FINISHING OFF !

At Lords Men in Blue finished it all off, literally. It was the time to prove their mettle in the finals as well as their upped consitency, but in vain. Not only did they spilled water on some of their's finest performances (read: with bat only) but again posed a question mark on the team performance as whole.

On Saturday every Indian had one thing on mind--England Vs India, & with latter’s fantabulous win on Wednesday not only raised high hopes among us but confirmed us of our victory. The match was crucial from both sides having equaled it as 3 each. But that's where the problem lies with India. The more crucial the match is the more careless they become. After the fantastic win two days before the finals, they must've gained confidence from it (or over confidence).No doubt that it's an excellent team effort put up by India on Wednesday but in our case these excellent things come on rare occasions when there is a do or die situation or say when the players are afraid of coming home empty handed to their passionate fans. We agree that Cricket is a game of luck but average performances have never depended on luck, the fact is that they come from hard practice, consistent one at that. I admit that we always hope our country to win but even close matches are appreciated by us. Had the yesterday's match been a match of the Titans (by name we are Titan but I doubt whether with performance also..........) where every player had to fight for a single run for win but to my disbelief it turned out to be a match between a strong willed team with zeal to do better & a team high on potential, confidence but with weaker decision making technique. I really wonder what Rahul'll have to say about his decision of batting first & then putting up such a remarkable total on the board. To sum up it all what we want to see is better performance from our players irrespective of the result. Its not that we flare up tiniest of mistakes made by them infact we magnify the smallest of achievements of their’s.And in result what we get is just a passable match of a team who gave up right after the first half of the match & made the result very much predictable. The particulars are not worth giving because they’ll serve the purpose of grieving only. The only problem dat ought to be highlighted here is :

RAHUL DRAVID::Captain of Indian team. It seems as if he’s under some pressure to take even the smallest of decision for his team & if he is not then he really needs to do a course in decision making (Oops! Such course is not available in India.Anyways Paul Collingwood is ready to give sum lessons. What say Rahul??) It’s good to think out of the box but it’s stupid not to follow the stereotypes when it is obvious. Even his form needs mending as the wall is showing cracks at some places. Leave other problems at rest because every successful team needs a responsible Captain & without right decisions even a team in good form won’t be able to impart good results. So Mr. Rahul -----leave your nails & start biting on someone’s mind. May be PAUL………….