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This is an archive article published on June 17, 2006
Don’t dump 5th bowler
I would have thought it hurts India when it is not winning Tests abroad. But if it was so, they would have picked five bowlers for this Test.
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I would have thought it hurts India when it is not winning Tests abroad. But if it was so, they would have picked five bowlers for this Test. They have taken two steps backwards from the days in Pakistan when the five-bowler theory was heralded with much fanfare.
Now against a weaker bowling attack, they have chosen to strengthen their batting at the cost of bowling. It doesn’t make sense.
Irfan Pathan was reintroduced but he is jaded. Both Munaf Patel and VRV Singh were okay but a judgment must wait since they have just embarked on an arduous journey.
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Still, India is on the rise and these issues are minor when you look at the travails which have engulfed the home team. I have no doubt India would not carry with their foolhardy ways in the next Test.
Three centuries in the game in St Lucia is reason enough for them to shift attention to the area which is holding up their charge.
–MICHAEL HOLDING
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