02:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Ban playing matches in Bangalore

  Match enga nadandhaalum jeikaporadhu naamathaan

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 02:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sehwag . Single ellaam edhukku namakku.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 10th October 2010 02:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sehwag escapes twice..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 10th October 2010 03:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  5.3
  
  
  Johnson to Sehwag, SIX, 142.8 kph, What a shot! There was a wide third man there and Sehwag has gone to his right. It was the short ball outside off and Sehwag goes for his upper cut! Is it too risky? Is it pure courage? Is it just outrageous talent? It's Sehwag.
  
  When that ball flew over the boundary, Katich was ooh and aahing while Watson was laughing!

  

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 03:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Welcome to test cricket, Mr.George

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 03:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Matha recordlAm irukkattum - Has sehwag ever survived the day after coming into bat in post tea session after fielding for two days?
  
  Innikki 1 downla solid player ishant vEra illai.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 03:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sehwag . Vokay, lets start the fight to avoid the follow-on.

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 03:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Gone
  Nesstu wicket today vijay or dravid?
  Ponting to dhoni:
  What do you want sir? Innings defeat or sAdhA defeat?

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 10th October 2010 03:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum, unga chaterjee ellam ini vaelaiku aagaadhu.. Neenga naalaiku flight pudichu enga poradha irundhaalum cancel pannitu, modhalla recharge pannitu vanga...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 10th October 2010 03:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plumji,
  
  Chatterjee backfired!

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 03:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravid

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 03:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ajay, what if my chatterjee is against Dhoni?
  Epdiyum chatterjee work aagaradhillannu anti-chatterjee dhoni mElayum pOtturukka vAippirukkillayA?

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 03:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ajay, what if my chatterjee is against Dhoni?
  Epdiyum chatterjee work aagaradhillannu anti-chatterjee dhoni mElayum pOtturukka vAippirukkillayA?

  
  

• From: omega on 10th October 2010 04:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Master 14000 runs in test cricket.....
  

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 10th October 2010 04:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin
  
  This man gives us something to cheer literally every match day.

  
  

• From: Plum on 10th October 2010 04:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  IppOvE kai thattikkunga. RecordlAm engaL thanga thalaivar Ponting pongi ezhum varai dhAn.
  
  Epdiyum engaL thalaivar dhAn indha recordlAm muRiyadippAr

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 10th October 2010 04:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  What a shot to bring up 14k

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 10th October 2010 04:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  plum : first hundred beat panu varunu sonanga. Ipa runs solringa. :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 09:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin & vj...

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 11th October 2010 09:35 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  wat a start by sachin...looks very positive...innai vettaikku thayarnu solramadhiri irukku

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 09:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin 50...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 09:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay was trying to take a single of the last ball ,,, again there was no run in it .. and Tendulkar got across for a chat. Vijay was guilty of faulty calls last evening as well.

  thambi, nee out aana kooda paravalla, sachin sehwag ellam yethukku out aakka paakkura...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 09:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Vijay was trying to take a single of the last ball ,,, again there was no run in it .. and Tendulkar got across for a chat. Vijay was guilty of faulty calls last evening as well.

  thambi, nee out aana kooda paravalla, sachin sehwag ellam yethukku out aakka paakkura...

  Thambi-ku ACLT20 fever innum pogalanu nenaikiren.
  
  Btw 50* for thalaivar!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 09:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Cricinfo's stats man Madhusudhan: "Tendulkar movesd into third position in the list of players with the most fifty plus scores against Australia. He has 23 fifty plus knocks with 10 hundreds and 13 fifties behind Jack Hobbs (27) and Herbert Sutcliffe (24).

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 11th October 2010 09:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Did you guys see the scoreboard of our player's ages when sachin made his debut??

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 09:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  run out missed Again another risky tip-and-run stuff from Vijay. It was the bouncer around off and he pushes it to left of covers for a single. He keep s running, Tendulkar took couple of steps before he realised he was never going to get across in time and sends Vijay bac.k, Vijay turns and had given up on the ghost. Hauritz was the fielder but his throw was wide of the stumps. Could he have perhaps thrown it to Paine who was rushing in? Got to see a replay or two ..
  
  Vj....

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 09:56 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  39.3 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, Son, you can't bowl short to me says Tendulkar and pulls it from outside off, good counter attack this, hits it wide of mid wicket for another boundary! @ 143.38 kmph
  
  39.2 Johnson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, short and on the leg stump, Tendulkar swivels and pulls it down delicately to the fine leg boundary, masterful stroke from Tendulkar!! @ 140.75 kmph

  

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 10:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Saw ilites. Dhoni - poor captaincy. Free singles to north when he was in 90s. Field setting neither run saving nor attacking. Confused mindset?
  Not enough catchers for durby(and nor is durby aware enough to demand fields that ganguly used to set for him)
  
  And his keeping is sliding to farex level fast.
  
  Hmmm...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vijay also 50 now.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 10:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Innum 19 matches-ku Sehwag-a captain-a potrulaam. Dhoni can lead ODI's and T20's.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 10:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  vijay also 50 now.

  Vijay has reserved Sehwag's slot now. Most probably he will be a regular test/odi/t20 opener from next year end. He has to take care of his form.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  vijay also 50 now.

  Vijay has reserved Sehwag's slot now. Most probably he will be a regular test/odi/t20 opener from next year end. He has to take care of his form.

  next yr end-a....athukkulla etthanai per form aaguranugalo... i think viru will play only 100 tests... but, odis/t20 he will continue to play for next 3,4 yrs i hope.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Most consecutive Test fifties
  Matches Batsman Period
  11 Sir Viv Richards 1976-77
  11 Gautam Gambhir 2009-10
  11* Virender Sehwag 2009-10
  10 John Edrich 1969-71
  10* Sachin Tendulkar 2009-10

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 11th October 2010 10:24 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 10:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  45.6 Watson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, top shot! short again, Tendulkar is on the backfoot again, cuts it hard, same area again, but hit hard along the ground, there was class writen all over it! @ 130.46 kmph
  
  45.5 Watson to Tendulkar, FOUR!!, room outside the off stump, Tendulkar leans on it and drives it on the up, gets it over and in between point and cover, rolls away to the boundary! risky but well executed! @ 130.41 kmph

  

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 10:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Most consecutive Test fifties
  Matches Batsman Period
  11 Sir Viv Richards 1976-77
  11 Gautam Gambhir 2009-10
  11* Virender Sehwag 2009-10
  10 John Edrich 1969-71
  10* Sachin Tendulkar 2009-10

  another milestone .

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 11th October 2010 10:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  overku oru four poguthu

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  And his keeping is sliding to farex level fast.
  
  Hmmm...

  Farex playing big knocks these days...irani cup-la century... challenger-la oru 86...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Farex yaaru Parthiv-a?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Farex yaaru Parthiv-a?

  s...parthiv patel... neraya runs adikkuran ippollam.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Most consecutive Test fifties
  Matches Batsman Period
  11 Sir Viv Richards 1976-77
  11 Gautam Gambhir 2009-10
  11* Virender Sehwag 2009-10
  10 John Edrich 1969-71
  10* Sachin Tendulkar 2009-10

  another milestone .

  he has all the possibilities to overtake gauti/viru in Nz series...
  i thought viru will surpass viv/gauti in this match...but, he missed out... less chance in 4th innings...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 10:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  17 to go and 150*(228) runs partnership

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 11th October 2010 10:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Most consecutive Test fifties
  Matches Batsman Period
  11 Sir Viv Richards 1976-77
  11 Gautam Gambhir 2009-10
  11* Virender Sehwag 2009-10
  10 John Edrich 1969-71
  10* Sachin Tendulkar 2009-10

  another milestone .

  he has all the possibilities to overtake gauti/viru in Nz series...
  i thought viru will break viv's record in this match...but, he missed out... less chance in 4th innings...

  yes.. he is falling trap to their plans.. second innings la oru quick fire 100 adichaarna super ah irukkum..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Did you guys see the scoreboard of our player's ages when sachin made his debut??

  i know...
  
  When Sachin made his test debut..
  Vijay was 5 years and 228 days old.
  Ojha was 3 years and 71 days old.
  Raina was 2 years and 353 days old.
  Pujara was 1 year and 9 months old
  
  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Most consecutive Test fifties
  Matches Batsman Period
  11 Sir Viv Richards 1976-77
  11 Gautam Gambhir 2009-10
  11* Virender Sehwag 2009-10
  10 John Edrich 1969-71
  10* Sachin Tendulkar 2009-10

  another milestone .

  he has all the possibilities to overtake gauti/viru in Nz series...
  i thought viru will break viv's record in this match...but, he missed out... less chance in 4th innings...

  yes.. he is falling trap to their plans.. second innings la oru quick fire 100 adichaarna super ah irukkum..

  defending 470+ still ponting set very defensive field for viru from the first ball... there was deep point, 3rd man, deep fine-leg & deep-square leg...and bowled short continuously... wanted to frustrate him by block him scoring... still he scored boundaries... but, trapped with that slower one...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 10:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Did you guys see the scoreboard of our player's ages when sachin made his debut??

  i know...
  
  When Sachin made his test debut..
  Vijay was 5 years and 228 days old.
  Ojha was 3 years and 71 days old.
  Raina was 2 years and 353 days old.
  Pujara was 1 year and 9 months old
  
  

  And I was 1 yr 362 days old

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Did you guys see the scoreboard of our player's ages when sachin made his debut??

  i know...
  
  When Sachin made his test debut..
  Vijay was 5 years and 228 days old.
  Ojha was 3 years and 71 days old.
  Raina was 2 years and 353 days old.
  Pujara was 1 year and 9 months old
  
  

  And I was 1 yr 362 days old

  we r talking abt indian team players...not abt fantasy team players...
  
  Hauritz bowling... dunno y ponting giving ball to him...thats too wen sachin is in...waste of time & energy...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 11th October 2010 11:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thalaivaa Seekarom 49th Senjury ya podu... naa poi thoonganum....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Cricinfo's Madhu: "India have gone on to win on 8 occasions after conceding more than 400 in the opposition's first innings, the highest score being 556 at Adelaide in 2003-04. Australia have been the opposition on four occasions. "

  

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 11:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Did you guys see the scoreboard of our player's ages when sachin made his debut??

  i know...
  
  When Sachin made his test debut..
  Vijay was 5 years and 228 days old.
  Ojha was 3 years and 71 days old.
  Raina was 2 years and 353 days old.
  Pujara was 1 year and 9 months old
  
  

  And I was 1 yr 362 days old

  unna yaravadu ketangala

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 11th October 2010 11:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  6

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin 6... 99 now...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 11th October 2010 11:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Potaarya Six a... Super thalaivaa!!

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 11:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  WTF!!
  
  

  Hauritz to Tendulkar, SIX!!, that is a cracker from SRT, tossed up delivery on the off stump, Tendulkar gets underneath the delivery, swings the arms and lofts it into the stands at deep mid wicket, Tendulkar comes closer to yet another century @ 83.75 kmph

  1 to go!

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 11th October 2010 11:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thalaivaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaa 49th Done as I said...

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 11th October 2010 11:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin century....

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 11th October 2010 11:22 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  o#!@#

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 11th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  58.3
  Hauritz to Tendulkar, SIX!!, What a way to get to his 49th hundred in test cricket, tossed up delivery outside off, Tendulkar comes on the frontfoot, gets underneath the delivery, swings it freely and deposits it over long on, whattttaaaa player, this is now his 6th test hundred in 2010 and his 11th against the Aussies @ 82.65 kmph

  58.3
  Hauritz to Tendulkar, SIX, 82.7 kph, Whoa! Tendulkar smashes it over wide long-on! Has he ever hit two sixes in a row to get to a ton? The helmet comes off, the arms are held aloft and the crowd cheer wildly. Tendulkar has two centuries in Bangalore, sharing the record for most centuries with Azharuddin and Sunil Gavaskar.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 11:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Arjun Tendulkar
  
  Yes!!!

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 11th October 2010 11:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Crash Wallop Bang!

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 11:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin hundred .

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia 478
  
  India 224/2 (61.0 ov)
  
  India trail by 254 runs with 8 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
  
  Lunch - Day 3
  
  good session for us...

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 11th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  S.R.T

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:39 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Doug: "Did you know that Sachin is actually Australian? This is proven by the fact that his name is an anagram of "Echidna lurks - ant!" We claim his genius as our own. But seriously, well done Sachin - you are not just India's hero - you are cricket's hero"

  coming from an Australian...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  to vijay too... expecting maiden century from him!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 11th October 2010 11:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  M Vijay too deserves a

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 12:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  So 2 of my points telling, Yes u r right..
  Plum enga ponaar

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 12:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Me also wait to see vijay maiden hundred

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 12:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay 80 adichAlE periya vishayam

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 12:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Vijay 80 adichAlE periya vishayam

  Neenga sonnadhaal avar 180 adikardhum romba saadhaaranam thaan...

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 11th October 2010 12:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  i desperately hope that cj scores a ton..kedaikire chanceyavudhu adikkatum...namme ooru payyan...caman vijay

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 12:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  61.5
  Hilfenhaus to Vijay, 1 leg bye, 119.7 kph, Loud shout for lbw Hilfy can't believe it has been turned down. Looked very close. It was the slow offcutter and Vijay was beaten by the "turn" and was hit right in front. It would have hit the middle stump. It looked pretty adjacent. Plumb in fact.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 11th October 2010 12:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  That was out

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 12:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz....

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 12:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Vijay 80 adichAlE periya vishayam

  yean ipadi plum. Neenga sonna udan lbw shout.

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 12:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Vijay 80 adichAlE periya vishayam

  Neenga sonnadhaal avar 180 adikardhum romba saadhaaranam thaan...

  innumA indha ooru nammaLa nambikitturukku

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 12:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  200 partnership between sachin n vijay

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 12:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Come on vijay just 2 six

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 11th October 2010 01:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  On 99.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 11th October 2010 01:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay
  
  Sachin

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 01:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Tension panran pa vijay

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 11th October 2010 01:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay

  
  

• From: Bala (Karthik) on 11th October 2010 01:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Cricinfo

  George to Tendulkar, no run, 101.8 kph, Hello hello! Brillarious! It was the short delivery dug in... The ball climbs ever so slowly. Tendulkar moves towards off to let it climb over him. The ball almost freezes (Seinfeld rmbr? "Mid-air mind you!") and slowly starts to drop on towards the stumps! Tendulkar adjusts and slowly brings the bat forward and taps it away to the on side. IAn gould bursts into laughter, Watto and PAine join in. The pitch has really slowed up here and the deliveries are occasionally stopping on the batsmen. But this ball was something else altogether! much fun!

  Idhellam oru pitch, international venue

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 11th October 2010 01:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  M Vijay

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 01:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay

  
  

• From: Arun Prasad on 11th October 2010 01:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  M. Vijay Congratulations

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 11th October 2010 01:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Congrats vijay

  
  

• From: kid-glove on 11th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Bala (Karthik)

  Originally Posted by Cricinfo

  George to Tendulkar, no run, 101.8 kph, Hello hello! Brillarious! It was the short delivery dug in... The ball climbs ever so slowly. Tendulkar moves towards off to let it climb over him. The ball almost freezes (Seinfeld rmbr? "Mid-air mind you!") and slowly starts to drop on towards the stumps! Tendulkar adjusts and slowly brings the bat forward and taps it away to the on side. IAn gould bursts into laughter, Watto and PAine join in. The pitch has really slowed up here and the deliveries are occasionally stopping on the batsmen. But this ball was something else altogether! much fun!

  Idhellam oru pitch, international venue

  B(K),
  It's a slow ball bowled short. Few Short balls have troubled both Vijay and Sachin (who looked to duck more)..
  
  Pitch isn't favoring the bowlers, though..

