Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Fans burn effigy after India loss Angry fans burnt an effigy of India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni in his hometown of Ranchi following their early exit from the World Twenty20 in England. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Mahendra Singh Dhoni is in the line of fire now with former players questioning his tactics in the narrow loss to England, which led to India's shock exit from the Twenty20 World Cup. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 "We wanted to knock out India" South Africa coach Mickey Arthur is disappointed that India has been knocked out of the ICC World T20. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 India's exit doesn't surprise Miandad Former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad says India's early exit from the ICC World T20 is not surprising. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Dhoni lashes out at batsmen MS Dhoni held his batting colleagues responsible for the team's aborted title defence in the Twenty20 World Cup. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 It is about losing the whole plot The wake-up call came but the door did not open, writes espnstar.com's India editor Ayanjit Sen. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 "India were 'bounced' out by England" Moin Khan believes the failure of the Indian batsmen to cope with the short-pitched balls led to their ouster from the ICC World T20. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 India will bounce back: Srikkanth India's failure to defend their Twenty20 World Cup title could not shake Krishnamachari Srikkanth's belief in the team's ability and the chief selector insists Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men would put behind the debacle and bounce back. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Crash and burn With India’s losing the ICC World Twenty20 crown, Hindustan Times takes a look at the reasons behind Sunday’s loss to England. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Lack of training did India in K. Moses London June 15: Too much liberty, players not quite respecting the game and tangential thought processes, attitude issues did India in at the World Twenty20 Championship being played in England. The Blues didn’t train enough, and understandably missed the bus. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the man who has turned everything he touched to gold for most part of his cricketing career, came a cropper when it came to defending the world title he had won two years ago, thanks to some wayward thinking. Chasing England’s moderate 153/7, India finished with 150/5 to bow out of the tournament. First among the bunch of reasons was optional training. Call it overconfidence or weariness, the Blues hardly had a full training session while the top brass continued to defend their stand. Vice-captain Yuvraj Singh went up to the extent of saying players could prepare themselves for the game even having coffee instead of practice. That was on the eve of the crucial match against England, which sealed the defending champions’ fate. Having been done in by short-pitched bowling in the first Super Eight game against the West Indies, the captain could have got his batsmen some valuable practice via the bowling machine to tune them up for the England game. But he chose to stay indoors with his flock and paid the price the next day as the English bowlers pinned the Indians by bowling into their bodies. One wonders what the coach’s role was in the training no-shows, especially when the team was at the same venue and had no ‘travelling stress.’ "It is not about thinking of the short deliveries but about the ball that you score off. If you are thinking too much about the short delivery your game changes and you are not shaping up for deliveries which you can score off. There are quite a few lessons to be learnt from this and hopefully the time that we are getting off, we can look to work on that area," Dhoni said. Then there were tactical blunders, for which the team think tank comprising the captain, his deputy and the coach are accountable. Pressures of captaincy got to Dhoni, who seemed out of sorts on the field, goofing up simple chances as well as appearing a bit confused when it came to strategy, evident from the fact that he drafted Ravindra Jadeja, who was playing his first match in the tournament, ahead of the in-form Yuvraj Singh at the all-important No.4 spot. Jadeja made a painstaking 25 in 35 balls at a strike rate of 71.42 and slowed down the scoring rate, putting pressure on the other batsmen. "They bowled the bouncers really well in the middle overs. Of course one of the areas was that Yuvraj could have gone but it was early, around the fourth or fifth over mark. "We thought if a batsman goes in and if a wicket falls around the 8th, 9th or the 10th over it sets the game for us, then we can really look to chase if the required run rate is around nine or 10 runs per over," Dhoni offered to explain before admitting: "That was one area where we could have something different but there is a fair amount of gamble that you need to take. Maybe next time we will send Yuvraj." Earlier, Dhoni strangely did not give R.P. Singh, India’s most economical bowler, his full quota of overs. R.P gave away just 13 (at a miserly 4.33) in the three overs that he got to bowl even as his colleagues, who were persisted with, conceded runs like the millionaires that they are. It did not leave India any richer though. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 India bounced out of contention England played with greater passion and intensity to get a lifeline More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Smith: I feel sorry for Dhoni South Africa captain Graeme Smith offered his support to under-fire India skipper MS Dhoni. More... Link to comment
