I was half expecting this from Dhoni. For a while he has been too full of himself. If you saw his post match interview with Mark Nicholas at the end of last India v Aus game, you would have noticed how he delivers, long drawn out answers. To me it seemed he was intent on somehow being philosophical and it just didn't seemed right. S Lanka may have been aided with the reduced chase,(not an easy one mind you)but for Dhoni to put the onus of defeat squarely on it shows he is in denial. Why are we so adamant on being aggresive and fighting fire with fire that we can't be humble and a lil more gracious in defeat? Someone very quickly needs to have a word with Dhoni and explain, that its alright to admit we lost to a team that played better on the day and not come up with petty excuses.
RE:I am not Surprised
by S Shrikanth on Feb 12, 2008 04:46 PM Permalink
You have a target 196 in 29 overs @6.76 runs/over, you are reduced to 154 in 21 overs @7.33 runs/over, your target is stiffer. You can win only if you play like a champion against world's most hyped cricketing side. Sri Lankan did exactly what a champion could have done.
Mr Dhoni, you are very good English speaker. But you can fool people by saying that "Shreesanth was putting the ball at the right spot". Actually Shreesanth was putting the ball the right spot for Sri Lankans. :-)