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 11th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VJ Calm innings!

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 11th October 2010 01:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Avoided follow on as well!!!

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 01:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum-i numbinor kai vida padaaaar

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 01:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  indha pitchla Yuvi kUda century adichiruppAn. Lucky Vijay - dropped catch and plumb lbw not given vEra.
  He should still be under probation only.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 11th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  indha pitchla Yuvi kUda century adichiruppAn. Lucky Vijay - dropped catch and plumb lbw not given vEra.
  He should still be under probation only.

  How abt ur best captain... avaru chatterjee enna aachu??

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum, unga karuthugal-aala Vijay ku team le permanent spot kedachudumo

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  PontingA? indha matchla Second inningsla Century adippAr pArunga.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 01:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vj...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 01:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  PontingA? indha matchla Second inningsla Century adippAr pArunga.

  Plum as VV in Winner: Adhu pona maasam, naa solradhu indha maasam

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 01:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ippo pORa trend-a pArththA indha pitch-la second innings AduRa chance kidaiyAdhu pOla irukku. appadi AdinAlum aNNan nAlu run thAn.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 01:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Brilliant century from Nathan Hauritz (OB) with 10 Fours and 4 Sixes. Only Ponting possible.

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 01:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  allOv Steve, Dhakshan and others,
  saNdaiyila kizhiyAdha sattai enga irukku?

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 11th October 2010 01:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay
  
  Thevar Magan all over again . JK

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 02:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  saNdaiyila kizhiyAdha sattai enga irukku?

  AnA adhu Ponting kitta irukkaRa pOla theriyudhu. Imported from Australia :P

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 02:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  M.Vijay is on the field for the past 2.5 days

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 11th October 2010 02:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Well played Vijay now please make it a big score

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 02:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 to go

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 11th October 2010 02:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Nice gesture from SRT, asking Vijay to lead, when they leave the field for tea..

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 11th October 2010 02:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Nice gesture from SRT, asking Vijay to lead, when they leave the field for tea..

  Yup

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 11th October 2010 02:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin and Vijay

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 02:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay and sachin

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 02:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  allOv Steve, Dhakshan and others,
  saNdaiyila kizhiyAdha sattai enga irukku?

  Appo Aussies oada pala sattai kizhium nu sollunga

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 11th October 2010 02:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kadavuL one more record - 20 scores of 150 + going past Lara!
  Also, he will have his 6th 150+ scores vs Aus going past Wally Hammond and Lara who have 5 each.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 02:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  150*

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 03:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thalaivar 150

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 03:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  both will create record parnership vs ausralia

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  100.3
  
  
  Johnson to Vijay, OUT, 139.5 kph, Australia get a wicket. Finally. Mitch breaks through. It was from round the stumps and it was the short-of-length delivery outside off stump. Vijay has a waft; he tries to force it through cover point and gets a thin nick. Madhu: "The 308 run stand is the 2nd highest 3rd wicket stand against Australia level with Viv Richards and Richie Richardson." What a partnership this has been for India. And a special day for Vijay who made his maiden ton today.
  
  
  M Vijay c †Paine b Johnson 139 (310b 14x4 2x6) SR: 44.83

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin for 150...
  
  vijay... good knock!

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 03:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  100.6
  
  
  Johnson to Pujara, OUT, 137.4 kph, That's a shooter! It has kept low and it has done Pujara. It's been given out lbw though I think it would have missed the leg stump. It was delivered from wide of the crease round the stumps and it came in. It kept really low as it shot across towards a surprised Pujara who crouched and tried to get some bat in the way. He couldn't. The finger goes up. He looks at the umpire and slowly trudges off. A four and then he is gone. He waited for nearly 6 hours to get a bat and he couldn't stay in for long. Hawk Eye says it would have hit the leg stump. Ah!
  
  
  CA Pujara lbw b Johnson 4 (3b 1x4 0x6) SR: 133.33

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  puli, pujara out for 4... santhoshama...

  
  

• From: MADDY on 11th October 2010 03:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  puli, pujara out for 4... santhoshama...

  edhavadhu negative stratergy-a irukkapogudhu.....i mean, maybe he really wants pujara to play well

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  wrong decision... very unlucky....
  
  

  Johnson to Pujara, out Lbw!! That is a real shooter from Johnson! very unlucky if you are Pujara, especially if you are playing your firstest and you get one like that so early on! it pitched on middle and just kept really low, shot through, Pujara tried his best to keep it out, it hits the pads around his ankles, Billy raises the crooked finger, replays show that the ball was just clipping the leg stump, it was bowled from wide of the crease, Ravi Shastri reckons that it might have missed leg, to the naked eye it looked out. Pujara lbw b Johnson 4(3) [4s-1] @ 137.35 kmph

  100.6
  Johnson to Pujara, OUT, 137.4 kph, That's a shooter! It has kept low and it has done Pujara. It's been given out lbw though I think it would have missed the leg stump. It was delivered from wide of the crease round the stumps and it came in. It kept really low as it shot across towards a surprised Pujara who crouched and tried to get some bat in the way. He couldn't. The finger goes up. He looks at the umpire and slowly trudges off. A four and then he is gone. He waited for nearly 6 hours to get a bat and he couldn't stay in for long. Hawk Eye says it would have hit the leg stump. Ah!

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 03:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  puli, pujara out for 4... santhoshama...

  pujara pongalunu sollumpode enaku doubt irunduchu

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 11th October 2010 03:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Fujara

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  puli, pujara out for 4... santhoshama...

  edhavadhu negative stratergy-a irukkapogudhu.....i mean, maybe he really wants pujara to play well

  no...no... i know puli is an anti-pujara...
  
  avan team-la select aagurathukku munnave avlo aarpattam pannaru....
  
  maddy, welcome back to cricket threads... konja naala varalanu nenaikkuren...

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 03:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  puLi, mission accomplished . Pujara gAli.
  
  You should take over the chatterjee post from me!

  
  

• From: MADDY on 11th October 2010 03:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  maddy, welcome back to cricket threads... konja naala varalanu nenaikkuren...

  yea, endhiran threads are giving nice timepass .....
  
  ennayya pitch idhu, dead as a rubber - only hope is lots of sunshine and pitch disintegrating tommorow - illaina its a dead match

  
  

• From: MADDY on 11th October 2010 03:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  btw, India could still conceede lead :P
  
  but we dont have a batsman like Ishant to save us in second innings

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 03:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum
  
  
  
  ungaLukku romba periya manasu

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  My colleague Nitin messages: "Pujara got the first unplayable delivery in over a day's play. What rotten luck. After waiting for 5 years and 6 hours for a debut too."

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 03:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sourav
  
  unga support oNNE pOdhum Pujara-va gAli paNNa. :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Sourav
  
  unga support oNNE pOdhum Pujara-va gAli paNNa. :P

  old dialogue... kettu kettu aluthu poccchu...
  october poyi november vantha periyaa aala varuvan saar...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  inga paarunga nammalu raina epdi adikkurannu....
  
  105.6
  Hilfenhaus to Raina, FOUR!!, once again it is the timing that is the key! Banged in short, Raina got into position nice and early, got on top of the bounce and pulled it all along the carpet towards Johnson who put in the slide at fine leg bout couldn't prevent the boundary
  
  105.4
  Hilfenhaus to Raina, FOUR!!, he has decided to attack the short pitched stuff and he is better off doing that! Sees the length, rocks back, rolls his wrists on that and pulls it handsomely into the deep square leg boundary
  
  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 03:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ewan: "With all this talk about Pujara waiting so long for his chance you'd think he was 32 not 22! Even if it doesn't happen for him in this Test, he still has several years for his talent to bring him success at Test level."
  Ha! Ewan, the thing is for a long time now he was the quintessential domestic batsman.A flood of runs came but no call from the selectors. Other youngsters, more flashy, were given chances. Pujara continued to play for his unfancied Saurashtra. It's a small team; not one of the traditional big names in Ranji Trophy. Everyone kept going ahead of him. There was a thought and a fear among many Indian fans that domestic performances are not being counted and only IPL and stuff like that are being noticed. For some of them, Pujara's success, if it happens, is almost a validation of the domestic circuit.

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 03:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Plum
  
  
  
  ungaLukku romba periya manasu

  Yeah, yeah pinnE Yuvi-ya replace paNNalAmnu nenaichA summA vuduvOmA?

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 04:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Plum
  
  
  
  ungaLukku romba periya manasu

  Yeah, yeah pinnE Yuvi-ya replace paNNalAmnu nenaichA summA vuduvOmA?

  Neenga thaan Yuvraj-a support pannadhaa

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 04:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "Cant believe these ICC rankings. SL is at 3 without winning a Test in three top countries and India is at 1 without a series win in three."

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  raina is playing attacking innings here...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 04:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Plum
  
  
  
  ungaLukku romba periya manasu

  Yeah, yeah pinnE Yuvi-ya replace paNNalAmnu nenaichA summA vuduvOmA?

  Neenga thaan Yuvraj-a support pannadhaa

  Varalaaru theriyaama ketutaen.. Plum, mannichooo

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 11th October 2010 04:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thambi Raina timing and class

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  400!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  cricbuzz-la light koranjutte irukkunu solranuga...ivanga paattukku aaditte irukkanga... risskku...

  
  

• From: MADDY on 11th October 2010 04:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  "Cant believe these ICC rankings. SL is at 3 without winning a Test in three top countries and India is at 1 without a series win in three."

  Plum, cricinfo agenda alert

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 04:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  avainga article-lEyE agenda pOduvAnga. Ball by bal commentaryla user email-la pOda mAttAngaLA?
  
  I need to maintain that thread, though.

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 04:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  cricbuzz-la light koranjutte irukkunu solranuga...ivanga paattukku aaditte irukkanga... risskku...

  risk edukaradellam namallukaluku rusk sapadra madiri :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Matt: "Lucky im not the selectors cause im all for dropping Hauritz after this test. But the thing is i dont think any spinner will do any better."

  ennada ithu australia cricket-ku vantha sothanai...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  raina out.... awwwwww....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dhoni comes in!

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 04:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Clarke to Raina, OUT, 90.6 kph, Just before this delivery Ricky Ponting ( I can't confirm whether the bowler told him) brought the long-on inside the circle. Raina decides to take up the challenge. He rushed down the track for the big hit to long-on but he dragged it straight to mid-on where Hilfenhaus threaten to spill it but managed to hold on.
  
  
  SK Raina c Hilfenhaus b Clarke 32 (43b 5x4 0x6) SR: 74.41

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 04:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Daniel Gray: "An almost identical Indian side made an almost identical score in Nagpur two years ago. He may have been slightly more expensive than Hauritz, but at least Krejza took wickets "

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 04:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  10 to go.. come on...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  10 to go.. come on...

  innum light irukka enna? i think they will finish with this over...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 11th October 2010 04:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  10 to go.. come on...

  innum light irukka enna? i think they will finish with this over...

  Appadi onnum commentary-la sollala. 4 overs left any how

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 11th October 2010 04:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  10 to go.. come on...

  innum light irukka enna? i think they will finish with this over...

  Inga malla vara maathiri iruku,.. match will be stopped soon..

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 04:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  150 up for Spinner Hauritz with 14 Fours and 4 Sixes.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  150 up for Spinner Hauritz with 14 Fours and 4 Sixes.

  ithula vanthu erangunavudane egathalama interview vera... 'tendulkar also human, he will make mistakes'nu...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 11th October 2010 04:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Feeling sad for Pujara..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 04:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia 478
  
  India 435/5 (122.0 ov)
  
  India trail by 43 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
  
  End of Day-3
  
  Sachin 191*

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 11th October 2010 04:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Australia 478
  
  India 435/5 (122.0 ov)
  
  India trail by 43 runs with 5 wickets remaining in the 1st innings
  
  End of Day-3
  
  Sachin 191*

  good innings by vijay n sachin

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 05:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay: "It was really special knock for me. I would like to dedicate this to my mom. It was a dream come true for me to play with Sachin. I was just focused on each ball and not try to think too far ahead. In that regard Sachin paaji helped me a lot. He gave me pep-talks through the day. After the tea I got tired; I didn't want to give my wicket away but ended up playing a bad shot. I am trying to just keep things simple and work on my basics; whenever I get my opportunities I want to do well."

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 05:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  ithula vanthu erangunavudane egathalama interview vera... 'tendulkar also human, he will make mistakes'nu...

  Aussies ivana vittuttu paththu pEr koNda oru team-Aga viLaiyAdi irukkalAm.
  
  GM: Dei... stumpu enga irukku.... nee pandhu pOduRa idam enga irukku... iNNumAda unnai ellAm spinner-nu indha ooru nambikittu irukku.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 11th October 2010 05:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Vijay: "It was really special knock for me. I would like to dedicate this to my mom. It was a dream come true for me to play with Sachin. I was just focused on each ball and not try to think too far ahead. In that regard Sachin paaji helped me a lot. He gave me pep-talks through the day. After the tea I got tired; .I didn't want to give my wicket away but ended up playing a bad shot. I am trying to just keep things simple and work on my basics; whenever I get my opportunities I want to do well."

  தம்பி பேசறத கொஞ்சம் குறைங்க. அண்ணன் சச்சின பாத்து கத்துக்கோங்க.

  
  

• From: Plum on 11th October 2010 06:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by M Vijay

  Sachin pAAji

  Northisation paNNittAngappA
  
  (oru vELa adhanAla dhAn century adichAnO?)

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 11th October 2010 07:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  :aanandha_kaneer: Sachin!!!

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 11th October 2010 09:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara kEvi kEvi
  
  Second innings-la one-down erakki konjam saansu kudungappa

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 11th October 2010 09:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  puLi, mission accomplished . Pujara gAli.
  
  You should take over the chatterjee post from me!

  konjam keele paarunga.
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum in Indian Middle Order Replacement Race

  Imo, dravid will be very tough to replace - that dedication, team spirit, commitment, determination and all this with his level of talent _ in today' s glamour world that indian cricket is, very difficult to find someone lioke him . That is why pujara should be taken and persisted even if he fails for 7-8 tests. Afterall, atapattu's first 6 inns added up to one run, didn't they? He did well enough later. Pujara is one such gem. I hope he doesn't fail when selected and if he does, is not dropped immediately. We really need that dravid replacement and no one else is suited to that role. Pujara has to be given every opportunity to grow into that role.

  Originally Posted by Plum in Indian Middle Order Replacement Race

  Since I like him, let me tell this.
  Pujara is a waste of space he is surely going to fail.

  I rest my case me Lord

  
  

• From: Sourav on 11th October 2010 10:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  athan out aagittanla...avatar-i maatthunga...

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 11th October 2010 10:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  puli, pujara out for 4... santhoshama...

  edhavadhu negative stratergy-a irukkapogudhu.....i mean, maybe he really wants pujara to play well

  en peelings-a purinjukitta ore aal neengadhaan
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  btw, India could still conceede lead :P
  
  but we dont have a batsman like Ishant to save us in second innings

  Plum-kellaam VRS kudungappa. Maddy-a chatterjee thalaivar aakkidalaam

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 11th October 2010 10:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  athan out aagittanla...avatar-i maatthunga...

  Allov Singathin seetram Second innings-il

  
  

• From: vanchi on 11th October 2010 10:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vijay
  india cements potruba idathe.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 11th October 2010 10:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  athan out aagittanla...avatar-i maatthunga...

