Mind games On!!

Ponting gets on with mind games that would hardly bother India’s plans or affect his team’s defensive strategy.

 

They’re in a bit of a predicament I think with Anil being their captain. If you had to look at someone who was going to go out to make way for a quick, it would probably have to be him.

 

Barring a 100 in Bangalore Test, his record in India is pathetic to say the least. His team doesn’t boast of a quality spinner who can run through the batting lineup. Neither his team has bowlers capable of taking 20 Indian wickets. So this kind of talks actually don’t suit him.

 

Harbhajan [Singh] has a great record against Australia and is probably bowling better than Kumble at the moment so that’s where the difficulty comes. If they happen to drop Kumble it would probably be a long way back for him so it will be interesting to see what they do.

 

Did Ponting forget that Kumble has 108 wkts against them in 19 Tests ?  Most by any bowler in contemporary era ? Suggest he check the stats book before saying wrong facts.

 

He’s just happened to have a good game as well, which is pretty unusual for him.  He’s had a good game. It’s up to him to back it up again. I think a lot of his comments might have been to try and get us to play a different style and different brand of cricket.

 

Yeah definitely, Aussies for sure have been rattled by the master stroke from Zaheer and the frustration and desperation is coming out of the words of Ponting. May be this comments act as “Jelly Beans” and with Mohali track supposed to assist seamers, Hayden and co would find Zaheer hard to tackle.  And then another defensive run scoring spree. A run rate of 2.84 in 1^st innings and 3.12 in 2^nd innings isn’t quite an Australian way mate ? Is it ?