India exits early from Champions trophy. I get this feeling that there are some issues among team members. And this was clearly evident in final match in SriLanka where Yuvaraj was acting like Bhai (Bhai bole to DON) of Indian team. I can clearly see no communication between Dhoni & Sehwag or between Dhoni & any senior player for that matter. Dhoni either can make decisions on his own or hate to consult senior players.
It is very unfortunate that we can not see any upcoming quality players in India these days. If you look at Sachin, Dravid, Ganguly & laxman they are like the best examples of 90's cricket. You enter the team based on your talent and consistency and not records. Laxman & Ganguly belong to different class. Ganguly focussed more on charm, aggression than improving technique in later parts of career. At his peak, he deserved Dravid's admiration about off-side play. Laxman's is kind of a roller coaster. Injuries, poor/very little confidence shown by selectors, Inspite of his ability to score runs, especially in test cricket. Eventhough Laxaman is not techically perfect, he has his own approach and can be very good against any bowling attack. Sachin & Dravid are the best cricketers for inspiration to younger generations. Even today, Dravid amazes me when he rocks back and cuts the ball through square. Sachin started giving real time video shows by playing some best strokes using best technique. Dravid always looked like someone trying to evolve always and near perfected his technique. Selectors resorting to him after all young blood got "bounced" in England was a great example of his abilities.
I can not think of suresh Raina or Yuvraj or Dhoni displaying such great technique in scoring runs. Imagine test cricket (for India) without Dravid, Tendulkar & Laxaman. It will be Gambhir, Sehwag, Dhoni, Yuvraj,Raina, Rohit sharma, Karthick. Who is the next best technically good player for India after Dravid & Sachin? Rohit sharma has good technique. Dhoni is completely unorthodox. You might enjoy looking at scorecard but not watching him bat. I can not remember him scoring an orthodox cover drive or straight drive. Sehwag is exception. He is good at scoring runs but not completely reliable. Yuvraj does not know how to play cricket without charm and arrogance. He needs constant guidance not to loose patience and temper. Gambhir is good. What is India is 10/3 . who can come out and bat for rest of the day?
But one thing is sure. We will see many players in next year's IPL hitting fours and sixes like they took adrenaline shot. No need for technique just learn one or two things and keep rocking. And IPL continues ruining world cricket and fate of other forms. It is unbelievable that no young cricketer wants become a Bedi or Chandrasekhar or Kapil Dev. All of them want to be Sachin or Dhoni and appear in every ad you can possibly imagine. I do not know how many of yesterday's ICC awards were bought using ad money. And meanwhile Amit mishra, Ojha, Powar will pray god for Harbhajan's retirement. However, thats not the case with fast bowlers. No one looks consistent and promising. Biggest upset being Irfan pathan. He can become Bracken of India. Do not know what happens with him every now and then. I will not surprised if Dhoni is fixing half the matches he plays and paying selectors for his wishes.
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