  Allov Singathin seetram Second innings-il

  Pesaama ivara chaterjee king-a podalaam poliruke

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 12th October 2010 06:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  LM, upload these pics please.
  
  http://i53.tinypic.com/2eolmqr.jpg
  
  http://i53.tinypic.com/sy486g.jpg
  
  http://i54.tinypic.com/2a6uoex.jpg
  
  http://i56.tinypic.com/992lx5.jpg
  
  and a
  
  Bonus!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 08:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  pls upload this one too... :P
  http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Defau...Mode=HTML&GZ=T

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 09:11 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  [html:51eae1a968]http://i53.tinypic.com/2eolmqr.jpg[/html:51eae1a968]
  
  [html:51eae1a968]http://i53.tinypic.com/sy486g.jpg[/html:51eae1a968]
  
  [html:51eae1a968]http://i54.tinypic.com/2a6uoex.jpg[/html:51eae1a968]
  
  [html:51eae1a968]http://i56.tinypic.com/992lx5.jpg[/html:51eae1a968]
  
  Bonus
  
  [html:51eae1a968]http://i54.tinypic.com/10gch0w.jpg[/html:51eae1a968]

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 09:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  [html:60c4c9d45c]http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repos.../Pc0190900.jpg[/html:60c4c9d45c]

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 09:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Master!
  
  Neo Cricket's Ravi Shastri says there is help on offer for the spinners and the seamers. However, he also says that since the pitch is pretty slow, it won't be impossible to bat. The slowness will help the batsmen cope with the turn. He believes the seamers can create some damage if they bowl a wicket to wicket line, especially when the ball remains hard.
  
  Do read Sambit Bal's views on Tendulkar and the art of single. Sambit writes: "Fifty Test hundreds are but a formality. A hundred international hundreds are there for the taking. Tendulkar, though, endures not in the pursuit of milestones, but because he can't fall out of love with cricket. And above anything else that's the reason why he remains the most-loved cricketer. "

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 09:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  master rocking stills

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 09:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  196....

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 12th October 2010 09:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Master!
  
  Neo Cricket's Ravi Shastri says there is help on offer for the spinners and the seamers. However, he also says that since the pitch is pretty slow, it won't be impossible to bat. The slowness will help the batsmen cope with the turn. He believes the seamers can create some damage if they bowl a wicket to wicket line, especially when the ball remains hard.

  vara vara pitch report kooda namma weather report maadhiri aayiduchu... ella option'yum sollidranunga...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 09:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  3 to go...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 09:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  1 to go!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 09:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  199...

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 12th October 2010 09:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin 200

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 09:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yessssssssssssssss!!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 09:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  200...

  
  

• From: Bala (Karthik) on 12th October 2010 09:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  :all-jump-pathaadhu:

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 10:02 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  :standing-ovation:

  
  

• From: Bala (Karthik) on 12th October 2010 10:02 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Chaar run kiLiyE

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 10:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Congrats thalaiva

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Blaster Virender Sehwag will not be part of India's three-match ODI series which starts in Kochi on October 17.
  
  It is learnt that Sehwag has a shoulder injury which needs immediate attention from a specialist. With Gautam Gambhir too likely to be out of the squad on fitness grounds, this is a huge blow for India who will be keen on putting their best side on the park with next year's World Cup in the sub-continent in mind.
  
  Zaheer Khan could be another name missing in India's ODI squad which will be decided by the national selectors today. It is learnt that the selectors are keen on giving the India pace spearhead some rest before the home series against New Zealand. If Sachin Tendulkar is part of the squad, it will mark a return for him to one-day cricket. He has not figured in a one-day international since April when he scored one-day international cricket's first double century against the South Africans in Gwalior.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 10:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Blaster Virender Sehwag will not be part of India's three-match ODI series which starts in Kochi on October 17.
  
  It is learnt that Sehwag has a shoulder injury which needs immediate attention from a specialist. With Gautam Gambhir too likely to be out of the squad on fitness grounds, this is a huge blow for India who will be keen on putting their best side on the park with next year's World Cup in the sub-continent in mind.
  
  Zaheer Khan could be another name missing in India's ODI squad which will be decided by the national selectors today. It is learnt that the selectors are keen on giving the India pace spearhead some rest before the home series against New Zealand. If Sachin Tendulkar is part of the squad, it will mark a return for him to one-day cricket. He has not figured in a one-day international since April when he scored one-day international cricket's first double century against the South Africans in Gwalior.

  Eppo thaan fit-a irupaanga

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 10:27 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India leads now.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 10:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Semma mokka pitch.. Kastapattu thaan Thalaivar triple ton adika poraar

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 10:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bangalore pitch mokka pitch. Idu munnadi eppa anda groundla test match nadanduchu ?

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 10:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachu out !

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  136.5
  
  George to Tendulkar, OUT, 136.7 kph, And his marathon vigil ends. Peter George's first Test wicket. So many of you have predicted that it will be the new comer Peter George who will take SRT's wicket. It didn't happen immediately; it came off the 363rd ball that Tendulkar faced. What an innings this. This is how it ended: The ball was full and outside off, Tendulkar didn't move his feet, he just bent his knees and squatted for the square drive. Fatal inside edge, though.
  
  
  SR Tendulkar b George 214 (363b 22x4 2x6) SR: 58.95
  
  Great knock!

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 12th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Marathian Marathon came to an end. As usual another new bowler has taken Sachin's wicket.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  bhajji rombha naala onnumae adikkala tests-la... innaikkachum adira...

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 12th October 2010 10:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ippavellAm avan ALa thAn adikkiRAn.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  naathari...out aagiduchu...

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 12th October 2010 10:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  bhajji rombha naala onnumae adikkala tests-la... innaikkachum adira...

  unga request-a fulfil paNNittu ippa avut AgittAn.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 10:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  Bangalore pitch mokka pitch. Idu munnadi eppa anda groundla test match nadanduchu ?

  Exactly 2 years back. In Oct 2008 vs Aus.

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin 214 runs

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bajji should be kicked out of the team. Nee aaniye pudunga venaam. Y.Singh oram kattuna maadhri ivanayum veetuku anupanum. Ojha/Mishra is more than enough!

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 10:56 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  yes.. Team's thendasooru H.Singh

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 10:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Plum enga Plum enga Avar-ku aaraachum missed call kodunga...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Bajji should be kicked out of the team. Nee aaniye pudunga venaam. Y.Singh oram kattuna maadhri ivanayum veetuku anupanum. Ojha/Mishra is more than enough!

  4 wkt eduthan... but, he is sothappufying in batting continuously...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 11:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  yes.. Team's thendasooru H.Singh

  Ennanga avar wicket edukumbodhu clap panninga.. Ippo thitradha.. EKSI.. Bowler thaane avar-u...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  yes.. Team's thendasooru H.Singh

  Ennanga avar wicket edukumbodhu clap panninga.. Ippo thitradha.. EKSI.. Bowler thaane avar-u...

  dhak, he should bat sensibly... summa vanthu perukku aadittu poran...
  his last 6 scores in tests.... 2,8,0,0,2,4... batting order-la mela erakki vidunganu matum ketka theriyuthu...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  zaheer also out...

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Harbhajan should bat at No.11 hereafter. Or even below that, if possible

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 11:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  yes.. Team's thendasooru H.Singh

  Ennanga avar wicket edukumbodhu clap panninga.. Ippo thitradha.. EKSI.. Bowler thaane avar-u...

  did i ? aama.. wicket eduthaar nu sollrengalae.. athu eppo?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  avlo kaduppa varuthu... zaheer also stupid shot... y should u try to slog while dhoni is at other end... these guys spoiled the chance to take good lead...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dhoni should attack now... ohja, sreesanth vacchukkittu rombha neram aada mudiyathu,..

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 12th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  dhoni should attack now... ohja, sreesanth vacchukkittu rombha neram aada mudiyathu,..

  aama.. ishant vera illa innaikku...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 11:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Bajji should be kicked out of the team. Nee aaniye pudunga venaam. Y.Singh oram kattuna maadhri ivanayum veetuku anupanum. Ojha/Mishra is more than enough!

  4 wkt eduthan... but, he is sothappufying in batting continuously...

  Oh come on 4 wickets edutha? He is not a deadly bowler! Ojha-va mold pannina ivana vida super-a poduvaan.

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 12th October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Bajji should be kicked out of the team. Nee aaniye pudunga venaam. Y.Singh oram kattuna maadhri ivanayum veetuku anupanum. Ojha/Mishra is more than enough!

  4 wkt eduthan... but, he is sothappufying in batting continuously...

  Oh come on 4 wickets edutha? He is not a deadly bowler! Ojha-va mold pannina ivana vida super-a poduvaan.

  Ashwin'ku oru chance koduthu paarkkalam.. he has varieties..

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 11:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni enna panraaru-nu avaroda fans konjam sollungalen.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Bajji should be kicked out of the team. Nee aaniye pudunga venaam. Y.Singh oram kattuna maadhri ivanayum veetuku anupanum. Ojha/Mishra is more than enough!

  4 wkt eduthan... but, he is sothappufying in batting continuously...

  Oh come on 4 wickets edutha? He is not a deadly bowler! Ojha-va mold pannina ivana vida super-a poduvaan.

  i m not supporting him... just saying...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Dhoni enna panraaru-nu avaroda fans konjam sollungalen.

  4 maidens on a trot!
  
  Dhoni has all the power to clear this small boundary... spin now... he should try....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  dhoni out!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz to Dhoni, out Caught by Clarke!! Dhoni gave him the charge but Hauritz did well to drift it wide outside off, Dhoni didn't get to the pitch of the ball either and just ended up guiding it into the safe hands of Clarke at 1st slip, he doesn't miss many and a strange innings from the Indian skipper comes to an end, wonder what he was trying to do in the last few overs, anyways that has been put to rest now. Dhoni c Clarke b Hauritz 30(87) [4s-3] @ 83.67 kmph

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 12th October 2010 11:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Finally, Hauritz got a wicket through Dhoni.
  
  ivanukkellAm wicket kodukkiRa Dhoni-ya enna solla?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  495 all -out... aniyaya sothappal...

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 11:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Same old story. Sachin goes, the rest follows

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  Same old story. Sachin goes, the rest follows

  just 9 runs after sachin dismissed... EKSI!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 11:31 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Indians have lost their last 5 wickets for 9 runs!

  

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 11:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin-a mattum kora solra makkal engga? Mogatha konjam thodachukunga....

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 11:38 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ippallam yaarum varamattanga. When Sachin scores they all dig into their holes.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sri,
  
  Whats the point of picking on Dhoni? Its very tough to face reverse swinging deliveries, even for technically correct batsman. Dhoni is certainly not known for his correctness.. Still coming at no 6, 7 he has an average>40 and strike rate> 60. Fair enough!!!

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 12th October 2010 11:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  LM, last 2-3 years they are having a rat's life - inside the hole
  Whatta resurrection

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 11:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Sri,
  
  Whats the point of picking on Dhoni? Its very tough to face reverse swinging deliveries, even for technically correct batsman. Dhoni is certainly not known for his correctness.. Still coming at no 6, 7 he has an average>40 and strike rate> 60. Fair enough!!!

  Dhoni had forgot how to bat. Simple!!

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 11:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I am very much happy that Sachin is in his top form.. But again and again when Sachin fans have a go at Dhoni for some unknown reasons, that happiness gets dented.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 11:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  We are baffled by his approach towards batting. Nothing to do with so called rivalry.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 11:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Sri,
  
  Whats the point of picking on Dhoni? Its very tough to face reverse swinging deliveries, even for technically correct batsman. Dhoni is certainly not known for his correctness.. Still coming at no 6, 7 he has an average>40 and strike rate> 60. Fair enough!!!

  Ajay,
  
  We all know how good our tailenders are. I agree that its tough to face reverse deliveries but there were quite number of opportunities to score singles and I am not sure why Dhoni missed it. Initially I thought he was trying not to expose Ojha, but 4 back to back maidens?! Nothing to lose he should have taken some risks IMO

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 11:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Why does ppl not get 'baffled' by Rahul Dravid's batting?

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 12th October 2010 11:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  AB, nothing to do with so-called rivalry. Its not a go. But, disappointment at failing expectations. Dhoni is certainly capable of doing much better WRT batting in the HIGHEST FORM of the game e.g: Lords test in 2007. Translation of talent to performance is worrying off-late.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 12th October 2010 11:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Why does ppl not get 'baffled' by Rahul Dravid's batting?

  There have been enough people asking for his retirement too. Not that I ask for it.

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 11:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  It's because we handed back the advantage to Aussies this morning.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 11:54 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  AB, nothing to do with so-called rivalry. Its not a go. But, disappointment at failing expectations. Dhoni is certainly capable of doing much better WRT batting in the HIGHEST FORM of the game e.g: Lords test in 2007. Translation of talent to performance is worrying off-late.

  Same worry here as well..
  
  But 'Dhoni fans enga ponaanga? Kettu sollunga!!" kind of comments hurts.. DOT!!

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 11:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  But 'Dhoni fans enga ponaanga? Kettu sollunga!!" kind of comments hurts.. DOT!!

  yeah.. eppadaa maatuvaanga, sanda poadalaamnu kaaththuttu irukkirathu sari illa

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 12:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  But 'Dhoni fans enga ponaanga? Kettu sollunga!!" kind of comments hurts.. DOT!!

  yeah.. eppadaa maatuvaanga, sanda poadalaamnu kaaththuttu irukkirathu sari illa

  Aarambichutteengala

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 12:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  LM,
  aarambichathu naan illa .. periya prachanai vanthaa, yaaru aarambichathunnu oru evidence vaenum.. neruppu paththa vachchathu Sridhar, athula ennaya oothinathu sourav...
  
  Let me bookmark this..
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Dhoni enna panraaru-nu avaroda fans konjam sollungalen.

  4 maidens on a trot!
  
  Dhoni has all the power to clear this small boundary... spin now... he should try....

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 12:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I think pitch is playing more than wat players r doing.. Lets wait and see wat Aussies do now

  
  

• From: Siv.S on 12th October 2010 12:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin 200 adikkum pothellam Dhoniya vaiyurengalappa Pujara,Bahjji,zaheer out aanthellam dhoniyalathan...

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 12th October 2010 12:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Naan sonnadhu unga naaradhar velaiyai patthi
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  LM,
  aarambichathu naan illa .. periya prachanai vanthaa, yaaru aarambichathunnu oru evidence vaenum.. neruppu paththa vachchathu Sridhar, athula ennaya oothinathu sourav...
  
  Let me bookmark this..
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Dhoni enna panraaru-nu avaroda fans konjam sollungalen.

  4 maidens on a trot!
  
  Dhoni has all the power to clear this small boundary... spin now... he should try....

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 12th October 2010 12:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2.3
  Khan to Katich, no run, 137.0 kph, sharp movement there. It slid across from around off to the leg stump line, clipped the pad and bounced once before it reached Dhoni.

  The third ball of this over: Hawk eye says it would have clipped the outer half of the leg stump line. Just like the one Tendulkar had early on in the day. You can't - well they usually don't - give those out ..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 12:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  watson & katich get away with some lucky escapes.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 12th October 2010 12:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Kalyanaa velai edhuvum illayaa?
  

  Originally Posted by Siv.S

  Sachin 200 adikkum pothellam Dhoniya vaiyurengalappa Pujara,Bahjji,zaheer out aanthellam dhoniyalathan...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 12th October 2010 12:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Flying start by Oz boys!

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 12th October 2010 12:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  are they playing ODI
  
  Ojah had put brakes

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 12:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sreesanth also bowls too many no-balls like ishanth... 6+2 no balls till now.

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 01:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Kalyanaa velai edhuvum illayaa?
  

  Originally Posted by Siv.S

  Sachin 200 adikkum pothellam Dhoniya vaiyurengalappa Pujara,Bahjji,zaheer out aanthellam dhoniyalathan...

  kalyaanam mudinjathukku appuram thaan vaelai ellaam ..

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 01:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hubku censor dept edhuvum illaiya?

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 01:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Hubku censor dept edhuvum illaiya?

  naan samayal vaelaya sonnaen

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 01:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Watson gone..
  
