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10 Reasons Why India Lost And Who Is Responsible!
Kim
As I have earlier confessed, I'm not a Cricket fan.
This analysis is my husband's who is one of cricket's ultimate fans. He watches the Ranji Trophy, every ball of Test Cricket, county cricket and even Mirzapur XI against Rae Bareily XI (if such a thing exists). What can I say? Opposites attract!
Since he follows the game so intently, I have no reason to doubt his analysis, but was wondering what other cricket fans would have to say about it. We'd love to hear your opinions.
In his words:
Well the World Cup is over ... for India atleast ...
We will see a lot of reasons/explanations being given for this state of affairs from experts and a lot more from non-experts. Given below is my list of the top 10 reasons, India is no longer a part of the World Cup.
1. Sehwag Episode
BCCI and Media
2. Dhoni's Batting against West Indies (11 in 23 balls :: SR 7)
Dhoni
3. Jadeja being send ahead of Yuvraj against England
Dhoni
4. Jadeja's Batting against England (25 in 35 balls :: SR 71)
Jadeja
5. Raina's strike rate against WI (5 of 12 :: SR 62) & England (2 of 7 :: SR 40)
Raina & Dhoni (by batting at number 3 in practice and group matches)
6. Ishant's Selection against West Indies 3-0-31-0 (Over RP) and England 4-0-36-0 (Over Irfan)
Ishant & Dhoni
7. Not using Overs of Irfan's inspite of 2-0-9-1 against West Indies and RP's 3-0-13-1 against England
Dhoni
8. India's Top Order's inability to play short ball.
Indian Pitches & Dhoni (for rubbishing the need for practice after West Indies defeat)
9. Fatigue due to IPL
Lalit Modi
10. Cosmic Design to humble MS Dhoni and ensure that success does not go to anyone's head.
Universe
Point to note is that MSD and his charismatic leadership has been given a lot of credit for India's success over last 2 years. I too am a big fan of MSD and his clear, uncomplicated, people driven style of leadership.
However if one goes over the list and the people responsible :- MSD's name pops up 6 out of 10 times. Obviously there is something wrong in his logical reasoning before his actions, because a few of these are big tactical blunders. I wonder how a clear thinker and a keen student of the game can make such mistakes.
As they say, more often than not success & failure are products of the "mind" rather than "skill".
From an MSD Fan.
My husband - Brajesh will respond to comments on this post.
I am just the messenger.
Kim blogs on a variety of subjects on her many blogs : Egypt, Restaurant Reviews, her alma mater, Mumbai & other stuff
Currently she is in Egypt among the pyramids, bedouin & camels & blogging furiously about them all.
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Anand
June 16, 2009
06:30 AM
5 run wides bowled by Harbhajan and one in the last over itself post 2 wicket haul which was totally unnecessary.
Slime
URL
June 16, 2009
06:34 AM
Presence of Deepika Padukone which led to Dhoni and Yuvaraj staying on ground than performing.
This is also one reason.
ksinha
URL
June 16, 2009
10:08 AM
Eeach of the players were talented but seems like the coordination and the in-fighting could not create the team dynamics for the chemistry to sizzle. Too many games and physically exhausting for the brands that need to sponsor all the time and watch the game. It is a silly game for sure.
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