Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Message to Dhoni: Need to take blows when you are down

All and sundry experts and cricket analysts have spared no stone to hit at Indian tea, after england disasters at London and Nottingham. These were the same critics who were singing praises for indian team and its capt dhoni in april for WC win.
The 11 (14) players were treated like gods thereafter and folklores were created of every event...
Purely on cricketing sense one can analyse that main reasons in order of their problems
Absence of Zaheer and sehwag ; Two outright winners and holding prowess of Gautam Gambhir.
Dhonis fatigued captaincy: No inspired moves
Lack of fielding sharpness
Inadequacy of new players to support if not substitute the ageing and great middle order.
No century partnerships except one in first innings of second test where india actually got leads
Reason i am making this list is because i dont treat this english team as great at all. It might be good but batting has many problems which a fully fit indian team could have exploited by dhoni's captainship brilliance. Bowling is at the most sharp and steady and never destroying like aus in 90s and wi in 80s. I firmly believe that there is no clear no 1 team today. Eng/India/SA form a trinity and we will see no1 spot changing hands series after series for next few years.
So what do you make out of remaining series. with sehwag, zaheer, gambhir back, we can expect more fight. A win here will restore parity and its not impossobile though very difficult. even if we lose the series a win is necessary. You remember what durban win did to indian teams aura and respectability. The armchair eng/aus/sa critics also were made to take note of. same happended at perth after monkey gate. This time this sound bit difficult but thats waht champions are meant to bounce back. remeber how aussies bounced back in 2004 in india after debacles of 98 and 01. so a series loss is by no means end of world. But it gives chance to retrospect and learn. If we do not do that then doomsday is not far ahead.
But for next 10 days , we need to take full on the blows from all and sundry including our own past cricketers who are paid to echo public sentiments.
same inlife when you are down you need to take and absorb blows. Importance is to believe in your abilities and rise.... Then its your turn to give it back. Hope we rise from this situation. we have to....

No comments: