1.Indian batting was not upto the mark against bangladesh.Most of them were out of form.Dravid won the toss and thought it would be better to take the pressure of chasing in such a crutial match than to take the pressure of batting first.
2.SL were reeling after 20 overs with three main batsmen out.It was time to go for the kill.Dravid opted a defensive field with no slips and keeping a few close in fielders.SL batsmen scored runs freely in ones and twos with no risks being taken.They didnt even played a lofted shot till 40 overs.
3.Agarkar after a so long bowled well(22 runs in 7 overs).He got his reward.He was underbowled and sachin bowled 2 extra overs giving away 22 runs.
4.He comes at no 5 when three imporant wickets have fallen and india were put under tremendous pressure.When we have such a flexible batting line up that anybody can play anywhere then why didnt he came at no 4 when two quick wickets have fallen.
With such idiotic displays as captain he had the arrogance not to consult any of the senior cricketers and could say that the defeat is collective responsibility.Where was the collective responsibility when india was getting defeated under Ganguly.Dravids batting form being a captain is no better than ganguly.He may have won 17 matches chasing on a trot but we forget that we won against teams which were weaker and trying to group and also that we won in this sub continent pitches.The SL team that were thrashed during making of the record can now beat us any day any where.They improved while we went back to the stone age of indian cricket.
Still some people say Dravid and Chappel deserve a wecond chance.They had no stategy against Bangladesh.They continued their experimentations till the SL series at home 2007 when all other teams have a stable team.SL didnt even bother to bring their two main strike bowlers who eventually wrecked the indian batting in WC.
For me and all unbiased people with some grey matter in their head It should be end of Dravid/Chappel era.
