India, T20 World Cup Champion of 2007, popular cricket team these days with series of wins, with a perfect team combination, each player capable of scoring the total with single hand, has lost in the T20 battle in the intermediary stage. How sad it is to say that Indian cricket team couldn't represent 100 crore people effectively!!
Is it the fault of Team or Management or people for having such hopes ??
Assessing the failure, we come across many flaws in every match India has played right from the start of the Tournament.
The team comprised of Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, Rudra Pratap Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan.
All of a sudden,
Sehwag was sent back to India and Dinesh karthik was let in to occupy his place. The details of why this happened are not mentioned clearly yet. The message was sehwag's injury called for a replacement in the squad. But there are rumours that it wasn't just injury, but a clash with Dhoni led to the replacement.
This was a major set back to Indian criket at the tournament. Without Sehwag is like having a meal without spice. He isn't just spice to the meal but the meal himself. They were tasteless victories which India managed to get at the initial levels of the tournament. With sehwag's presence, it would have been a toast for Indian fans to watch him bat in the innings.
It wasn't just sehwag's absence that led to the loss of the tournament. The ingredients weren't just mixed well in the tournament. Every one is a powerful player in the team starting with gambhir till harbhajan singh. They werent playing the way they used to play. Coming to the IPL version of Indian cricket, Rohit and Raina were like two Bazookas getting ready to be fired. But in the T20 Cup, it was like they aren't playing their natural game. That's why skippers say "IT'S ALL IN THE GAME".
Starting off with
Gambhir, he lacked the momentum which he had in the presence of sehwag. They were named most successful opening pair of partners in the world. Gambhir was mostly affected by sehwag's absence. Next comes
Rohit who was good at IPL and just couldn't adjust himself to the opening position.
Raina was the most unsuccessful batsman in the entire T20 world cup series. You couldn't just point out another. India's primary weak point at the tournament was his batting which was unexpected after the bashing performance at IPL.
Yuvraj as usual was at his best except for minor mistakes, however he proved Indian way of batting at the tournament, the sole representer of India this world cup.
Dhoni, a great captain before this tournament is now an utter disaster. He couldnt cope up with other teams and failed India at the prestigious World Tournament. The reason for his behavioural change after captaincy is not yet clear. However there are issues a captain may have to deal with, but he could atleast have proved himself as a better batsman at times necessary.
Yousuf pathan was good at times and wasn't enough at times. The entire face of his batting wasn't displayed at this tournament. It might be due to pressure of falling wickets too quickly or the little score struggling at the score board. The main aim why he was brought into the tournament was his capability to hit any kind of ball to the boundary. He was a star in Rajasthan Royals at IPL. He managed to get away safe without the worse talk. However he needs to improve and adapt himself the ODI strategy without which it is difficult for him to survive in the team.
Next are bowlers. Indian bowling failed only because of
Ishant Sharma. He might be a good bowler, but at times when he is not able to take control of the situation he should have been rested. But it wasnt done so, and on the contrary he was used in all the matches.
RP singh was good at the matches he played. He should have replaced Ishant but
Irfan was made the goat. Irfan is an excellent batsman at the lower order and he is a fluctuating bowler.
For India Irfan was a necessary player. It was Dhoni's fault of replacing him. He Should have been used and Ishant should have been replaced with
Ravindra jadeja. Jadeja was good at bowling. Although he was slow in batting, he bowled good.
Harbhajan played a good role in the team.
Zaheer wasn't adequate to fulfill the needs of the team but was good at times.
So to blame the loss of the cup, it could be tossed over to the selection team. Ishant, Raina and dhoni were the disasters in the team. Yuvraj, Harbhajan, Jadeja, RP Singh were the rockers in the team. Gambhir, Rohit, Yousuf were neutral. Irfan,
Praveen and
Dinesh were the sufferers for the mistakes. Sehwag was the ultimate loss of India and the gain of other countries.
It should have been a win, instead it resulted in a ruin. Win comes only through hard work and team effort and a strong will. This year Indian players lacked atleast one of them. So it was a RUIN this year. Hope Dhoni realizes and comes back to form and puts India in its former path of success. West Indies Series is ahead. So boys get ready to rock on...