  Now time for ponting :P

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 12th October 2010 01:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Our spinners doing nice job
  
  this match is becoming interesting
  
  w'll see how batsmen are going to dance to spinners.

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 01:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Katich gone
  
  Bhajji

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 01:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pointing gone nu yaravadu podunga pa :P

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 01:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Naa kaalai laerdhu Plum-a thedidturukaen.. Enga ponar

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 12th October 2010 01:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  he handed over the baton to new chattergy expert arumai naNbar Maddy

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Avaraum kanome.. Vandhu chaterjee podungo...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Avara-um kanome.. Aaraachum vandhu chaterjee podungo...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 01:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting gone

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 12th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting will score between 20 and 32

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 01:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Ponting gone

  

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 01:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  Pointing gone nu yaravadu podunga pa :P

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 01:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Clarke gone...
  
  Ojha

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  clarke gone

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Ponting gone

  

  Riyazz poda sonnaru.. athaan potaennu mokka poduvaar...
  
  Avar apadi thaan ... kandukaathinga

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 01:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ojha
  
  Overs bowled: 8
  Runs given: 7
  
  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 01:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ojha to Clarke, OUT, 86.3 kph, Stumped! Clarke doesn't even know he has been stumped. Amazing. He leaned forward to defend and ended up stretching his back leg to the line. And froze there. The ball had dipped and turned past the edge. Very fine delivery that. Clarke just held his position. He didn't realise his back leg was on the line. Dhoni did. Game over! Clarke was stunned to see the Indians celebrate, looks back in horror to see his back leg, then gets a confirmation from the square-leg umpire.

  Clarke...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 01:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  In India Ponting's second innings average is just 8.2.
  
  Courtesy: cricinfo.com

  
  

• From: Siv.S on 12th October 2010 02:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Ojha to Clarke, OUT, 86.3 kph, Stumped! Clarke doesn't even know he has been stumped. Amazing. He leaned forward to defend and ended up stretching his back leg to the line. And froze there. The ball had dipped and turned past the edge. Very fine delivery that. Clarke just held his position. He didn't realise his back leg was on the line. Dhoni did. Game over! Clarke was stunned to see the Indians celebrate, looks back in horror to see his back leg, then gets a confirmation from the square-leg umpire.

  Clarke...

  
  
  Ojha,Dhoni

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 02:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  In India Ponting's second innings average is just 8.2.
  

  Endha nerathula post pannennu theriyalaiyae...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 02:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  In India Ponting's second innings average is just 8.2.
  

  Endha nerathula post pannennu theriyalaiyae...

  Neenga feel pannaadheenga.. Ippo ipppo out ayiduvaaru

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 02:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Cranky: "why does Clarke slip under the radar all the time - he only ever scores when the game is safe, never when its needed."

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 02:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Cranky: "why does Clarke slip under the radar all the time - he only ever scores when the game is safe, never when its needed."

  Clark came to ground an hour b4 other Oz players came for practice

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 02:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Maniraj

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Ponting gone

  

  Riyazz poda sonnaru.. athaan potaennu mokka poduvaar...
  
  Avar apadi thaan ... kandukaathinga

  

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 12th October 2010 02:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting . Bajji nenjula eri midhile, velaavula kuthule.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 02:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Innum Ponting out aagaliya

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 12th October 2010 02:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  PB

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 02:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  The highest target chased in Bangalore has been 194 by Australia against India in 1998. India chased 151 against New Zealand in 1995 successfully

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 12th October 2010 02:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Dhoni enna panraaru-nu avaroda fans konjam sollungalen.

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  But 'Dhoni fans enga ponaanga? Kettu sollunga!!" kind of comments hurts.. DOT!!

  I believe that there are huge differences between these two statments. Mine was not provocative. I was just enquiring what Dhoni trying to do.
  
  And you have not replied to this
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Ajay,
  
  We all know how good our tailenders are. I agree that its tough to face reverse deliveries but there were quite number of opportunities to score singles and I am not sure why Dhoni missed it. Initially I thought he was trying not to expose Ojha, but 4 back to back maidens?! Nothing to lose he should have taken some risks IMO

  We all know Dhoni's muscle power and I dont think that its a sin to expect some shots at the end of the innings.
  
  Its just our concern that all good work by Sachin and Vijay are getting spoiled by the tailenders, avvalo thaan!
  
  Sachin's good game & Dhoni bash was not intentional either. Appadi aaidudhu!
  
  Sincere apologies if my comment about Dhoni has hurt you.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 03:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hussey out!

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 03:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  36.5 - P Ojha to Ponting, NO BALL! Full length delivery on middle, Ponting has defended it by getting right behind the line of the delivery but Ojha has overstepped. Dhoni shouts, "PAIR ANDAR RAKH! NO BALL PE OUT HOYEGA TO ROYEGA BAADME!" which means, "Keep your feet inside the line. If he gets out on a no-ball, you will cry!"

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 03:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hussey...

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 03:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ojha

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 03:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thats wrong decision... missing leg stump....

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 03:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Thats wrong decision... missing leg stump....

  Apadilaam solla padaadhu.. Ipdi nadandha sirichutu chumma irundhudanum.. Namba players ku 3rd umpire-a thappa solluvangalaam, idhu thappa..
  Anyways same kind of Ponting wicket also plz

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 03:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sri,
  
  There is nothing to apologize.
  
  Even I am worried about MSD's batting form and I had mentioned that in my reply to Sathya. Hope he gets back to his form sooner or later..

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Bhajji answers his critics in style..

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 03:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Marcus North out

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 03:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting mattum out aagama.. aani adicha maathiri nikkiraar..

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 03:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  North gone.
  
  Bhajji and Ojha

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 12th October 2010 03:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ponting battling it out
  
  What will be the target India will be able to achieve easily
  
  anything above 150 will be difficult

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 03:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  43.4
  
  
  Harbhajan Singh to North, OUT, 82.7 kph, Bowled! It drifted in from round the stumps, landed on the leg stump line and turned to hit the off. North was caught at the crease, he should have taken a step forward. he didn't. He stuttered and tried to waft it across the line to the leg side. mistake. The ball spun away to move past the prod and fell on the off stump.
  
  
  MJ North b Harbhajan Singh 3 (14b 0x4 0x6) SR: 21.42

  
  

• From: MADDY on 12th October 2010 03:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Even I am worried about MSD's batting form and I had mentioned that in my reply to Sathya. Hope he gets back to his form sooner or later..

  ada ponga - Dhoni has proved all of them wrong.........kedachha gap-la ivanga ellam sollittu dhaan iruppaanga..........there is no difference betn them and sachin bashers

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 12th October 2010 04:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Good innings from Punter.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 04:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Zah yen over podala...

  
  

• From: sankara1970 on 12th October 2010 04:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  MSD may be not utilising his batting skills
  
  This may have impact on his performance when we look at his average later.
  
  Pujara is coming ahead of Dhoni and Raina in 1st innings. What for?
  
  Dhoni should atlease bat in No.5 if he wants to be remembered as a batsman-cum-captain

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 04:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yogendra pleads: "Bring back Zaheer...the best weapon india has in these conditions. The.ball is old now, the conditions are favorable. Reverse swing can do wonders; we have seen that happenning in the Indian innings early this morning."

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 04:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ponting out...

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 04:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Khan to Ponting, OUT, 135.0 kph, Fabulous innings comes to an end. Zaheer is the man who terminates it. It was the full delivery that landed on the off and middle line and straightened. Ponting went forward and across - perhaps pushed his front pad too far across- and tried to get his bat around the pad. Too late. The ball thuds into the pad. Was it missing off? Was it hitting off? Replays show that it would have hit the off stump. Indians roar in the stands and in the middle. What a knock this from Punter. It was a treat.
  
  
  RT Ponting lbw b Khan 72 (117b 7x4 1x6) SR: 61.53

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 04:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Uff .. ponting gone

  
  

• From: sankara70 on 12th October 2010 04:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Gud Zahir got Ponting
  
  It's 164 lead now
  
  It can't be more than 200

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 04:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  zaheer took wkt in his first over of 2nd spell...
  he finished his 1st spell in 7th over... got 2nd spell only at 60th over,,,, too late i feel...

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 12th October 2010 04:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  7 down..
  
  sree
  
  Finish them off i say

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 04:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  paine also out... podu adiya podu.....

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 04:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sreesanth to Paine, OUT, 140.0 kph, Sreesanth roars. Harbhajan is out there so quickly to hug him! The ball was full and reversed away with the shiny side and Paine edges his drive
  
  
  TD Paine c †Dhoni b Sreesanth 23 (63b 2x4 0x6) SR: 36.50

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 12th October 2010 04:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Riyazz

  Sreesanth to Paine, OUT, 140.0 kph, Sreesanth roars. Harbhajan is out there so quickly to hug him! The ball was full and reversed away with the shiny side and Paine edges his drive
  
  
  TD Paine c †Dhoni b Sreesanth 23 (63b 2x4 0x6) SR: 36.50

  adikira kai thaan anaikkum

  
  

• From: viraajan on 12th October 2010 04:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  8 down

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 04:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  8 down

  7 thane...

  
  

• From: viraajan on 12th October 2010 05:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  8 down

  7 thane...

  
  
  misled by an sms...

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 12th October 2010 05:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sandeep: "butterflies in my stomach again!! haven't digested 5th Day @ Mohali. and looks like we'll have another humdinger tomorrow. Missing Laxman and Ishant Sharma!"

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 05:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia 478 & 202/7 (65.0 ov)
  
  India 495
  
  Australia lead by 185 runs with 3 wickets remaining
  
  Stumps - Day 4

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 05:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  8 down

  7 thane...

  
  misled by an sms...

  sari..sari... mannichutten.

  
  

• From: viraajan on 12th October 2010 05:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  8 down

  7 thane...

  
  misled by an sms...

  sari..sari... mannichutten.

  remba nandri saami....

  
  

• From: raghavendran on 12th October 2010 05:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  brilliant day ahead..but 220 mele pochuna india kashtam..indhe johnson nenacha allu kelambuthu..battinge solren..but if sehwag gets a 50..then india dhan..
  wow so much complaint abt quality of test cricket...but indhe series katudhu test cricket ode gethe..its really amazing..

  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on 12th October 2010 08:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India Australia Test matches

  
  

• From: omega on 12th October 2010 09:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

  India Australia Test matches

  Its going to be a very exciting final day. Can't wait for it. Plum praarthanaikku oru nalla palanai ethir paarkiren

  
  

• From: sunnyg on 12th October 2010 09:54 PM [Full View]

  Time for Dravid to step up

  
  
  

  Dont u think it is time for Mr.Dravid to pleast stand up!
  
  He has been a passenger for the past 2-3 years, and possibly produced one brilliant knock. It is also a shame that he has such a poor record in his home ground. I do not know of any good batsman with such an abysmal record at a ground he has grown up on (atleast played Ranji).
  
  I have been repeatedly calling for his head. Here is one last chance for him to play a winning knock. I hope he can do it and then gracefully announce his retirement.
  
  One more opportunity for Sachin to own this test.
  Can someone tell me if Sachin has contributed in both innings in a test?
  
  So what is in store for us tomorrow? We will chase around 230.
  
  Who will have to do it for us?
  Veeru? Check his stats in the fourth innings.
  Vijay? Has done well in 1 innings; cant expect much
  Dravid? See my note above.
  Sachin? Will do enough but not take us home. Someone else has to
  take us to the winning post
  Pujara? Too much to expect from a debutant
  Raina? Possible trump card
  Dhoni? Poor series as a batsman. Opportunity beckons
  
  Rest of the batsmen - cant hold a candle to Ishant (the batsman)
  
  My prediction - India lose.
  
  Again, happy to be proven wrong.
  
  Sunny G.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 09:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Delhi opener Shikhar Dhawan has earned his maiden India call-up for the ODI series against Australia, while Sachin Tendulkar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Pragyan Ojha have been rested. Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir and Ishant Sharma also miss out due to minor injuries.
  
  Dhawan, who shot into limelight with his IPL blitzkriegs with the Mumbai Indians, pressed his case further with a century in the recently finished Challenger Trophy. He was also Delhi’s highest run-getter during their victorious Vijay Hazare Trophy campaign last year, with 355 runs.
  
  Tamil Nadu off-spinner R Ashwin also makes it to the team after his impressive show in the IPL and Champions League Twenty20 for the Chennai Super Kings.
  
  Saurabh Tiwary, who failed to get a single game despite being a part of the Indian ODI squad for the last two tournaments, also retains his place, as does Karnataka pacer Vinay Kumar.

  ODI Squad
  
  MS Dhoni (capt & wk),
  M Vijay,
  Shikhar Dhawan,
  Virat Kohli,
  Suresh Raina,
  Yuvraj Singh,
  Saurabh Tiwary,
  Rohit Sharma,
  Ravindra Jadeja,
  R Ashwin,
  Praveen Kumar,
  Ashish Nehra,
  Munaf Patel,
  Vinay Kumar

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Good opportunity for the young players to make an impact...

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 12th October 2010 10:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  Experimenting young team with Oz..
  No Sachin, Zak, Bhajji while Sehwag and Gauti being already injured.. Wats happening.. Why Master not playing many ODIs...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  y no DK???

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 12th October 2010 10:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  he didnt perform well in NKP Salve trophy as well..

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 12th October 2010 10:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  
  Experimenting young team with Oz..
  No Sachin, Zak, Bhajji while Sehwag and Gauti being already injured.. Wats happening.. Why Master not playing many ODIs...

  Lot of players are rested in Aussie side as well. So may not be a bad move to rest the seniors and try out the youngsters. dhayavu senju No. 7 prachanaila oru mudivukku vaangappa

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  
  Experimenting young team with Oz..
  No Sachin, Zak, Bhajji while Sehwag and Gauti being already injured.. Wats happening.. Why Master not playing many ODIs...

  Dhak, Aus also rested their imp. players... ponting, mitch, watson... so, it will be a equal contest i think.
  
  I think sachin hasn't participated in any ODI's after that 200.
  Thats his wish, but, i like to see him in few ODIs b4 WC...that will be a good match-practice, preparation for WC.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  
  Experimenting young team with Oz..
  No Sachin, Zak, Bhajji while Sehwag and Gauti being already injured.. Wats happening.. Why Master not playing many ODIs...

  Lot of players are rested in Aussie side as well. So may not be a bad move to rest the seniors and try out the youngsters. dhayavu senju No. 7 prachanaila oru mudivukku vaangappa

  haha... i think there r not so many options for that place.... jadu performed reasonably well in the challenger trophy.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  he didnt perform well in NKP Salve trophy as well..

  Still, with out sachin,viru, gauti...chance koduthirukkalaam.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  DK got 2,3 unlucky decisions in the last ODI series... hope u guys remember....

  
  

• From: satissh_r on 12th October 2010 10:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  DK got 2,3 unlucky decisions in the last ODI series... hope u guys remember....

  Neenga challenger series parthiruntha avanukaga feel panna mattinga

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 12th October 2010 10:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Puliyan_Biryani

  Originally Posted by Dhakshan

  
  Experimenting young team with Oz..
  No Sachin, Zak, Bhajji while Sehwag and Gauti being already injured.. Wats happening.. Why Master not playing many ODIs...

  Lot of players are rested in Aussie side as well. So may not be a bad move to rest the seniors and try out the youngsters. dhayavu senju No. 7 prachanaila oru mudivukku vaangappa

  haha... i think there r not so many options for that place.... jadu performed reasonably well in the challenger trophy.

  I've got an idea. How about Yuvi for No.7. eppadiyum vandhu kaattu suthu suthina podhum, innings build pannavellaam venaam. Bowling-um poduvaapla. Punjab-la Pepsiyum vikkum. velaikku velaiyum aachu alamaariyum(RJ) vellai aachu

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 12th October 2010 10:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by satissh_r

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  DK got 2,3 unlucky decisions in the last ODI series... hope u guys remember....

