What is the reason for India poor performance against SA?
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expectations. You think India are one of the best sides in the world.. they are not.\n\nThey have no balance, a good batting lineup on its day, and no bowling to speak off.\n\nThe players are too flashy, they are too hit or miss.. they either spark and score 300, or don't and get 91. Only Dravid is capable of batting in an ODI match. Who else to India have that can bat? rather than Smash a cricket ball.\n\nLook at Australia - Ponting, Hussey, Clarke, even Symonds (the heart of the Australia order) can bat out 50 overs if needed, or really run up the score, smash to all parts if they need 350.\n\nIndia can't. Once they got into some trouble they folded. No one fought, I did not see the match, but I am guessing that poor shots were played all around, and no one fought for their wicket, they gave it away.
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India looses because they Match Fix, if any one doesn't know this but india is run by mobsters and gangs in mumbai and all over india! the indian goverment even represents the mobsters! and the Bet of cricket game and so some times they "HAVE" to win and some times they "HAVE" to loose! capiche!
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The main reason is the Pitches in Sub-continent is slow and batsmen can go for big shots easily because of that. So, bowling department get more relaxed and don't bother about how the score or what will be the score. Then there is tremendous ground support as well. When you have played a lot of cricket in sub-continent pitches and then you go to play in conditions like west indies or australia, the batsmen will automatically go for defensive shots and do a lot of mistakes, because the ball comes very quick with lot of movements. Indian bowlers are doing a pretty good job now, but they or not getting good support from the batting side while playing abroad. \n\nIndia have to produce more pacy pitches, that will help definitely for Indian batsmen as well as the bowlers.
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"THEY" TRY TO HIGH-LIGHT PATHAN AS A MATCH WINNER.\n\nSO "THEY" CREATING AN IMAGE THAT IF PATHAN NOT PERFORMED WELL INDIA WILL LOOSE.\n\nYOU CAN FIND MY POINT TRUE IN ONCOMING MATCHES.\n\nIF HE GET MORE WIC. INDIA WILL WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Yes it will.\n\nBut need to do more for win by INDIA.\n\nWhat?\n\n\nRESPONSIBILITY HAS TO GO ALONG WITH ACCOUTABILITY.\n\nHOW?\n\nDRAVID be removed from CAPTAINCY and ODI-Why?\n\nThe worst captain- \ncould not control SA from 6 wicket down for 76; finally SA made 275. \nAny 18yrs child can do better job.\n\nHe made 63 in 103 balls and it is equvalent of 184 in 50 overs. This means he played for his retaintion in the team but not for win of INDIA. \nHE SCORED +50 for 63 but SCORED (NEGETIVE) -100 for playing TEST Match in ODI. \n\nThe net score of dravid is (negative)-50. This means he can play TEST but he shall be removed from ODI side of INDIA.\n\nShri DHONI be made CAPTAIN- Why?\n\n\nHe scored 55 in 48 balls, this is equivalent to 344 runs in 50 overs. Therefore he played for win of INDIA. HE GOT 50 FOR SCORING 55, and 100 FOR PLAYING FOR WIN OF INDIA and not mere for his retaintion in the team.\n\nTHEREFORE DHONI WITH 150 MARKS OUT OF 100 WILL THE CAPTAIN IN THE NEXT ODI\n\nShri DRAVID WITH (-)50 SCORE SHALL BE DROPPED FROM ODI AND RESERVED FOR TEST ONLY.\n\n\nThis is one example.\n\nWhat others?\n\npay proportion to performance\n\nif team win alright, if not remove 2 bat'mn, 2 blrs, 1 all rounder, keeper (if did badly).\n\nif could not win series;\nremove captain, coach, selectors, BCCI, \nMake a fresh selection of the team.\n\nIT WILL CERTAINLY WORK.
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Howzit.\n\nInteresting question.\nI think Smith is just going through a bad patch (as every batsman does) and he will just have to play through it. Soon enough, he should be scoring decent scores again.\n\nThe thing which irritates me though is his lack of competency at captaincy when SA is in a pressure situation. He never knows what the correct thing is to do. Anyone can captain a side when they're doing well but real class comes through when the team is under pressure to perform and sadly Smith has not shown that class. He makes mistakes which a schoolboy would not do.\n\nHe also comes across as having a very poor attitude - he has a massive chip on his shoulder, which as a captain, is unacceptable.\n\nCheers
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NO IT IS NOT PERFECT TEAM TO BEAT SOUTH AFRICA ON THEIR OWN GROUND.  YUVRAJ SINGH IS THE BEST BATSMAN OF INDIAN TEAM IN THE MIDDLE ORDER MAKES IT MORE WEAK BECAUSE OF HIS INJURY.  BUT IN CRICKET WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE HOPE ANY BODY CAN SHINE AT ANY TIME AND I ALSO WISH BEST TO MY INDIAN TEAM.
