Todays newspaper’s heading is’Bowlers give india a chance’ the story is incomplete but I alongwith millions of millions others know that our MISSION WORLD CUP is over. We lost the game to brave hearted lankans.
what hurts is TEAM INDIA has to chase a meagre total of 254 and theory is we are good chaser and we have master blaster, the wall, king of kolkatta, prince yuvi, sultan of multan, etc. etc. but we failed why?
reasons:
Theory of seven batsman: you are never going to win matches by batsman only whether there are 7, 6 or 5. whole team has to perform. In 1983 we have to defend only 183 runs and our bowlers backed by some good fielders defended it to make history. again in 1985 champions trophy bowlers are there to win matches. Think tank of indian cricket did not think of Kumble.
Bad captaincy: rahul himself send a messge that indians are nervous. he is one of the finest no. 3 batsman but for the reasons better known to him he demoted himself to no. 5 or 6 just to create pressure on the batsman promoted ahead of him.
Ignoring Fielding: Kaif is best fielder in present indian cricket. your squad for world cup shows that fielding is not given due importance. Jonty, the best fielder cricket ever produced, is selected for his fielding his batting record is just like Kaif. field placement in final match against lankans showed that indians are on their backfoot. lankan got the message and placed a very attacking field placement supported by good fielders.
Coach: coach himself created an environment of uncertainity a very stable team was destroyed by the coach. does any body know the names of coach of 1983 team or 1985 champions trophy winner team? greig may be good batsman of his time but undoubtly the worst coach of present time. bcci must publish a white paper on what chappel has done for indin cricket in past two years.
*Lessons( rather requests):
* For Indian team: play in the name of Gillette XI, hero honda XI, pepsi XI etc etc. and not in the name of indian.
For people of india:
pray that bangla desh may beat bermuda to save millions of working hours of indians.
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