March , 2007
No excuses, Team India was horrible
India's five-wicket loss to Bangladesh is perhaps the most horrible and humiliating defeats I have ever seen. We planned badly, batted poorly and there is absolutely no excuse we can fall back on. While Sourav Ganguly played the right shots, the others could not back him up. If Ganguly's and Yuvraj Singh's strategy of settling in and playing across field could work, it's difficult to understand why the others could not follow suit. Which brings me to another significant point - the role of Virendra Sehwag. Now, one cannot blame Sehwag for playing wrong all the time. Maybe he should take a break from One Day cricket and not play at all for some time. But that said, I should reiterate that the way we planned our batting was absolutely ridiculous. India are considered "world's best batting lineup" and are supposed....




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