Yesterday i was disappointed with dhoni's biased approach. It is a well known fact that dhoni is playing some politics inside the team. And when sree was taken for some 20 odd runs in one over, dhoni could have gone to sreesanth and had a talk with him and could have tried to slow the game a bit. Then sree may have conceded only one or two runs of the last two balls. But instead sreesanth was seen all alone and that is not the sign of a good captain or a good team spirit. I think dhoni was having two calculations in mind. One is that he could easily exclude sreesanth from his scheme of things in this world cup sighting his performance in the match and the second reason is the one which seems to be the most disastrous of them. He was showing the arrogance of a 370 run cushion. He knew that even if he plays a trick of ousting sreesanth and even if that cost us some 8 or 10 runs, that won't cost us a win. But he forgot or wanted to forget the logic of needing a higher net run rate.So the way dhoni led in that single sree over,clearly shows that he is not 100% committed captain Nobody is denying the fact that sreesanth bowled poorly yesterday and that he is only an average bowler. But if we take in to consideration india's bowling attack, he is on par or only just below the other pacers in our team. Even zaheer,who is having wealth of experience behind him, failed to pick up any wicket at the start of bagla innings even after having 370 runs to defend.
Re: Dhoni's cheap politcs in that one sreesanth over
by Bada Bhai on Feb 20, 2011 11:47 AM
Dhoni is definitely not in thebest terms with Sreesanth, who was included because Nehra was unwell...I am sure Sree must be playing on the last matches in WC..Sehwag too commented about it, of course sugar coating it by saying any bowler can have an off day..when a bowler is being hit all around the park..the team members must show support for him..but I guess for Dhoni and Co. minus Sreesanth, plans were different....I do not really think with this mediocre bowling India stand a chance beyond semi-finals
Re: Dhoni's cheap politcs in that one sreesanth over
by Indranil Chowdhury on Feb 20, 2011 03:41 PM
But if he really didn't want to have Sreesanth he could have left him out in the first place. Why give him a chance at all? Understood that there was a 370 run cushion, but it was more of an opportunity of Sree to showcase his skills rather than Dhoni playing politics. One performance does not prove or disprove anything and since Dhoni fails match after match himself there is absolutely no suggestion that anyone in the team is blaming Sree for that one over. It is more for him to learn from the mistakes and correct them in the future matches. Dhoni regretted exit of PK and all for a reason, people in this forum were all crying out for Sree's inclusion in the first team. Now that Sree performed badly there is no point in drawing quick conclusions. It is a long world cup and Sreesanth can improve along with the whole team.
Re: Dhoni's cheap politcs in that one sreesanth over
by Jason Bourne on Feb 20, 2011 05:48 PM
I noticed the mid-on coming in to support Sreeshant. But the bottomline is Sree is a bonafied test player, he needs to understand to calm himself. That no-ball and wide are ridiculous. We should support our team as a whole and honestly assess problems. If Sree cant take the pressure with 370 onboard against bangladesh, how can he handle KP, Watson or Amla with only 200 on board? Remember that 14 (5nb, 5wides and that drifter boundary on the legside) out of the 4 are given by Sreesanth, not scored by Bangladesh. Criticizing Dhoni for Sree's performance, does not make sense.
