India vs Australia-ODI series thread

[gadj1976]

Dumb question time.....why does India wear blue when their flag is green, white and orange.

From wiki...

With the advent of the World Series Cup in the 1970s, each team was to don a primary and secondary colour on their uniforms. The Indian team elected to wear light-blue as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. Even during the 1999 Cricket World Cup the secondary colour on the Indian cricket team's clothing has been yellow. However, this has since been removed and replaced with the tricolour. However, in the past the Indian ODI outfits were changed to different shades of blue, mostly darker than the current, and the team donned dark blue during 1992, and then the sky blue colour for the next decade. Indian team has got a new kit from 2009 which is dark blue with India written on it in Orange[31]. The kit sponsor for the Indian Cricket Team is Nike, which in 2005 bought the kit rights in a $27.2 million contract with BCCI[32].

I've watched cricket from a young age and never really questioned why they wear blue. I understand Australia wear green and gold because of the wattle??? Is that right? I would think we'd be one of few nations to not wear the colours of our national flag on the sporting arena.

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2/52; Tendulkar run out from a direct hit by Johnson. Henriques helped by being where he was, Tendulkar had to make a slight deviation around him.

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Dumb question time.....why does India wear blue when their flag is green, white and orange.

From wiki...

With the advent of the World Series Cup in the 1970s, each team was to don a primary and secondary colour on their uniforms. The Indian team elected to wear light-blue as their primary colour and yellow as their secondary colour. Even during the 1999 Cricket World Cup the secondary colour on the Indian cricket team's clothing has been yellow. However, this has since been removed and replaced with the tricolour. However, in the past the Indian ODI outfits were changed to different shades of blue, mostly darker than the current, and the team donned dark blue during 1992, and then the sky blue colour for the next decade. Indian team has got a new kit from 2009 which is dark blue with India written on it in Orange[31]. The kit sponsor for the Indian Cricket Team is Nike, which in 2005 bought the kit rights in a $27.2 million contract with BCCI[32].

I've watched cricket from a young age and never really questioned why they wear blue. I understand Australia wear green and gold because of the wattle??? Is that right? I would think we'd be one of few nations to not wear the colours of our national flag on the sporting arena.

New Zealand, Italy are a couple of others.

[FD88]

My opinion of Bollinger is starting to change. He's a decent player and looks a better ODI bowler than Hilfy. Also pretty happy to see Henriques in the side, we know he has talent and with some of the huge calls made about him I'd like to see us find out what we've got while he's still 22/23 rather than finally giving him a spot at 28 or so. I mean I think someone like Hilfenhaus would've been a far more accomplished test bowler now had we used him when he was the highly rated "young McGrath" bowler of 23 years.

Aaaaaand Hauritz has knocked Gambhir over, huge wicket! He is really starting to come on. Know he has traditionally been a better ODI bowler than Test bowler but he is making definite all-round improvement to his bowling.

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By the time the World Championship of Cricket Tournament was staged, all 6 visiting nations had been to Australia.

When that tournament was staged, the design and colours were:
All except England had a hoop with one strip above and below the hoop, along with the collar was the secondary colour, with the rest being the primary colour.
Australia: Gold, green
England: Light blue
India: Light blue and yellow
New Zealand: Grey and black
Pakistan: Green and dark blue
Sri Lanka: Yellow and dark blue
West Indies: Light grey and maroon

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Gonna be a lot harder for Dhoni in this match than the last one. Still, get him out and the job is half done.

[FD88]

How accomplished is Dhoni as an ODI batsman though, seriously. Brilliant.

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How accomplished is Dhoni as an ODI batsman though, seriously. Brilliant.

There's one for the debate room - the better player in ODI , is it Dhoni or Gilchrist?

[GWW]

How accomplished is Dhoni as an ODI batsman though, seriously. Brilliant.

There's one for the debate room - the better player in ODI , is it Dhoni or Gilchrist?

As an Aussie supporter i'm probably biased, but i'd take Gilchrist without hesitation.

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How accomplished is Dhoni as an ODI batsman though, seriously. Brilliant.

There's one for the debate room - the better player in ODI , is it Dhoni or Gilchrist?

As an Aussie supporter i'm probably biased, but i'd take Gilchrist without hesitation.

Same for me, but only after I tried some unbiased thinking.

[GWW]

Do you have any details on their respective records, spelly, ie. games played/batting average/aggregate/highest score, as well as wicket keeping record..

