In last match, even after loosing two matches back to back, we had some hope of entering into Semis. We had good start too,but could not capitalize on it and SriLanka as expected threw us out of the tourney.
The short bouncer was the weapon used against us which we could not defend. Australia and West-Indies used that weapon at right time and got rid of our batsmen at right intervals, which costs us the tournament.
There was a factor of IPL too behind this defeat. Recently finished IPL might have taken energy out of the player. Even, most the pitches on which IPL matches were played were helping batsman to score freely. Because this reason, even the score 200+ was also chased easily.
Another reason, which has resulted into pathetic performance of the Indian team, might be the after-match-parties which players were enjoying. There are some "so -called" gr8 players in the team who have enjoyed these kind of parties even after the defeat. Isn't this strange?? How serious are these players @ the Team, their place in National team and their performance?
I don't want to blame the players only because we lost the tournament,but I must say players should be aware of their responsibilities. All the young players should not get carried away with the couple wins in the series.
Young players should look at the characters, performances of the Players like Sachin, Dravid,Kumble,Ganguly. These 4 players have got tremendous success in their Cricketing life,still these players are Down-to-Earth. They are successful, but modest. They are enjoying, but on the ground and not off the field. They are making news by performing on the field but not behaving rudely/shamelessly off the field.I suggest, if our young players pick few qualities of these 4 players then also we can build a strong and solid team.
