Thread: Why India lost the ODI series

Quote: Originally Posted by dani2k Congrats to RA, OZGod, Fish and the other Aussie supporters (do we have anybody else). Kudos to the Aussie team for winning the series so well with their bunch of youngsters. Truly you guys deserve to be the #1 with the kind of back up and attitude (the right kind for a change ) you carry to the middle. Take a bow Australia. Truly your cricketers played excellent cricket and deserved to win the series.....

As I mentioned earlier Ponting saved more runs and converted more half chances than the entire Indian team as a whole. That in itself says enough. Other reasons include more consistancy in the top 3 and a better pace attack.

Quote: Originally Posted by Random Aussie Yes it does. I am just curious why people persist with this myth that India are more "talented" than Australia. We have not lost an ODI series in India for 13 years did you know that? So what is this "talent" thing that we are so deficient in? The question of talent only comes in context with the current series. I don't know who said that previous Aussie teams had less talent....

Quote: Originally Posted by amar1212 atleast pak performed better in both t20 WC and Champions trophy...they didnt choke unlike u guyz what do you mean "u guys"? Just because I said Dhoni is a good captain, I became an Indian Supporter. lol

Quote: Originally Posted by insaaniyat If dhoni was playing for pakistan, pakistan won't be in this delema. Dhoni is there because he is a very good captian, who delivers when it counts also. Not like our captain, big talk no result. It is just this series that Dohni has been able to step up with his batting. Before that he had a number of ODIs where he was failing and there are threads talking about him moving his positions and accused...

Quote: Originally Posted by insaaniyat If dhoni was playing for pakistan, pakistan won't be in this delema. Dhoni is there because he is a very good captian, who delivers when it counts also. Not like our captain, big talk no result. atleast pak performed better in both t20 WC and Champions trophy...they didnt choke unlike u guyz

One crucial thing that most teams must understand now even if the aussies dont have the same talent as they they did when they had Langer, Hayden, Gilchrist, Martyn, Warne, Mcgrath, Gillespie, they will always aim for victory no matter what their own resources are or the calibre of the opposition they face. In mental toughness, never say die attitude, the Aussies still remain superior to all teams around the world. Even Pakistan had many...

They are becoming very inconsistent.

Quote: Originally Posted by Random Aussie You do realise that India have beaten Australia in an ODI series once in 13 years? But if you put all the Injuries that Australia picked up into perspective than I would say that India were clear favourites for this series regardless of history.

Also how do you rate Jadeja! to me as bowling all rounder irfan pathan would have been a better choice!