another chetan sherma born today
Bloody hell.. such matches leave a bitter taste in your mouth.
I dont think you can blame Balaji for the defeat. The Aussies had no choice but to hit out and in such situations a 4 or 6 can come as easily as a catch or run out. One can say that India gained few wickets towards the end because of the same pressure and there was panic in the Aussie camp. Such tight matches are not good for the blood pressure.
aus/india matches are becoming close affairs.
chand ki beti, no need to be upset. the team did a good job in the absence of sachin, shewag, zaheer etc etc. i thought the main problem was lax's strike rate was too slow. another 10-15 runs would have made a big difference. neeways...
106 runs off 130 balls and people are still crying for strike rate (which was 81.5 btw) 
VVS Laxman is a class act. These thankless Indians ONLY want Sachin to score. They are so obsessed with Sachin that nobody else satisfies their hunger. I would take Laxman over Sachin anyday. Laxman is much better under pressure.
This VB series is surely bringing out the best in both teams India and Australia, and no matter what ratings say, Australia is really having to fight its way through, and it aint no easy fight as the shallenge put up by Indians is amaing, both batting, balling and fielding have been impressive.
I am really looking forward to seeing Rohan Gavaskar in action
and in the 9th over comentrators were saying that VVS Laxman should be the captain in near furure as he has the potential what do u guys think, I mean I saw him giving advice to Parthiv to remain cool and play well which really boosts confidence when ur team member trusts u and guides u
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aus/india matches are becoming close affairs.
chand ki beti, no need to be upset. the team did a good job in the absence of sachin, shewag, zaheer etc etc. i thought the main problem was lax's strike rate was too slow. another 10-15 runs would have made a big difference. neeways...
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you ppl amaze me... seriuosly, this guy has scored four ODI hundreds now and all against Australia which is no mean feat. Before the test series Laxman was the villain numero uno. And you ppl still bring out unnecessery flaws. He was playing under pressure alongwith yuvraj.
I agree with funguy, you ppl should start valuing Lazman a bit more. I m sure aussies rate him highly than Tendulkar.
Ok, me bad. :p
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Yup. Another six that is going to pinch the Indian butt for a long time to come.
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Hum,....if he is chetan sharma then sure Saqlain Mushtaq can also be called Chetan Sharma.Do you wana know which match? Does Rajesh Chauhan rings any bell.
Seriously this fixation of Chetan Sharma is too much. Balaji couldnot be blamed.He did very well in that match till that ball.Guy is playing his 5th ODI and had to deal with pressure situation.Its a game it happens. Great comeback by India .Bringing AUS from 150/1 to 210/8 was great and it was strated by great last over from Irfan. I love this kid. :) Good intelligent bowling by Captain also.
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you ppl amaze me... seriuosly, this guy has scored four ODI hundreds now and all against Australia which is no mean feat. Before the test series Laxman was the villain numero uno. And you ppl still bring out unnecessery flaws. He was playing under pressure alongwith yuvraj.
I agree with funguy, you ppl should start valuing Lazman a bit more. I m sure aussies rate him highly than Tendulkar.
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Nobody is questioning his abilities. YES he has 4 ODI hundreds and no one denies.But we are discussing his game in last few matches. HE is definitly a class act but he does have problem with slogging. Pretty much same as what Dravid had in ODI till 2-3 years back and was even dropped. But then he managed to overcome the problem and I am sure Laxman will also do it. HE is great guy to anchor the inning but you dont need that guy in death overs. He just cant slog.Look at this.when Yuvi came to bat he was on 140 and yuvi got out at 140 and this guy remain not out on 104.Also look how he batted in last 10 overs. He definitly has issues with Slogging and that is what karina is talking about. His lack of ability didnt come in last 2 matches againat AUS because he had either Dravid or Yuvi with him to slog and take the pressure away.
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*Originally posted by fair_&_balance: *
Hum,....if he is chetan sharma then sure Saqlain Mushtaq can also be called Chetan Sharma.Do you wana know which match? Does Rajesh Chauhan rings any bell.
Seriously this fixation of Chetan Sharma is too much. Balaji couldnot be blamed.He did very well in that match till that ball.Guy is playing his 5th ODI and had to deal with pressure situation.Its a game it happens. Great comeback by India .Bringing AUS from 150/1 to 210/8 was great and it was strated by great last over from Irfan. I love this kid. :) Good intelligent bowling by Captain also.
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Javed's six on the last ball is unparalled. Just listen to Chetan himself. I've seen his, Ramiz's, Javbed's, Imran's, bedi's interview for this match. They all agree it turned the tide in favor of Pakistan. It was after this match that Pakistan started believing it themselves and improved its record against India. Javed's six is shown just abt every clip regarding Indo-pak matches. Chetan himself had to put up with a lot after the six. Saqlain never did. Nor does anyone remember whatever you're talking about.
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Javed's six on the last ball is unparalled. Just listen to Chetan himself. I've seen his, Ramiz's, Javbed's, Imran's, bedi's interview for this match. They all agree it turned the tide in favor of Pakistan. It was after this match that Pakistan started believing it themselves and improved its record against India. Javed's six is shown just abt every clip regarding Indo-pak matches. Chetan himself had to put up with a lot after the six. Saqlain never did. Nor does anyone remember whatever you're talking about.
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No one is Question Javed's Six.Umpteen articles has been written on it. I am questioning peolle calling balaji as another Chatan Sharma. My Question is If Balaji can be called Chetan Sharma then why not we call Saqlioan Mushtaq A Chetan Sharma.If you dont know which match I am talking about then let me know.I will post the scorecard and report.
Exactly! AT last someone understands what I was saying.
To win against Aussies you have to score 300 plus. To do that a SR of 100% plus is necessary. It is meaningless to score a century at a SR of 80 unless you’re playing Zim or Bang. If it wasn’t for Yuvi’s blitzkrieg we would have ended up with 270 max. No one’s disputing Laxman’s contribution but once he got to 90 he slowed down, it was obvious he wanted his century badly but to duck under 3 short pitched bouncers
when he could have hooked them…tch.
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Javed's six on the last ball is unparalled. Just listen to Chetan himself. I've seen his, Ramiz's, Javbed's, Imran's, bedi's interview for this match. They all agree it turned the tide in favor of Pakistan. It was after this match that Pakistan started believing it themselves and improved its record against India. Javed's six is shown just abt every clip regarding Indo-pak matches. Chetan himself had to put up with a lot after the six. Saqlain never did. Nor does anyone remember whatever you're talking about.
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Only Pakistanis remember Chetan chauhan's 6 and conveniently forget Kanitkar's 6 when India chased and reached 316, dhaka, vs Pak, with 4 balls to spare. Replay both matches and you will see that the sharjah one was no match for the dhaka one.:)
Saqlain-Chetan Sharma hit for last over six by Rajesh Chauhan at Karachi to win match for India
Saqlain-Chetan Sharma hit for 2nd last ball four by H Kanitkar at Dhaka to win match for India
Stop wasting my time f&b. None of the above matches went to the last ball requiring 4 or more to win. Miandad's did. It was also the final of a championship.
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Stop wasting my time f&b. None of the above matches went to the last ball requiring 4 or more to win. Miandad's did. It was also the final of a championship.
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Exactly..... So was not the case yesterday.
Now go back and see your first post on this page.
Thats my point.If one chetan sharma was born today, then there were other instances of his re-incarnation too. ;)
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Stop wasting my time f&b. None of the above matches went to the last ball requiring 4 or more to win. Miandad's did. It was also the final of a championship.
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are you discriminating against our batsmen because they spaced out the innings better than miandad did?