So nobody wants to open the thread for this last ODI?
England will like to give a less disgraceful look to the series result. India on the other hand should try to win this last one as well. Dravid is back and Flintoff will be feautring in his 100 ODI.
TIMINGS
US TIME: 10:30 PM (CST) Friday April 14
GMT: 3:30 AM Saturday April 15
INDIAN TIME: 9:00 AM Saturday April 15
PAKISTAN TIME: 8:30 AM Saturday April 15
The team management may describe it differently, but Mohammed Kaif has finally been dropped. He isn’t in the XIII shortlisted for Saturday’s seventh (and final) ODI against England, to be played at the MPCA Stadium.
According to The Telegraph’s sources, vice-captain Virender Sehwag is also out of contention. After failing yet again (in Jamshedpur, on Wednesday), he’d himself said he would prefer a “break.” The XIII was announced during Friday evening’s team meeting.
With both Sehwag and Kaif out, it’s almost certain (to the extent possible under the current dispensation) that opener Robin Uthappa will make his debut after a Bharat darshan of sorts for the past week.
It’s not confirmed, but Dravid and coach Greg Chappell could give Harbhajan Singh a break and drop Vikram Rajvir Singh.
According to the captain, the offie didn’t bowl at nets on match-eve owing to a “niggle.” Late in the evening, however, Harbhajan confirmed (via an SMS) that he was “200 per cent” fit. Therefore, he’s available for selection.
Replacement Dinesh Karthik, obviously, is going to be bent on making a point or two — one certainly directed at the security personnel, who mistook him for an “imposter” on Thursday. It’s a limited comeback, after seven months, and it hasn’t begun well.
Continuing on the happy spirit of GupShup, a few of the comments from running live chat at CricBuzz:
"Like Ganguly scored 39 and 40 in Karachi.But sehwag scored 4 and 5 .So who is better?Sehwag ofcourse!!!!"
"I love sehwag and kaif so much, I named my dusbins at home after them."
"Sooner or later sehwag will be the president of this country.His photo will be on every school of India. His photo will depict him wearing a dhoti till his knee, with a glass of milk in one hand and cricket bat in another hand."
"After sehwag is president, I want Srinath to be Vice president".
"as a matter of fact srinath,Kumble, Venkatesh Prasad should come back to the team".
And finally...
Indore crowd will witness the 10th International one-day game in their city at the newly-constructed Usharaje Stadium. The ground has the state-of-art water harvesting system, only one in the entire country, to minimise the rain threat. The city's most memorable moment has been when the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar reached the 10000 run milestone on March 31, 2001.
finally sehwag and kaif are rested..thank god, esp. considering the form of Sehwag...he should have been long gone....anyway's surprised to see VRV back again...good for him....hopefully his nerves won't give him the same kinda up's and down he had in the last game..