Well, the Wankhede test match is done and dusted (no pun intended). England have beaten India soundly, and it was the English spinners who did India in. Aided by the thorough incompetence of the Indian spin trio in tackling Alistair Cook and Kevin Pietersen.
The Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did something unusual before the start of the test match. He openly asked for a spin friendly (meaning a rank turner) track from day 1 of the match. It was a surprising holler from Captain Cool - the man of few words.
Not surprisingly, Dhoni was slammed all the way from England to Australia, for being so brash about it.
There was also talk of how and why the Indian tour team never does well in England or Australia, where the tracks seam and bounce respectively, but don’t make the ball turn square. Not unless you are Shane Warne or Muttiah Murlitharan - more on that was written yesterday.
O:-)<
But not in India - where the call was greeted with smug overconfidence. It soon proved correct as the open demand by Dhoni and subsequent compliance by the Cricket Board, the local Cricket Association and the ground staff allowed the English and not the home team to take advantage. Therein lies the twist in the tale.
Now that the massacre is over, it is the turn of the Indian media to slam M.S. Dhoni - once again. The same guys who were probably gushing praise when Dhoni demanded a spinner track from day one, are bouncing him today.
Strange how something sounds so profound one day, turns into fallacy a few days later in the minds of same people. Once that happens, instead of analysing the reasons and learning a lesson, we (Indians) generally turn our ire on the guy or gal who spoke out in the first place.
If we care to take a look into any of the major Indian newspaper today the pessimism and dejection are obvious. The same media who waxed eloquent on Pujara and how he is the next ‘wall’ after Dravid, appear subdued.
If we wait for a couple of days I guess we would see the knives come out once again for Dhoni. It would be interesting to see who the backstabbers will promote this time around. For both Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag - the two proposed saviours of last time - are on a more shaky pitch than Dhoni today.
>:->
With hindsight, everything looks bad. Now, is it?
Wonder what Lalit Modi’s views on hindsight are!
:-)_
The Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni did something unusual before the start of the test match. He openly asked for a spin friendly (meaning a rank turner) track from day 1 of the match. It was a surprising holler from Captain Cool - the man of few words.
Not surprisingly, Dhoni was slammed all the way from England to Australia, for being so brash about it.
There was also talk of how and why the Indian tour team never does well in England or Australia, where the tracks seam and bounce respectively, but don’t make the ball turn square. Not unless you are Shane Warne or Muttiah Murlitharan - more on that was written yesterday.
O:-)<
But not in India - where the call was greeted with smug overconfidence. It soon proved correct as the open demand by Dhoni and subsequent compliance by the Cricket Board, the local Cricket Association and the ground staff allowed the English and not the home team to take advantage. Therein lies the twist in the tale.
Now that the massacre is over, it is the turn of the Indian media to slam M.S. Dhoni - once again. The same guys who were probably gushing praise when Dhoni demanded a spinner track from day one, are bouncing him today.
Strange how something sounds so profound one day, turns into fallacy a few days later in the minds of same people. Once that happens, instead of analysing the reasons and learning a lesson, we (Indians) generally turn our ire on the guy or gal who spoke out in the first place.
If we care to take a look into any of the major Indian newspaper today the pessimism and dejection are obvious. The same media who waxed eloquent on Pujara and how he is the next ‘wall’ after Dravid, appear subdued.
If we wait for a couple of days I guess we would see the knives come out once again for Dhoni. It would be interesting to see who the backstabbers will promote this time around. For both Gautam Gambhir and Virender Sehwag - the two proposed saviours of last time - are on a more shaky pitch than Dhoni today.
>:->
With hindsight, everything looks bad. Now, is it?
Wonder what Lalit Modi’s views on hindsight are!
:-)_
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