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Dhoni:

Innings: 130
Runs: 4827
Avg: 50.28
H/S: 183*
S/R: 90.53
Wickets: 1
Avg: 14.00
Caught: 147
Stumped: 47

Gilchrist:

Innings: 279
Runs: 9619
Avg: 35.89
H/S: 172
S/R: 96.95
Caught: 417
Stumped: 55

Keep in mind for the average that Gilchrist opened the batting 259 times out of 279; Dhoni has only opened the batting twice.

[GWW]

Dhoni's record certainly is impressive. I guess we'll all be able to make a better comparison at the end of his career, but to me Gilchrist is still the better player.

[FD88]

What an opportunity for Henriques to announce himself here. Game on the line, the most in form batsman on the opposing side well set and on strike.

[Gozu]

3rd ODI

Australia 5/229

Hussey 81* (82)
Ponting 59 (92)
Watson 41 (59)

Jadeja 2/41 (9)

India 4/230

Yuvraj 78 (96)
Dhoni 71* (95)

Johnson 1/43 (9.2)
Hauritz 1/48
Henriques 1/51 (8)

MOTM: Yuvraj Singh

India won by 6 wickets

India lead the series 2-1

[mal]

Another farcical Indian Pitch
A number of times the ball was dug in and reared up knee height
Congrats to India for formulating ways to beat even the greatest Australian teams on thier own decks in my lifetime
= Good record against Australia at home
= Can never ever be the number 1 team in the world in dynastical terminology by doctoring home tracks, and struggle in away games

Classic example is DHONI who is being compared with GilCHRIST

This is purely DHONI v AU games I have seen
In India he is The DOhNi
When there is insufficient pace and bounce in the comfort of his own country he is an absolute
dynamo, a clever matchwinning star batsman
In Australia he is The Dohnievermakeruns
The bounce and pace in Australia found him out on the last tour
Until Dhoni makes sizable contributions against AU in Australia I wont be convinced


As for the mass debate on GilCHRIST or Dhoni
In India The DOhNi easily
Anywhere else GilCHRIST


Footnote
Im not havingago at The DOhNi personally, in fact Im enthralled by his batting
He has several gears and adjusts to any situation [at home v AU]
He is also a reason why I would want to watch 50 over cricket

[Gozu]

James Hopes hasn't recovered and has been sent home and Clint McKay had been called up.

[The Riddler]

James Hopes hasn't recovered and has been sent home and Clint McKay had been called up.

Who?

We've become a team of no names...Seriously with White, Voges and Henriques batting in our top 6 the other night it is deadset embarrassing...Brad Hodge annoys me but gee whiz what does he have to do to get another crack in the aussie team?

[Killa]

McKay young fast bowler who has a great future and has impressed in Australia A games in the past. After a good T20 Champions League why not I think this guy has deserved his call up. Hodge has no chance as Australia is building for the next world cup. This is maybe why there are so many young lads coming in now. Voges needs to be dropped and I rather see white bowl 5 overs than Voges as Marsh should have played last game and opened up with Watson.

[MAY-Z]

Another farcical Indian Pitch
A number of times the ball was dug in and reared up knee height
Congrats to India for formulating ways to beat even the greatest Australian teams on thier own decks in my lifetime
= Good record against Australia at home
= Can never ever be the number 1 team in the world in dynastical terminology by doctoring home tracks, and struggle in away games

Classic example is DHONI who is being compared with GilCHRIST

This is purely DHONI v AU games I have seen
In India he is The DOhNi
When there is insufficient pace and bounce in the comfort of his own country he is an absolute
dynamo, a clever matchwinning star batsman
In Australia he is The Dohnievermakeruns
The bounce and pace in Australia found him out on the last tour
Until Dhoni makes sizable contributions against AU in Australia I wont be convinced


As for the mass debate on GilCHRIST or Dhoni
In India The DOhNi easily
Anywhere else GilCHRIST


Footnote
Im not havingago at The DOhNi personally, in fact Im enthralled by his batting
He has several gears and adjusts to any situation [at home v AU]
He is also a reason why I would want to watch 50 over cricket

but mal didnt india win the tri-series against australia in australia a couple of years ago?
i think i would choose dhoni for 1 reason, he seems to go on with his innings more than gilly did - giolliy would often make a quick 30 then get out, dhoni seems to convert his starts better plus he has teh pressure of captaining the side as well