At some points I disagree with Mr. Arjun Swaroop. The main reason for Failure of Indian Side was only three: 1. Poor Captaincy - Rahul Dravid was totally confused in the field. During Ind & SL match when Harbhajan Singh was bowling, he did not try to convince the bowler to do bowling round the wicket. Harbhajan Singh was doing bowling over the wicket even for Left Hand Batsman. Secondly, After completion of 43rd over, Rahul could have given ball to Medium Pacers for bowling balance 7 overs. During 35 - 45 overs when singles were being taken almost on every ball Rahul did nothing to stop those singles. At that point of time, Indian's body language was so poor which was clearly speaking that they are not palying this match for defeating Sri Lanka. 2. Failure of Top Order Batsman - It was a wrong decesion when Virendra Sehwag was brought into Indian WC Team. This happend only due to rigidness of Rahul Dravid during Selection Process. In place of Virendra Sehwag, we could have taken Suresh Raina or Mohd. Kaif (at least they could have proven themselves in Fielding Part). Second, Sachin Tendulkar, whom suggest to take retirement from One Day (at least). Team Management should warn M S Dhoni also for his poor performance. 3. Coaching Part - Guru Greg who has been involved with the Indian Team for extending support in Coaching Dept. seems have forgotten to teach the basics of Cricket to the Indian Team. When the Target given by SL was 257 he should have given a clear message to all Top order Batsman not to play in hurry and to avoid long shots (4's & 6's) on each and every ball. Had our batsmen played calmly and scored 1 or 2 on every ball (3-5 runs per over)the scene could have been different and there was 100% chance to win this game. Sorry to say that even after falling of 3 wickets Guru Greg not even tried to send tough messages to the batsmand on the ground not to show hurry and avoid trying for 4's & 6's rather try for 1's & 2's. It clearly shows that Guru Greg s failed in his job. Suryakant Dwivedi