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Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 ?Next time, we probably would send Yuvraj up the order? London: Mahendra Singh Dhoni maintained chasing was the right idea after India?s three-run defeat against England that knocked the defending champion out of the ICC World Twenty20. The Indian captain said on Sunday, ?We are ... More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 ‘Tiredness wasn’t the reason’ Mahendra Singh Dhoni has never been one to beat around the bush. After India crashed out of the World T20 Dhoni had no excuses to offer, after apologising to fans back home, reports Arjun Sen. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Extras hurt edgy Indians Too many runs were given away on Sunday, and when you add the extras, it doesn’t help. Twice there were five wides, that too by the spinners, and that eventually hurt India. Anil Kumble comments. More... Anil Kumble, Hindustan Times June 16, 2009 First Published: 00:53 IST(16/6/2009) Last Updated: 00:58 IST(16/6/2009) Print Too many runs were given away on Sunday, and when you add the extras, it doesn’t help. Twice there were five wides, that too by the spinners, and that eventually hurt India. The team was a bit uptight, not the free-look Indian team we have got used to seeing. You could see it as they walked in, perhaps weighed down by the burden of expectation. This is a team sport and you cannot put a finger on anyone for the failure. It is such a quick-paced game that you have to trust your instincts when you need to take certain decisions. It certainly was a game India should have won but these things happen. And you have to give credit to England, especially their bowlers. They peppered the Indians with short-pitched stuff and pegged them back. They say Indians don’t play the short ball well, let me assure you that no one does. With runs being the only aim, and ducking not being an option, the batsmen had to play their shots, leaving them vulnerable on a pitch where the ball didn’t come on quickly enough. Rohit Sharma’s dismissal was a classic example, he had finished his shot before the ball had fully arrived. Basically, it was good execution of plans by England and not just poor shot selection by the Indians. Perhaps, on hindsight, Yuvraj Singh should have come in at four. He’s been in tremendous touch after all. Overall though, it came down to fielding. Had they saved more runs to start with, the chase would have been simpler. Also, the England batting is mostly about Kevin Pietersen. He clicked and the Indians lost. All is not lost though. I can understand the feelings of the fans and sympathize with them. After all, this was a World Cup waiting to be won and no loss goes down well but we need to have faith in this team. This is the same team that has been producing great results over the past two years, they will be back to winning ways. Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Collection of articles : After India's failure MS Dhoni has apologised but India isn’t placated. Social networking sites were clogged with messages from fans blaming Dhoni for India’s exit from the T20 World Cup. Umesh Sharma on the HT website wrote, “Dhoni should be stripped of captaincy and should be made to sit out of if he does not perform.” Anand Vasu reports. More... MS Dhoni has apologised but India isn’t placated. Social networking sites were clogged with messages from fans blaming Dhoni for India’s exit from the T20 World Cup. The Hindustan Times site is full of messages from irate fans. One TV channel ran a poll asking provocatively, “Should Dhoni be forgiven for the T20 debacle?” Some of the outrage was orchestrated, though. On Monday, Dhoni’s effigy was burnt in his hometown Ranchi, but apparently it was ‘arranged’ by two channels. What Dhoni, 27, and other members of the team could be worried about is a repeat of 2003 when India were struggling in the early stages of the World Cup. Then, Mohammad Kaif’s home in Allahabad was tarred and cars parked at Rahul Dravid’s residence in Bangalore stoned. When India crashed out of the 2007 World Cup, police provided security at cricketers’ homes. Protestors affixed photos of Ganguly and Tendulkar on donkeys and burnt effigies after garlanding them with slippers. In Varanasi, fans took out a mock funeral procession that ended with a photo being burnt and the ashes immersed in the Ganga. The latest exit – and one way to look at it is that the team has merely lost two Twenty20 matches – has burst the bubble of invincibility around the defending champions and especially that of captain Dhoni. In a format where the dividing line between victory and defeat is thinnest and usets common (Zimbabwe beat Australia in the 2007 World T20, the Netherlands beat England in the opening match of this tournament) even experts struggle to pinpoint exact reasons for defeat. Fans, however, have begun the post-mortem. “Dhoni should be stripped of captaincy and should be made to sit out of if he does not perform,” wrote Umesh Sharma on the HT website. “Playing Ravindra Jadeja in place of Irfan Pathan is an unpardonable mistake which left cricket lovers of India in tears,” was another message. “Dhoni's apologies mean nothing. We won’t accept your apologies,” wrote Zia Khan. Amid all this, the financial implications of India’s exit are being calculated. The fall out: Indian corporate houses could opt out of buying advertising spots for the semi-finals. While 10-second spots usually sell for between Rs 4 and 5 lakh, the premium for semi-finals could have been as high as seven lakh, but it doesn’t seem likely after India’s defeat. Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Cut out emotions India’s ouster will no doubt bring the knives out and there will be endless discussion on the batting order and team composition. Still, the fact remains that India are a very good team and as can happen in this format, England were temperamentally better if not entirely so on the skill front. Sunil Gavaskar comments. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 Targeting Dhoni for exit is totally unwarranted India were a bit unsettled with their batting line-up and a few players didn’t look comfortable in the middle. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is at his best when he attacks the bowling, and I was surprised to see him play a sheet anchor’s role. Matthew Hayden comments. More... Link to comment
Feed Posted June 15, 2009 Author Share Posted June 15, 2009 India may rest IPL players - Kirsten Indian administrators may need to rest their leading players from the lucrative Indian Premier League (IPL) in future, national coach Gary Kirsten said on Monday. Defending champions India were eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup by England on Sunday. Afterwards captain. . . . More... Link to comment
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