Triangular Series (AUS-IND-NZ)

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i reckon this will be a very close series - especially with all the players missing from all the 3 sides - Australia will probably be favourites though with so many players missing a couple or even 3 are really gonna have to take it to the next level - VVS back in the Indian One Day side - in my opinion that is gonna prove to either make or break India in this series - I care less about the Indian bowling attack than Sachin Tendulkar’s performance - he has got to deliver in this series as he has failed completely in the Test series against Kiwis - and the Aussies and Kiwis are without their best bowling attack - otherwise fans like me will be greatly disappointed by Tendulkar if he failed again - India will have a tough time in the bowlers dept. - only reasonable bowler in the squad I see is Zaheer Khan - sad Nehra is still could not make it!

and New Zealand - will they manage to survive without Shane Bond and Nathan Astle? It’ll make an interesting series for sure - certainly i am not a giving conclusion - it would be too much to ask just me from so i’ll let you to guys to speculate. :stuck_out_tongue: - hopefully you’ll all reply to this thread.

Triangular series starts off on Thursday!

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Exactly. A little more interesting topic would’ve been Pakistan-South Africa- mystery team for Sharjah. i hope the mystery team turns out to be Australia. :k:

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Laxman, Kartik and Parthiv in one-day squad](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/OCT/360823_IND_17OCT2003.html)

VVS Laxman, Murali Karthik and Parthiv Patel have been included in India’s 14-man one-day squad for the first three matches of the triangular TVS Cup. The squad, which was announced during lunch on the second day of the India-New Zealand Test, also includes Aavishkar Salvi, who will undergo a fitness test on October 21 to see if he has recovered from a split webbing on his hand which forced him out of the second Test squad.

Ashish Nehra has been omitted from the squad as it was felt that he needed more time to recover from his ankle injury. He is undergoing physiotherapy, and might be picked for the later matches in the series. It was also announced that Sourav Ganguly would definitely be fit to lead the team.

India play the first match of the tournament against New Zealand on October 23, before clashing with Australia on October 26 and November 1.

Squad
Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly (capt), Rahul Dravid (wk), VVS Laxman, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Parthiv Patel (wk), Ajit Agarkar, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Murali Kartik, Zaheer Khan, Aavishkar Salvi.

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Three pretty good teams. Sounds like an interesting enough tournament to me, unless of course you are going beyond the sport and delving deep into politics and bigotry.

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as far as i know, there is a quadrangular tournament goign to be held in sharjah in April involving Pakistan, Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka. Now THAT is going to be one hell of a series.

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Now we’re talking. hubba hubba :k:

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Just as I predicted, the test series was boring but my views are different about this triangular series.
It will be exciting, 3 top teams in one day cricket will be playing each other.
I just have a feeling that New Zealand is going to take this one.

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Come on Umair! You better not mean that. India will win decisively.

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*Originally posted by TomSawyer: *
Come on Umair! You better not mean that. India will win decisively.
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India is missing the agressive approach of a captain like Ganguly, while Australia is missing 4 of their regualr bowlers, and with New Zealand confidence sky high, they will surely to be doing well.
Just by 2 cents. :)

PS- does anybody know if it will be shown on dish network?

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Talha - The tests were dissappointing. The Indians seemed to be taking it too casually, as if saving a loss was good enough.

We also had some key players like Nehra, Ganguly, Kaif, missing. Indians are more used to ODI's.

I think the key lies not in our bowling and batting line-up so much as dredging up that passion and energy so evident in the WC. The team made things happen, they broke the concentration of opposing players by a certain synergy that was greater than the sum of the whole. I would like to see that again, and if that happens then India will definitely get into the finals...the rest as they say is Inshallah.

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Shucks! just checked wisden - the match is at 5am tomorrow! I was even going to buy the series but all the matches are during the day.

