When you expect and you don't get the desired results it hurts you bad, well sadly but realistically India is out of T20 WC....Last 3 ICC tournaments..has been a disappointing performance to say the least.
On paper great potential but when it comes to performance well its there to be seen for everyone. Its not that every year we are going to win WC, but the manner in which we lost was more heartbreaking.
The media, former cricketers, BCCI have labeled out few reasons as always for this debacle: IPL, chin music, fatigue, Dhoni's tactical errors well agreed those were some of the factors, but for me the biggest point here is who is responsible for it, are these the real reasons I prolly don't have answers to it.
Loads of cricket:
Are the players who decide how many matches are to be played comprising of all 3 forms and IPl included, or is it the board ..well I feel it should be a consensus that has to be sought between players and BCCI for no. of matches to be played in a year. Its been so much excess of cricket throughout the year(yes its me saying that) that this was bound to be one of the reasons for the debacle.
IPL:
has been labeled as the main culprit, but why is IPL only affecting Indian players, agreed not all international players were playing but if you try to analyze each team's players, the core nucleus of all teams were involved in IPl except for Bangladesh, Pak(due to reasons we know), and remaining minnows. For Eng, Aus, SL most of the big guns were playing(Tait, Hussey, Warner, watson, KP, Colly, Morgan, Taylor, Bond, Harris, Mccullum, Mahela, Angelo, Sanga, Gayle, Kallis, Gibbs,Steyn and few more), irrespective of whether they play or not, they go thru routine travelling, workouts, pressure and oh ya the partying of IPL. So y all the hue and cry for IPL.
Well I would have loved to see if India would have made it to semis and finals in good form, would playing in IPL contributed to their form and much needed pressure and match practice(again debatable)....so for me IPl also is not a very strong reason for the debacle....
Chin Music:
And ya as they say old nemesis of India Chin music bowling or as they say India cannot face fast bowling, they get goose bumps, they forget they have bats, is it really the reason yes agreed Aus had great pace battery but was it so hard to be 50/7..If we just go back few years in time and with old rules.. till mid 90's and b4 that every team had 2/3 great fast bowlers, be it pak, Aus, Eng, WI, or India(yes not tearaway but decent bowlers) with likes of (Imran, Aaquib, Merv Hughes, Simon Doull. Walsh, Ambrose, Mcgrath, Gillespie, Wasim, Waqar, Danny, Kapil, Srinath, Gough and few more) I mean fi we still faced them and have won, so is it a reason, yes the way some of them got out was more than embarrassing, but the rules today help the batsmen a great deal, only boucer/over is it that hard to negotiate...well may be for India it is.
Dhoni's errors with backing Jadeja, going with more spinners and not so called pacers, not batting first, if batted first yes the pressure of scoring so many runs around 8/over would have not been there but does it guarantee we could have better with our performance.....
Well all ifs and butts... all reasons which has the ways to go both the ways, I am confused with the reasons for debacle, what is/are the real reason behind such a performance...which like after every debacle will die its own cause, and when there is a next ICC tournament we the people, media and all the former chatterboxes who know to speak will hail them as worthy contenders, but will it end it in similar manner or bring a smile I don't know but as of know I am thoroughly confused with it............
Hope in future we play much better!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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