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Saturday 30 March, 2019

My World Cup Squad | 2019

My XI

  1. Rohit Sharma
  2. S Dhawan
  3. V Kohli
  4. Shreyas Iyer
  5. M S Dhoni
  6. Kedar Jadhav
  7. H Pandya
  8. B Kumar
  9. Y Chahal
  10. Kuldeep Yadav
  11. J Bumrah
Rest of the squad
  1. A Rahane
  2. R Jadeja
  3. D Karthik
  4. V Shankar
  5. M Siraj / S Kaul / K Ahamed ?
Does backup fast bowling options look thin? 
Bumrah, Bhuvi, and Shammi pick themselves up. Rest of the fast bowling resources does not look promising as of now. For 4th fast bowling option in the squad, my choice would be Umesh Yadav purely for his experience over others.

Why Shreyas Iyer was not given enough chances compared to others?
Yuvraj Singh was our biggest match-winner. After his decline, many players were tried for the middle order positions: Rahane, Rayadu, KL Rahul, S Iyer, M Pandey, etc. To be fair Rayadu did well in the opportunities given to him. He is considered to be a slow-mover in the field. Whether he can come good in difficult conditions? KL Rahul was promoted as the next big thing. But the performance column does not look good despite some handsome performances initially. We all know about Rahane's class. But he was considered to be struggling in slower-pitches. Then there is a question: What is his suitable batting position? He himself needs to partially blamed for his fall.
SS Iyer had some good scores in India 'A' tours and domestic circuit. My choice for No.4 would be SS Iyer. 

All Rounders & Additional Bowling Options
The problem with the current Indian team is that no top order batsman can bowl a few overs except K Jadhav. Earlier we used to have Sachin, Sehwag, Yuvi, Ganguly bowling few overs regularly. A lot of current players are either one-dimensional or bits and pieces players like V Shankar, K Pandya etc. Hardik Pandya is an interesting case. At least in shorter versions, he can be a close to a genuine all-rounder.  Whether he will be fit enough and last the entire World Cup tournament. Even if he is fit, whether he will be consistent with bat and ball. V Shankar in his limited opportunities looks decent with bat and a good fielder. As of now, most of us are sceptical about his bowling despite his last over heroics against Australia in the recently concluded one-day series. And there are better batsmen available than him and so he can't be picked as a specialist batsman.

Wednesday 18 January, 2012

India’s Overseas Victories during Sachin’s Era


            This article tries to give the statistics of India’s victorious performances abroad. It also compares how India fare with other teams. The statistics given here does not include performances against Bangladesh & Zimbabwe. The stats include matches from Sachin Tendulkar’s debut till December 25, 2011.

India’s Overseas Victories during Sachin’s Era

S.No.
Match
Top Scorer
Top Wicket Taker
MoM
Captain
Comments
I
II
I
II
1.       
I: Ind 366/10
II: SL 254/10
III: Ind 359/4 decl
IV: SL 236/10

Kambli -
125
Sidhu - 82


Sidhu -104
Sachin – 104*
Kumble – 5/87
Prabhakar – 3/43
Prabhakar- 3/49
Kumble – 3/85
Bat: 4 & 95
Ball: 3/43 & 3/85
Azhar
India won the 3 Match Test series 1-0.
2.       
I: SL 274/10
II: Ind 232/10
III: SL 221/10
IV: Ind 264/3
S.Ramesh -47
Harbhajan - 44
Ganguly – 98*
Dravid - 75
Zaheer – 3/62
V.Prasad – 2/52
V.Prasad – 5/72
Zaheer – 4/76
Bat: 18 & 98*
Ball: 2/69 & 0/21
Ganguly
India lost the 3 Match Test series 1-2. Sachin & Laxman missed this series due to injuries.
3.       
I: Ind 339/10
II: WI 245/10
III: 218/10
IV: 275/10
Sachin – 117
Laxman - 69
Ganguly -75*
Laxman- 74
Srinath – 3/71
Zaheer – 2/47
Srinath- 3/69
Nehra- 3/72
69 & 74
Ganguly

India lost the 5 Match Test Series 1-2.
4.       
I: Ind 628/8 decl
II: Eng 273/10
III: Eng 309/10
Sachin – 193
Dravid – 148
Ganguly- 128
DNB
Harbhajan – 3/40
Kumble – 3/93
Kumble – 4/66
Bangar – 2/54
148
Ganguly
India drew the 4 Match Test Series 1-1.
5.       
I: Aus 556/10
II: Ind 523/10
III: Aus 196/10
IV: Ind 233/6
Dravid- 233
Laxman - 148
Dravid – 72*
Sehwag - 47
Kumble – 5/154
Nehra – 2/115
Agarkar – 6/41
Sachin – 2/36
233 & 72*
Ganguly
India drew the 4 Match Test Series 1-1.
6.       
I: Ind 675/5 decl
II: Pak 407/10
III: Pak 216/10
Sehwag – 309
Sachin – 194*
DNB
Irfan – 4/100
Sachin – 2/36
Kumble – 6/72
Irfan – 2/26
309
Dravid
India won the 3 Match Test Series 2-1.
7.       
I: Pak 224/10
II: Ind 600/10
III: Pak 245/10
Dravid – 270
Ganguly - 77
DNB
Balaji – 4/63
Irfan – 2/49
Kumble – 4/47
Balaji – 3/108
270
Ganguly
India won the 3 Match Test Series 2-1.
8.       
I: Ind 200/10
II: WI 103/10
III: Ind 171/10
IV: WI 219/10
Dravid – 81
Kumble - 45
Dravid – 68
Dhoni -19
Harbhajan – 5/19
Sreesanth – 2/34
Kumble – 6/78
Sreesanth – 3/38
81 & 68
Dravid
India won the 4 Match Test Series 1-0. Sachin missed the Test Series due to injury & Ganguly was dropped for the series.
9.       

