Sunday, June 21, 2009

India Bounced out of the T20 World cup Cricket

Losing out to England and exiting out of the T20 world cup is one of the saddest day in Indian cricket. It was disappointing to see the way India lost. India lost all the three super Eight group games against WI,Eng and SA. If we were bounced out by WI and Eng, South Africa spun us out. Though there were a few instances were Dhoni's decision were questionable, but the main attribute for an early exit is IPL 2009. Having Played non stop cricket until then, Indians were left with no steam and energy for the World Cup. I think Players are not to be blamed for this but the BCCI. Vishwanathan Anand in an interview had said "One important aspect in winning a tournament, was to eagerly looking forward for it." I doubt if any of our players enjoyed the idea of playing a Tournament straight after the IPL. While India lost because of IPL. Pakistan won for the same reason because IPL kept them out of it and Pak players must thank Lalit Modi for winning this tournament. Pakistan had played very less cricket leading to this tournament. In fact, When India won the World cup in 2007, they were the team with least no of T20 experience. However in 2009 they were the ones with maximum experience. Rather Overdose of it. Dhoni was severely criticised against Eng for promoting Jadeja ahead of Yuvraj. However, asking joginder to bowl the last over in 2007 final was a bigger gamble that paid off. Unfortunately the one with Jadeja failed. Batsman is to be blamed and not Dhoni. After BCCI, next important reason for the failure was Dhoni's batting. We could have taken some heart even if it was loss of batting form on Dhoni's Part. But the way he approached his batting and not showing any inclination to hit out brought India's downfall. He has no business to play ahead of Yusuf or even Bhajji. He ate some very crucial balls without scoring in all the crucial games. For me he no more deserves a place in T20 purely as a batsman. He still looks good for a 50 Over game but definitely not for T20 one. Another reason being awefully out of form of all batsman except Yuvraj. One Player i believe India missed dearly was Sachin Tendulkar(And not Sehwag) coz he was one player who could adopt himself to the situation and not go slam bang. India now head to WI to play another series. At least a couple of key players should have been rested for this Caribbean series. But sadly our cricket board has no such ideas.I wont be surprised to see an extension of our performance in the world cup unless the players are rotated properly

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