India is out of the T-20 world cup , and if we say that it was expected , we would not be wrong .
The Men in Blue never looked in pink of health. But who would have foreseen MS Dhoni and company ending up red-faced so early. The narrow three run loss against England will rankle in the heart for a long time. Simply put, India wasn’t up to the challenge.
Where did we go wrong? Our bowling lacked passion and class. But it was primarily batting failure that cost us the game. Our top order’s weakness against the short-pitched ball was exposed.
I will never know why Jadeja was promoted to no 4 and sent ahead of Yuvraj and Dhoni. Especially since his batting limitations had been conclusively established in the practice game against the Kiwis. And I will never be able to fathom why Yusuf Pathan was held back for so long.
Feels really bad to lose a game with two hitters left at the crease with no balls to play with. That’s the penalty one pays for bad 'batting order' management. Among other things, we also seemed to lack the hunger to win. And, yes, we did miss Sehwag.
