Well India are out of the World Cup. Thankfully there haven't instances of violence directed against the players yet. Now the whole Pandora's box has opened with people calling for the heads of all the seniors and Chappel.
I side with Gavaskar when he said that there is no reason to replace Dravid. He's 34 and probably at the peak of his career. India could consider moulding a younster under him, ala Sri Lanka, where Atapattu was dropped as captain between the 2003 WC and this one.
Again and again there are people calling for changes in the bowling attack. Drop Agarkar, drop Harbhajan. Very frankly it was not the bowling that let us down in the WC. It is arguable weather Pathan should have played instead of Uthappa, but the bowling did not lose us any match. Even after the Bangla debacle we decided to make only 1 change in the team. Drop Kumble and get in Harbhajan. Agarkar has been steady thru the World Cup. In fact against Sri Lanka he was at the receiving end of some harsh LBW decisions, including Jayasurya first ball. All said he finsihed with decent figures.
(Stats courtesy Cricinfo)
You really can't blame and axe a bowler for that.
In all the games it was the batsmen that lost the matches. Full Stop. Against Bangladesh we just did not bat well, repeat that for Sri Lanka as well.
It would be naive to think that there would be less changes after the debacle. We always tend to over react. I hope the people in charge understand what component did not deliver and tinker with that rather than finding scapegoats in other departments.
I side with Gavaskar when he said that there is no reason to replace Dravid. He's 34 and probably at the peak of his career. India could consider moulding a younster under him, ala Sri Lanka, where Atapattu was dropped as captain between the 2003 WC and this one.
Again and again there are people calling for changes in the bowling attack. Drop Agarkar, drop Harbhajan. Very frankly it was not the bowling that let us down in the WC. It is arguable weather Pathan should have played instead of Uthappa, but the bowling did not lose us any match. Even after the Bangla debacle we decided to make only 1 change in the team. Drop Kumble and get in Harbhajan. Agarkar has been steady thru the World Cup. In fact against Sri Lanka he was at the receiving end of some harsh LBW decisions, including Jayasurya first ball. All said he finsihed with decent figures.
| AB Agarkar (India) | 3 | 28.0 | 1 | 112 | 4 | 3/38 | 28.00 | 4.00 | 42.0 | 0 | 0 |
You really can't blame and axe a bowler for that.
In all the games it was the batsmen that lost the matches. Full Stop. Against Bangladesh we just did not bat well, repeat that for Sri Lanka as well.
It would be naive to think that there would be less changes after the debacle. We always tend to over react. I hope the people in charge understand what component did not deliver and tinker with that rather than finding scapegoats in other departments.
