Indian cricket team failed to reach semi-finals in 2010 T20 Cricket world cup. Despite having talented and experience, they failed to win a single game in Super 8. Mahendra Singh Dhoni became a hero for Indian cricket fans after 2007 T20 world cup victory but Dhoni became villain after this disastrous tournament. Reasons for India's failure: 1. Captaincy: This is the worst performance by an Indian captain in the last 10 years. I have never seen an Indian cricket captain commit so many mistakes for so many times in every match they played. There used to be many instances in past where captains were removed after a debacle in world cups. 2. Commitment: I saw many Indian teams played badly in world cups but I never saw an Indian team approach a world cup so casually. They just thought that it was just another IPL match. It is an unforgivable offence. There were times where teams used to plan their strategies for months for world cups. Except Australia, no team took this world cup seriously. 3. Team selection: When Indian team was announced, I wrote that this Indian team may not even reach semi-finals. It is full of out of form players; if they are in form – they have fitness problems. If this is not enough, they have management which is committing blunders. 4. IPL: They played in IPL in hot Indian summer. They are jaded physically and mentally. Indian cricketers have talent but they failed to gel like a team. Great teams can only win world cups in any game but not stars. Stars may help you to win some games but not world cups. 5. Poor batting: We all know Indian bowling lacks penetration and is not of high quality. But, what about our famed Indian batting! Except Suresh Raina, no Indian batsman failed to cross 100 runs in 2010 T20 world cup (5 matches – 100 runs – except Raina, no one scored more than 100 runs in all 5 matches combined!!!!) 6. Warm-up matches: They have not played in a single warm-up match. I failed to understand BCCI planning. Final note: It is easy to criticise when some one played badly. I am not talking about runs scored. I am talking about zeal. I am … [Read more...]
Indian team for T20 Cricket Wolrd cup
The World Twenty20 starts on April 30, five days after the end of the IPL; India are grouped with South Africa and Afghanistan. Sachin Tendulkar’s decision not to play in this month’s Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies will leave India a much weaker team as they look to put last year disappointments in England behind them. The little master is in splendid form for the Mumbai Indians during the current Indian Premier League as the red hot Indians remain on course to finish top of the IPL group stages. The Indians skipper has played a major role in the teams impressive start in this year IPL but Tendulkar has stuck by his decision not to play international Twenty20 cricket in order to prolong his test career. The 26-year-old Vinay Kumar, who has been impressive in the IPL 3, was the only new face in the squad to be led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Karnataka speedster R Vinay Kumar rewarded for his consistent performance in domestic cricket while leg-spinner Piyush Chawla staged a surprise comeback into India's 15-member squad for next month's Twenty20 World Cup in the West Indies. Pacers Ishant Sharma, S Sreesanth and RP Singh, who were in the provisional 30-member list, failed to figure in the squad while spinners Pragyan Ojha and Amit Mishra also missed the bus. The squad has five specialist batsmen in Vice-captain Virender Sehwag, Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Rohit Sharma, two all-rounders in Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja. Besides Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar were the pacers in the squad. Zaheer and Harbhajan were making a return after missing India's last Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in December last. Indian Squad for T20 Word cup: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Virender Sehwag (v-c), Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Gautam Gambhir, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja, R Vinay Kumar, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla, Dinesh Karthik. India’s Match Schedule: Sat May 1, 13:30 GMT | 09:30 local | 19:00 IST 3rd Match, - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros … [Read more...]
