is going to start tommorow..
meanwhile the curator says the pitch is fast and bouncy..
i feel its difficult for India to bounce back..
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Re: New Zealand Vs India 2nd Test Match
Oh yes..Indians will struggle badly. NZL is winning it 2-0.
India has to put a great fight against Kiwis. Something like 300-350 score.
In the previous test match, their strong batting line was collasped. Ironically, bowlers did a great job without Anil Kumble. Specially, great spell from Zaheer Khan.
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India has to put a great fight against Kiwis. Something like 300-350 score.
In the previous test match, their strong batting line was collasped. Ironically, bowlers did a great job without Anil Kumble. Specially, great spell from Zaheer Khan.
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Yes...Zaheer is improving everyday.Sadly batsmen are not able to Adjust.Sinece there was no 3day match between 1st Test and 2nd Test.I dont see they will bat any different in 2nd test.
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Yes...Zaheer is improving everyday.Sadly batsmen are not able to Adjust.Sinece there was no 3day match between 1st Test and 2nd Test.I dont see they will bat any different in 2nd test.
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I was reading many reviews and one thing was common in all the reviews everyone is of the openion that this poor performance has NOTHING TO DO WITH ADJUSTMENTS and i guess rightly so. Look at the Indian batting lineup. I meaan guys like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid needs just 3-4 days to adjust in any given conditions.
Lot has been said about Sehwag but sorry to say he dont know how to move the feet. That will work fine on sub-cont wickets where batsmen has enough time to adjust but on fast wickets nah.
I have never seen Bangar batting.
I think Laxman should gets a promotion in order rather than dropping him. Try him at one down may be.
Fleming says up to Indian batsmen to prove their world-class
Lynn McConnell - 18 December 2002
Batsmen had to be able to show they could handle New Zealand conditions before they could be regarded as world-class.
TelstraClear Black Caps captain Stephen Fleming’s pre-second National Bank Test comment today was an obvious barb in the direction of the much-vaunted Indian batsmen as they try to knock New Zealand off their perch as the third-ranked nation on the International Cricket Council’s Test Championship ladder.
India folded twice for 163 and 121 runs in the first Test at the Basin Reserve when the game finished in less than three days. Only Rahul Dravid in the first innings and Sachin Tendulkar in the second lived up to anything like their formidable reputations.
Fleming commented on the changed nature of Test pitches in New Zealand.
Fleming has been a strong advocate for the removal of the low, slow Test pitches that were so long associated with New Zealand.
With the introduction of portable pitches for Tests at rugby-playing grounds in Christchurch and Auckland, and the revitalised pitches of Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin, bounce had become much more common in New Zealand.
And Fleming welcomed that because it brought New Zealand more in line with Australia and South Africa, the two countries ahead of it on the ICC ladder.
He made no apologies for the visiting teams having to cope with the greater bounce in New Zealand.
“The challenge is for the players to get better. You say you’ve got some of the best batsmen in the world but if you can’t play on all types of wickets then are you the best batsmen in the world?” he asked.
Fleming said that if a particular style was developed in New Zealand then it was up to teams coming here to adjust. It was a requirement of New Zealand’s players also to get better in the conditions.
“Look, we’re not experts at playing on a green, seaming wicket - no-one is, so we don’t doctor wickets that way,” he said.
But for a player to be regarded as a world-class player he would have to show his stuff in New Zealand.
"We know when we go to India, we have to adjust to slower turning wickets and that’s just as big a challenge, moreso in some instances, than playing on a good bouncy wicket.
"So it’s all about adapting and that is the challenge of playing away from home - making that adaptation and putting pressure on the opposition.
“These are our home conditions, nothing untoward has gone on. We do want bounce, I love to see bounce. I don’t hide that fact,” he said.
The problem this year was that due to the wet spring and early summer it has been fresh bounce rather than good, solid bounce, as Fleming put it.
“If it gets sunlight on it, then it will be great,” he said.
And therein lies the requirement for this match to satisfy the requirements of both sides and to make it a genuine five-day contest.
© Cricinfo
What a lame excuse.
Thats what warmup games are for, so the visiting players can adjust to the new conditions.
How many warmup game India had 2 or 3, anyways, if Indians think they are the best batsman in the world, they need to prove in this match.
Its raining billiyaan and kuttaya t the moment in Hamilton. Forget the first 2 days. Forecast seems better from there on.
Pathan Bhai, Khail Khilari News, Hamilton.
Now back to the studios.
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I was reading many reviews and one thing was common in all the reviews everyone is of the openion that this poor performance has NOTHING TO DO WITH ADJUSTMENTS and i guess rightly so. Look at the Indian batting lineup. I meaan guys like Tendulkar, Ganguly, Dravid needs just 3-4 days to adjust in any given conditions.
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Agreed....But there is nothing better than going into Middle and batting.No net practice can replace it.
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Lot has been said about Sehwag but sorry to say he dont know how to move the feet. That will work fine on sub-cont wickets where batsmen has enough time to adjust but on fast wickets nah.
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I will wait and watch before making any comment on his footwork.After all he made century in debut in SA.Did very well in Windies and England also.SO I guess its too early to comment though he struggled in first TEST.
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I have never seen Bangar batting.
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u r lucky.....he is no good.. Man of very limited capabilities but good fighting spirit.
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I think Laxman should gets a promotion in order rather than dropping him. Try him at one down may be.
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Who will like to displace best one-down batsman in world (DRAVID). SO no..Laxman is ok where he is .If he is not ok with it bring in Kaif . :)
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Its raining billiyaan and kuttaya t the moment in Hamilton. Forget the first 2 days. Forecast seems better from there on.
Pathan Bhai, Khail Khilari News, Hamilton.
Now back to the studios.
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Patahn bhai 3 din Kaafi hai Result ke liye. ;)
Get ready for a pitaai for India on these “alive” wickets.
Maybe they will pull off a fluke, but in general they are pussy cats outside of India. No heart, guts, or charisma.
Yes.. they are like their neighbours. 
Barish k hay mausam
chaley thandee hawa
koney pay wicket k
koi hay khara
meen nay paas ja k
dherey say kaha
Fast tu wo bola
nahee shukeria
abhee kuch lamhoon meen
spin aatee hee ho geee
bouncer jo bond nay phainka tu
badnamee ho gee
barish ka hay mausam...
Question : Guess who was on the end of the street ? :)
But Bangladesh is a new team. Give them some time.
Kush Kitai ee
Washed out first day of 2nd test
Rain Washed out first days play.
2 more days of rain and India will notface humiliation of 2-0 defeat. 
hahahaha khush kita e jawana ye tu moon pe chapair mari hai…good one dude :k:
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well said yara
waisy i was wondering to what happened to oh-he-is-next-Wasim Mr. Nehra. He took some 4 wickets in a test against Zim or maybe Sri Lanka?? and he was halied as the best thing happened to india that year Now he is fighting for his place in the team.