India won pretty convincingly against Bangladesh in the first ICC World Cup 2011 match on 19th Feb '11. Good on them!! Many headlines read - "India Thrashed Bangladesh"... is it actually thrashing?? India scored 370 and in reply Bangladesh scored 283!!
Come to think of it its not a bad score, not a bad score at all for Bangladesh!! With the Indian bowling skills at this level - when Bangladesh could score 283 - any other better equipped teams like Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka etc would have won the game, even if Indian batters would have scored 370!! What do you think?
Bowling against Bangladesh was pretty ordinary - especially by Sreesanth - this was proven by Bangladesh batters. On the slow tracks (as it is there in the subcontinents) "pace" bowlers like Sreesanths and Taits are pretty useless. Teams either need pace bowlers who have "some other ammunitions" besides the pace (like disguised slower deliveries or yorkers) or else teams need to use slow bowlers who can bowl a touch short of good length on the top on off stump consistently. So, India should drop Sreesanth and take Ashwin instead.
Today, just after couple of days of winning, some headlines say "Did India peak too soon?" or "Believe the hype: India's batsmen are ready" - so does India think that they have already peaked or is India getting overconfident about our batting lineup. One good day does not make the whole tournament - so lets not start writing about Indian batters peaking!! Its just the first match of the tournament.
I believe, in all forms of cricket - tests, one days or 20-20s - bowlers can win matches, batsmen can only make a competitive score for bowlers to win it!! Having said that both batting and bowling needs to compliment each other to win big games against big teams. So, till bowlers can deliver the goods, there's a lot to improve on for team India.
Its a long way to go before we should say that India has reached its peak...
Come to think of it its not a bad score, not a bad score at all for Bangladesh!! With the Indian bowling skills at this level - when Bangladesh could score 283 - any other better equipped teams like Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka etc would have won the game, even if Indian batters would have scored 370!! What do you think?
Bowling against Bangladesh was pretty ordinary - especially by Sreesanth - this was proven by Bangladesh batters. On the slow tracks (as it is there in the subcontinents) "pace" bowlers like Sreesanths and Taits are pretty useless. Teams either need pace bowlers who have "some other ammunitions" besides the pace (like disguised slower deliveries or yorkers) or else teams need to use slow bowlers who can bowl a touch short of good length on the top on off stump consistently. So, India should drop Sreesanth and take Ashwin instead.
Today, just after couple of days of winning, some headlines say "Did India peak too soon?" or "Believe the hype: India's batsmen are ready" - so does India think that they have already peaked or is India getting overconfident about our batting lineup. One good day does not make the whole tournament - so lets not start writing about Indian batters peaking!! Its just the first match of the tournament.
I believe, in all forms of cricket - tests, one days or 20-20s - bowlers can win matches, batsmen can only make a competitive score for bowlers to win it!! Having said that both batting and bowling needs to compliment each other to win big games against big teams. So, till bowlers can deliver the goods, there's a lot to improve on for team India.
Its a long way to go before we should say that India has reached its peak...
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