  Neenga challenger series parthiruntha avanukaga feel panna mattinga

  Tiwary, Sharma, Dhawan maadhiri out and out batsmen-ku vaaippu kudukkaradhudhaan nalladhu. If Tiwary or Sharma can cement their spot

  
  

• From: Sourav on 12th October 2010 10:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by satissh_r

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  DK got 2,3 unlucky decisions in the last ODI series... hope u guys remember....

  Neenga challenger series parthiruntha avanukaga feel panna mattinga

  ohh.... actually, i criticized him few months b4 for not using the opportunities properly... last series 2,3 unlucky decisions-nala onnum adikkala....athan ipppo chance kodukkalanathum paavama irunthuchu...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 12th October 2010 10:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  What??? Ravindra sadeja again?

  
  

• From: sunnyg on 12th October 2010 11:12 PM [Full View]

  focus on the test match

  
  
  

  Focus on the current test match guys!
  
  This is more interesting than a team discussion into the future?
  
  Let us go for an interesting debate.
  
  Who do you think will take us to the 230 odd that we may have to get.
  
  Sunny G.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 12th October 2010 11:14 PM [Full View]

  Re: focus on the test match

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sunnyg

  Focus on the current test match guys!
  
  This is more interesting than a team discussion into the future?
  
  Let us go for an interesting debate.
  
  Who do you think will take us to the 230 odd that we may have to get.
  
  Sunny G.

  
  

• From: Nerd on 12th October 2010 11:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yuvraj vandhuttaanaa thirumba..
  
  Hope he stays in the ODI squad at least until the wEld gup.

  
  

• From: Plum on 12th October 2010 11:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Tiwary , cigar dhawan ellAm eduppAnga. Rayudu engE? Challengerlayum chance tharalai. Hope people remember what dhawan did opening for mumbai indians
  Rayudu is being ignored unfairly

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 13th October 2010 12:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Tiwary , cigar dhawan ellAm eduppAnga. Rayudu engE? Challengerlayum chance tharalai. Hope people remember what dhawan did opening for mumbai indians
  Rayudu is being ignored unfairly

  Idhuvum chaterjee-a

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 13th October 2010 12:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Tiwary , cigar dhawan ellAm eduppAnga. Rayudu engE? Challengerlayum chance tharalai. Hope people remember what dhawan did opening for mumbai indians
  Rayudu is being ignored unfairly

  Plum mava(yuva)raasanai pathi onnume sollaama poyitteenga :P

  
  

• From: Plum on 13th October 2010 12:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Yuvi in odis is ok for me. especially if his bad form is expended now, chances are he'll come good in the wc. So its ok

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 01:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  . They are the best at present. Hope the trend continues forever.
  

  Originally Posted by Vivasaayi

  India Australia Test matches

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 13th October 2010 01:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ashwin have a chance to play in playing x1

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 09:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Nerd

  Yuvraj vandhuttaanaa thirumba..
  
  Hope he stays in the ODI squad at least until the wEld gup.

  I also like to see him back to form b4 world cup... we all know wat he is capable of in limited overs. excluding his attitude, such a stylish player... he was the key player in middle order for long time, there is some record that wenever yuvi scored half centuries in chasing india have won those matches.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 09:36 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  hauritz & mitch... not like our tail-enders... both can bat well,. ivangala seekiram gaali panniyaganum... because,
  

  No team has chased a score of over 200 successfully at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 10:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Johnson-um & Hauritz-um thundu pOttu pitch-laye paduthruvaainga pola. Now the lead is 200.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 13th October 2010 10:01 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Johnson

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 10:02 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  No team has chased a score of over 200 successfully at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

  இப்பவெல்லாம் தோனி தலைமையில் உள்ள அணிக்கு இதையெல்லாம் கடப்பது தான் ஒரு பயிற்சியாக உள்ளது. நம்பிக்கை தான் முக்கியம் பாஸ். விடா முயற்சி விஸ்வரூப வெற்றி.
  
  Meanwhile Oz lead exactly by 200 runs.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 10:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Johnson gAli!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  71.2
  Zaheer to Johnson, out Bowled!! Cleaned up!! Perhaps the best delivery of the match, it comes back in sharply from well outside the off stump, Johnson puts his leg forward and shoulders arms, not even in his wildest dreams it would have occured to him that the ball would knock the stumps, the ball hits off and middle, the off stump goes for a cartwheel! Johnson b Zaheer 11(30) [4s-2] @ 136.25 kmph

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  No team has chased a score of over 200 successfully at the Chinnaswamy stadium.

  இப்பவெல்லாம் தோனி தலைமையில் உள்ள அணிக்கு இதையெல்லாம் கடப்பது தான் ஒரு பயிற்சியாக உள்ளது. நம்பிக்கை தான் முக்கியம் பாஸ். விடா முயற்சி விஸ்வரூப வெற்றி.
  
  Meanwhile Oz lead exactly by 200 runs.

  but, in this pitch its very difficult to bat on last day-na?

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 13th October 2010 10:09 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hilfy gone . Sreesanth

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 10:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  but, in this pitch its very difficult to bat on last day-na?

  I too agree. But they don't have enough accurate (stump to stump bowler like Stuart Clark or Mcgrath) bowling fire power or a good spinner at present. So, I think India has a slight edge over oz.
  
  Mitchell arakkuzhi bowler. Only Hilfy can trouble Indian batsmen, I think. George inexperienced. Hauritz If Pup gets a chance to bowl, he may trouble Indian batsmen in this pitch.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  hilfy gone...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Zaheer to Hauritz, no run, Dhoni is persisting with fast bowlers, fuller delivery, Hauritz drives it towards long on, does not take a single again @ 133.82 kmph

  ivanukku sketch pottu thookkunga...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 10:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ah.. this yahoo cricket commentry is nice...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  ah.. this yahoo cricket commentry is nice...

  link...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 10:18 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Last test match we had plenty of time to chase which made things complicated. Today we have lesser time and that gives us a chance to draw this match even if something goes wrong. I firmly believe that we are not going to lose this test match and series.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 10:19 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/liv...FullScoreboard

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 13th October 2010 10:24 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  223 all out
  
  Target 207.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ty dinsu.
  
  207 target... kamman indians...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 10:26 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Very Very interesting test match...wow!!

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  now it will be a stern test for indians

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  How many overs it will take min. to make the ball reverse swing.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 10:32 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vaseline thadavinA illa ball-a tamper paNNa udanE theriyumnu solRAngka.
  
  If the ball takes a beating too early from Sehwag, then also it may start to reverse swing.

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 10:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vijay will win this test match for us.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 10:35 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  75 overs remaining for the day! less than 3 RR required..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  No slips in place! Defensive field set for Sehwag

  
  

• From: sankara70 on 13th October 2010 10:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  PLAY COOL
  
  India will make it 2-0

  
  

• From: MADDY on 13th October 2010 10:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  How many overs it will take min. to make the ball reverse swing.

  thats the key - it usually takes around 45 overs to get the ball to reverse in Bangalore.....in Mohali, it could have been 30 overs - it depends on the roughness of the surface- bangalore's is pretty soft

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 10:46 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  13-0 after 2 overs

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 10:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  1.2 Johnson to Sehwag, 1 run, Dropped by Hussey at gully. Oh dear. What a miss. It was short in length outside off and Sehwag flashed it hard. The ball was traveling at some speed there and Hussey lunged to his right but couldn't hold on! It was hit hard.

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 10:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Aanaa ippo Sehwag Nijamaave Out

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 10:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India 17/1 in 2.2 overs

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 10:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sehwag, Is he becoming Hilfy's bunny?

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 10:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Good Move by Dhoni To Bring Pujara instead of Out of Form Dravid
  
  Hope Pujara makes use of the chance :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:56 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  How many overs it will take min. to make the ball reverse swing.

  thats the key - it usually takes around 45 overs to get the ball to reverse in Bangalore.....in Mohali, it could have been 30 overs - it depends on the roughness of the surface- bangalore's is pretty soft

  Thanks maddy... i knew many things abt cricket from our hub/hubbers...
  
  Poor series for sehwag.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 10:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  all the thoughts of Sehwag making a world record by scoring 12 fifties in 12 tests have vanished!!

  it would have been a very rarest feat... missed... not easy to make that again...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kamman pujara...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:03 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Live pictures show that the cracks have widened, powdery surface to add to it. Demons to the batsmen, they will have to toil hard to tackle the variations in bounce.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 11:04 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 13th October 2010 11:05 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujarrrrraaaa Whaddaplayaaa

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 11:06 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  I don't understand why people always say this when sehwag doesn't play
  
  I expected a lot from him today... Had he given a fantabulous start, chasing would have really easier... He disappoints Poor!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  I don't understand why people always say this when sehwag doesn't play

  we will say the same wen he scores big too...

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 13th October 2010 11:08 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  I don't understand why people always say this when sehwag doesn't play

  I also dont understand Vera maari vilada theriyaatha ?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:10 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  I expected a lot from him today... Had he given a fantabulous start, chasing would have really easier... He disappoints Poor!

  He is not a GOD to play perfectly in each and every match... Period! He played well in last 11 matches, failed in one match u wont tolerate?

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 11:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  He played well in last 11 matches, failed in one match u wont tolerate?

  namma aalungale ippadi thaan, ella match-um ozhunga vilayaadanum, illana avungaluku vilayadave theriyaadhu...Great critics

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 11:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  I don't understand why people always say this when sehwag doesn't play

  we will say the same wen he scores big too...

  But that dialogue cannot be standard for all sorts of play... nalla viLaiyadinA ellarum thaan paaratrom... adhukkAga adhE statement-a ella time-layum use pannina it is not acceptable in my opinion.
  
  It's a crucial game and he disappointed today.. Except first innings, there wasn't a good show from him.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 11:12 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  I don't understand why people always say this when sehwag doesn't play

  I also dont understand Vera maari vilada theriyaatha ?

  vera maathiri na? eppadi.. bat ah thirupi vachi velayadanuma ? ellam kaathukitu iruppanga pola..

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 13th October 2010 11:13 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Kaathukitu lam illa Dinesh.
  
  Seri let him play his natural game.

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  I expected a lot from him today... Had he given a fantabulous start, chasing would have really easier... He disappoints Poor!

  He is not a GOD to play perfectly in each and every match... Period! He played well in last 11 matches, failed in one match u wont tolerate?

  Silly... Nobody expects him to play well in all the matches...
  
  My only concern is the statement 'that's how he plays' which I'm coming across for every match Sehwag plays...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  y are people beginning to talk like every thing is lost.. we are still on course for a win.. right ?

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 11:14 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Viraajan,
  
  Sachin mela mathavanga kaatra kovatha, neenga Sehwag mela kaatradhu endha vidhathula correct?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:15 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  sehwag.. hmm thats how he plays..

  I don't understand why people always say this when sehwag doesn't play

  I also dont understand Vera maari vilada theriyaatha ?

  Vera maathirina epdi... one player is playing in such a way that gives him and the team success most of the time.... y should he change that way he plays?!

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 11:16 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Viraajan,
  
  Sachin mela mathavanga kaatra kovatha, neenga Sehwag mela neenga kaatradhu endha vidhathula correct?

  Get my point right! Dont stamp me 'Sehwat hater' pls I'm not a sehwag hater...
  
  Today is a critical day and he could have played well... edhirpArthu disappoint thaan minjinadhu...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 11:17 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Your point is invalid-nu solren. As Ramal pointed out he played 11 continuese great innings, oru bad innings, adhu indha innings aanadhukku enna panna mudiyum?

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:20 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Today is a critical day and he could have played well... edhirpArthu disappoint thaan minjinadhu...

  idhe style of play has made many critical days into non-critical ones

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 13th October 2010 11:21 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Your point is invalid-nu solren. As Ramal pointed out he played 11 continuese great innings, oru bad innings, adhu indha innings aanadhukku enna panna mudiyum?

  True but the last 3 innings have been disappointing and also the first inning at Mohali. He could have easily consolidated the position there.
  
  But Viru is Viru no ! Lets give that liberty to him as ever so that we will see more quickfire knocks. He is a total entertainer.

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 11:23 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara

  
  

• From: MADDY on 13th October 2010 11:25 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  He played well in last 11 matches, failed in one match u wont tolerate?

  namma aalungale ippadi thaan, ella match-um ozhunga vilayaadanum, illana avungaluku vilayadave theriyaadhu...Great critics

  idhe thaan nethhu orutharu Dhonia paathu sonnaru even after Dhoni has 40+ average in tests ......
  
  btw, before everyone blasts Dhoni on sending Pujara at no.3 and hiding behind - let me guess what dhoni thought when he sent pujara in:
  
  1. reverse swing is key, so he needed someone to push the scoring rate better than dravid
  2. in case of collapse, dravid can come down and salvage a draw atleast

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:28 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Puliyin Avataar'am'

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 11:29 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Oh Sudhir, come on! Are you trying to justify what Dhoni did yesterday? He missed to score many singles. Out of form is absolutely fine for me. But why cant you pick singles?

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 11:30 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara en manasula nee ninnutta da thambi
  to VJ as well.
  PB, open a Pujara appreciation thread.
  Man of the series - Plum for his untiring and continuous support!

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:34 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  He played well in last 11 matches, failed in one match u wont tolerate?

  namma aalungale ippadi thaan, ella match-um ozhunga vilayaadanum, illana avungaluku vilayadave theriyaadhu...Great critics

  idhe thaan nethhu orutharu Dhonia paathu sonnaru even after Dhoni has 40+ average in tests ......

  
  athaanae ...
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh Sudhir, come on! Are you trying to justify what Dhoni did yesterday? He missed to score many singles. Out of form is absolutely fine for me. But why cant you pick singles?

  ithuvum sari

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara
  
  Now i am relieved that Yuvraj would be almost out of getting chances in Test Matches
  
  Hope the same happens in ODI too..

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Both pujara and vijay .
  
  Pujara thambi ninga peria aala varanum, Varuvinga

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:37 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Kaathukitu lam illa Dinesh.
  Seri let him play his natural game.

  unakku ithey velaiya pocchu... viru eppo adikkalainalum motha aala vanthu criticize panna vendiyathu... logic is very simple... just continue batting in the way in wat u feel strong and which gives u success... is that wrong.... adikkum bothu gujalla irukkum, out aana kevalama than irukkum... onnum panna mudiyathu.... sorry VR 4 the harsh reply... onnum purila antha time-la.

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:39 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Pujara
  
  Now i am relieved that Yuvraj would be almost out of getting chances in Test Matches
  
  Hope the same happens in ODI too..

  paavam, he recently got a double century in domestic
  
  Raina & now Pujara have made it very tuf for him though

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:39 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Both pujara and vijay .
  
  Pujara thambi ninga peria aala varanum, Varuvinga

  nan than appove sonnella... intha puli vaalai narukkanum... enga avaru...
  
  vijay...

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 11:40 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz...
  2 overs for 22 runs in a test match.

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:41 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Hauritz...
  2 overs for 22 runs in a test match.

  innoru career govindhaa

  
  

• From: MADDY on 13th October 2010 11:42 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh Sudhir, come on! Are you trying to justify what Dhoni did yesterday? He missed to score many singles. Out of form is absolutely fine for me. But why cant you pick singles?

  are u justifying statements like "dhoni has forgotten batting" ?? i dont understand ur logic sridhar - sehwag, sachin are allowed failures but dhoni isnt - infact the fact that dhoni is a much lesser batsmen than these 2, he deserves more leniency
  
  btw, neenga nethu dhoni fans kitta direct kettadhellam ok, but im not upset with ur comment - im upset with constant dig at dhoni whenever chance arises.......