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ya sure. india can win champions trophy. But as we know australia never won that trophy so they despretly try to win their first trophy. new zealend and south africa are also good rivals but if indian team play on their potential they can win champions trophy.
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The problem lies with BCCI and its selection committee. Wrong selection of players and inability to develop players for fast, bouncy foreign pitches. Poor performance of Dravid as a captain.
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Well, Mr.Zulu has been given enough chances though he is in bad form, but could not prove himself. I do agree that he is the best player in 1999 WC, but his poor form started from then. Atleast he shd be given chance in the test team, and no doubt SA Cricket boasrd is neglecting his talent.
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Its gonna be Sri Lanka Vs South Africa final!. Considering current form in ODI's, India are way behind SA and SL. I remember india lost their ODI series to West Indies. (very less ranked team) SA had excellent series with AUS and certainly are very confident. Also with 4-0 up in the series with ENG, SL seems like back in form. Anyways its gonna be tough outings for all three teams!
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COZ, INDIANS ARE FAMILIAR TO LET OPPONENTS THROUGH WHEN INDIAN COULD DICTATE.\n\nINDIANS LACK OF FIGHTING SPIRIT.
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the match seems to be draw if the Indian did not play bad.
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To Zz \nits field Hockey Brother\nIndia not good enough for Ice Hockey\n\nand they lost to Holland
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South Africa were up against England who had made 252. South Africa were 231 for six in the 43rd over when rain intervened. Play was held up for 12 minutes when the match \nrestarted south africa had to chase 22 runs from 1 ball.\n      that's a weird situation.but do you know that the rain rule used before the tournament was just based on run rate.this rule was much more advanced than that one\n   also,i believe that most people might not have given too much thought on it.after that match much more research was done on it. \n  till recently ICC insisted that these rain rules should be simple enough to work even with a simple portable calculator-so that eliminates computer-aid from the equation.also that would mean that no use of graphs.so the rule can never be that precise then\n    back then,it was just thought as an alternative to get a result for ,a rain effected match
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RESPONSIBILITY HAS TO GO ALONG WITH ACCOUTABILITY.\n\nHOW?\n\nDRAVID be removed from CAPTAINCY and ODI-Why?\n\nThe worst captain- \ncould not control SA from 6 wicket down for 76; finally SA made 275. \nAny 18yrs child can do better job.\n\nHe made 63 in 103 balls and it is equvalent of 184 in 50 overs. This means he played for his retaintion in the team but not for win of INDIA. \nHE SCORED +50 for 63 but SCORED (NEGETIVE) -100 for playing TEST Match in ODI. \n\nThe net score of dravid is (negative)-50. This means he can play TEST but he shall be removed from ODI side of INDIA.\n\nShri DHONI be made CAPTAIN- Why?\n\n\nHe scored 55 in 48 balls, this is equivalent to 344 runs in 50 overs. Therefore he played for win of INDIA. HE GOT 50 FOR SCORING 55, and 100 FOR PLAYING FOR WIN OF INDIA and not mere for his retaintion in the team.\n\nTHEREFORE DHONI WITH 150 MARKS OUT OF 100 WILL THE CAPTAIN IN THE NEXT ODI\n\nShri DRAVID WITH (-)50 SCORE SHALL BE DROPPED FROM ODI AND RESERVED FOR TEST ONLY.\n\n\nThis is one example.\n\nWhat others?\n\npay proportion to performance\n\nif team win alright, if not remove 2 bat'mn, 2 blrs, 1 all rounder, keeper (if did badly).\n\nif could not win series;\nremove captain, coach, selectors, BCCI, \nMake a fresh selection of the team.\n\nIT WILL CERTAINLY WORK.
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IN INDIA..\nWE ARE EQUALLY BEST TO AUSSIES.\nIN ABROAD...\nWE ARE EQUALLY WEAKEST AS ZIMBABWE.\n\nITS THE BITTER TRUTH.