Today the Indian Team of 15 for the World Cup 2011 was announced. I was really surprised for the inclusion of few in the team. I don't understand why performer like Sreesanth was left behind, whose performance was always a treasure for our cricket and helped us click a win from nowhere. Who would have expected a win for team India in the 2nd test which took place in SAF recently??
Sreesanth was in and out of the team for various reasons but always made sure he comes back and hit hard not at people who left him behind but instead at our opponents. I wonder how Munaf Patel got the chance in 1st 2 one dayers when Sreesanth was at his best. If Munaf Patel was to be selected why not drop a player who never was there in the picture Piyush Chawla and rather include our Arrogant Baby in the 15???!!!
If Dhoni wanted 3 seamers & 2 spinners in the playing 11, we have a place for 6 batsmen; and our ground men are good at providing batting pitches; that makes dhoni force to re-consider his playing level to 3 seamers, 1 spinner, 7 batsmen because we have 3 batsmen (yuvi, pathan, raina) who've got enough bowling skills.
Another scenario, if dhoni goes with 2 seamers... one get hit all around (just like what happened to manoj prabhakar in 1996 against SL) leaving only 1 seamer and half a dozen spinners to bowl at the opponents which makes it clear our playing 11 need to consist of 3 seamers, 7 batmen leave behind 1 place for specialist spinner. If dhoni can rest bhaji against matches with new teams and make ashwin take the responsibilty thus keeping our balance in tact.
So i dont understand the need for the 3rd spinner in the team of 15. It would have been a spot for a seamer and that would have been Sreesanth, who should have been considered ahead of Nehra, where seamers need more backup than the specialist spinners in the team.
And Dhoni, you don't have a backup; and its high time you realize that you are not performing since Sachin scored a double ton. That day i saw you hit sixers all around the ground. Its always your team of 10 who been performing and you just been lucky to be their captain. Try proving otherwise, atleast for once, its been sometime i saw you performing.
I poured out these words because 2 of my favourites among the PERFORMING / IN FORM players were dropped from the team of 15 - Rohit Sharma & Sreesanth not only that, a player who was not even seen in the playing 11 for long time was considered. I didn't mention about Sharma because i feel he was just unlucky this time to be there with Sachin (batsmen were selected as expected).
With all these said I wish all the best to our Indian Team for World Cup 2011.
Sreesanth was in and out of the team for various reasons but always made sure he comes back and hit hard not at people who left him behind but instead at our opponents. I wonder how Munaf Patel got the chance in 1st 2 one dayers when Sreesanth was at his best. If Munaf Patel was to be selected why not drop a player who never was there in the picture Piyush Chawla and rather include our Arrogant Baby in the 15???!!!
If Dhoni wanted 3 seamers & 2 spinners in the playing 11, we have a place for 6 batsmen; and our ground men are good at providing batting pitches; that makes dhoni force to re-consider his playing level to 3 seamers, 1 spinner, 7 batsmen because we have 3 batsmen (yuvi, pathan, raina) who've got enough bowling skills.
Another scenario, if dhoni goes with 2 seamers... one get hit all around (just like what happened to manoj prabhakar in 1996 against SL) leaving only 1 seamer and half a dozen spinners to bowl at the opponents which makes it clear our playing 11 need to consist of 3 seamers, 7 batmen leave behind 1 place for specialist spinner. If dhoni can rest bhaji against matches with new teams and make ashwin take the responsibilty thus keeping our balance in tact.
So i dont understand the need for the 3rd spinner in the team of 15. It would have been a spot for a seamer and that would have been Sreesanth, who should have been considered ahead of Nehra, where seamers need more backup than the specialist spinners in the team.
And Dhoni, you don't have a backup; and its high time you realize that you are not performing since Sachin scored a double ton. That day i saw you hit sixers all around the ground. Its always your team of 10 who been performing and you just been lucky to be their captain. Try proving otherwise, atleast for once, its been sometime i saw you performing.
I poured out these words because 2 of my favourites among the PERFORMING / IN FORM players were dropped from the team of 15 - Rohit Sharma & Sreesanth not only that, a player who was not even seen in the playing 11 for long time was considered. I didn't mention about Sharma because i feel he was just unlucky this time to be there with Sachin (batsmen were selected as expected).
With all these said I wish all the best to our Indian Team for World Cup 2011.
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