Yes!! cricket is an entertainer and there is nothing bad in people voicing their opionions. The media to an extent is to blame for all the negative things. In fact if you read the newspapers , you will find that they are putting contradicting articles to gain readership, whereby creating pressure on the board and the cricketers who follow them. Dravid is by no means a great captain. He inherited a good team . He is defintitely a good , honest , committed player. His decision to keep sehwag in the team when sehwag was at his worst form has created doubts on his judgement.Players keep getting into and out of form . Its the realistic attitude which helps in running a team. Risk is something that one has to take while making decisions and Dravid cant do that for whatever reasons best known to him.The lesser the risk taken , the lesser the returns goes the saying.
This shows that Dhoni may not last long either. He lost one game and that too a 20-20 crap game and people are calling for his head. This is the plight of the over-reacting, over-exagerated, over-expectations oriented, and over-enthusiastic Indian population. They dont really need to understand anything according to them. They can pass judgement on anyone just because they have a mouth or a pen in case of journalists.
It's very important to keep extra bastman in twenty20. 5 regular bowlers will not work in this game. Allrounders are very important!!USE ALL OUR ALLROUNDERS IN THE 11.
Remember... even if we have 8 batsman, Atleast 3 or 4 will end up in single digits. So we have only 4 batsman to score big innings in evry match!
RE:TWENTY 20
by Mohan on Sep 17, 2007 09:16 PM Permalink
Yes Naveen.. u r correct.. I don't know why Dinesh kartik included .. he has not played well in England ODI series..Agarkar is old cannot utilize his experience..Also Master blaster Dhoni... we have not seen your original game since last 7 ODI..Go ahead.. & win matches
Just a couple of days back, I had said that the absence of the three favorite whip-boys of Indian cricket is not going to stop the critics... and that the next target is going to be Dhoni... Ours is a nation of miracles!! We need one everyday... Every cricketer has to win his match by giving 200%, even if we don't give our 100% in our work... The police force has to nab every criminal, even if we would want to settle it with the street-pandus for some kharcha-paani when caught breaking the signal... the municipal corporation has to keep the city spick n span, even if we throw wrappers, cigarette-butts and paan-spits around... For once, let's give others a chance, yaar... Dhoni & co. lost, but they did give a fight, let's appreciate that... India doesn't reach a score of 180 in 20 overs everyday... Our support is going to raise their spirits, too... Time and again, I've see, when India wins, there are around 200 messages on the board, out of which around 70% is dedicated to either blasting those who did not perform or saying that the victory is a flash in the pan or that the match was fixed... But when India loses, the message count goes to 800-1000! For once, let's try the support route... not just to the cricketers, but also to the system that governs our everyday life... Things would look much better... life won't be this bitter... Sorry for the outpour, but just couldn't handle it anymore... Thanks for the patience to go through it. Cheers, Sree
RE:Thought as much!
by m s ganesh on Sep 17, 2007 07:33 PM Permalink
Well said, We expect more than the other cricket playing nations across the world. We are fanatics sometimes. We tend to forget that cricket is just a game and there are defeats and victories...........
RE:Thought as much!
by subbu on Sep 17, 2007 06:57 PM Permalink
that is the problem with we indians. we always are satisfied with 2nd best or whatsoever and we dont want to be the best. thats why leave alone cricket in any other field we are not the number 1 and your comment is the sole proof of it.
RE:RE:Thought as much!
by sreekanth agneswaran on Sep 17, 2007 07:06 PM Permalink
Sorry, Mr. Subbu... I completely disagree with your comment... Nowhere have I mentioned that its ok to be second best... What I said that the chase given by the team was appreciable... they did not get overwhelmed by the total put up by NZ and crumble to a 110 all out kind of scenario... They fought till the end... In fact, your comment proves what I had said about miracles... A few days back, you weren't even giving India a chance in the cup... But one victory against Pakistan, and you wanted the miracles to pour in again... India should win every goddamn match... The plain and simple fact is that India was putplayed by the experience of Vettori... and if you don't want to concede that, then you definitely have a problem.
Dhoni is entirely responsible for defeat. When u look at the margin of defeat, it is only 10 runs. A couple of boundaries hit at the right time would have changed everything and the man who is capable of hitting those boundaries(Dhoni) was taking singles and twos like he is playing in 50 overs cricket. If Dhoni would have played well and stepped up the run rate India could have easily won yesterday. There is no time in 20-20 to drop anchor and rotate strike. it is a hit out or get out type of game. I hope Dhoni would realize that atleast in the next 2 games as he would definitely facing a similar total in atleast one with the kind of bowlers we have.
RE:Dhoni is responsible
by Sendhil kumar on Sep 18, 2007 04:55 AM Permalink
DHONI WAS NOT PLAYING LIKE A ONE DAY MATCH HE WAS PLAYING AS IF HE WAS PLAYING A TEST MATCH..rEALLY RIDICULUOS HE PLAYS TEST LIKE 20-20 AND VICE VERSA..NOT FIT TO BE CAPTAIN..2 SIXERS FROM HIM BETWEEN 7TH AND 15TH OVER WUD HAVE CHANGED THE MATCH ...ICL CAN FIELD A BETTER TEAM THAN THIS INDIAN TEAM
RE:Dhoni is responsible
by sharath on Sep 17, 2007 08:30 PM Permalink
u r right... it 20/20 game u can`t take ur sweet time to ratate or settle down when u need to chase 10 runs per over...Dhoni u failed to read the game properly
its do r die for both INDIA and England they we have to come up with really a perfect plan then only we can stay in the game its not a big task since we r going to play remaining match's Durban in we have experimented something in bowling against pakistan we have to get good bowling and bating strategy for bowling friendly Durban. i hope these matches can help india dramatically to enter to semi'
