The following mistakes are committed by Selection Committee: 1. No selecting players in form 2. Selection on the criteria of Year of Cricket Playing 3. Non-Selection of All-Rounders or ignorance of what a ALL_ROUNDER means
Blunder by Captain 1. Not selecting team as per pitch but selction by previous performances 2. Not reprimanding bowlers for not bowling as per the feild, for e.g: Harbhajan was bowling to pre-dominant field of LEG-SIDE from Over The Wicketwhereas he should have been bowling from Round The Wicket and pitching the ball on the line of OFF STUMP, another instance was bowling of Saurav Ganguly who kept on pitching the ball up to the batsman and got punished with batsmen hitting him through the Square and Off side, 3 The field placement was very predictable as the batsmen were easily getting 2-3 runs by hitting in GAPS regularly
What India should do: 1. The opening pair should simply concentrate on getting singles and keeping the ball along the ground and after spinners are introduced, the can very weel be sure of having settled down and play their shots freely 2. The bowlers should pitch the ball on OFF Side and keep the ball at a distance of 2-3 feets from the batsmen and which can be achieved by regular practise only 3. Partnership of atleast 50 Runs each from Five Pairs of Six Batsmen 4. Bowler should be prdered to bowl according to field 5. Open with Sachin and Gambhir and send Sehwag at 3 Down withDravid at 1 DOWN, Ganguly at 2 DOWN
RE:Indian Team In SriLanka
by MAYANK JINDAL on Aug 08, 2008 04:00 PM
I will request rediff.com to send a request to MS Dhoni, to give you a chance for doing captaincy for one or two match. I think India will definetly win under your captaincy. Good Luck.
