Zimbabwe 135 all out
India 63/3 off 12 overs. Shewag, Sachin and Dravid out.
India won the match in the 31 over, 136/6. Not a very convincing performance ahead of the finals.
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India won the match in the 31 over, 136/6. Not a very convincing performance ahead of the finals.
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theek hai ji, but on the other hand the bowling was not bad at all!
So in the last 2 matches our top order has gone down and the bowing and tail has come up. Yeh log tandem mein to kuch kar hi nahin sakte!
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India won the match in the 31 over, 136/6. Not a very convincing performance ahead of the finals.
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They are building up the exceitement. :D
Seriouly..It will be good if Indians dont win VB series.I dont wana see India going to Pak as strong favourites.In logon ka Dimag char jaata hai..They always played better when people write them off.
India would not carry any WACA scars: Dravid
BOBBILLI VIJAY KUMAR
TIMES NEWS NETWORK TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2004 09:35:49 PM ]
PERTH: Rahul Dravid believes that India’s batsmen would have done much better on the fast and bouncy WACA pitch given some time.
“There’s no doubt that the bowlers did much better than the batsmen,” he said, shortly after scraping to a four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe here on Tuesday night. “But we would have coped with the conditions if we had some time to adjust and adapt to it.”
India’s in-form batsmen struggled for runs for the first time on this tour. They failed to get going in both the matches and were lucky that Zimbabwe couldn’t provide much of a fight.
“This is easily the bounciest wicket in the world. It was much quicker today (than it was on Sunday) but it’s still a nice place to bat on. It was just a question of getting used to it,” he declared.
Dravid, the stand-in skipper here, agreed that it would be nicer to get back to the other parts of Australia. “We have scored lot of runs in Melbourne and Sydney. We have fonder memories of those pitches and will be glad to get there.”
He denied that they had lost the psychological advantage . “We have made runs for more than two months here. We are not going to carry any of these memories into the finals. Whoever plays better on the day will emerge the winner,” he said.
“We don’t have to worry about Sachin or Sehwag,” he said, when asked about their dismissals. “Both are quality players and I am sure they will be keen to do well in the finals. They will come out fighting,” he added.
Pyaare can we win at all when it matters? Chara dimaag or no chara dimaag.
im gonna go see the final at the 'G' this friday... it better be entertaining unlike the last game india played against OZ in Perth.... tsk...
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im gonna go see the final at the 'G' this friday... it better be entertaining unlike the last game india played against OZ in Perth.... tsk...
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have fun:)
thank u :)
India welcome return to flatter wickets](http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/040204/323/el60g.html)
MELBOURNE (AFP) - Indian batsman Rahul Dravid admitted that his side was delighted to be returning to the more docile wickets of Australia’s eastern seaboard after two difficult one-day cricket matches in Perth.
India’s seemingly unbeatable batsman were suddenly exposed by the fierce bounce of the Western Australian wicket where they lost to Australia on Sunday and then lost six wickets in pursuit of Zimbabwe’s paltry 135 on Tuesday.
On both occasions the Indian batting line-up looked more fragile than it has done all summer.
On Wednesday, India returned to Melbourne in preparation for its first match in the best of three finals series of the tri-nation one-day competition against Australia on Friday.
“It will be nice to get back to that part of the country, we have had a lot of success there,” Dravid said prior to leaving for Melbourne.
Friday’s first tri-series final at the MCG presents India’s opportunity to erase some of the memories of the heavy losses to Australia in the World Cup final and November’s tri-series final in Calcutta.
Australia has a 3-1 lead in the preliminary games going into the final but that form will count for little in Melbourne and Sydney.
“We are quite confident and we are looking forward to the big occasion we knew who we were going to be playing in the finals two or three games ago so it is something everyone is looking forward to,” Dravid said.
Dravid was not concerned over the disappointing batting efforts in Perth, when the side was bowled out for 203 against Australia and then put on a lacklustre run-chase against Zimbabwe.
He said he and opener Sachin Tendulkar had failed in both matches in Perth, with the side’s top score in the west Yuvraj Singh’s 47 against Australia.
“I think our batsman have been in very good form right through the two and a half months of this tour and I don’t think the batsman will have anything in the back of their minds,” Dravid said.
“I think it is going to be a fresh game and a fresh start. There won’t be any psychological winners or losers when we start.”
Indian legspinner Anil Kumble is expected to be available for the finals after overcoming a shoulder injury and missing the past two matches.
So let's have your prediciton. Who will win and by what margin. I think it will be very close but in the end probably 2/1 in favour of Aus.
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So let's have your prediciton. Who will win and by what margin. I think it will be very close but in the end probably 2/1 in favour of Aus.
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YES..I agree. Its gonna be close and a cracker of a match as it was all summer between these 2 teams.
we’re gonna get thrashed…
SHUT UP… !!! We are winning it. 
Promise?
YES but dont tell this to Pakis.
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YES but dont tell this to Pakis.
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ok, my lips are sealed.:)
i can't decide if we should bat first or bowl first..
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ok, my lips are sealed.:)
i can't decide if we should bat first or bowl first..
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When it comes to Pressure games and you cant decide its always advisable to bat first. Chasing can be tough under pressure.
pls ganguly toss jeet aur bat kar