03-23-2007, 11:04 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->My whole problem with Agarkar is his total lack of discipline. An occasional wide, maybe, because of over-swing, but NO-BALLs? Come on, for someone who lives to bowl, it is hard to imagine how he cannot still have the rhythm and run-up accurate and repeatable to the millimeter.
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I think Agarkar has started to play the victim. Instead of improving his accuracy, he probably feels he is being unfairly targeted. It is coach's role to make sure that bowlers understand what is expected of them. No chance of this underarmer making himself useful. Getting accuracy should not be difficult. And I think the cheapskates at the BCCI are also not interested in appointing a bowling coach.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->They need to drop Agarkar and bring in Pathan, and drop Patel and bring in Sreesanth. And drop Oothappam and bring in Kartik. Hope they show some brains tomorrow.
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I dont think that is going to happen. Dravid takes loyalty to an extreme. Sehwag should have not even be selected for the WC, but he was persisted with for long enough and he has helped himself to a hundred against Ber, now he will be not be touched for another 5 failures. No chance of Agarkar and Uthappa being droped for tomorrow.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BTW, the Sri Lankans showed very clearly that 191 would have been eminently out of reach of BD if the bowling had been accurate. As it is, when they won against India there were only 9 balls remaining. India should have won that match, if Agarkar had not been asleep in the first few overs.
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I think it was bcos of the fear factor of Malinga and murali. they were unnerved by that slinging action and murali-chuck. Whereas against india, that tamim was giving the charge to zaheer and getting away with it. When the batsman gives the charge, the current indian bowlers dont know what to do. They panick and go for pace and pitch it short. That does not help at all. We dont have someone to put the scare into the batsmen.
Not sure if u guys saw the Canada-NZ match. Bond did not play and John Davison toyed with Mason and Tuffrey. Only some intelligent slow bowling saved the day. Canada ended up with 249 chasing 364. If Davison had stayed, Canada had a chance. I think the indian bowling is like NZ without Bond. Maybe sreesanth can help, if he is accurate enough.
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I think Agarkar has started to play the victim. Instead of improving his accuracy, he probably feels he is being unfairly targeted. It is coach's role to make sure that bowlers understand what is expected of them. No chance of this underarmer making himself useful. Getting accuracy should not be difficult. And I think the cheapskates at the BCCI are also not interested in appointing a bowling coach.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->They need to drop Agarkar and bring in Pathan, and drop Patel and bring in Sreesanth. And drop Oothappam and bring in Kartik. Hope they show some brains tomorrow.
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I dont think that is going to happen. Dravid takes loyalty to an extreme. Sehwag should have not even be selected for the WC, but he was persisted with for long enough and he has helped himself to a hundred against Ber, now he will be not be touched for another 5 failures. No chance of Agarkar and Uthappa being droped for tomorrow.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->BTW, the Sri Lankans showed very clearly that 191 would have been eminently out of reach of BD if the bowling had been accurate. As it is, when they won against India there were only 9 balls remaining. India should have won that match, if Agarkar had not been asleep in the first few overs.
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I think it was bcos of the fear factor of Malinga and murali. they were unnerved by that slinging action and murali-chuck. Whereas against india, that tamim was giving the charge to zaheer and getting away with it. When the batsman gives the charge, the current indian bowlers dont know what to do. They panick and go for pace and pitch it short. That does not help at all. We dont have someone to put the scare into the batsmen.
Not sure if u guys saw the Canada-NZ match. Bond did not play and John Davison toyed with Mason and Tuffrey. Only some intelligent slow bowling saved the day. Canada ended up with 249 chasing 364. If Davison had stayed, Canada had a chance. I think the indian bowling is like NZ without Bond. Maybe sreesanth can help, if he is accurate enough.