India have played two games in the ongoing T20 World cup until now. First was the inconsequential bowl out game against Pakistan and the second was against New Zealand. I say inconsequential because the two points earned from game could neither be carried over to the next round nor place us on a group which has weak teams (Read Bangladesh). Hence am focusing more on our game against New Zealand.

New Zealand set India a target of 190 Runs after being reduced to 94/5 in 13 Overs. India after being 76/0 in less than Six overs were all out for 180.

So, What were did we go wrong? What are the things to learn? Well, here it is.

- Our Opening bowlers are not utilising the conditions well. Too many short balls are being bowled

when the ball is swinging.(Especially for RP)

- Just wonder, whatever has happened to the Yorker Balls. All our fast bowlers forget to bowl one or not practised enough to bowl one. Ironically its only Harbhajan who is bowling it regularly. Makes sense hence to try him around 16 to 20 Overs.

- For me, More than Sachin, Rahul or saurav the player we are missing the most is " Zaheer Khan". He is a bowler who takes wickets initially and also bowls yorker at the dearth.

- Our Bowlers are bowling the Short Balls which are pulled away for Sixes and not the unplayable bouncers. Remember, bowlers are allowed to bowl one each over.

- It was foolish on the part of Dhoni to bring in Yuvaraj for his third Over. Agreed he did bowl two good over. Dhoni should have said, that's it thank you. You cannot have your non regular bowler bowl 4 successive overs. Batsmen would have read you by then. Especially everyone knows what Mascarenas did to him at the Oval. Not bring in Sehwag was a blunder. Lack of anticipation did him in.This over changed the momentum towards New Zealand

- Just wonder whats happening with Dinesh Karthik. He is making it a habit to drop easy catches inspite of excellent ground fielding skills. He has buttered his fingers since the English tour.

- If India Cannot manage to win matches from such excellent positions, then no way are we going to get into the Semis. Failure of Yuvaraj in both the matches taking a heavy blow on the team's

fortune.

- Dhoni bringing himself up the order was an excellent move. But he is not being in his explosive self.He is trying to play the sheet anchor's role. Playing quite overs initially and then try to accelerate at the end. This is a role suited more to Karthik or Dravid or Sachin and not Dhoni. We know dhoni as someone who attacks from the word go. Attack means not trying to hit the ball over the fence. He is perfectly capable of hitting safe powerfull ground strokes. Fear of loosing his wicket has crept in his mind during the England series. He is something much above this. He should not contain himself

- We need a bowler who bowls at a pace similar to Ganguly in such conditions. That why i think we drop agarkar and bring in Joginder Singh. Atleast he can bat a bit. Else, need to try our Yusuf Pathan.

- The Biggest gain so far in this tournament for India has been the comeback to form of Irfan Pathan. Sadly and surprisingly he bowled only two overs against NZ.

Thanks for being patient with me.