I guess the world was not completely aware of the T20 format, which played in the hands of India who won the championship by FLUKE. India too was not completely aware of the T20 format but still they had this league called the IPL which again was another money-making game where only Indian players and the franchisee.
I remember there were Australian and Pakistani players who were a part of this madness. But now they have made a wise decision of not participating in the IPL. Now Pakistan is no more part of it. Thats again a different story.
This IPL has cost us both the succeeding T20 World Cups. Neither in '09 or '10 have the Indian played to the potential they are boasted about. Everyone exaggerates about the STRONG Indian batting line-up. But see how they have faltered like anything when it was most required.
Both in '09 and '10 championship our Najafgarh ka Tendulkar pulled out just before the championship started and the reason pretty much the same. Shoulder Injury. The replacement for him was Murali Vijay whose average is meager compared to the likes of Robin Uthappa. And guess what Robin despite showing a better performance in the so called IPL is not even in the SQUAD.
Yes, there are other "World-Class" batsmen in the team, rather SQUAD the likes of Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni, Gambhir................. list is endless. But everyone failed to keep up the so called "STRONG Indian Batting Line-up". Add to these the strong faith of CHASING by the CAPTIAN COOL after winning the toss. It was a time when Indian players were really good at chasing but the times have changed. Above that the bowling is always a concern which will always be no matter who the bowler is.
Another T20 world cup is coming to an end for India. Are we still crazy about T20? If we go by statistics Indian players play more T20 than any other team and a very less number of Tests and even ODIs, whereas these are the ones which our players need to get on top of it.
The board definitely need to take care that our players do play more number of Tests and ODIs and more often.
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n now raina is leading the team India cuz our senior players are rested!!!
I had never admired Raina. And was hoping if Raina had helped India sail through Australia match would have admired him. But poor Raina doesn't get my admiration.
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