Dhoni got it wrong..!!
Monday, May 10, 2010
12:55 AM
Labels: 2010 , 2010 India , 2010 World Cup , editorial , India , 0 comments
India is hanging on but barely in the World T20. In all probability, they won't make it to the semi finals and will have to fly back home.
It was their failure to counter short pitched ball that is being seen as a reason for a possible early exit. True, the team was found wanting while facing leather up close. Also, it was lack of application and pitches in Wonderland (read IPL) that may have also contributed to inability to play short balls.
There is one more aspect that has been a big contributor to Indian failure in Super 8 stage. The signs were there in preliminary rounds as well. India won against South Africa in preliminary round and in post match conference, Dhoni credited the performance to their spinner. While, India has come to the tournament clearly with the strategy to have primarily spin attack, however it has not really paid off.
Consider this, against South Africa, spinners bowled 15 overs and gave away 139 runs. However, Dhoni missed the trick and found their performance up to the mark. Missing the point here led to failure to do the correction, and in next match againsts Australia spinners performed equally badly and gave away 108 runs in 12 overs. Oppositions have clearly come up with a strategy to play Harbhajan respectfully and not to take risks against him. This is proved as he has not taken a single wicket in last 3 matches. If we take out Harbhajan's performance, then spinners gave away 93 runs in 8 overs. Clearly, not the signs of a great bowling attack.
The dismal bowling performance continued against West Indies with spinners except Bhajji gave away 78 in 8 overs.
With the format of the game needing precise analysis and real time corrections, Indian strategy of spin attack has back-fired. In post match conference Dhoni suggested that batsment did not click. However, team India need to look at their bowling if they hope to improve the performance in the last game.
It was their failure to counter short pitched ball that is being seen as a reason for a possible early exit. True, the team was found wanting while facing leather up close. Also, it was lack of application and pitches in Wonderland (read IPL) that may have also contributed to inability to play short balls.
There is one more aspect that has been a big contributor to Indian failure in Super 8 stage. The signs were there in preliminary rounds as well. India won against South Africa in preliminary round and in post match conference, Dhoni credited the performance to their spinner. While, India has come to the tournament clearly with the strategy to have primarily spin attack, however it has not really paid off.
Consider this, against South Africa, spinners bowled 15 overs and gave away 139 runs. However, Dhoni missed the trick and found their performance up to the mark. Missing the point here led to failure to do the correction, and in next match againsts Australia spinners performed equally badly and gave away 108 runs in 12 overs. Oppositions have clearly come up with a strategy to play Harbhajan respectfully and not to take risks against him. This is proved as he has not taken a single wicket in last 3 matches. If we take out Harbhajan's performance, then spinners gave away 93 runs in 8 overs. Clearly, not the signs of a great bowling attack.
The dismal bowling performance continued against West Indies with spinners except Bhajji gave away 78 in 8 overs.
With the format of the game needing precise analysis and real time corrections, Indian strategy of spin attack has back-fired. In post match conference Dhoni suggested that batsment did not click. However, team India need to look at their bowling if they hope to improve the performance in the last game.
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