India won the toss and elected to bat first. Sane Decision.
SC Ganguly, V Sehwag, VVS Laxman, +R Dravid, Yuvraj Singh, M Kaif, SB Bangar, AB Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Z Khan, J Srinath.
SP Fleming, NJ Astle, MS Sinclair, CD McMillan, L Vincent, JDP Oram, +BB McCullum, KD Mills, DL Vettori, DR Tuffey, PA Hitchcock.
Lets see if they come back in the series. If they lose thi match, series will be all but over coz i dont expect to win India 4 games in a row afterwards.
No Sachin :(
Stupid Agarkar is back .. :(
India can never win this one..
India ki line lag gayee bhai..
Sehwag out...
India 11/1
Gangu Teli managing to survive so far...
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India ki line lag gayee bhai..
Sehwag out...
India 11/1
Gangu Teli managing to survive so far...
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Forget this match man.
Sehwag is out.
No sachin..
its a lost cause.
Where r u going for new year party?
(Dont have the inclination to take the BART to SFO for the New Year thingie...)
The "great" fact about Indian team is that it has a long tail which mostly does not wag. When the going is good (say the score is 270/5) everybody (including Harbhajan and Srinath) will chip in with useful scores but when India is in a bad situation, the tail caves in quickly. Tells you something about the mental strength and temparament of our players.
That is why I say, use the contract issue with the ICC as an excuse and wiggle out of the WorldCup... for God's sake.
India 13/1 in 8 overs
"Splendid" runrate and they will do even better by getting out soon. Though Laxman has nothing to lose. He has already been dropped from the Worldcup.
End of over 9 (1 run) India 16/2 (RR: 1.78) :k: :k: :k:
Well as expected.. Our CAPTAIN Gangu Teli is back in the comforts of the PAVILLION.
India 16/2
That brings me to the Question - Is Ganguly's captaincy so great that he has to be included in the playing eleven ? I would much rather have someone like SS Das replace him. Atleast he will reach double figures once in a while.
On that note, to spare myself from further misery, I am logging off for the next two hours.
India 25/2 in 14.3 over
welcome to NZ hell 
D Tuffey 7 Overs, 1 Maiden, 9 runs , 1 Wicket 
15.2 Oram to Laxman, FOUR, shot! at last a second boundary, it's been a long time coming, a beautiful wristy flick off the hip to a shortish ball, in the air but safely away through backward square leg
Seems like Laxman wants to get out.
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15.2 Oram to Laxman, FOUR, shot! at last a second boundary, it's been a long time coming, a beautiful wristy flick off the hip to a shortish ball, in the air but safely away through backward square leg
Seems like Laxman wants to get out.
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Or may be he wants to prove something to selectors like what if he makes 100 today selectors will be left no where :)
yeah true :k:
time for a drinks break, India hardly need it, hasn’t been a lot of running between wickets so far!
Match State: Drinks
Laxman needs it…he is not used to playing long innings…
Forget about it Laxman is gone :)
Caught McCullum bold Hitchcock for 10
India 38/3 in 18.1 Overs
Third catch for McCullum
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Laxman needs it...he is not used to playing long innings...
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Not any more
18.1 Hitchcock to Laxman, OUT: oh dear oh dear, another one bites the dust, but perhaps Laxman can feel a bit hard done by this time, tight fullish ball on off stump, pushes half forward at it, through to the keeper, big appeal for caught behind, after a long, long look,
Aray Kaif tu runs bana raha hay :)