I watched the INDIA -LANKA match and the one thing that struck me the most was the team spirit that was so evident in the Lankan team and grossly missing in ours. Watch muralis face when he takes a catch ... the whole team looks to be enjoying their cricket .. but india... seemed to be different groups of players there more intent on playing for themselves...
tendulkar.... has been surviving on past glory for some time now...... when was the last time he played a match winning innings and finished off a match for india??.. if hes not doing the job its time to give a chance to some other ..
the fielding... slow and lazy... no diving stops.. no athleticism... everybody looks tired... the bowling.. umpteen number of wides... harbhajan the same old predictable line and length... just not ready to come around the wicket... greg chappel.. has the cheek to say that hes only answerable to bcci and not to the general public... the only man i felt for was rahul dravid.. he really looked like he was trying... the look on his face when india lost was really painful but the truth of the matter was .. hes not the captain india needs.. ganguly was but to go back to him would be a mistake.. we need to look forwards.. that means finding new blood and fresh ideas not afraid of failure... bring back kaif, raina.. the fielding will go up a notch .. make yuvraj or kaif the captain.. drop some of the old bums... starting with sachin... make them perform in domestic cricket before being considered for selection... give irfan pathan and extended run so that he gets his confidence back.. and for gods sake .. we need a fielding coach desperately...
and for good measures.. how about dav whatmore as coach