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TomSawyer - all matches are day/night - if you live in the U.S. you can watch one side batting/bowling in the morning or if you are a Cricket fanatic like myself - wake up early at 3.

karina - Ganguly is out for couple of games not whole series - as for Kaif - yes definitely his absence would have a great deal of impact on Indian batting - VVS Laxman has taken his place - this is where Sachin Tendulkar has to show some magic - come on Sachin - come on up!

as for Nehra i read the Indian selectors are giving him more rest so that he could be prepare well for Aussie tour?

anyhow - the Indian side are definitely underdogs in this event - and they are my pick - underdogs always have my support in any kind of Sport.

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The first match between India and NZ abandoned due to rain. Some play was possible and India batted first and after 26.5 overs were 114/3.

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... and 10-dulkar made 48 n/o

khushi ayee barey din baad
mairey sung jhoom uthoo
bahar ayee khizan k baad
mairey sung jhoom uthoo :)

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Argh - rain rain rain - and that will be a huge figure in the tournament - so let me ask the question - which country is gonna screwed up by weather?

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South Africa. :slight_smile:
They always get screwed by the weather.
Even when they are not playing.

It would be nice for BCCI to move the whole tourney to Pakistan, so people can enjoy some good cricket without any disruptions from mother nature. And India would also be helping out their new good friend financially. :nahnah:

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*Originally posted by ehsan: *
The first match between India and NZ abandoned due to rain. Some play was possible and India batted first and after 26.5 overs were 114/3.
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141/3 ehsan bhai..

Talha - rain will play spoilsport for India. This match India would have won if they'd reached 260, which was very possible. The damp conditions would have made the ball swing and it's never easy chasing under lights.

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A whole new ballgame](http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/OCT/379152_TVS2003-04_25OCT2003.html)

In the context of the last time these two teams met, it is bound to be an anti-climax. India and Australia last clashed in the final of the 2003 World Cup, but the one-day international at Gwalior will be an entirely different ballgame. Both sides are racked by injuries but Australia are distinctly worse off, and their bowling attack has an A-Team look about it. India, meanwhile, are at home, and will fancy their chances somewhat more than they might have done at Johannesburg in March. Australia are ripe for the taking, and with a tough tour to Australia in prospect, India need to build up their self-belief for the task ahead.

Sourav Ganguly might be absent, but the Indian batting line-up is formidable – especially in home conditions. Sachin Tendulkar appeared determined, in his last game, to bat through the innings, and that is an ominous sign for Australia. Virender Sehwag, and VVS Laxman were also in fine nick, carrying on from where they left off in the Test series against New Zealand. Rahul Dravid, Yuvraj Singh and Mohammad Kaif are all fine finishers, and Ajit Agarkar has never been a Bombay Duck in home ODIs.

Australia’s batting is as solid as ever – the absence of the indisposed Darren Lehman gives Michael Clarke a notional opportunity, but does that really matter when your top six reads Hayden, Gilchrist, Ponting, Martyn, Bevan, Symonds? Ian Harvey, Andy Bichel and Brad Hogg can also bat a bit, and if the pitch turns out to be a batting paradise, there should be some fairly mighty biffing on view.

Australia’s bowling will be the weak link that India will look to exploit. The McGrath-Gillespie-Lee-Warne quartet is absent, and even Stuart MacGill isn’t available. Bichel, Hogg, Michael Kasprowicz, Brad Williams and Nathan Bracken make up an attack that lacks both experience and match practice, and if India’s top order get off to a good start, there could be a heavy price to pay.

Ricky Ponting wasn’t worried about his missing men, though. Speaking to reporters, he said, “We see the entire thing as a team effort. We don’t win because of our bowlers or batsmen. We win because of our team effort. Even during the World Cup we didn’t have a couple of key players. But we have always found someone to do the job.”

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if Sachin Tendulkar remains at crease then Australia would have been chasing a score around 300 or so but if they got rid of him - they would have probably won - the Indian bowling attack is very weak.

i would not say i disagree with Ricky Pointing but sometimes you do need a much better experience bowler over a above average domestic bowler - and in this tournament Aussies bowling attack lacks experience.

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