It was not a convincing win against Bangladesh. I don’t know why India is favourite. I expected Robin Uttappa to be in the team for South Africa tour itself. Unfortunate that he could not qualify for the world cup as well. Should we thank or curse Srikanth?
Virat Kholi came up well against Bangladesh no question about explosive Verendra Sehawag. I always knew that if Veru explode and play 30 overs nobody can stop India. I was expecting as a favourite India would not have let Bangladesh to score more than 200. Whatever it may be India won the match. The bowling capacity of India was naked according to me!
Second match with England. According to British media there is a bright chance for England to win this cup this is the better than any near past English team. Michel Vaughan (ex-captain) said England has the talent exposition because one or the other bowlers are performing every match but India don’t have any bowlers like that. These were his words just when England won the 4th ODI against Australia after loosing the first 3 matches and he predicted England is going to bounce back and going to win the series. Final result was 6-1 series win by Australia.
I expected a better bowling performance but ultimately Sachin is a master of this game and he stuck to one side but was pity that such a great player at time forgotten that singles win the matches. I have watched India for a long time there never been a point they understood that singles are very important in ODI’s they always chased 4s and 6s. It was only the time of Kaif and Robin Singh Indian team had the importance for singles.
In a flat pitch like Bangaluru 2overs were maiden! That too when the best players of the game on the crease. It was a brilliant idea of sending Yuvraj Singh early because we needed him to come it to form before the crucial matches. As expected he was very slow but he needed a game and it was a suitable situation and he did exactly what he needed.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni need to stay there as a finisher and would have taken the team till the end but he try to show off? or expected English team has come to see his power? It is his biggest mistake of playing a foolish shot.
Virat Kohli need the experience to finish the match. He should have realised that he is the last recognised batsman.
All credit goes to Strauss he really played a captains play. Indian captain need to see the way English team played that match. When they came out to play they really had a game plan. They played the match over by over according the plan. They never missed any opportunity of scoring, it may be single or it may be boundaries. At the end as a proud Indian I felt India need to win the match but they way English team played I do feel that India was lucky to tie, it was a deserve victory for England.
It was like they drew the plan on a piece of paper and they followed it exactly till Strauss got out. They always stayed ahead of India in scoring the run. Because they always scored singles and hit a boundaries of loose balls. They made the equation look so simple. Dhoni was lost his hope when Strauss got his 100. Defeat was clearly written in his face.
Thanks to Zaheer Khan for striking right time and bringing the match to nail biting finish.
I am searching for the reasons to praise the Indian team in that match but nothing comes to mind other than Sachin’s 100 and Zaheers last moment wickets.
It was such a horrible statement by Dhoni that ‘there is nothing to improve because we scored 338 runs but England played well, we cant score 400 in every match’
Mr Dhoni need to understand he is playing World cup as a leader he need to accept the mistakes on the ground. As a spectator and as a well wisher of the team I could tell some of the horrible sights I had seen in that match. Strauss shown really a far better leadership qualities than Dhoni. If it was India chasing I don’t thing match would have been such a close finish. If India need to win the matches they need to discipline their bowling and they desperately need to realise the importance of singles in the flat pitches of subcontinent.
Wishing Sehwag bats at least 25 overs in all the matches, hoping Yuvraj Singh came back to form, Tendulkar wont get injured, Kohli retains his enthusiasm to score, Gambhir realises his sticking capacity to the ground, Yusuf Patan hit all the ball he faces, Zaheer remains the back bone of Indian bowling attack with Harbhajan there is a light of India winning the world cup. But some times to be honest it looks too many things to fall in place. I feel that’s what it is there need too many thing fall in place to achieve big things.
As last thought, Just imagine if India was not made 2 maidens and scored couple of singles in those overs. Or just imagine one of the batsmen realised that they need to finish the match and bated 50 overs.
Now all ifs and buts, Indian team has lots of things to learn from this match, lots of issues to address before going for the next match and next round. I am sure if they ready to accept this and learn they will come out with flying colours. All the best India
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