Whatever happened to Balaji?

I’ve seen some likely Indian squads to tour Pakistan.
Cricinfo says
Likely squad for Pakistan tour Rahul Dravid (capt), Gautam Gambhir, Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mohammad Kaif, Mahendra Dhoni (wk), Anil Kumble, Harbhajan Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh and/or VRV Singh.

I was wondering what happened to Balaji? I’ve always thought that he bothered our batsmen more than any other Indian pacer. Certainly I dont recall Agarkar, Pathan or Zaheer Khan doing much of anything in the tour last year.
Balaji on the other hand gave our batsmen all kinds of problems with his ability to create late swing, strange the way it seems he’s dissapeared from the scene. Should increase our chances I would think.

Re: Whatever happened to Balaji?

Who needs Balaji when you have Ganguly the Allrounder!!!

Sincerely,
Captain Lota

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except he wll not tour

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He didnt do well for one or two series, got dropped. He is doing good in domestic cricket. Though somebody should do badly for him to get in. All the youngesters are doing great job. Hence Balaji has his work cut out, to get into the team.
Though this time board has changed, so you never know Indian Selection committee may throw in surprises...... ;)

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i thought it was because he never adequately recovered from his injuries

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^ but afridi didnt even touch him nikhil... was it the mental trauma?

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Balaji is preparing with the World XI team. They are having a rematch with Australia after the one sided contest last time round.

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After what he did to Pakistan last time, PCB said no to his visa

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Kattabomma.... Love the last one............ :-)..

All, finally there was news, that he is down with back problem. He didnt' get the annual contract as well...

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Actually no. The hindian didn’t want to come because of what Afridi did to him in the 5th ODI at Kanpur and he totally got scared because of that.

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was he denied visa by states/provinces within India to compete against Sri Lanka/SAffies as well? :hehe:

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Baa-la-Ji, Ba-La-Ji

Who cares about his recent performances. He is the crowd favourite. we need him! :clown:

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Captain he was just pulling your leg… Dil pe met le bhai

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Taufeeq Umar made him a star. Dont blame other batsmen :-p

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:-))..

Some body is really troubled.
By the way there are 10 times Indians than Pakistani. Than there are more of them on chat and internet.
and thanks to Eshan it is one the best run forums.....
that's why somebody comes here gets stuck here........

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Ahsan take it easy. I guess you should have waited atleast a month or more on this forum before thinking of writing such posts. You would have been able to digest there presence here much better than. Frankly speaking I am kind of disappointed by your post since I have read such posts mostly from Indians on different forums.
I have always felt that we pakistani’s have kicked their behinds by our team’s performance on ground and not by such childish statements like yours.
It is a public forum on internet and you can’t tell anyone what to do or what not to. If you really want to bash them, wait for the next series. At that time it will make more sense.
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Before injury he looked very intelligent bowler with limited but useful skills. But this year when Pak toured Ind, he looked pedistrian. I hope he recovered from his injury and will come back soon in action. He is treat to watch specially in Tests.

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Ahsan, you are new here that is why you are getting upset on a very little or non issue. The tone in this thread or in general in KK for last couple of months is very calm and friendly per se. You have not seen the worse that happened during 03-04, and that was natural too, given the intensity b/w Pak/Ind cricket games.

Besides, I don't see anything wrong in this thread in particular, I see appreciation, jokes and sarcasm instead. Be Positive yaar!