What do you think of India's hapless bowling?

@Wismay (2037)
India
February 27, 2011 10:20am CST
Indian bowling against Bangladesh was bad but somehow they managed to win that match. And they singled out Sreesanth. But do you think other bowlers are doing anything better? They are not being able to take even five wickets against a team so far in the world cup! Pathetic to say the least. But the pitch was also bad. Bangalore pitch is always somewhat favors batsmen and goes flat. Do you think Dhoni should have elected to bowl? or Do you think India failed in the last 10 overs to up the ante and score more runs? India has no chance unless they improve their bowling. Share your thoughts!
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@amitavroy (4819)
• India
27 Feb 11
i am not at all happy with the performance of the bowlers. we struggled against a weak team like bangladesh and lost this match almost because of our bad bowling. our pace attack is not very strong except for zahir and he will not be effective if the other end is not doing well. and the spin is good but not very effective when it comes to taking wickets in those middle overs and creating pressure.
@Wismay (2037)
• India
27 Feb 11
Especially Indian team is failing in taking quick wickets and putting pressure on opposition. And the fielding was also bad and their body language wasn't good. Some players seems like they are unfit to field. They are just getting away with their strong batting but it won't get them far unless they improve in all departments. Regards
• India
10 Mar 11
"I don't think any team have won the world cup without a strike bowler in the team" - Can India prove this wrong? This article should give a clear image of what politics Dhoni plays within the Indian team : http://cricket.yahoo.com/cricket/blog/venkatananth/21/venkatananth21 Dhoni wants to protect some players no matter what and maintain a rift between Seniors and Juniors in the team. I haven't seen another captain in the history of cricket abusing and demoralizing his own team mates by insulting them at the press conferences... Looking forward to the coming matches against strong South Africa, Australia and West Indies: - A picture of how worse our bowling line up is will be clear with these matches... About Zak - he is the only world class bowler in the present XI and if he does have any weak points, Sreesanth is his best partner capable of covering up where Zaheer misses out. With the senior most seamers in the team (Zak and Nehra) bowling in tandem - if an ordinary attack like Holland/Netherlands can score a 56/0 in the first 14, it clearly shows the Lack of Quality in bowling.... Keep Sreesanth in the dressing room and abuse him on and off the benches... India will definitely win the worldcup and Dhoni can be proud of wasting a seamer's talents and destroying his career at it's peak...
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
28 Feb 11
I think Indian bowling lacks teeth. I would prefer to play Ashwin instead of Piyush as he has more variations in his bowling. I think the current bowling attack cannot bowl an opposition out. Let's hope Ashwin comes in for the next match. Cheers! Ram
@nainesh1 (1656)
• India
27 Feb 11
The bowling is so poor and it is the weakest link for India. We must defend the score whatever we got , they were to careless in doing that. In the tight situation against the better opponent we might find India on the losing side just because of bad bowling. The carelessness of tailenders cost us 2 runs and in the end that mattered . The review added more trouble as it should have been given out otherwise no need to use of a review in any matches.
@ebuscat (5935)
• Philippines
28 Feb 11
For me it is not good to said but if they think it is there choice then go.
• India
28 Feb 11
Well my opinion is Strauss played hell of an innings,but the pathetic display by chawala and our parttimers can not be undermined.Dhoni's decison to bat first was a correct one and the batsmen lead by sachin justified too.In my opinion they should start with munaf and Ashwin as the opening combination and zaheer should be used only after 15 overs when the ball is pretty old.Ashwin is a proven customer in the IPL and should be handy,i disagree to pick another fast bowler.India should go with 2 quicks and 2 fast bowlers.