There is lot of reasons behind every failure. In cricket, these criticisms sometimes look very genuine. When captain is not in good form, his mind is always confused with decision making. Dhoni, a successful captain in recent times, made several mistakes in these World Cup matches. In the absence of dashing Sehwag, Yousuf Pathan was the best option rather than Rohit Sarma for opening the innings with Gambhir. Like Sehwag, Pathan will definitely go after the bowlers without any respect.
In the do-or-die match against England, the bowler who bowled exceptionally well for India was R.P.Singh. He is allowed to bowl only 3 overs which conceded only 13 runs and took one wicket. R.P. is a successful bowler for slog overs, but he didn’t get his expected last over. The economy of Ishant Sarma is not good in the 20-20 version of the game. But Dhoni gave ball to Ishant Sarma who conceded 36 in the allotted 4 overs without claiming any wicket.
Sending Jadeja ahead of Yuvraj and Dhoni himself was a serious mistake. Jadeja is a good all-rounder, but not aggressive player like Yuvraj and Yuvi is in peak form in the previous matches. Jadeja’s score will be good for low scoring matches (25 from 35 balls with only one four) or One Day internationals. It was Jadeja’s good knock that knocked India out from the semi finals.
These are mere thoughts of a cricket lover, it may not be right. But the loss of 3 runs against England compels every cricket fans to think so.
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