The defensive strategy adopted during the second test by batting again has helped
England regain the lost ground. This is evident from the way they fought bak in the 3rd one day international at Manchester. Only India can do this. 7 wickets down
with the cream of the batting sent back India succumbed to some very clever ,shrewd and energetic batting from Ravi Bopara and Stuart Broad. What went wrong will be everybody’s concern but sad part is that we have no solution and we love
repeating our mistakes.
We make elementary mistakes in choosing the team. Our first focus should be on
the 2F’s ie fielding and fitness. This has been a perennial problem and we have
not managed to find some killer strategy to solve. In the Manchester match
Ramesh Powar and RP Singh were absolutely a disaster. Pawar with his beer
belly was a major liability on the field. The English batsman had marked him and ensured that they take extra run when the ball goes to him. And these runs were taken with all ease and comfort. Thank go we did not have Munaf that would have an added burden for Rahul to check on the runs. Apart from our fielding another huge drawback has been our running between the wickets. There is no desire or urgency to go for the extra run which makes a huge difference in the final analysis
Down by 2 matches India has to pull up all socks to bounce back. Well they
have done it in the past but past is history. Time has come to look at fielding and
fitness if we have to be in any reckoning for one day competitions. I hope the ICL
faction will keep this has the topmost issue in their agenda. Lets get team which
has full energy and power if we to have make match out of any matches.
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