Comments on: The ICC World T20 Championship

By: sapience

sapience — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 05:31:06 +0000

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By: Glenn Fernandes

Glenn Fernandes — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:39:56 +0000

The 20-20 World Cup 2009 was very interesting. I expected India to win but bad luck. Pakistan was simply superb. Shahid Afridi was outstanding.

By: DrRakesh

DrRakesh — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:46:34 +0000

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Come back on cricket, I last saw warm up match against NZ and though Jadeja should batting in one down or out of squad because he has not the ability of clear boundaries and find a gap. Overall match was okay as it was warmup match and players are playing only to warmup themselves only.

By: John Doe

John Doe — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:33:50 +0000

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By: Srikanth Mangalam

Srikanth Mangalam — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:55:02 +0000

I’d be interested to hear Mohan’s and others’ views on this whole issue of cricket fatigue. If there is a market for continuous cricket and people are willing to pay for it, do cricketers have a choice?

By: Shankar

Shankar — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:40:57 +0000

Mohan, thanks for your response. It’s just a harmless observation that seems to have garnered undue attention. That’s okay.

I wish we were all in Harsha Bhogle’s shoes (for example) where we could make a career of reporting on cricket and ruminating about it. But you are right, none of us have the time and luxury to do so…

By: mohankaus

mohankaus — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:21:58 +0000

@Shankar

Yes, the timing of Dhoni’s decision was odd. But what he did say was that he wasn’t fit and that he was mentally and physically fatigued. I rather he did that when he realised it than make a mess of it while on tour. What we tend to find in India — in most walks of life — is the classic “Kissa Kursi Ka” syndrome where the current incumbent of any position stays on and seldom relinquishes it (even temporarily) for whatever reason. Dhoni did and I salute him for that.

If I view his actions with a cynical lens, as people are given to doing, and judge him, any assortment of explanations are possible. I’m sorry, but I do not have either the time or the inclination or the interest to indulge in those judgement games.

Mohan

By: Shankar

Shankar — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:20:23 +0000

Mohan, it’s not about viewing with a bitter or twisted cynical lens. I agree with all your points about needing to have guts to make the decision to sit out of a series. In my mind, no player has done that before. Usually, you have players hiding injuries so they can play for the fear of losing their places. So, from that aspect, Dhoni has to be commended.

But I’m sure, you will also agree with me due to the timing of that decision. When a player decides to skip playing for the country in order to be ready for a series of “informal” games, I think it is valid to question that decision. The Australians have done the reverse…skipped IPL to be fit and ready to play for their country. Maybe Dhoni would also do something similar in the future, if the need arose. I’m sure money is no longer a motivating factor for him since he must have made enough. I do think he is a man of simple desires who would want to put the country first. But I’m only judging this from his past action…

Chris Gayle has spoken about shunning tests to play T20s…

I’m just raising the point if commercial interests are getting to a point where players choose (or are forced to choose) that over playing for the country.

Believe me, it’s got nothing cynical about it…

By: Mohan

Mohan — Sun, 31 May 2009 19:30:40 +0000

Dhoni is, to the best of my knowledge, the first player who said “I am not in shape. So I will ship out” in Indian cricket. It is your prerogative to use either a bitter or twisted or cynical lens with which you see that decision. I took that at face value. It takes a lot of guts to voluntarily sit out a series in Indian cricket. One must have supreme confidence in ones own abilities and one must also have the (hitherto unknown maturity to ) arrive at the conclusion that an unfit me is worse for the team than a me that hangs on to a job because it is a natural entitlemet! Indeed, Dhoni applied the “shape up or ship out” principle (and hence my response to Srikanth too). As I said, however, a bitter and twisted cynic will look at this differently

By: gnbmdr

gnbmdr — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:56:18 +0000

For T20 – opening is crucial. Gilchrist and Hayden were able to do 10 runs per over for DC and CSK.

If Sehwag and Gambhir were to fail in the early overs, India can not recover.