"India didn't Deserve to be in the Semis" - Harsha Bhogle

[vvvslaxman]

I knew from the outset India would not make semis. I hoped them to eke out atleast one win. And they play very carelessly. Look at the way Gauti was running. What stings most was the manner in which they lost. They didn't even put up a fight. THey didn't have plan for each batsman. They didn't put thought into every ball.

[Sid]

I think he forget to mention Dhoni....

i think dhoni should retire from t20s bcoz he cant continue playing all three formats and ipl keep wickets, bat and captain at the same time after all he is a human being. but i will not blame dhoni for lose,if you have such poor bowling resources you cant win anything and i heard many cricket experts and fans talking about winning the toss and fielding a wrong decision ,guys face it if while batting first even if we manage to score 170-180 still we would have lost such is our bowling strength and with such out of form batting line up of gg and yuvi we might have not scored 150 runs either accept it we are one ordinary t20 side

[hari504504]

What exactly does Harsha mean by "Deserved" ??,,..we played like ****s... player selection in different matches was appalling... overall we had the squad to get into the semis...but no way "deserved"..

[hari504504]

What exactly does Harsha mean by "Deserved" ??' date=',..we played like ****s... player selection in different matches was appalling...bowler rotation shocking... overall we had the squad to get into the semis...but no way "deserved"..[/quote']

[ViruRulez]

[rkt.india]

i think dhoni should retire from t20s bcoz he cant continue playing all three formats and ipl keep wickets, bat and captain at the same time after all he is a human being. but i will not blame dhoni for lose,if you have such poor bowling resources you cant win anything and i heard many cricket experts and fans talking about winning the toss and fielding a wrong decision ,guys face it if while batting first even if we manage to score 170-180 still we would have lost such is our bowling strength and with such out of form batting line up of gg and yuvi we might have not scored 150 runs either accept it we are one ordinary t20 side

i bet against Ozies batting first this batting line could not have even manged 100.:haha:

[coffee_rules]

A lot of Hindsight warriors having a field day. Out bowling and fielding were as good as any other day. We were severely hurt by bad batting. Batting suffered because of Dhoni's brainfart about chasing against Aus/WI. The last match was a case of lost cause after SL scored 144. Any other day, India would have defended. So, blame Dhoni and coach for opting to field with bowlers like Jadeja who went for 6 6s against Aus, but was still chosen against WI.

[rkt.india]

A lot of Hindsight warriors having a field day. Out bowling and fielding were as good as any other day. We were severely hurt by bad batting. Batting suffered because of Dhoni's brainfart about chasing against Aus/WI. The last match was a case of lost cause after SL scored 144. Any other day' date=' India would have defended. So, blame Dhoni and coach for opting to field with bowlers like Jadeja who went for 6 6s against Aus, but was still chosen against WI.[/quote'] batting first they would have not got the score they got in the end against pace bowling on pacy pitch...

[vvvslaxman]

A lot of Hindsight warriors having a field day. Out bowling and fielding were as good as any other day. We were severely hurt by bad batting. Batting suffered because of Dhoni's brainfart about chasing against Aus/WI. The last match was a case of lost cause after SL scored 144. Any other day' date=' India would have defended. So, blame Dhoni and coach for opting to field with bowlers like Jadeja who went for 6 6s against Aus, but was still chosen against WI.[/quote'] With a bit of brain even with this performance India could have qualified. In the match against Australia India lost 2 plus overs because our useless tail couldn't survive . Rohit was stranded. 2 more overs there margin would have been less. India would have been never in a situation to win by 20 runs. A win here would have seen them through. They just took the foot of the gas in the last match after that 20 mark was crossed.

[S.Bond]

i think dhoni should retire from t20s bcoz he cant continue playing all three formats and ipl keep wickets, bat and captain at the same time after all he is a human being. but i will not blame dhoni for lose,if you have such poor bowling resources you cant win anything and i heard many cricket experts and fans talking about winning the toss and fielding a wrong decision ,guys face it if while batting first even if we manage to score 170-180 still we would have lost such is our bowling strength and with such out of form batting line up of gg and yuvi we might have not scored 150 runs either accept it we are one ordinary t20 side

I mean what was the point of coming in after 10.1 overs yesterday and scoring an unbeaten 23 of 19 balls? Why not let the bigger hitter yuvraj singh and yousuf pathan come first when you ave 8 wickets??? That was poor captaincy and batting. His batting in this format is really not up to th mark.

[Lord]

With a bit of brain even with this performance India could have qualified. In the match against Australia India lost 2 plus overs because our useless tail couldn't survive . Rohit was stranded. 2 more overs there margin would have been less. India would have been never in a situation to win by 20 runs. A win here would have seen them through. They just took the foot of the gas in the last match after that 20 mark was crossed.

exactly this is what i said before.Rohit though batted superbly,but lacked common sense,he should've tried to play as many balls as possible n not expose Zak n Nehra to Tait n Nannes.we coul've got 160 if we batted 20 overs n that would've meant we only nede to win against SL