Yes they are all tigers when on paper, but fail to shine when the occassion arises

Yes. Indeed. If only aunty can grow a mustache...she can be an uncle.

India always goes in for dominating the opposition via batting. Other than Kapil Dev, I am VERY seriously not too impressed w/ the quality of all rounders India has churned out. At one point during 1987 world cup, Muhammed Azharuddin was a budding all rounder- he had this uncanny ability like Ian Botham to lure the opposition into hitting a few fours and sixs, and then would get them caught out the very next ball. However, as years went by, we saw Azhar mould himself into a mainstay batsman. The thing is in India, if u r an all rounder, u are expected to perform as good as a star batsman and as a bowler u r expected to perform as a star bowler. Mindset in Indian cricket (INCLUDING SPECTATORS AND FANS LIKE MYSELF) doesn\'t accept the fact that a good all rounder batsman won\'t be bowling as well as Shane Warne and that an all round bowler won\'t be batting as good as Ritchie Richardson. If u look at it that way, even Sachin Tendulkar has the elements that are needed to ...more

Domestic matches are different from international matches

Does not look like