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:43 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Pujara
  
  Now i am relieved that Yuvraj would be almost out of getting chances in Test Matches
  
  Hope the same happens in ODI too..

  paavam, he recently got a double century in domestic
  
  Raina & now Pujara have made it very tuf for him though

  Let him be the best ever batsman in the world . that does not matter.. his attitude sucks.. that is always going to bring troubles in team.. It is better to keep him out :P

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 11:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  innoru career govindhaa

  romba comedy sir niingka. ivarukkellAm careernu vERa oNNu irukkA? Has he ever bowled to OZ win?

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 11:44 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Credit to the management and Dhoni for sending Pujara up the order.

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 13th October 2010 11:45 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  He played well in last 11 matches, failed in one match u wont tolerate?

  namma aalungale ippadi thaan, ella match-um ozhunga vilayaadanum, illana avungaluku vilayadave theriyaadhu...Great critics

  idhe thaan nethhu orutharu Dhonia paathu sonnaru even after Dhoni has 40+ average in tests ......

  
  athaanae ...
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh Sudhir, come on! Are you trying to justify what Dhoni did yesterday? He missed to score many singles. Out of form is absolutely fine for me. But why cant you pick singles?

  ithuvum sari

  Nalla thaan vaelaya pakkuringa...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  btw regarding Sehwag batting... chinna pulla thanamaa irukku..that is the way he plays..appadithaan he scored many runs nnu solrathu..
  
  It is like Vijay says about his masala movies..that is what my fans want and my plus point .. i wont change as long as they like nnu..
  
  
  namma veetu bathroom la kulikkum boathu dress poadaama kulikalaam sari.. that is how i take bath nnu sollittu falls la ellaar koodavum kulikkum boathum pannaa eppadi...
  
  There is a thing called reacting to situations

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 11:47 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Hauritz...
  2 overs for 22 runs in a test match.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 11:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  that is always going to bring troubles in team.. :P

  indha threadla trouble kodukkaRa ungaLa mAdhirinnu sollunga. vara vara unga alambalukku oru aLavE illAma pOchu. :P

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 11:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Romba too muchhu poi pudhu aapislayavadhu velaya paarunga.
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  btw regarding Sehwag batting... chinna punna thanamaa irukku..that is the way he plays..appadithaan he scored many runs nnu solrathu..
  
  It is like Vijay says about his masala movies..that is what my fans want and my plus point .. i wont change as long as they like nnu..
  
  
  namma veetu bathroom la kulikkum boathu dress poadaama kulikalaam sari.. that is how i take bath nnu sollittu falls la ellaar koodavum kulikkum boathum pannaa eppadi...
  
  There is a thing called reacting to situations

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:48 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Let him be the best ever batsman in the world . that does not matter.. his attitude sucks.. that is always going to bring troubles in team.. It is better to keep him out :P

  appadipaatha Bajji/Shantha/Munaf ellam cricket ae aada koodadhu.. i dont support him being in the tests either, but ODI kku he is surely required

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 11:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  btw regarding Sehwag batting... chinna pulla thanamaa irukku..that is the way he plays..appadithaan he scored many runs nnu solrathu..
  
  It is like Vijay says about his masala movies..that is what my fans want and my plus point .. i wont change as long as they like nnu..
  
  
  namma veetu bathroom la kulikkum boathu dress poadaama kulikalaam sari.. that is how i take bath nnu sollittu falls la ellaar koodavum kulikkum boathum pannaa eppadi...
  
  There is a thing called reacting to situations

  Explain panradhukku ippadi oru example thevaiya?

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 11:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM, one stone 3 birds

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 13th October 2010 11:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM.
  
  Unga logic-la maN alli poda

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 13th October 2010 11:49 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Super start india pujara

  
  

• From: MADDY on 13th October 2010 11:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  namma veetu bathroom la kulikkum boathu dress poadaama kulikalaam sari.. that is how i take bath nnu sollittu falls la ellaar koodavum kulikkum boathum pannaa eppadi...
  
  There is a thing called reacting to situations

  waare wah, enna oru analogy .......

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Let him be the best ever batsman in the world . that does not matter.. his attitude sucks.. that is always going to bring troubles in team.. It is better to keep him out :P

  appadipaatha Bajji/Shantha/Munaf ellam cricket ae aada koodadhu.. i dont support him being in the tests either, but ODI kku he is surely required

  i want them also to be out

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 11:50 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  TM.
  
  Unga logic-la maN alli poda

  

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 11:51 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Thiru,
  
  I dont find anything wrong with Sehwag's approach. He would've wanted to finish off the match before the balls starts reverse swinging.

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  There is a thing called reacting to situations

  office la pozhudhu pogalayaa?
  
  Viru has already shown his ability to cut down on shots and be defensive and still score huge in tests... chasing 200 runs and seeing viru defensive wud only put the opposition on a higher pedestal. it didnt click in this innings - ambuttu dhaan, summa sandaikku alayadheenga

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:52 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  btw regarding Sehwag batting... chinna pulla thanamaa irukku..that is the way he plays..appadithaan he scored many runs nnu solrathu..
  
  It is like Vijay says about his masala movies..that is what my fans want and my plus point .. i wont change as long as they like nnu..
  
  
  namma veetu bathroom la kulikkum boathu dress poadaama kulikalaam sari.. that is how i take bath nnu sollittu falls la ellaar koodavum kulikkum boathum pannaa eppadi...
  
  There is a thing called reacting to situations

  Explain panradhukku ippadi oru example thevaiya?

  eppadi sonnaalum silarukku puriya maatuthe

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 11:53 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia will wait for the ball to start reverse swing.

  adhukkuLLa match mudinjidum.

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  TM, one stone 3 birds

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by littlemaster1982

  TM.
  
  Unga logic-la maN alli poda

  Oh nee appadithaanaa..un kooda naa falls kku varave koodaathu.. Kanyakumari going hubbers...be careful..

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:55 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh Sudhir, come on! Are you trying to justify what Dhoni did yesterday? He missed to score many singles. Out of form is absolutely fine for me. But why cant you pick singles?

  SS, the same 'out of form, forgotten batting player' was good enuf to rotate strike till Sachin was in there isnt it? then suddenly Sachin/Bajji and Zaheer got out - what do you want him to do? rotate strike to Ojha? he cudnt get em off to boundaries...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 11:56 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM... ivara sports sec-lerunthu ban pannugappa...
  moods thread-la koopuduraanga ponga....

  
  

• From: MADDY on 13th October 2010 11:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  moods thread-la koopuduraanga ponga....

  nalla thread dhaan

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM

  moods thread

  correct aa dhaan irukku :P

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 11:57 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Maddy

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:58 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Thiru,
  
  I dont find anything wrong with Sehwag's approach. He would've wanted to finish off the match before the balls starts reverse swinging.

  appadi pannaa paravaa illayae.. actually the way he plays is he would like to finish the match before lunch..

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 11:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  What will be the outcome of this Test series?
  India will win it 2-0
  37%
  37% [ 9 ]
  India will win it 1-0
  37%
  37% [ 9 ]
  Series Drawn 1-1
  12%
  12% [ 3 ]
  Nobody wins anything 0-0
  0%
  0% [ 0 ]
  Australia Wins 2-0
  12%
  12% [ 3 ]
  Australia wins 1-0
  0%
  0% [ 0 ]
  Total Votes : 24
  
  Anybody left to vote???

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 11:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  inga orE mEga moottamaa irukku (bangalore) mazhai varaama irukkaNum

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 11:59 AM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  moods thread-la koopuduraanga ponga....

  nalla thread dhaan

  but that is about different moods..
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  TM

  moods thread

  correct aa dhaan irukku :P

  TM -- Terrific moods, thrilling moods, Talented moods..

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 12:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  match mudinjaparam vote pannalaamnu irukaen..

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 12:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  i jus voted :P

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 12:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sorry VR 4 the harsh reply... onnum purila antha time-la.

  hallov.... idhu enna saari ellam kEtikittu I was little harsh too
  
  BTW, i would like to stop talking about sehwag illAtti 'sehwag hater'nu stamp kutha readya irukkanga aalunga

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 12:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sorry VR 4 the harsh reply... onnum purila antha time-la.

  hallov.... idhu enna saari ellam kEtikittu I was little harsh too

  unga rendu paeroada over acting a veliya vachchikoanga.. ore kushtamappaa

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 12:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  VR - aerkanave kuthittom

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 12:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sorry VR 4 the harsh reply... onnum purila antha time-la.

  hallov.... idhu enna saari ellam kEtikittu I was little harsh too
  
  BTW, i would like to stop talking about sehwag illAtti 'sehwag hater'nu stamp kutha readya irukkanga aalunga

  essusme.. enga oodurenga.. nillunga.. Ramal.. antha stamp ah edunga..

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 12:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  appadi pannaa paravaa illayae.. actually the way he plays is he would like to finish the match before lunch..

  இத கூட பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளலாம். பக்கத்து திரியை போய் பாருங்க. ரமல் சேவாக்கை தியாகி ரேஞ்சுக்கு கொண்டு போயிட்டாரு. இப்படியே விட்டா தியாகி பென்சன் கூட வாங்கி கொடுத்துடுவாரு போல.

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 12:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  VR - aerkanave kuthittom

  idhu eppO?
  
  selladhu selladhu

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 12:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Dinesh84

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  sorry VR 4 the harsh reply... onnum purila antha time-la.

  hallov.... idhu enna saari ellam kEtikittu I was little harsh too
  
  BTW, i would like to stop talking about sehwag illAtti 'sehwag hater'nu stamp kutha readya irukkanga aalunga

  essusme.. enga oodurenga.. nillunga.. Ramal.. antha stamp ah edunga..

  vendAm vEndam....
  
  neenga enna 'pollute' pandreenga

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by viraajan

  BTW, i would like to stop talking about sehwag illAtti 'sehwag hater'nu stamp kutha readya irukkanga aalunga

  This maarar is the no-1 anti-sehwag... and vinod.... they both never come here wenever he plays well... oru match aadalainathum vanthuduvaanga...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 12:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  appadi pannaa paravaa illayae.. actually the way he plays is he would like to finish the match before lunch..

  இத கூட பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளலாம். பக்கத்து திரியை போய் பாருங்க. ரமல் சேவாக்கை தியாகி ரேஞ்சுக்கு கொண்டு போயிட்டாரு.

  neenga vaera..avan avanayae oru thyaagi yaa ninaichchu than inga post pannuvaaru.. sehwag kku yaarum applaud pannalainaa, intha ulagathulayae periya kastam nadantha maathiriyum atha ivaru poruthukitta maathiriyum oru reaction kodupaaru paarunga... shabaaa

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  appadi pannaa paravaa illayae.. actually the way he plays is he would like to finish the match before lunch..

  இத கூட பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளலாம். பக்கத்து திரியை போய் பாருங்க. ரமல் சேவாக்கை தியாகி ரேஞ்சுக்கு கொண்டு போயிட்டாரு. இப்படியே விட்டா தியாகி பென்சன் கூட வாங்கி கொடுத்துடுவாரு போல.

  ada steve...neenga vera yen eduthu kodukkureenga....

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 12:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  neenga vaera..avan avanayae oru thyaagi yaa ninaichchu than inga post pannuvaaru..

  அவர் ரொம்ப நல்ல பையர்... :P

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 12:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Shane Warne on twitter..
  
  "How the hell can hauritz bowl to this field ?? Feeling for Hauritz, terrible !! What are these tactics ? Sorry Ricky but what are you doing."

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  neenga vaera..avan avanayae oru thyaagi yaa ninaichchu than inga post pannuvaaru.. sehwag kku yaarum applaud pannalainaa, intha ulagathulayae periya kastam nadantha maathiriyum atha ivaru poruthukitta maathiriyum oru reaction kodupaaru paarunga... shabaaa

  unga imsaiye thangurom, athellam thanga mattoma... ungala vida enakku intha ulagathula vera enna periya kashtam irukka mudiyum...

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 12:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by 19thmay

  Oh Sudhir, come on! Are you trying to justify what Dhoni did yesterday? He missed to score many singles. Out of form is absolutely fine for me. But why cant you pick singles?

  SS, the same 'out of form, forgotten batting player' was good enuf to rotate strike till Sachin was in there isnt it? then suddenly Sachin/Bajji and Zaheer got out - what do you want him to do? rotate strike to Ojha? he cudnt get em off to boundaries...

  
  If you can give 2 full overs to Ojha then why can't you rotate the strike?
  
  Seri viduvom.
  
  Sudhir, IMO as a batsman Dhoni is on par with Sehwag/Yuvraj.
  
  Indha topic-a ithoda niruthukivom. Let us take this to 29th afternoon.

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 12:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Enna Mrs. Kanya thirumaran madhiri pesarae?
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  neenga vaera..avan avanayae oru thyaagi yaa ninaichchu than inga post pannuvaaru.. sehwag kku yaarum applaud pannalainaa, intha ulagathulayae periya kastam nadantha maathiriyum atha ivaru poruthukitta maathiriyum oru reaction kodupaaru paarunga... shabaaa

  unga imsaiye thangurom, athellam thanga mattoma... ungala vida enakku intha ulagathula vera enna periya kashtam irukka mudiyum...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Enna Mrs. Kanya thirumaran madhiri pesarae?
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  neenga vaera..avan avanayae oru thyaagi yaa ninaichchu than inga post pannuvaaru.. sehwag kku yaarum applaud pannalainaa, intha ulagathulayae periya kastam nadantha maathiriyum atha ivaru poruthukitta maathiriyum oru reaction kodupaaru paarunga... shabaaa

  unga imsaiye thangurom, athellam thanga mattoma... ungala vida enakku intha ulagathula vera enna periya kashtam irukka mudiyum...

  avaru posts-i sonnen...

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 12:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Shane Warne on twitter..
  
  "How the hell can hauritz bowl to this field ?? Feeling for Hauritz, terrible !! What are these tactics ? Sorry Ricky but what are you doing."

  வார்னே சார் பழச கொஞ்சம் நினைச்சு பாருங்க. உங்க அனுபவத்தை முதல்லேயே சொல்லி இருந்தீங்கன்னா அவரையாவது கூட்டிக்கிட்டு வராம இருந்திருப்பாங்க.

  
  

• From: Siv.S on 13th October 2010 12:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  M.Vijay, Pujara

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 12:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  neenga vaera..avan avanayae oru thyaagi yaa ninaichchu than inga post pannuvaaru.. sehwag kku yaarum applaud pannalainaa, intha ulagathulayae periya kastam nadantha maathiriyum atha ivaru poruthukitta maathiriyum oru reaction kodupaaru paarunga... shabaaa

  unga imsaiye thangurom, athellam thanga mattoma... ungala vida enakku intha ulagathula vera enna periya kashtam irukka mudiyum...

  punnaakku..ippadi solla vaendiyathu..phone pannalainaa oannu kathari azha vaendiyathu.. ponnunga maathiriyae behave panra..but i am not of that kind

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM, unga mokkaiya neruthunga ithoda... match has started....

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 12:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  oru reaction kodupaaru paarunga...

  இத இப்ப தான் பார்த்தேன். ரொம்ப காமெடி பண்ணாதிங்க. அவரு ரொம்ப சைலண்ட். அவருகிட்ட போய் reaction/interaction நு சொல்லிகிட்டு.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vijay boundary....

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 12:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ramal's close friend Watto into attack....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by steveaustin

  ramal's close friend Watto into attack....

  watto bowling-la adikka poranga shottu...
  
  avan ippo full time batsman aagittan pola... bowls rarely....

