India's cricket is in shambles. The ODIs were strong forte all this while with gloom setting in Tests and T20s were never India's mettle. Now the ODI wall has stood broken with 2 back to back defeats to Pakistan. Of all countries, losing to Pakistan is shambolic and sinful. No matter what, the defeats against Pakies will never be taken easily. And that when no fight has been put up. Top four showing up no fight at all. Batting has been India's strong point entire 2000s and now that is the reason for failings.
What is Duncan Fletcher doing ? Has he got any ideas ? Has he got any plans to stop the slide ? Does he even speak more than what Manmohan Singh speaks? Or he also believes in silence ? Tests woes and now ODI woes.
The selection of team is also an issue. Rohit Sharma is in the team after failing since ages. Single digit scores in all his ODI appearences this year, still he is in the team and will play England ODIs. And the blame of this defeats is going to be passed onto Virender Sehwag. Admittedly he has not been in great form, but he is certainly better than Rohit Sharma and Ravinder Jadeja. This 2 lads continue playing every game despite doing nothing great and Sehwag always faces the axe.
MS Dhoni did not play an innings of substance in T20I and Tests for long, yet he remained in the team and was the captain despite losing 0-8 abroad and 1-2 at home. N Srinivasan has his hand behind MSD, Jadeja and Ashvin. Sandeep Patil has his behind Rohit Sharma. Who said quota system did not rule Indian cricket ?
And now yet another Chennai lad is in the team. Dinesh Karthik is in the team as standby to injured MSD. Why not inject 11 Chennai players in the INDIAN team? Sehwag will be dropped and out of nowhere M Vijay shall replace him. Does not matter Ajinkya Rahane or Manoj Tiwary have been left to warm the benches. Out of nowhere Jadeja appeared and played last test match against England when Rahane should have been playing at #6.
The string of this losses followed by Tendulkar's retirement is fast forcing me to give up watching Indian cricket for good. Chennai Super Kinks for all its patronizing is destroying the soul of Indian cricket.
