Our team played good cricket, we came close, but….. This 'but' has played a big and consistent role in India’s poor performance in the last four away tours. And yet, we are not able to bridge this gap between defeat and victory. There are some micro and macro factors which are contributing to this debacle, the micro factors being more important. And at this level, Dhoni and Fletcher have big roles to play.
Captain always stays at helm and drives his team. So obviously the rights of selection are very much reserved for him. He demands or induces players which he thinks could strike a right balance. But the real fact is that Dhoni is investing in few players with false notion. He is relying too much on his intuition in decision making, including the team combination. Our current batting line-up, in ODI's and Test as well, has the fragility that has been getting exposed by opposition. Also, vacuum created by this fragility is putting too much burden on Kohli and Dhoni himself to salvage the situation. On greenish pitch away from home, team needs a pace-bowling all-rounder, he knows that. But despite having such player in service, he does not give enough chances to him.
Dhoni expects things to get in their place by chance, always. And more often he shows undue reluctance to be creative for diverting adverse situation in to propitious one. All these things are leading to slump in India’s overseas performance. It is getting like ‘India’s performance overseas is inversely proportional to the performance at sweet home.’ Saurabh Ganguly has rightly expressed about Dhoni’s captain-ship, "It's obnoxious!"
Now we are back to our own den ready for Asia cup. We will again cherish those flat, dusty, super-dead pitches. Players like Jadeja, Ashwin, Rohit Sharma would be on track, ready to give that extraordinary performance! Bowlers, excluding one or two exceptions, would look to finish their quota with less than six runs per over, with wickets as complementary gift. More or less, all the Asian teams are molded in the same theory though. The brand of their own style typically termed as flat pitch bullies!
Captain always stays at helm and drives his team. So obviously the rights of selection are very much reserved for him. He demands or induces players which he thinks could strike a right balance. But the real fact is that Dhoni is investing in few players with false notion. He is relying too much on his intuition in decision making, including the team combination. Our current batting line-up, in ODI's and Test as well, has the fragility that has been getting exposed by opposition. Also, vacuum created by this fragility is putting too much burden on Kohli and Dhoni himself to salvage the situation. On greenish pitch away from home, team needs a pace-bowling all-rounder, he knows that. But despite having such player in service, he does not give enough chances to him.
Dhoni expects things to get in their place by chance, always. And more often he shows undue reluctance to be creative for diverting adverse situation in to propitious one. All these things are leading to slump in India’s overseas performance. It is getting like ‘India’s performance overseas is inversely proportional to the performance at sweet home.’ Saurabh Ganguly has rightly expressed about Dhoni’s captain-ship, "It's obnoxious!"
Now we are back to our own den ready for Asia cup. We will again cherish those flat, dusty, super-dead pitches. Players like Jadeja, Ashwin, Rohit Sharma would be on track, ready to give that extraordinary performance! Bowlers, excluding one or two exceptions, would look to finish their quota with less than six runs per over, with wickets as complementary gift. More or less, all the Asian teams are molded in the same theory though. The brand of their own style typically termed as flat pitch bullies!
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