1st ODI: India vs Pakistan, Chennai, 30/12/2012 (8:30 am PST | 9:00 am IST)

[EagleEyes]

Did Mohammed Irfan lose the cool when he got smashed by Dhoni in last over?

 

[KRAIT]

Misbah rey Misbah-
Its time Hafeez should be captain of ODI team aswell-
Win or Loose- one thing is for sure- Misbah will not be the captain any more-

You left me, I called Dhoni and here is the result.

All Pakistanis, bash @JonAsad. He is the culprit.

 

[Mani2020]

Bhaiyou mujhse likhwa lou yeh match india ney jeet jana ha i would love to be proved wrong but yeh match gaya misbah ki shakal nahi h jeetnay wali

 

[ameer219]

Bhai, you will be killing your pace bowlers if you ask them to ball at high speed with a long run up in the conditions they played today. If you do, they may be able to finish the game but then will be up for injury unavailable to play for next match. Captain discuss with team and look at pace bowlers condition before asking him to ball.

You don't get it bro. That one over could make a lot of difference here. We are talking about a bowler (Irfan) who is still fresh in ODI, and Junaid who is a specialist death bowler. It was quite unacceptable to me. In addition look at the field placement. No doubt Dhoni was spectacular today, but all this runs could have been minimized the least. And if you were talking about injury, you forgot that Irfan was the one who falled out due to fatigue and strain.

 

[A.Rafay]

Pakistan can do this it's not a big score.

 

[jbond197]

From Circinfo -

Mack: "Dhoni - today wearing Jersey No. 7, playing at 7th position, finishes 7000 ODI runs and becomes a 7th indian batsman to do so. (And also making 100 runs partnership for 7th wicket). What 7nastic day for him." and also 7 fours as pointed out by Hari. No wonder for someone born on 7th of July. When was Chris Martin born?

"Only thing left is Dhoni take 7 catches/stumping. Or even more astonishingly, 7 wickets!" says Bilal

 

[mylovepakistan]

Just curious - Is Misbah widely hated / disliked in Pakistan ? Lot of posts not so in his favour above

yupeeee

 

[Raja.Pakistani]

Nobody attacks Dhoni the player, its Dhoni the captain that gets the flak.

Dhoni is also a great captain he has got excuse for everything

 

[EagleEyes]

Bhaiyou mujhse likhwa lou yeh match india ney jeet jana ha i would love to be proved wrong but yeh match gaya misbah ki shakal nahi h jeetnay wali

Too little of a score to win here if we survive the first 10 overs. Fortunately, Hafeez and Nasir are unlike the openers we used to have.

 

[Roybot]

 

[ameer219]

The last thing I want, is for Misbah to play responsibly after this..

 

[mylovepakistan]

huh...

 

[arp2041]

@Safriz NO revenge today only AVENGE for the loss of 1st T-20

 

[jbond197]

The last thing I want, is for Misbah to play responsibly after this..

yeah like Dhoni!!

 

[Meengla]

Yups, 250 + would have been better. MSD has done incredible job to bring his team to this score. Hats off..

Very smart cricketer. He hits a six. Then, the next ball, he defends it, acknowledging a good ball. He knows there are 20-30 more balls remaining. So why not try to get 20-40 more sure runs instead of a mad rush for 60-70? That's cricketing brain. And shame on people like Gavaskar who wants Dhoni to be replaced by Kohli.

Honestly, Pakistan has produced only TWO batsmen who thoroughly understood how to bat: Javed Miandad and Inzi. No wonder they won most matches for Pakistan and are the two highest run getters for Pakistan.