Monday, June 15, 2009

Bad Strategy puts India out of contention from 20-20 World Cup

Well It was do or die for Indian team, if they had to be in hunt for the coveted trophy.To qualify for the semifinals it was a must win for them when they came out to field against England at the 'Mecca of Cricket'-Lords.
Well the bowlers restricted the Englishmen to a reasonably defendable score of 153,thanks to a quickfire 50 by Kevin Pieterson and late slog by the taileneders.The bowlers especially R.P. Singh and Ravinder Jadeja bowled a tight line.But Indians were weak in fielding. In twenty-twenty cricket, it is must to save runs and misfielding can not be tolerated.But irrespective of everything ,this target was conceived to be an easy go for the strong Indian batting lineup even in the absence of hard hitting Virender Sehwag.Indians had a poor start as they lost In form Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina. But then the biggest maistake which costed India the match was to bring in Jadeja. He didn't play a single game and was thrown such a responsibility.Then in twenty-twenty we should keep in mind that there are just 120 balls to be faced and your top most and inform batsman should get the maximum of these balls. Jadeja consumed 36 deliveries for his 25 which was almost the 1/3rd of the whole innings.He was sent to throw his bat and propell the inning, but contrary to it his slow innings put pressure on other batsman and when the inning ended Indian team saw themselves 4 runs short of target,with the best batsman on crease. Yusuf Pathan and Dhoni did try to steal the victory but they did not have deliveries to face.
Well it is always good to conduct experiments as it brings out the best but at cruical junctures one should stick to the reliable options.Well defending champions are out and now there are three strong teamswhich I feel can be there in semis-South Africa,Sri Lanka and Newzeland. But there are still uncertainities in this version of cricket, which saw two strong teams-Australia and India out from last four and which saw the emergence of teams such as-Ireland.
But Indian think tank should rethink on the strategies for this version

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