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 12:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Aussies stunned by rapid Indian chase

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vj out...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  15.2
  Watson to Vijay, out Lbw!! Watson bowled it with the cross seam, landed the ball at length on the off stump, Vijay prodded at the ball from inside the line, missed it completely as the ball thudded into the pad, Watson went up in a big way and umpire Billy Bowden though long and hard before raising his crooked finger. Vijay didn't get into a good position with that one, he was squared up when he was struck on the pad and the ball would have crashed into the off stump! Vijay lbw b Watson 37(45) [4s-6] @ 129.85 kmph

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 12:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  
  Sachin eh!!

  
  

• From: sankara70 on 13th October 2010 12:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara using the opportunity well
  
  into 40s now
  
  gud knock

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 12:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara
  
  Vijay

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 12:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  100.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 12:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Half the job done..

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 12:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Very fast
  
  Sachin is in

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 01:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  50 to pujara...

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 01:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Make it a 100 pujara

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 01:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  21.4
  Watson to Pujara, FOUR!!, what a way to get to a fifty on debut! It was short outside off, Pujara got into position quickly and pulled that wide of mid wicket, timed it well enough for the ball to trickle into the ropes, the crowd are up in arms, well done young man, Pujara has truly arrived!! @ 128.31 kmph
  
  

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara
  
  Very well played under huge pressure and that too against a quality side..

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 01:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara 50

  
  

• From: omega on 13th October 2010 01:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujaara what a 50.....

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 13th October 2010 01:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Well done Pujara
  
  Threadku enna title vaikalam

  
  

• From: VinodKumar's on 13th October 2010 01:04 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  21.4
  Watson to Pujara, FOUR!!, what a way to get to a fifty on debut! It was short outside off, Pujara got into position quickly and pulled that wide of mid wicket, timed it well enough for the ball to trickle into the ropes, the crowd are up in arms, well done young man, Pujara has truly arrived!! @ 128.31 kmph
  
  

  Bossu,
  
  oru 10 matchuku avatar podama irrunga

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 13th October 2010 01:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great chase
  Finish it b4 tea

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 01:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara has become only the fifth Indian batsman to score 50 or more in the fourth innings of a Test on debut. The last Indian to do this was Sunil Gavaskar, in 1971.

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 01:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  21.4
  Watson to Pujara, FOUR!!, what a way to get to a fifty on debut! It was short outside off, Pujara got into position quickly and pulled that wide of mid wicket, timed it well enough for the ball to trickle into the ropes, the crowd are up in arms, well done young man, Pujara has truly arrived!! @ 128.31 kmph
  
  

  Bossu,
  
  oru 10 matchuku avatar podama irrunga

  
  
  Pujaraaa
  
  Pujaraa's 4th innings average is 50 + already.. Better than any indian player

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Apdipatha strike rate of MS Gony in IPL 1 was 300. Six adichittu adutha balla out ayittan. Better than any indian player...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 01:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz kondu vanthu seekiram match mudingappaa

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 01:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Apdipatha strike rate of MS Gony in IPL 1 was 300. Six adichittu adutha balla out ayittan. Better than any indian player...

  oh theriyaama poachae.. therinjirunthaa appavae clap panni irupaen

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 01:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Post 2000 (or Even from steve waugh era) when has Australia completely lost a test series??. We are creating history now.
  
  

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:17 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Poor Hauritz..
  
  Playing his last international match..

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:18 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Post 2000 (or Even from steve waugh era) when has Australia completely lost a test series??. We are creating history now.
  
  

  They lost Ashes couple of times..
  
  They also lost a test series against SA IIRC. Duminy was born!!!

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 01:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I mean complete washout. Not even a draw in one match. In both the ashes they won one test match at least. 2-0 in 2 tests is a major drubbing for oz's.
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  Post 2000 (or Even from steve waugh era) when has Australia completely lost a test series??. We are creating history now.
  
  

  They lost Ashes couple of times..

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 01:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pakistan did it in 1982 i guess 3-0
  
  http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/60505.html

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 01:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Either Tendulkar 50 or Pujaraa century or both would be ideal to end this series

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  India require another 73 runs with 8 wickets remaining

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Either Tendulkar 50 or Pujaraa century or both would be ideal to end this series

  For that Sachin needs 35 more, Pujara needs 34 more and India needs exactly 69 to win..

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 01:32 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia Vaenum innum nalla vaenum

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  33...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...ry/481328.html

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 01:36 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  rendu line tweet a oru pakka page aa pottutainga

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 01:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Well played, young man!!!

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara
  
  Well played

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 01:41 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 01:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Pujara well played son!

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Pujara well played son!

  

  
  

• From: omega on 13th October 2010 01:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great knock Pujara .

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 01:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "If Australia lose today which most likely they will, they will drop down to 5th on the ICC Rankings. Lowest of all time"

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 01:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  "If Australia lose today which most likely they will, they will drop down to 5th on the ICC Rankings. Lowest of all time"

  and its a fitting reply from India to all those morons who complained abt India's # 1 status

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 01:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  AB, enakku vayasaayidichu
  TM, dnt come and put one mokkai.

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 01:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by VinodKumar's

  Bossu,
  
  oru 10 matchuku avatar podama irrunga

  
  avanai team-la sekkanumnu 2 yrs-ku munnave oru thread start panni hub-la rekkamendasan pannavan naan... namma support irukkullla... oho'nu varuvaan paaru....
  
  Well played pujara!!! en perai kaappathitta....

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 13th October 2010 01:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  AB, enakku vayasaayidichu
  TM, dnt come and put one mokkai.

  Avarukum aayiduchulla, vayasu

  
  

• From: Prabo on 13th October 2010 02:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravid'a kalati vittuduvaangalo

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  AB, enakku vayasaayidichu
  TM, dnt come and put one mokkai.

  
  everyone should add this line in end of their post, then we can avoid his mokkais here....

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  AB, enakku vayasaayidichu
  TM, dnt come and put one mokkai.

  ippadi sollitaa escape aayiduviyaa..
  
  unna evan youth nnu sonnaan.. chinna vayasula irunthae nee vayasaanavan thaanae

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 02:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  AB, enakku vayasaayidichu
  TM, dnt come and put one mokkai.

  ippadi sollitaa escape aayiduviyaa..
  
  unna evan youth nnu sonnaan.. chinna vayasula irunthae nee vayasaanavan thaanae

  Ithu epadi??

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 02:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  avanai team-la sekkanumnu 2 yrs-ku munnave oru thread start panni hub-la rekkamendasan pannavan naan... namma support irukkullla... oho'nu varuvaan paaru....
  

  Indha oru kaaranathaalathaan andha payapulla first inningsla 4 runla out aanangradhu vera vishayam!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  avanai team-la sekkanumnu 2 yrs-ku munnave oru thread start panni hub-la rekkamendasan pannavan naan... namma support irukkullla... oho'nu varuvaan paaru....
  

  Indha oru kaaranathaalathaan andha payapulla first inningsla 4 runla out aanangradhu vera vishayam!!

  vida matteengalae... ithan aarabam...inimae boohambam....
  
  lunch poyitu varrathukulla puthusa thread ellam start pannittangae....

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:05 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  avanai team-la sekkanumnu 2 yrs-ku munnave oru thread start panni hub-la rekkamendasan pannavan naan... namma support irukkullla... oho'nu varuvaan paaru....
  

  Indha oru kaaranathaalathaan andha payapulla first inningsla 4 runla out aanangradhu vera vishayam!!

  adichchu vida vaendiyathu thaan.. yaarukku theriyum..
  sourav oada self appraisal kku oru alavae illaama poachchu

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 02:06 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I was expecting that six for a long time now.

  
  

• From: MADDY on 13th October 2010 02:07 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sachin 2 sixes

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 02:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz brutally .......

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 02:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  I was expecting that six for a long time now.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 02:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM u r a last word freak sir!
  Ketta vaarththai edhuvum illeeng!

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 02:08 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Hauritz
  
  Sachin

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by MADDY

  sachin 2 sixes

  athu.. The man, The Run Machine

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 02:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  vijay
  congrats pujara
  hope he wont be a onetime wonder...
  
  sir.sachin
  the two sixes were looking marvellous and violent.

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 02:12 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  oh its priceless to see pontings face in such a situation.... have been waiting for since 1999

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  avanai team-la sekkanumnu 2 yrs-ku munnave oru thread start panni hub-la rekkamendasan pannavan naan... namma support irukkullla... oho'nu varuvaan paaru....
  

  Indha oru kaaranathaalathaan andha payapulla first inningsla 4 runla out aanangradhu vera vishayam!!

  adichchu vida vaendiyathu thaan.. yaarukku theriyum..
  sourav oada self appraisal kku oru alavae illaama poachchu

  mokkaimaaran....
  
  sachin...seekkiram adichu mudinga...ivar imsai thanga mudila,,,

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 02:13 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Tea break

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 02:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ippo tea kudikka pogatti enna innum rendu overla jeichuttu thanni adikkave pogalam.

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 02:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Oh.. Idhula tea vera kudikkanuma?

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 02:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Aussies are waiting for the boundaries to Reverse!!

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 02:20 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  "Experts said "the ball will start swinging reverse after 40 overs. Look at this now! Indian batsmen have reversed the game before 40 overs.. they deserve the top spot!" - CRICINFO.COM

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  "Experts said "the ball will start swinging reverse after 40 overs. Look at this now! Indian batsmen have reversed the game before 40 overs.. they deserve the top spot!" - CRICINFO.COM

  
  //ithula inga viru's way of play-i vera kurai solranga...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 02:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin 11 more runs to top 400 runs in the series and for his fifty! Adichidu raasaa!

  
  

• From: Vivasaayi on 13th October 2010 02:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Cricinfo heading
  
  Tendulkar's India cruising in chase

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  "Experts said "the ball will start swinging reverse after 40 overs. Look at this now! Indian batsmen have reversed the game before 40 overs.. they deserve the top spot!" - CRICINFO.COM

  Perfect.. If every one started to play like sehwag (trying to complete within 20 overs) then we would have ended in losing the match.. Hats off to Vijay and Pujara who played sensibly though they are new

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 02:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  i want a winning shot 6 from sachin.. for the way he played, he needs to nail the australia's box along with their pride and dominance.

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  those back 2 back sixes

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  Sachin 11 more runs to top 400 runs in the series and for his fifty! Adichidu raasaa!

  ithoada mudiyaathu.. intha year oada top run getter, overall calendar year la more runs, more centuries in calendar year nnu niraya irukku :P

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:30 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  "Experts said "the ball will start swinging reverse after 40 overs. Look at this now! Indian batsmen have reversed the game before 40 overs.. they deserve the top spot!" - CRICINFO.COM

  Perfect.. If every one started to play like sehwag (trying to complete within 20 overs) then we would have ended in losing the match.. Hats off to Vijay and Pujara who played sensibly though they are new

  Were u gone in last series wen viru won matches for us playing in the same way... oru match click aagalainathum ivarukku viru senseless player aagittaru...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 02:31 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  yOv sourav, neeyaa edhukku valiya pOi maarar kitta maattikkara?

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 02:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin after hitting two sixes of Hauritz : ivan evvalavu adichAlum thAngaRAmpa... romba nallavanA iruppAn pOla...
  
  Ponting: boundarykku veLiyE pOi ninnu andha ball boys-Oda ball oldman-A nillu. ivan ellAm Off-SpinnerAm... vendaru....

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  yOv sourav, neeyaa edhukku valiya pOi maarar kitta maattikkara?

  ada, avar vitta overa mattam thattuvarunga... nalla aadum bothellam vaaya moodikka vendiyathu.... oru match adikkalainathum he easily forget the previous matches, thatthuvam solrathukku vanthuduvaru....

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 02:33 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://twitpic.com/2vpnw9

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 02:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  aaarij bowling....

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 02:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  http://twitpic.com/2vpnw9

  eppadi eppadi type type-a muzhiya mathirukkan parunga

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:35 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  "Experts said "the ball will start swinging reverse after 40 overs. Look at this now! Indian batsmen have reversed the game before 40 overs.. they deserve the top spot!" - CRICINFO.COM

  Perfect.. If every one started to play like sehwag (trying to complete within 20 overs) then we would have ended in losing the match.. Hats off to Vijay and Pujara who played sensibly though they are new

  Were u gone in last series wen viru won matches for us playing in the same way... oru match click aagalainathum ivarukku viru senseless player aagittaru...

  ennathaan nee PS icon use pannaalum, unakku eriyuthunnu vetta velichamaa theriyuthu

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 02:37 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  TM, How did u become a dictator(Mod) in this forum??

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 02:38 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  When Viru made his re - entry to test cricket @ perth his average was below 50, now his average is 53... that talks about his performance for the past 2 years...

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 02:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  38.3 4 N Hauritz to Dravid, Full length delivery on middle and off. FOUR, Dravid plays the slog sweep. The ball races to the boundary. Umpire Gould signals a boundary.

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 02:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajithfederer

  TM, How did u become a dictator(Mod) in this forum??

  Dictator or detractor

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:39 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  "Experts said "the ball will start swinging reverse after 40 overs. Look at this now! Indian batsmen have reversed the game before 40 overs.. they deserve the top spot!" - CRICINFO.COM

  Perfect.. If every one started to play like sehwag (trying to complete within 20 overs) then we would have ended in losing the match.. Hats off to Vijay and Pujara who played sensibly though they are new

  Were u gone in last series wen viru won matches for us playing in the same way... oru match click aagalainathum ivarukku viru senseless player aagittaru...

  ennathaan nee PS icon use pannaalum, unakku eriyuthunnu vetta velichamaa theriyuthu

  we all u r kaamedy piece... but, athukkaka nakkal adikkura maathiri ungalukku pudikkatha players ellam insult panna vendiyathu... i know u better, He just won 'test player of the yr'... u saying his batting is senseless... all here know which one is senseless...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 02:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  University of Cricket SRT

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 02:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  sourav, Tm, this is turning ridiculous with personal bashig. Reekosting to stop.

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 02:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  sourav, Tm, this is turning ridiculous with personal bashig. Reekosting to stop.

  Between TM-Ramal??

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  sourav, Tm, this is turning ridiculous with personal bashig. Reekosting to stop.

  engappa...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:43 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  sourav, Tm, this is turning ridiculous with personal bashig. Reekosting to stop.

  

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 02:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  14 to go...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Vadivelu to Kovai sarala : ippadithaan naan avan kudumpatha asingamaa thittuvaen.. avan en kudumbaththa romba asingamaa thittuvaan

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sathya_1979

  sourav, Tm, this is turning ridiculous with personal bashig. Reekosting to stop.

  idhulaam jujubee.. hub la innum neraya ranagalam ellam nadanthiruku ie IPL '08..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  just 14....

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  12 more !!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Comment from Sriram: "Sachin has his 4 Sixes in this match. It is the maximum number of 6s Tendulkar has hit in a Test. Ties with Chennai 98 also against Australia."

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:47 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  just now noticing thread title... feddy...

  
  

• From: steveaustin on 13th October 2010 02:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 more sixes or hat-trick fours....

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  WOW.. 8 more

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 02:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 02:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin 50*

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 02:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  jest 8 runs to win and 4 runs for sachu to score a semi ton

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  50....

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  OMG!!! Sachin 50!!

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 02:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  400 runs in the series...

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 02:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  chaar run to win

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  400 runs in the series...

  just 2 matches...(ithai vida chinnatha oru series vaikka mudiyathu... ) amazing...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin
  
  Indian Team and Captain

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 02:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  2 to go... Tendulkar

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Intha range la poanaa new zealand series mudiyarathukulla Sachin 15000 cross panniduvaaru

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 02:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  400 runs in the series...

  just 2 matches...(ithai vida chinnatha oru series vaikka mudiyathu... ) amazing...

  the best part is, though it had only 2 tests, it has almost all the 8 innings played and gone till the 5th day fina session...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 02:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  kadavuL irukkaar, Dr. Sachin Tendulkar

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  innuma adikkala? yaarachum seekiram icon podungappa...

