Pakistan v India - 2nd ODI - 2012/13

Sohaib · January 3, 2013, 7:28pm

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awesome performance. Really glad for Nasir Jamshed as he was lucky to be given a MoM today. Why didnt they give it to Dhoni today? After all he played another fighting knock in vain?

And whoa look at that catch Akmal took? Been a while since he took such a fantastic catch, that too on the leg side? His keeping was fabulous in this match and in fact the whole series. He takes a lot of flack but this catch shall be remembered!

Captain1 · January 3, 2013, 7:35pm

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ek darjan anday

Huma_1 · January 3, 2013, 8:04pm

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Pleasantly surprised! I was quite sure Pakistan was going to lose this one because their inconsistent performance has been an issue in the past. Very well played team Pakistan! Congratulations!

Have to watch the highlights now!

farazrafi · January 3, 2013, 8:07pm

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I agree with PD. Imran Farhat was instrumental in Pakistan success this tour

GoldenAsif · January 3, 2013, 8:19pm

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Highlights

Pakistan vs India 2nd ODI Highlights Kolkata 3-Jan-2013

India vs Pakistan 2nd ODI Highlights, Ind vs Pak 03 Jan 2013

GoldenAsif · January 3, 2013, 8:25pm

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GoldenAsif:

I actually quite like the new ODI Rules

**- 5 Fielders Mandatory at all times in the 30-yard circle
**- 2 Bouncers allowed per over

Two new balls to be used for each innings

No Bowling Powerplay

Batting Powerplay has to be completed before 40th over****

should help teams with better bowling attacks. Much of the sting has been taken out of pace bowling since the restriction on the use of bouncers

I would also like to see another change, a minimum of 4 bowlers per team (instead of 5) with each bowler being allowed to bowl a maximum of 13 overs (instead of 10) i.e. 50 overs to be shared among 4 (or more) bowlers with your best two bowlers bowling 13 overs each. In T20Is it is easy (4 bowlers & 5 overs each)

That way teams will play:
6 proper batsmen
1 wicket-keeper and
4 proper bowlers.

(One of the batsmen or bowlers could be a genuine all-rounder)

It will also mean the end of bits and pieces cricketers

New bowlers’ game is made for Pakistan

India’s Eden Gardens is becoming a Pakistani paradise. A motorised parade of great heroes of India’s past, including Wasim Akram, failed to inspire heroes of India’s present and future to overcome Pakistan’s competitive, albeit faltering, total of 250 runs. As much as Pakistan backed themselves in the one-day series, the ease of victory, culminating in MS Dhoni’s futile rehearsal of a Test innings, was a surprise. The new regulations have wrenched one-day cricket from the grip of batsmen, and Pakistan’s bowlers seized the moment in Calcutta.
Junaid Khan and Mohammad Irfan sparkled in Pakistan’s opening overs in a manner unseen since the dread days of 2010. Junaid did little more in this series than perform to the standard expected; a routine top-class performance that leaves you baffled how easily he has been overlooked by Pakistan’s selectors. Irfan, by contrast, was a revelation compared with his uncertain debut. He remains ungainly, the roughest of diamonds, but added pace and control produced frightening bounce even on these Indian wickets.
India’s strength is in batting, their players some of the best in the world and rajas in home conditions, but even such genuine talents struggled to find a composed response to Irfan’s mighty deliveries. His figures were nothing extraordinary but the psychology of putting India’s batsmen on the back foot was worth every wide, full toss, and four overthrows. Meanwhile, Nasir Jamshed was faced with the tamer challenge of India’s opening bowlers, establishing himself as the rarest of commodities, a Pakistani batsman with a temperament to match his skill.
But the difference in this series is in the bowling, aided by ICC’s new rules. Fewer boundary riders allow better bowlers to prosper. Two bouncers per over restore the value of high-quality fast bowling. In combination, these changes reward superior bowling attacks and will lead to a readjustment in achievable one-day totals. The gulf between Pakistan’s and India’s bowling is no secret but it was horribly exposed here. India face a worrying challenge to assemble a threatening pace attack, a prerequisite for future success in one-day cricket.
These rule changes help the game, not just Pakistan. Cricket has to be an even contest between bat and ball. The supremacy of batsmen has been dull and tedious, even mediocre international cricketers have plundered great bowlers. It is rare that the ICC earns credit but it should for these tweaks to the one-day format. One day cricket might just have been rescued.
Dav Whatmore and his backroom staff are helping with an even more hazardous mission - the preservation and revival of Pakistan cricket. Success is important to win people over to your ideas and buy time, especially when that success is supported by improved performance. Pakistan’s fielding on this tour has begun, perhaps for the first time, to resemble international class. Fielding is the finest indicator of the commitment of players and coaching staff to preparing for a contest. Maturity and good sense in executing cricket’s other disciplines have been evident too. Professionalism is traditionally in short supply in Pakistan cricket but Dav Whatmore, in consort with Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez, has begun to show how a touch of discipline might transform results.
In the end though it is the players who are the harbingers of hope. Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, and Nasir Jamshed have added fresh fascination to Pakistan’s cricket story. And for the bowlers, at least, the new one-day game is made for them and Pakistan.

