Very impressed with Piyush Chawla; bright prospect for International cricket

[Miraz]

Dream debut for Piyush Chawla 10-0-37-3. I am more impressed with the variety in his bowling. Superb control in deliveries with nice googlies.

IMO, a future star have just made his debut in International cricket. he should be nurtured properly. He is a bright prospect.

[cricket_pagol]

I thought the delivery that got Ashraful was very nicely bowled googly... this kid definitely has a bright future.

[karimjay.]

Bounced back well after being dispatched by a boundary, first ball of international cricket.

Not the start he wished for.

[al Furqaan]

the ash delivery was good...but his other 2 wickets were tail enders...

nonetheless very tidy spell of bowling...lots of promise in the young lad.

[cricman]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
the ash delivery was good...but his other 2 wickets were tail enders...

nonetheless very tidy spell of bowling...lots of promise in the young lad.

Any different than Razzak?

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by cricman
Any different than Razzak?

razzak's gotten a lot of prize scalps over the years...if piyush can maintain razzak's stats with ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT FROM HIS CAPTAIN'S FIELD SETTINGS i'll agree with your your naive comment.

razzak can no longer be called a minnow basher, WC 07 proved that much. sure, he's struggled this series, but so what? he took 3-38 in the WC the biggest of stages, in a must win situation. even warne got smacked by "lowly" us and lara owned murali as if he was kunta kinte.

honestly, this lame habit of diefying all things indian cricket must stop...mind shedding the harness?? deifying tendu, or even dravid and dada, i can understand...but chawla???

while we're at it, lets go ahead and declare ghambir's knock one of the finest in ODI history due the immense pressure brought on by the opposing captain.

sorry for the rant, i know no one has said anything of the sort, but this implicit inferiority complex has got to end...its ended amongst our players (barring habbu) but many fans still love to be subjugated it seems.

we are NOT a top side, but we aren't the team of the 90s getting thrown around by the other teams.

remember this: had we even had a terrible captain, this series would have most likely been tied 1-1, or we might have had a 2-0 lead even. and that is with assoka's biggotry too.

[Zobair]

very promising indeed!

[Hatebreed]

I was impressed, he bowled some nice googlies. A very talented young cricketer and bright prospect for India.

[chinatown]

he is a very good bowler....got some variety

[nzfan]

it doesnt matter if razzak isnt preforming that well in this series he is young, and still gaining experience

[Kabir]

First show, good show...congrats. Too early for any further credits, but try to keep it up.

[orzoon]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
remember this: had we even had a terrible captain, this series would have most likely been tied 1-1, or we might have had a 2-0 lead even. and that is with assoka's biggotry too.

This from a veteran BD Fan like you could not help me but seriously doubt your cricket-gyaan.Anyway ,be happy in your dreamland. ....."might have's","if's" don't matter in real cricket.

[orzoon]

It is too early to start judging Chawla at this stage,he was not that successful against the England team in the test match that he played 1or 2 years back in Mohali.But,Piyush bowled well in the last ODI match .Let's see how he fares against the SL and the Pak batsmen ,maybe we might know then.

[cricman]

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
razzak's gotten a lot of prize scalps over the years...if piyush can maintain razzak's stats with ABSOLUTELY NO SUPPORT FROM HIS CAPTAIN'S FIELD SETTINGS i'll agree with your your naive comment.

Razzak Benefits most from the defensive settings when does get his wickets there usually LBW's, Bowled, WK dismissals. Having the wrong field settings doesn't hurt him as much as a Mortaza. The point I was trying to make you dismissed Chawla's innings as 1 biggie and 2 FIsh, what Raj usally does is take a Big Scalp like an SRT and get the rest in Death which usually is in the tail.

Originally Posted by al Furqaan
remember this: had we even had a terrible captain, this series would have most likely been tied 1-1, or we might have had a 2-0 lead even. and that is with assoka's biggotry too.

What does Chawla have to do with us losing the first ODI?

[criccric]

Its early days. I'd like to see his wicket taking ability under adverse conditions - when defending low scores, or batsmen are on a rampage or pitch is not as favorable. These situations differentiate men from the boys.

However, agreed that it was after a long time I saw an Indian spinner spinning the ball and the one which got Ash was quite a masterclass for someone bowling the 2nd international over of his life.

[WarWolf]

He is a better replacement for Anil Kumble.

[Sohel]

... piyush chawla: deceptive flight and loop, great rotaion of the ball on its own axis, the ability to turn the ball and make it dip before contact can only remind us of one man... i hope the impending indian media hype doesn't mitigate what piyush has to offer to the world...

[bd_fan_from_india]

nice to c u guys praising an indian youngster

piyush chawla is a exciting prospect. he has done well at the u-19 level and besides being a spinner, he is a useful all-rounder as well and can bit a bit. india have found a good replacement for anil kumble just after he retired. and after 1-2 years, do watch out for shehbaz nadeem, a 17-year old left-arm spinner

[Tigers_eye]

Originally Posted by orzoon
It is too early to start judging Chawla at this stage,he was not that successful against the England team in the test match that he played 1or 2 years back in Mohali.But,Piyush bowled well in the last ODI match .Let's see how he fares against the SL and the Pak batsmen ,maybe we might know then.

Just so that you know a year or two can change many thing in cricket. If we had the WC on 2004 we wouldn't qualify for 2nd round, yes? He is a good prospect. harbajan!!

[Protic]

Piyush is good.. and about razzak..if he was playing for the aussie team..trust me..brad hogg's days were over..and razzak would have been a match winner more often.

[james007]

Indians can't produce any good bowler. they suck

[psj]

Originally Posted by james007
Indians can't produce any good bowler. they suck

True..and they dont even do drugs to improve their bowling.we shld learn frm our neighbours.

[Rifat]

Originally Posted by psj
True..and they dont even do drugs to improve their bowling.we shld learn frm our neighbours.

it's good to see that bangladesh is well respected in the world of cricket today... i remember a few years ago people made fun of me just because i am from bangladesh... tears fill my eyes when these scenes reappear... hopefully those days are over

[al Furqaan]

Originally Posted by orzoon
This from a veteran BD Fan like you could not help me but seriously doubt your cricket-gyaan.Anyway ,be happy in your dreamland. ....."might have's","if's" don't matter in real cricket.

you can doubt whatever you want. doesn't mean a goddamned thing

let me guess, you might believe or have believed in one/some/all of the following:

- india are the best team in the world or among the best
- indian batsmen, barring the exception, are NOT flat track bullies
- india would win WC 07
- india will win WC 11
- yada yada yada

yep, i think its fair to say that i could have said any number of brilliant things and you would still doubt my cricketing "gyaan" because what i happen to post doesn't confirm your anti-BD bias/biggotry.
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i fully agree about not living with "couldas", "wouldas", and "shouldas"...which is why i am completely over ashoka's idiocies.

but that doesn't change the fact that he was India's MoM for ODI 1 and quite possibly for the series.

dissprove that if you please.

[al Furqaan]

not to mention you know nothing about bashar's captaicy, otherwise you wouldn't have made such a ludicrous assertion.

bashar is 95% of the problem with BD cricket right now. it wasn't that way 2 years ago, but it is today.