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 02:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  42.3 4 N Hauritz to Tendulkar, FOUR! FIFTY! Flighted and full on the middle, Tendulkar plays a sweep shot and picks up a boundary to complete his half-century. The crowd are up and dancing. India only 4 runs away from victory now.
  
  42.2 4 N Hauritz to Tendulkar, FOUR! CRACK! A touch short outside off, Tendulkar cuts it beautifully behind point for a boundary to reach to 46.

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 02:55 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  looks like RD wants SRT to hit the winning runs

  
  

• From: omega on 13th October 2010 02:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 02:56 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  ponting trying to smile... very hard...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  BTW Sachin Sangakaara average cross panniyaachaa

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Katham katham!!
  
  Asinggapattan Aussie kaaran!!

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Matter Over!!

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Welldone India!!!
  
  Dhoni & Co!!!

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  looks like RD wants SRT to hit the winning runs

  yes.. India wins

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 02:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  First win in Bangalore in 15 years....
  
  MSD

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 02:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Matter Over!!

  Congrats

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 02:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sending Pujara early. Dhoni
  
  Sachin
  
  Pujara
  
  Team India

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 02:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  First win in Bangalore in 15 years....
  
  MSD

  inimelavadhu Bangalore sambar la sakkara podaama irukattum..

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 02:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Matter Over!!

  Congrats

  

  
  

• From: omega on 13th October 2010 02:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  Plum --> Sirappu poojaiyellam panni pontinga kaali pannathukku....saavadi....
  
  Sachin/Vijay/Pujara
  Dhoni --> master stroke in promoting Pujara....

  
  

• From: Prabo on 13th October 2010 02:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  aananthama irukku

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 02:59 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Matter Over!!

  Congrats

  

  

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 03:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  clean suveeep.. white wash... petrol wash

  
  

• From: Rocky89 on 13th October 2010 03:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by omega

  
  Plum --> Sirappu poojaiyellam panni pontinga kaali pannathukku....saavadi....
  
  Sachin/Vijay/Pujara

  yeah special thanks to Plum and his chatergee
  
  

  
  

• From: raajarasigan on 13th October 2010 03:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Rocky89

  Originally Posted by directhit

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by raajarasigan

  Matter Over!!

  Congrats

  

  

  

  
  

• From: Siv.S on 13th October 2010 03:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Kalyasi

  First win in Bangalore in 15 years....
  
  MSD

  Ovvoru series-kkum oru record broken MSD & Co
  
  Pujara,Sachin

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 03:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  
  sir. sachin :kissing_his_feet:
  
  come on india!!
  
  australia is pastralia now
  
  SachIndia

  
  

• From: littlemaster1982 on 13th October 2010 03:02 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 03:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  98, 38, 214, 53 - It was all Sachin's show this series... What a man he is

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 03:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  mm... aduttha aala ulla anuppu...
  south africa! better dismantle ur cricket team before we come at you...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:03 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ramakrishna mentioned abt that promoting pujara up the order b4 1st innings itself.... that worked well,,,
  Dhoni...
  Plum...

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 03:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sachin
  Laxman and Ishant
  Dhoni - for sending Pujara at 3 and using Raina to get Ponting
  Zaheer
  Vijay
  Ojha and Bhajji
  Raina for getting Pranting
  
  pranting for maintaining ur record!

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 03:14 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia

  
  

• From: Dhakshan on 13th October 2010 03:15 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Great winning
  Thanx to Plum too for his chaterjees

  
  

• From: Siv.S on 13th October 2010 03:16 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia [/size]

  

  
  

• From: sankara70 on 13th October 2010 03:21 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  great win for India

  
  

• From: viraajan on 13th October 2010 03:22 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia

  good good

  
  

• From: Dinesh84 on 13th October 2010 03:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  voted

  
  

• From: sankara70 on 13th October 2010 03:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Now we will look forward to ODI

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 03:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Get ready South Aaprika,
  
  Here we come...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sankara70

  Now we will look forward to ODI

  vera vela...

  
  

• From: Maniraj on 13th October 2010 03:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  
  
  Team India

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia

  

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Get ready South Aaprika,
  
  Here we come...

  Aduthu Nz thane....?

  
  

• From: 19thmay on 13th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  

  
  

• From: ajithfederer on 13th October 2010 03:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  If somebody wants to open a second thread please do so. Congratulations to Dhoni and Indian team. Hope you guys do very well in the future also. Nice to spend time with hubbers here for our victory. Over and Out.

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 03:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  SA series munnadi 3 tests vs NZ irukku. Or is that after SA series?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia

  

  sari, series mudinjuruchu neenga kelambalaam... ellorum TM-ku bye sollunga...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by sankara70

  Now we will look forward to ODI

  no way..
  no tendulkar. most importantly jadeja in

  
  

• From: wrap07 on 13th October 2010 03:26 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  great win

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 03:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  thanks plum

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 03:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  NZland ellam naan madhikkuradhe illai. Avangalukku Shakib Ul Hasan podhum. Sachin Tendulkar ellam thevai illa...

  
  

• From: Kalyasi on 13th October 2010 03:27 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Out of 18 Test matches that MSD has captained India he has won 12, lost 2 and drawn 4
  
  He has a winning percentage of 67... Kewl..

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:28 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Dhoni now has won 4 out of 4 tests that he has captained against Australia

  

  sari, series mudinjuruchu neenga kelambalaam... ellorum TM-ku bye sollunga...

  athu sari unakkaa solla mudiyum.. whole day and night ingayae suththa vaendiyathu

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 03:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Australia is in the 5th position in the icc rating... below England... asingam...

  
  

• From: directhit on 13th October 2010 03:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  read this in another forum - Australia BROWNWASHED 2-0

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:29 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  hauritz inimae tourist aa kooda india kku vara maataan

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:44 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Pujara

  "I was a bit nervous. I told myself that I want to be in the present. When you just look at each and every ball, each and every over, there is no pressure. I was told this morning that I would be batting at no 3. .. Domestic experience has helped me a lot. I knew Hauritz would bowl round the stumps. I saw how the little master played him in the first innings. It was difficult (the first-innings dismissal), the seniors came and told me that you can't do much about that kind of ball. Continue to be play positive. When I went into bat in the first innings, Tendulkar said you might be nervous, don't worry about it, it will go away automatically once you play a few balls. I also remember he told me that God has given you this chance to play; he will help you score runs. Don't worry."

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 03:45 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  hauritz inimae tourist aa kooda india kku vara maataan

  oru vela sachin kaila adi vaanguna warne madhiri periya aala varuvanu yarachum sollirupanga...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:48 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by SoftSword

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  hauritz inimae tourist aa kooda india kku vara maataan

  oru vela sachin kaila adi vaanguna warne madhiri periya aala varuvanu yarachum sollirupanga...

  athu vaera ithu vaera..
  warne.. periyaa aalaanathukku appuram nallaa adi vaanginaaru...
  hauritz.. porantha udanae balaththa adi vaangitaaru.. romba kastam..

  
  

• From: SoftSword on 13th October 2010 03:49 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  warneku latea kedacha adhirstam ivanukku seekiram kedachiruchunu vechukkuvom...
  
  andha george kondu vandhurundha innum nalla irundhirukkum... avana innakki thalaivar polakka porarunu nenachaen...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 03:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Sandhadi saakkula yaaro oru hubber 'India will win the series 2-0'nu ippo vandhu vote pannirukkaru!!
  
  Nammaalungala thiruththavae mudiyaadhuppa..

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  nakkal adikkurathai konjam miccham vainga... haurtiz is in ODI squad too... but, no sachin.... raina kohli vijay pothumnu nenaikkuren...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:51 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Sandhadi saakkula yaaro oru hubber 'India will win the series 2-0'nu ippo vandhu vote pannirukkaru!!
  
  Nammaalungala thiruththavae mudiyaadhuppa..

  
  
  ethuvaa irunthaalum direct aa sollunga

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 03:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/c...ge/211271.html

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Sandhadi saakkula yaaro oru hubber 'India will win the series 2-0'nu ippo vandhu vote pannirukkaru!!
  
  Nammaalungala thiruththavae mudiyaadhuppa..

  must be TM...

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:52 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  nakkal adikkurathai konjam miccham vainga... haurtiz is in ODI squad too...

  sorry..ODI series la nakkal adikka jadejaa irukaaru

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:53 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

  Sandhadi saakkula yaaro oru hubber 'India will win the series 2-0'nu ippo vandhu vote pannirukkaru!!
  
  Nammaalungala thiruththavae mudiyaadhuppa..

  
  
  ethuvaa irunthaalum direct aa sollunga

  neenga thana... naangallam first-e correct pottom vote-i...

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 03:54 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  nakkal adikkurathai konjam miccham vainga... haurtiz is in ODI squad too...

  sorry..ODI series la nakkal adikka jadejaa irukaaru

  jadu - MOS! athan nadakka poguthu...

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 03:57 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/...-1225938363866
  
  http://www.smh.com.au/sport/cricket/...013-16jzd.html

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 03:58 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  nakkal adikkurathai konjam miccham vainga... haurtiz is in ODI squad too...

  sorry..ODI series la nakkal adikka jadejaa irukaaru

  jadu - MOS! athan nadakka poguthu...

  appadi nadanthaa naan motta poattukaren.. illainaa nee poatukanum.. ready for the bet ?

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 04:01 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  nakkal adikkurathai konjam miccham vainga... haurtiz is in ODI squad too...

  sorry..ODI series la nakkal adikka jadejaa irukaaru

  jadu - MOS! athan nadakka poguthu...

  appadi nadanthaa naan motta poattukaren.. illainaa nee poatukanum.. ready for the bet ?

  jadu-kakavellam mottaiya...
  
  did u see him in challenger trophy? avane thaadi vacchuttu alaiyurraan...nalla aadura varaikkum shave panna koodathunu sabatham potturukkano ennavo....

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 13th October 2010 04:11 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  The fact is that Indians are still succeptible to short pitch deliveries. Indians will continue to win in India type pitches.
  Overseas, especially South Africa, on bouncy wickets, God save Rainas, Goutis, Vijays

  
  

• From: Sourav on 13th October 2010 04:24 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Well, SA pitches r not new to us... our players have played IPL there...then T20 WC..then CL... i understand playing in test cricket is completely different from those,,, but, our players would well aware abt SA pitches and i hope they would be well prepared/practiced to face short-pitch dels.

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 13th October 2010 04:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Congrats india sachin

  
  

• From: Waterloo on 13th October 2010 04:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Well, SA pitches r not new to us... our players have played IPL there...then T20 WC..then CL... i understand playing in test cricket is completely different from those,,, but, our players would well aware abt SA pitches and i hope they would be well prepared/practiced to face short-pitch dels.

  Sourav
  
  Even in the current series, Raina and Sehwag were trapped by short pitched bowling. Its an inherent weakness which needs to be addressed by Kirsten.

  
  

• From: Plum on 13th October 2010 05:19 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ofcourse, it is a weakness that needs to be addressed. I thought Vijay had done well in the second innings but the Cricinfo commentary seems to say that he had a lot of edges to third man in his 37. Vijay still doesnt seem stable to me.
  
  How many raise their hand for Pujara replacing Raina until Dravid retires? Esp. for the SA pitches? Not me, for sure.

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 05:34 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

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• From: Ramakrishna on 13th October 2010 06:50 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ofcourse, it is a weakness that needs to be addressed. I thought Vijay had done well in the second innings but the Cricinfo commentary seems to say that he had a lot of edges to third man in his 37. Vijay still doesnt seem stable to me.
  
  How many raise their hand for Pujara replacing Raina until Dravid retires? Esp. for the SA pitches? Not me, for sure.

  Having seen Pujara's knock in the 2nd innings, he looked much better than Vijay and raina.

  
  

• From: Riyazz on 13th October 2010 07:00 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  Originally Posted by Thirumaran

  Originally Posted by Sourav

  nakkal adikkurathai konjam miccham vainga... haurtiz is in ODI squad too...

  sorry..ODI series la nakkal adikka jadejaa irukaaru

  jadu - MOS! athan nadakka poguthu...

  appadi nadanthaa naan motta poattukaren.. illainaa nee poatukanum.. ready for the bet ?

  idu nalla iruke

  
  

• From: sathya_1979 on 13th October 2010 07:09 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Icing on the Cake: Mods enable please
  
  http://www.cricinfo.com/india-v-aust...17.html?page=1

  
  

• From: ajaybaskar on 13th October 2010 07:10 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Ayyo paavam..

  
  

• From: Plum on 13th October 2010 07:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ofcourse, it is a weakness that needs to be addressed. I thought Vijay had done well in the second innings but the Cricinfo commentary seems to say that he had a lot of edges to third man in his 37. Vijay still doesnt seem stable to me.
  
  How many raise their hand for Pujara replacing Raina until Dravid retires? Esp. for the SA pitches? Not me, for sure.

  Having seen Pujara's knock in the 2nd innings, he looked much better than Vijay and raina.

  Right right but adhai nAn solla mAttEn sonnA fail aaydiuvAn pujara. puLi vEra avan mEla buri nazar vechurkkuAr

  
  

• From: Ramakrishna on 13th October 2010 07:42 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ofcourse, it is a weakness that needs to be addressed. I thought Vijay had done well in the second innings but the Cricinfo commentary seems to say that he had a lot of edges to third man in his 37. Vijay still doesnt seem stable to me.
  
  How many raise their hand for Pujara replacing Raina until Dravid retires? Esp. for the SA pitches? Not me, for sure.

  Having seen Pujara's knock in the 2nd innings, he looked much better than Vijay and raina.

  Right right but adhai nAn solla mAttEn sonnA fail aaydiuvAn pujara. puLi vEra avan mEla buri nazar vechurkkuAr

  avara eye transplantation pannika sollunga

  
  

• From: Sudarsh on 13th October 2010 08:23 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  INDIA IS ALWAYS NUMBER ONE JAI HIND!

  
  

• From: Sudarsh on 13th October 2010 08:25 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Dravid still looks so fit in the picture.

  
  

• From: Puliyan_Biryani on 13th October 2010 08:40 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ofcourse, it is a weakness that needs to be addressed. I thought Vijay had done well in the second innings but the Cricinfo commentary seems to say that he had a lot of edges to third man in his 37. Vijay still doesnt seem stable to me.
  
  How many raise their hand for Pujara replacing Raina until Dravid retires? Esp. for the SA pitches? Not me, for sure.

  Having seen Pujara's knock in the 2nd innings, he looked much better than Vijay and raina.

  Right right but adhai nAn solla mAttEn sonnA fail aaydiuvAn pujara. puLi vEra avan mEla buri nazar vechurkkuAr

  oru unmaiyaana rasiganai paathu kekkara kelviya idhu . IMO Vijay did well in both innings of this test. aanaa kadaisila Pujara-vaaladhaan gelichom-ngara maadhiri kondu vadhuttaainga . OK this ain't the time to nitpick, Vijay and Pujara
  
  //Sourav or somebody please create a thread for the ODI series. This one is into 103rd page. We shall continue there.//

  
  

• From: Thirumaran on 13th October 2010 08:46 PM [Full View]

  
  
  

  Originally Posted by Ramakrishna

  Originally Posted by Plum

  Ofcourse, it is a weakness that needs to be addressed. I thought Vijay had done well in the second innings but the Cricinfo commentary seems to say that he had a lot of edges to third man in his 37. Vijay still doesnt seem stable to me.
  
  How many raise their hand for Pujara replacing Raina until Dravid retires? Esp. for the SA pitches? Not me, for sure.

  Having seen Pujara's knock in the 2nd innings, he looked much better than Vijay and raina.

  Ditto...
  Just completed watching highlights.. Very well played Pujaraa