So is this MSD's fault?

[gaurav92]

With Ishant injured and Shammi out of form, best bet was to try Ashwin. Ashwin as batsman >>> R. Sharma Superb team selection this is from Kuptaan Sahib

Oh yes, superb selection I must confess, and I think we must give him Bharat Ratna for not ****ing this up with selection at least and instead believing in the batsmen to **** it up big time :hatsoff:

[express bowling]

Our batsmen have let us down so far. But , Kaptaan Kool's errors normally come while fielding. It happens in every match ..... so, most probably will happen this time too. Another mistake that Kool makes normally ..... picking wrong bowlers ... to be fair he did not do so this time. Most of us wanted this pace lineup and five bowlers too.

[Austin 3:!6]

Oh yes' date=' superb selection I must confess, and I think we must give him Bharat Ratna for not ****ing this up with selection at least and instead believing in the batsmen to **** it up big time :hatsoff:[/quote'] Which bowlers would you have selected gaurav?

[Marco Polo]

Nope. I'm one of those guys who is very critical of dhoni but this is not dhoni 's fault. Its a 50-50 to decide whether to bat or bowl. History is in favor of dhoni. Every captain who won a toss has selected to bat first on this pitch.

[rkt.india]

its 2011 all over again now.

[CSK Fan]

Won the toss...batted first on a decent track. Picked correct playing XI as per the expectations of ICF'ers. BUT its 8-4 within 20 minutes. What the hell skipper can do?

THIS is not Dhoni's fault. However that does not mean all his previous faults disappeared in a puff of smoke. Today I think he made the right decisions till now. But the team overall is not motivated enough However, sometimes on good pitches team can be 3-4 down very soon. But good teams have recovered and won from such situations in the past. All the best India

[CSK Fan]

Exactly. If you bat like idiots and score 8 -4 in 20 minutes no skipper in the world can do anything. Watch out the pitch turns into flat pancake when our trundlers bowling.

So who is blaming Dhoni for this?

[vvvslaxman]

No this is Modis fault lol.

[Austin 3:!6]

So who is blaming Dhoni for this?

You joined the match thread late bro. Few people were already blaming Dhoni for batting first after 8-4

[CSK Fan]

You joined the match thread late bro. Few people were already blaming Dhoni for batting first after 8-4

Lol, no one bowls first at Manchester

[vvvslaxman]

Austin

[Austin 3:!6]

Lol' date=' no one bowls first at Manchester[/quote'] Our great ex Kuptaan Sahib Mr Sourav Gongooli also wanted India to bat first to utilize the 4-5th day pitch. It was a good decision by MS but dnt help the team if you batting line up sucks.

[putrevus]

Broken clock is also right two times a day . Dhobi remains a useless/conservative test captain.

[vvvslaxman]

Our great ex Kuptaan Sahib Mr Sourav Gongooli also wanted India to bat first to utilize the 4-5th day pitch. It was a good decision by MS but dnt help the team if you batting line up sucks.

Our batting line up sucked even in the last 3 tests. Nobody blamed him for that.

[Debutant]

Dhoni always gets credit for the wins even if his contribution is negligible. Similarly he should be blamed for all the debacles too

[BlueBee]

Not his fault IMO. The pitch looked batting friendly before the play, Even in Cricinfo Pitch report they said its a batting friendly pitch. But this turned out to be a bowling friendly pitch.

[kruiser]

Not his fault IMO. The pitch looked batting friendly before the play' date=' Even in Cricinfo Pitch report they said its a batting friendly pitch. But this turned out to be a bowling friendly pitch.[/quote'] This is NOT a bowling friendly pitch.

[vijay50]

Watch England pile up 400. Then we will know the tailunt of our batsmen.

[asterix]

This match is gone guys, unless we skittle out England on a low score...

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Fast bouncy pitch Overcast conditions. Why bats first?