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India getting Bangalored again?

Bangalore,1987- India bowls out Pakistan for a low score around 171. Pakistan hits back and India manages a slender lead of 40 runs. Pakistan wipes out deficit and manages to set India a victory target of 200+. Inspite of Gavaskar’s lone wolf stand of 93, India lose.
Bangalore,2005-India chasing a score of 300 plus to win the match. Sehwag gives a good start to India, but is out.India goes into a strangely defensive mode and Pakistan romp home victors.

Karachi,2006- Same story again. India restricts Pakistan to 245, Pakistan strikes back and restricts India to 238. Lead of 7 runs, but every run is important here. Is it going to be repeat of Bangalore 1987 and 2005 all over again?

Ur guess is as good as mine. Well there might be a mistake in the statistics of the above 2 matches. But what is unmistakable is the fact, India for the umpteenth time snatching victory from jaws of defeat.
For heavens sake, why cant we guys be ruthless?
I mean you have a team down at 37/6, a start which any captain can only dream of, and its the time when you should go for the kill and decimate the opponent. But we are very generous, we let the Pakistanis off hook again, allow Kamran Akmal and Razzaq to score a century stand against us. And then even Shoaib Akhtar manages to score 45 plus runs against us.

Yawn this is just getting tiresome. Come on Team India, please, we are getting fed up of this tendency to throw away matches from winning positions. We thought we had seen some spunk during Sri Lanka series, but then i guess its a familiar tale of what we have seen of Indian cricket
ONE STEP FORWARD TWO STEPS BACKWARD.
Tango is a nice dance, but for heavens sake, dont do it in cricket. Its getting boring to watch..Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for best.
When Pathan and Zaheer are able to put up a 50 run partnership on this wicket, what is wrong with our champion top order batsmen.
Why are they doing a cat on hot tin roof act, which we keep on witnessing again and again.

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