Asia Cup 2008

[fatman17]

India captain Dhoni unhappy with Asia Cup schedule, says tired players are dropping catches

The Associated Press
Saturday, June 28, 2008

KARACHI, Pakistan: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni criticized the Asia Cup schedule after his team played three matches in four days.

"I am not happy with the format of the Asia Cup," Dhoni said after India defeated Bangladesh in the first Super Four match by seven wickets on Saturday. "We played 36 hours of cricket in the last 84 hours and it's really getting tough on the players."

India defeated Hong Kong in its first Group B match on Wednesday before beating archrival Pakistan the following day.

"The players are quite tired if you play too many matches in short span," Dhoni said.

Indian fielders have dropped several chances — including two missed opportunities for Gautam Gambhir against Bangladesh — and Dhoni suggested tiredness was a cause.

"Each and every player was tired on the field after playing three games in a short time and perhaps that was the reason that we missed chances," Dhoni said.

India will now have three days off before taking on archrival Pakistan and Sri Lanka in its remaining two Super Four matches on Wednesday and Thursday respectively.

The top two teams from the Super Four stage will meet in the final on July 6.

i couldnt agree more, besides that playing cricket in the months of june / july in the heat and humidlty of karachi is absolutely crazy. cricket season in pakistan should be from mid-october to mid-april.

 

[fatman17]

any way the death of 50-overs cricket is getting closer (at least in the windies) as australia and WI play before near-empty stands in their one-day series. very sad indeed. WI has been completely taken over by US sports culture and soccer. (more money than cricket)
even in the asia cup the pak v. india match was not house full (not bcuz of the cricket but the oppressive heat and the pak v. SL match ongoing today is being played before a more than half-empty stadium and today is sunday.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Bangladesh played very well against India and so they are no pushovers!

 

[Goodperson]

Pakistan 138/5 (33 ov) Getting in to trouble ?

 

[Imran Khan]

pakistan no needs asia cup may be

 

[EagleEyes]

I didn't watch the batting, but the bowling was pretty ordinary. I dont even know why we have Rao Iftikhar in the team.

 

[cactuslily58]

i couldnt agree more, besides that playing cricket in the months of june / july in the heat and humidlty of karachi is absolutely crazy. cricket season in pakistan should be from mid-october to mid-april.

The Cricket boards are milking their players without a care for the sport. Empty stands should serve as a wake up call.

But does a professional player have a right to crib ? They don't seem strained when raking in the moolah acting in commercials .

In any case, there are so many good players that the absence of one / some is not missed.

 

[su-47]

I cant even watch the Asia Cup. It is not even broadcasted here in Southern Africa. I just end up looking at the scorecard online. The cricket boards are charging too much. sports channels dont find it profitable anymore to broadcast cricket in the subcontinent.

and the board is milking players too. Dhoni complained about having to play back to back games, and declared that it was exhaustion that led to India's poor bowling and fielding against bangladesh

 

[salman nedian]

I went to stadium yesterday and simply thrown my 100 rs.

 

[EagleEyes]

I went to stadium yesterday and simply thrown my 100 rs.

How was the Afridis duck?

 

[salman nedian]

How was the Afridis duck?

That was my exit time also.

 

[ejaz007]

Salman,
I hope you did'nt run away with Afridi's duck.

 

[salman nedian]

Salman,
I hope you did'nt run away with Afridi's duck.

Yeah! that was a horrifying duck.

 

[Always Neutral]

India-Pakistan rivalry not the same anymore​

“Globalisation, means of communication and education have opened a window to the outside world and now we know how far ahead India and other countries have moved from us. It’s here that we want to catch up with you,”said Mazz, another student.


India-Pakistan rivalry not the same anymore- Hindustan Times

If I did not know better you would be called an Indian for posting such an article by Batman, RR and Co. However all in all a very good article as its shows that the common Indian and Pakistani dont put rivalry above all now days.

Regards

 

[Flintlock]

^^^I for one don't agree with that article. India-Pakistan rivalry remains as strong as ever.

I think the ugly hindu-muslim hate part of it has been reduced to some extent, and that is good.