“Kehte hain Agar kisi cheez ko aap dilse chaaho toh poori kaaynaat use aapse milaane ke liye jud jaati hai!”
The same happened with Dhoni. As I had mentioned in my previous blogpost, the series whole-heartedly accepted Dhoni’s bag. In England, India was struggling with injuries and even weather played spoil-sport in every match, which did not allow India to settle. Back in India, with normal working conditions, Indian batsmen pulled themselves out of the socks and gave justice to the ‘World Champions’ tag. For this series, selectors (behaving sensibly) gave chance to new crop that really came to meet the expectations. (For the first time, saw the selectors thinking positively about strengthening the bench.) The duo, Varoon Aroon and Umesh Yadav have very good pace with swing, and need to be preserved, nurtured for the future, especially for the test cricket. These two guys need to understand captain’s call and improve their accuracy to stop the run flow. As in any format of the game, if runs become hard to come, Batsmen tempt to try different shots and commit mistakes, Listen to captain chaps. In this series, batting looked very strong. Importantly, the improved temperament of Virat and Raina not only helped them individually but also to the team management to execute the plan.
What to say about Dhoni… I would say “Kaske pakad Jam ke jakad Lagaa...!” The helicopter shots and the clean hits are back in business again. The same Dhoni with improved version is back again. I think he has used the antivirus of “Keep It Simple”, formatted himself, cleared the infection, and the result working faster than 3-G! What an !dea, Sirji. His all innings were example in themselves. Dhoni in this Avatar is a healthy sign before the Aussie tour. Most surprising outcome was Ravindra Jadeja, whose transformation in batting and bowling was immaculate. In his initial playing phase, he neither looked a batsman nor a bowler. At Times, batted in ordinary manner. Number six and seven are such a slot where batsman cannot afford to settle in or attack on the go. It’s the sense and situation that needs to be judged, and Jadeja managed to handle it.
Though India lost 4-0 in England, the matches were very close. But in India, the Queen’s Eleven looked scattered, especially against spin. And their senseless sledging put themselves in trouble. All English media praising the team relentlessly for giving Team India clean sweep in all formats and dreaming “The Sun Never Sets and shall not set on this new England Team’s Success”, must have come to know that there is no term like invincible in Cricket! Alistair Cook as a captain, looked ordinary running out of ideas in tricky situation, and preferred plain strategy of completing the bowling quota. Cook also admitted that apart from Steve Finn, others could not even perform 10% of the just conceded series back home. If England are to stay in the top four one-day nations for long period, they have to improve their consistency and skill against spinner.
In the end, Dhoni proved the charm of luck and the stars are still with him, need not to mention the efforts he put in. So what’s the way to take the revenge???? hmmmm….
“That’s The Way…. Maahi way…..!”
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