I: Ind 249/10
II: SA 84/10
III: Ind 236/10
IV: SA 278/10
Ganguly – 51*
Sachin - 44
Laxman – 73
Sehwag - 33
Sreesanth – 5/40
Kumble – 2/2
Kumble – 3/54
Sreesanth – 3/59
5/40 & 3/59
Dravid
India lost the 3 Match Test Series 1-2.
10.   
I: Eng 198/10
II: Ind 481/10
III: Eng 355/10
IV: Ind 73/3
Sachin – 91
Ganguly - 79
Karthik – 22
Jaffer - 22
Zaheer – 4/59
Kumble – 3/32
Zaheer – 5/75
Kumble – 3/104
4/59 & 5/75
Dravid
India won the 3 Match Test Series 1-0.
11.   
I: Ind 330/10
II: Aus 212/10
III: Ind 294/10
IV: Aus 340/10
Dravid – 93
Sachin - 71
Laxman – 79
Pathan - 46
RP. Singh – 4/68
Ishant – 2/34
Irfan – 3/54
Sehwag – 2/24
Bat: 28 & 46
Ball: 2/63 & 3/54
Kumble
India lost the 4 Match Test Series 1-2.
12.   
I: Ind 329/10
II: SL 292/10
III: 269/10
IV: SL 136/10
Sehwag – 201*
Gambhir - 56
Gambhir – 74
Sehwag - 50
Harbhajan – 6/102
Kumble – 3/81

Harbhajan – 4/51
Ishant – 3/20
201* & 50

Kumble
India lost the 3 Match Test Series 1-2.
13.   
I: NZ 279/10
II: Ind 520/10
III: NZ 279/10
IV: Ind 39/0
Sachin – 160
Gambhir - 72
Gambhir – 30
Dravid -8
Ishant – 4/73
Munaf – 3/60
Harbhajan – 6/63
Munaf – 2/60
160
Dhoni
India won the 3 Match Test Series 1-0.
14.   

I: SL 425/10
II: Ind 436/10
III: SL 267/10
IV: Ind 258/5
Sehwag – 109
Raina - 62

Laxman – 103*
Sachin - 54
Ojha – 4/115
Ishant – 3/72
Mishra – 3/47
Sehwag – 3/51
56 & 103*
Dhoni
India drew the 3 Match Test Series 1-1.
15.   
I: Ind 205/10
II: SA 131/10
III: Ind 228/10
IV: SA 215/10
Laxman – 38
Dhoni - 35
Laxman – 96
Sehwag - 32
Harbhajan – 4/10
Zaheer – 3/36
Sreesanth – 3/45
Zaheer – 3/57
38 & 96
Dhoni
India drew the 3 Match Test Series 1-1.
16.   
I: Ind 246/10
II: WI 173/10
III: Ind 252/10
IV: WI 262/10
Raina – 82
Harbhajan - 70

Dravid – 112
Mishra - 28
Ishant – 3/29
Praveen – 3/38
Praveen – 3/42
Ishant – 3/81
40 & 112
Dhoni
India won the 3 Match Test Series 1-0.



Man of the Match in Overseas Victories
S.No.
Players
Number of MoMs

  1.  
Rahul Dravid

5

  1.  
VVS Laxman
3

  1.  
V Sehwag
2

  1.  
Sachin Tendulkar
1

  1.  
S Ganguly
1

  1.  
Zaheer Khan
1

  1.  
Sreesanth
1

  1.  
Irfan Pathan
1

  1.  
Manoj Prabhakar
1

Break-up of Victories
S.No.
Opposition
Matches Played
Matches Won
Matches Drawn
Matches Lost
Win/Loss Ratio

  1.  
15
4
6
5
0.80

  1.  
17
3
11
3
1.00

  1.  
10
2
6
2
1.00

  1.  
17
2
8
7
0.28

  1.  
16
2
4
10
0.20

  1.  
15
2
6
7
0.28

  1.  
11
1
6
4
0.25

  1.  
Total
101
16
47
38
0.42

Other Team’s Performances Overseas
S.No.
Teams
Matches Played
Matches Won
Matches Drawn
Matches Lost
Win/Loss Ratio

  1.  
Australia
111
52
26
33
1.57

  1.  
SouthAfrica
81
27
27
27
1.00

  1.  
Pakistan
88
27
22
39
0.69

  1.  
England
112
27
38
47
0.57

  1.  
India
101
16
47
38
0.42

  1.  
Srilanka
73
11
24
38
0.28

  1.  
West Indies
95
13
22
60
0.21

  1.  
NewZealand
73
7
27
39
0.17





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