Ajantha Mendis,the Sri Lankan Kumble

Pride of Sri Lanka Army ! Ajantha Mendis the Man of the match and the Man of the series of Asian Cricket Cup -2008
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Ajantha Mendis is Sri Lankan cricket 's new " Kumble "

Ajantha Mendis has suddenly burst into the world cricket scene through his mesmerizing display of spin bowlers against the Indian cricket team. Ajantha Mendis is however more similar to Anil Kumble than his idol, Muthiah Muralitharan

Ajantha Mendis is not a typical spinner like Muralitharan or Shane Warne but relies on his incredible accuracy to always be a threat to a batsman, irrespective of whether the batsman is batting on 0 or on 176.

Like Anil Kumble, Ajantha Mendis relies on his subtle changes of pace, direction and length to fox the batsmen

Ajantha Mendis ' real challenge is test cricket matches

There are huge expectations from Ajantha Mendis among Sri Lankan cricket fans and cricket enthusiasts such as myself. Its only once in a generation that a classy spinner emerges

Recently, there have been fears that there wouldnt be any near term replacements to Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble

If Ajantha Mendis does well in this test cricket series against the touring Indian cricketers, his future is almost assured, since the Indian cricketers are reputed to be such great players of spin bowling

Ajantha Mendis has a real challenge in the current test cricket series against the visiting Indian cricket team, but he seems to have the talent to justify his top billing

Ramesh Powar dropped.How Unfair!

Ramesh Powar
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Ramesh Powar has been dropped for the India Vs Sri Lanka cricket series

In an incredibly unfair decision, the Indian cricket selectors have dropped Ramesh Powar from the Indian cricket team. Dropping Ramesh Powar is a case of selecting the team for the cricket World cup in advance by keeping a key player out

Ramesh Powar-Are the Indian cricket selectors afraid to select Ramesh Powar?

Ramesh Powar has performed better than both Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh in any cricket one day international where Ramesh Powar has played in tandem with one of these great spinners.

Is it that Ramesh Powar has no place in the Indian cricket team since the Indian cricket selectors have already selected the team for the cricket World cup ? How very unfair to drop Ramesh Powar- India's best performing spinner

Ramesh Powar's fault- he is not flamboyant?

Ramesh Powar is not flamboyant or smart- he does his job of off-spin bowling extremely well,but does not give controversial television interviews or mocks the opposing batsmen like some of the so-called new generation bowlers such as Sreesanth.

That is probably Ramesh Powar's tragedy- he is not a larger than life figure,who is suited for many advertisements.There is no appreciation these days for a person like Ramesh Powar who only does his job extremely well

Ramesh Powar should be in Indian cricket team

Ramesh Powar should be in the Indian cricket team for the World cup cricket tournament

Ramesh Powar is being treated as only the possible third Indian spinner for the World cup cricket tournament

Why is Ramesh Powar treated in this way by the Indian selectors and the Indian think-tank?Time and again, Ramesh Powar has proved his worth, and repeatedly the Indian selectors have two-timed this energetic cricket performer.

Ramesh Powar is India's best one day international spinner

Surprised ? But really, Ramesh Powar has been India's best one day international spin bowler for some time now. Ramesh Powar is the best spinner based on recent statistics-GameCricket.com's fans are aware that GameCricket.com's statements are based on actual statistical data and not hype

In recent matches,Ramesh Powar has almost always performed better than Harbhajan Singh and Anil Kumble. Without taking anything away from Harbhajan and Kumble,Ramesh Powar to vary the flight of the ball and his ability to grab wickets are quite brilliant. Ramesh Powar has proved his worth in the West Indies, in the DLF cup ,in the Champions Trophy and now again against the West Indies cricket team

Ramesh Powar is not flamboyant but effective

Ramesh Powar may not have the Australian lean muscular body that the cricketers who are queuing to the gym seem to be craving for- but Ramesh Powar does an effective job for the role he has been selected for. Ramesh Powar takes his catches and bowls an effective line to the batsmen and takes wickets, after all ,isn't that his job?

Hope the Indian selectors are not cruel to Ramesh Powar and drop him for not being 'slim'