i think it was a lucky master-stroke by dhoni to play the three seamers on this wicket against paki batsmen, either by choice or chance as against the more lethal ashwin.....pakis could have taken him to cleaners by chance as akmal took-on yuvi. it was, the inexperience and mental weakness of paki bats shone thru. our bowling-fielding was disciplined though not penetrative...no extras given. I was scared of ashwin not playing but today it helped due to weak Paki batsman and the crumbling low-bounce wicket. I think the man-of-match deserving was dhoni for his caiptaincy. he luckily did not make the mistake Azhar(1996) and Ganguly(2003) made. by luck i think, he is reading the game, situation and the conditions pretty well. hope it continues in the final.
Re: fortune favors the calm and well supported dhoni
by C M on Mar 31, 2011 04:41 AM
Just a diff thought..Indian seamers bowled very well today too..Look Pak 3 seamers gave away 129 runs withing 20 overs (extras not counted) and got 5 wkts (Wahab)...Indian seamers bowled almost 30 overs gave 131 runs and got 6 wkts....Indian trio did finish their 30 overs with almost same runs....that was fine controlled bowling ..Of course spinners did good job..India managed 2 maiden overs as well...It was great team effort..No Dhoni shouldnt have won MoM..just becoz he did good captancy..Its his job...In fact rest of the team didnt let his decision down...Whole team deserved Mom since this is not practise SRT was obvious choice(max contribution even with all lives)...
Re: Re: fortune favors the calm and well supported dhoni
by samit on Mar 31, 2011 05:41 AM
SRT like a good person he is acknowledged the crowd and mentioned that it was a total team effort.