Pak Spin | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo

GoldenAsif · January 3, 2013, 8:42pm

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Pakistan have now won all their four ODIs against India at this ground (Eden Gardens, Calcutta)

phoenixdesi · January 3, 2013, 9:00pm

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dude try to understand....that is the point....if Pakistan is winning everything without farhat, imagine heights Pak will achieve if he is actually playing!

samagh may aya?

good call PD!!!

phoenixdesi · January 3, 2013, 9:01pm

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Trouble with fb...

New bowlers’ game is made for Pakistan

India’s Eden Gardens is becoming a Pakistani paradise. A motorised parade of great heroes of India’s past, including Wasim Akram, failed to inspire heroes of India’s present and future to overcome Pakistan’s competitive, albeit faltering, total of 250 runs. As much as Pakistan backed themselves in the one-day series, the ease of victory, culminating in MS Dhoni’s futile rehearsal of a Test innings, was a surprise. The new regulations have wrenched one-day cricket from the grip of batsmen, and Pakistan’s bowlers seized the moment in Calcutta.
Junaid Khan and Mohammad Irfan sparkled in Pakistan’s opening overs in a manner unseen since the dread days of 2010. Junaid did little more in this series than perform to the standard expected; a routine top-class performance that leaves you baffled how easily he has been overlooked by Pakistan’s selectors. Irfan, by contrast, was a revelation compared with his uncertain debut. He remains ungainly, the roughest of diamonds, but added pace and control produced frightening bounce even on these Indian wickets.
India’s strength is in batting, their players some of the best in the world and rajas in home conditions, but even such genuine talents struggled to find a composed response to Irfan’s mighty deliveries. His figures were nothing extraordinary but the psychology of putting India’s batsmen on the back foot was worth every wide, full toss, and four overthrows. Meanwhile, Nasir Jamshed was faced with the tamer challenge of India’s opening bowlers, establishing himself as the rarest of commodities, a Pakistani batsman with a temperament to match his skill.
But the difference in this series is in the bowling, aided by ICC’s new rules. Fewer boundary riders allow better bowlers to prosper. Two bouncers per over restore the value of high-quality fast bowling. In combination, these changes reward superior bowling attacks and will lead to a readjustment in achievable one-day totals. The gulf between Pakistan’s and India’s bowling is no secret but it was horribly exposed here. India face a worrying challenge to assemble a threatening pace attack, a prerequisite for future success in one-day cricket.
These rule changes help the game, not just Pakistan. Cricket has to be an even contest between bat and ball. The supremacy of batsmen has been dull and tedious, even mediocre international cricketers have plundered great bowlers. It is rare that the ICC earns credit but it should for these tweaks to the one-day format. One day cricket might just have been rescued.
Dav Whatmore and his backroom staff are helping with an even more hazardous mission - the preservation and revival of Pakistan cricket. Success is important to win people over to your ideas and buy time, especially when that success is supported by improved performance. Pakistan’s fielding on this tour has begun, perhaps for the first time, to resemble international class. Fielding is the finest indicator of the commitment of players and coaching staff to preparing for a contest. Maturity and good sense in executing cricket’s other disciplines have been evident too. Professionalism is traditionally in short supply in Pakistan cricket but Dav Whatmore, in consort with Misbah-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez, has begun to show how a touch of discipline might transform results.
In the end though it is the players who are the harbingers of hope. Junaid Khan, Mohammad Irfan, and Nasir Jamshed have added fresh fascination to Pakistan’s cricket story. And for the bowlers, at least, the new one-day game is made for them and Pakistan.

Pak Spin | Cricket Blogs | ESPN Cricinfo

good call Asif..u were spot on

ehsan · January 3, 2013, 9:05pm

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samjhnay waley samajh gaye
joh na samjhey woh anari hai. :D

ehsan · January 3, 2013, 9:09pm

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Even more than the catch it was the stumping of raina which was breath taking.

phoenixdesi · January 3, 2013, 9:25pm

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that is it janab...you got it and it makes total sense..

aaj kal meray chodda tabq kuch zayada hee roshan hain...i think Hazarat Allama Sheikh ul Islam Janab Doctor Tahir Qadri sahib kay interviews bhot zayada dekh liyay hain !!!:D

Huma_1 · January 3, 2013, 10:06pm

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Just finished watching the highlights.. man, *this *is how you play cricket!! Pakistan didn’t beat the opponents, it destroyed them!! So proud of the lads especially Hafeez, Gul, Jamshed, Ajmal and the very cute Junaid!

aaliyahkhan1 · January 4, 2013, 12:13am

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phoenixdesi · January 4, 2013, 2:28am

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Amitabh Bachchan ‏@SrBachchan](https://twitter.com/SrBachchan) T 980 - India lost to Pakistan lost the series ! Felt very bad ! Regular defeats depress. At the Premier League I notice they change coach

phoenixdesi · January 4, 2013, 3:13am

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Harsha Bhogle ‏@bhogleharsha](https://twitter.com/bhogleharsha) delighted to be told by my son who was at the ground today that there was no anti-pakistan shouting around; that the crowd was very sporting …in fact there was pleasant banter with the 2 pakistan supporters there.

aaliyahkhan1 · January 4, 2013, 3:15am

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^yup...I was surprised to see there was no craziness at the ground!

devilish_angel · January 4, 2013, 8:07am

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because they left in between

waleedhbk · January 4, 2013, 10:11am

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Itna gharoor acha nahi hota uncle :D

waleedhbk · January 4, 2013, 10:12am

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BTW Now I cant see any of the Indian posters in this thread

Or May Be was right then :yk: