Does this count as a stupid declaration?

[Crookbond]

You want the batsmen playing shots to get wickets... You need to dangle a carrot to draw out the shots... e.g. Kohli's dismissal' date=' would he have played that shot if not chasing the victory? Nope, probably would have padded away balls until stumps.[/quote'] You could also get wickets when batsman are in block mode. Clarke's decision was correct but not because of batsman playing shots. There's no way he'd know beforehand that India would go for a win. The reason it's a good decision by Clarke is because he gave Australia more chance to win than he'd otherwise.