A lot of people have been targeting Yuvraj for the recent loss that India suffered at the hands of Sri Lanka in the recently held T20 World cup final. Its true that Yuvraj was no where close to his best that day but we have to realize that is he the only one to blame?.He had an off day. But we should also admire the way Sri Lankan bowlers bowled specially towards the end. I am sure if India had won the game inspite of Yuvraj's failure nobody would have given a damn. If you look closely, Yuvraj never looked in good nick through out the tournament not only while batting but in the field as well. But the nobody bothered to question his performance because India was winning. If he had been dropped then I am sure all of these people would have made a lot of hue and cry about the same. Its saddens me to stones being pelted at the house of the hero of 2007 and 2011 world cup triumphs.
If anyone has to held accountable it has to be the Indian team management and the leadership. The decision to send Yuvraj ahead of Raina and then Dhoni ahead of Raina again, resulted in an inform batsman not getting to bat while two batsman out of nick could not deliver for India. The ideal situation would have been to send Raina ahead of Yuvraj. This would have given Raina opportunity to settle in while Kohli was hammering the ball and once set, Raina could have joined in. Its sad to see that Virat in spite of performing extra ordinarily well ended up in a loosing cause.
Its the team managements and leadership's stubbornness and reluctance to make changes that has led to India's downfall in the recent past. India had already qualified for the semi's when they were playing for the fourth game, they could have given an opportunity to maybe a Binny so if he did well, Dhoni would have an extra option but that never happened. Even in the past we have seen his reluctance to make changes in spite of a series of loses. A quality bowler like Amit Mishra was made a mere visitor for almost a year and a talented youngster like Rahane was also mad to sit on bench for quite some time. I am not saying they should be given opportunities as soon as they show up. But if old combinations are not yielding the desired results then there is no harm in trying something new.
The youngster if not given a chance would end up believing that their captain does not have confidence in them. This does not do good to the motivate any youngster. So maybe its high time the team management decides to make some overhauls maybe at least in the shortest format of the game. It is important to test youngsters when it is the right time rather than keep them on the sidelines forever. The team management seems to have failed terribly in this regard.
If anyone has to held accountable it has to be the Indian team management and the leadership. The decision to send Yuvraj ahead of Raina and then Dhoni ahead of Raina again, resulted in an inform batsman not getting to bat while two batsman out of nick could not deliver for India. The ideal situation would have been to send Raina ahead of Yuvraj. This would have given Raina opportunity to settle in while Kohli was hammering the ball and once set, Raina could have joined in. Its sad to see that Virat in spite of performing extra ordinarily well ended up in a loosing cause.
Its the team managements and leadership's stubbornness and reluctance to make changes that has led to India's downfall in the recent past. India had already qualified for the semi's when they were playing for the fourth game, they could have given an opportunity to maybe a Binny so if he did well, Dhoni would have an extra option but that never happened. Even in the past we have seen his reluctance to make changes in spite of a series of loses. A quality bowler like Amit Mishra was made a mere visitor for almost a year and a talented youngster like Rahane was also mad to sit on bench for quite some time. I am not saying they should be given opportunities as soon as they show up. But if old combinations are not yielding the desired results then there is no harm in trying something new.
The youngster if not given a chance would end up believing that their captain does not have confidence in them. This does not do good to the motivate any youngster. So maybe its high time the team management decides to make some overhauls maybe at least in the shortest format of the game. It is important to test youngsters when it is the right time rather than keep them on the sidelines forever. The team management seems to have failed terribly in this regard.
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