Re: Dhoni's cheap politcs in that one sreesanth over
by Bada Bhai on Feb 20, 2011 11:48 AM
Dhoni is definitely not in thebest terms with Sreesanth, who was included because Nehra was unwell...I am sure Sree must be playing on the last matches in WC..Sehwag too commented about it, of course sugar coating it by saying any bowler can have an off day..when a bowler is being hit all around the park..the team members must show support for him..but I guess for Dhoni and Co. minus Sreesanth, plans were different....I do not really think with this mediocre bowling India stand a chance beyond semi-finals
Yesterday i was disappointed with dhoni's biased approach. It is a well known fact that dhoni is playing some politics inside the team. And when sree was taken for some 20 odd runs in one over, dhoni could have gone to sreesanth and had a talk with him and could have tried to slow the game a bit. Then sree may have conceded only one or two runs of the last two balls. But instead sreesanth was seen all alone and that is not the sign of a good captain or a good team spirit. I think dhoni was having two calculations in mind. One is that he could easily exclude sreesanth from his scheme of things in this world cup sighting his performance in the match and the second reason is the one which seems to be the most disastrous of them. He was showing the arrogance of a 370 run cushion. He knew that even if he plays a trick of ousting sreesanth and even if that cost us some 8 or 10 runs to the team, that won't cost us a win. But he forgot or wanted to forget the logic of needing a higher net run rate.So the way dhoni led in that single sree over,clearly shows that he is not 100% committed captain
Re: Dhoni's cheap politics in that one sreesanth over
by ramesh gopal on Feb 21, 2011 09:13 PM
Mr.Rajan, 1st accept the fact that sreesanth is not a good bowler in oneday and t20 matches. How he was thrashed in these formats everybody know.He is a overrated bowler.So,no more stories pl.
Re: Dhoni's cheap politics in that one sreesanth over
by ramesh gopal on Feb 21, 2011 09:19 PM
Mr.Rajan, first admit the fact that he is not a good bowler in oneday and T20 Matches. We all know how he was thrashed in these formats. He is a overhyped bowler proportionate to his performances.So,no more stories please.
Re: Dhoni's cheap politics in that one sreesanth over
by ramesh gopal on Feb 21, 2011 09:13 PM
Mr.Rajan, 1st accept the fact that sreesanth is not a good bowler in oneday and t20 matches. How he was thrashed in these formats everybody know.He is a overrated bowler.So,no more stories pl.
Re: Dhoni's cheap politics in that one sreesanth over
by ramesh gopal on Feb 21, 2011 09:13 PM
Mr.Rajan, 1st accept the fact that sreesanth is not a good bowler in oneday and t20 matches. How he was thrashed in these formats everybody know.He is a overrated bowler.So,no more stories pl.
With this bowling attack, we just cannot progress in this world cup.Unfortunately, under par bowling has always been the bane of indian cricket and to win matches , bowlers need to deliver. Yesterday sreesannth bowled poorly. But in the next match it may be the turn of zaheer to put up bowling figures like for eg: 7-0-61-1 (just a hypothetical figure, but this could well happen). We just dont have even one bowler in this line-up whom we can put our faith on. Yesterday i was disappointed with dhoni's biased approach. It is a well known thing that dhoni is playing some politics inside the team. And when sree was taken for some 20 odd runs in one over, dhoni could have gone to sreesanth and had a talk with him and could have tried to slow the game a bit. Then sree may have conceded one or two runs of the last two balls. But instead sreesanth was seen all alone and that is not the sign of a good captain or a good team spirit. I think dhoni was having two calculations in mind. One is that he could easily exclude sreesant from his scheme of things in this world cup and the second reason one seems to be the most disastrous one. He was showing the arrogance of a 370 run cushion. He knew that even he plays a trick of ousting sreesanth and even if that cost some 8 or 10 runs to the team, that won't cost us a win. But he forgot or wanted to forget the logic of needing a higher net run rate.So the way dhoni led in that single sree over,clearly shows that he is not 100% committed capta
The match showed how bad indian bowling is. Bangladesh would have won had India scored lower . 284 against india is a big score. Had Indian team would have been given a total of 371 they would have got out at 100 . 3 rd rate bowlers of Indian team.
Mates...I must say India's performance yesterday was pathetic and lethargic ! You can't win the cup by betting on lame horses ! Sachin's best has been a PAST now and if Sehwag doesn't fire your bowling is not good enough to defend a low score. I haven't seen and fire in body language of Indian's too ! But I will keep my wordings until I see the performance in the big match like against England. That match will decide how good the preparation and mindset of Indian team is !
