India's Debaclous Start

The first match of India's world cup campaign. It seemed as if Indians did not have had a good nights sleep and they went to the pitch to have a nap . How come Bangladeshi minnows play so beautifully in the same pitch which Indians made it look so disastrous, the pitch could not deteriorate so drastically . They weren't even trying to rotate strike but to play a test match innings.

I always used to think that Indian team likes to create crisis situations which actually makes them look good on field than they really are and so win accolades. They never try to go easy on situations that could have been dominating but give equal opportunity to the other side . This is similar to what happened on the first match between India and Bangladesh, in which Bangladesh easily defeated India.

And then media plays a much vital role while analyzing the situation. The tell what the people wish to hear. So there were media people appreciating Saurav's efforts. How does one expect player like Ganguly to play an anchorage role when he was expected to be set after playing from the first ball. He played just in the same manner in the beginning to the end as if from the beginning he knew that the team will fall. Now people will say that he made so much runs, but actually I think statistics do not tell the entire story, if that was the case then statisticians would have been the most payed professionals.

Game play is a more important factor. Your body language speaks more then what one tries to show. Sports is more of a psychological affair , take this case if a player like Ganguly is not able to play then how would lower order batsman would play. How is it that strike rate of other players more then Ganguly only thing that Ganguly was for a longer time and he was supposed to understand the ball more easily then the new batsman.

They must learn lessons from Kiwis how to win after loosing 4 wickets by just rotating the strike and loosing the pressure. But it seemed that Ganguly was trying to build a crisis situation himself so that his innings look heroic.

Well Sehwag is to be blamed too but he is a gone case, how is he in th team god knows. One cannot bame uttapa as he is a new comer. Sachin and dravid are to be blamed for not playing good and getting out so cheaply but there is also an interesting part to see. In both partnership Ganguly played or one can say did not try to hit more balls then the other players. Now how can player like Tendulkar and Dravid with a temperament of playing a fast game stand and have a nap along side Ganguly. Sitting before the TV ad seeing Ganguly not attempting to play was irritating to me then so to the players standing in non-striker end. Man you must rotate strike to loose pressure but they were trying to build more and more pressure.

All those reporters who said that the lower order collapsed, one must keep in mind that Dhoni came at 45 th over and from their their run-rate was about six till the end, so their getting out did not really effected much. What effected is top order relenting to rotate strike and take runs.
And then substandard balling in which pacers forgot how to ball pace and spinners were sending ball at a faster pace and no body was balling to the wickets but outside off stump to give them opportunities to hit. It was a total indisciplined performance and would like to see what is left for India in the future.