Flashback to September 26, 2007. Lakhs of cricket fanatics poured into the streets of Mumbai to welcome M S Dhoni and his team because they had conquered everything before them to lift the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa.
Cricket crazy India sat up till middle of the night yesterday in the hope that the cricketing gods will deliver again. That was not to be because ‘Mahi’ and his boys committed harakiri against England at the ‘Mecca’ of cricket, Lords.
Matches are won and lost in sports. But what hurt the fans most was the manner in which India surrendered in the games against West Indies and England.
Batsmen like Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina, who had electrified crowds during the Indian Premier League only days earlier, were exposed because rivals exploited their weakness against the short, rising balls.
“I watched the entire match hoping that some miracle will happen and India will win the game, but that was not to be. It is indeed disappointing that such a star-studded team could not make it to the semifinals,” said Samrat Paul, an executive in a multi-national company.
“I think India were done in by poor batting and captaincy. Some of the decisions Dhoni took were indeed baffling and it really cost us the match,” he said.
India’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign came to screeching halt last night after they suffered a heart-breaking three-run loss at the hands of England. They had earlier lost to West Indies in their first Super Eight clash last week. Some fans were extremely critical of Dhoni and said he has become over confident.
“Dhoni is no more the calm and composed captain. He has lost it and it was visible from his conduct with the media on Virender Sehwag’s injury. Over confidence was clearly visible on his face,” said Shweta Thakur, a student.
“He has made a number of captaincy errors during the tournament. I don’t see any reason to push back your in-form batsman (Yuvraj Singh) in the batting order in such a crucial match. He should have gone at number three position in place of Suresh Raina,” she added.
“Even dropping Pragyan Ojha was a wrong decision. Instead of him Ishant Sharma should have been dropped, he did very little in this tournament as well as in the IPL.” Ankush Tiwary, a software professional, feels the Indian captain should introspect his own performance in the Twenty20 World Cup.
“As captain, Dhoni failed to set examples, he was terribly out of touch. In yesterday’s match also, it was Yousuf Pathan who brought the match close and not Dhoni,” he said.
Cricket crazy India sat up till middle of the night yesterday in the hope that the cricketing gods will deliver again. That was not to be because ‘Mahi’ and his boys committed harakiri against England at the ‘Mecca’ of cricket, Lords.
Matches are won and lost in sports. But what hurt the fans most was the manner in which India surrendered in the games against West Indies and England.
Batsmen like Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina, who had electrified crowds during the Indian Premier League only days earlier, were exposed because rivals exploited their weakness against the short, rising balls.
“I watched the entire match hoping that some miracle will happen and India will win the game, but that was not to be. It is indeed disappointing that such a star-studded team could not make it to the semifinals,” said Samrat Paul, an executive in a multi-national company.
“I think India were done in by poor batting and captaincy. Some of the decisions Dhoni took were indeed baffling and it really cost us the match,” he said.
India’s Twenty20 World Cup campaign came to screeching halt last night after they suffered a heart-breaking three-run loss at the hands of England. They had earlier lost to West Indies in their first Super Eight clash last week. Some fans were extremely critical of Dhoni and said he has become over confident.
“Dhoni is no more the calm and composed captain. He has lost it and it was visible from his conduct with the media on Virender Sehwag’s injury. Over confidence was clearly visible on his face,” said Shweta Thakur, a student.
“He has made a number of captaincy errors during the tournament. I don’t see any reason to push back your in-form batsman (Yuvraj Singh) in the batting order in such a crucial match. He should have gone at number three position in place of Suresh Raina,” she added.
“Even dropping Pragyan Ojha was a wrong decision. Instead of him Ishant Sharma should have been dropped, he did very little in this tournament as well as in the IPL.” Ankush Tiwary, a software professional, feels the Indian captain should introspect his own performance in the Twenty20 World Cup.
“As captain, Dhoni failed to set examples, he was terribly out of touch. In yesterday’s match also, it was Yousuf Pathan who brought the match close and not Dhoni,” he said.
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