Now that I have cleared that root wasn't a deserving MOS with considerable amount facts in above posts moving on to your other issues.
I think the issues lie at the top, with dhawan, he isnt a t20 player by any means have been saying that for a while even at his best he doesnt do much in t20s, i have no idea how he makes the t20 game ahead of uthappa or vijay!
I haven't seen much of those two, I guess their IPL stats must be impressive? Having said that, These Indian batsmen have very good numbers and seem special on paper, they just haven't managed to back it up.
rohit was probably the biggest let down especially after having quite a good run this year!
Raina is woefully out of form in even his best format, he has to be kicked down to states cricket and made to work his way back, manish pandey is very good replacement. yuvi i think its almost the last of him we will see in INTL, it was sad to watch the touch of old brilliance here and there but never able to get fully going. will be hard to replace him as an allrounder. pandya with time can fit the bill in t20!
Pandya could be very good but he seems very basic to me.
Bowling pace surprisingly has been pretty good for us so thats a huge positive, though we will need to find a good replacement for nehraji soon, hope shami can step it up after returning from injury!
Spin while many would say ashwin bombed and its closer to truth but still i felt he wasnt handled well, i mean even in WI game, ya he went for 20 in two overs but still he is your best bowler and should be backed better, same happened in another game were he didnt finish his quota. i think the biggest disappointment with him was that he didnt bowl good, but didnt live up to expectations.
I think a lot of those expectations were built on Ashwin's recent home run in tests, on very helpful pitches. I just feel he lacks the quality of a truly exceptional spinner and India hedged too many bets on him. It's time to look for a proper, full time spinner as a partner and not Jadeja.
Regarding MSD the captain, i dont see how kohli would have made any difference given that our top and middle order werent buying runs, may be a better use of bowlers nothing more, though i would like to see MSD play more freely just as a player without captaining burden!
Lower order heart stoppee? well he still averages a bradmanish 99 this tournament i think, got out only once, has delivered blows, got out only once, cant expect more from a guy that comes at 6, he is certainly ageing but still one of the best finishers in the world. Plus that work behind the stumps, it will be hard to replace him!
That average is misleading, considering his high score was only 30 and scored less runs than guys who had pretty average tournaments, like Malik and Afridi. nOt to mention he only hit 8 boundaries. He hasn't been the lower order man that India needs for quite a while now. Add to that, his captaincy is too pedestrian. He waits and waits and waits for something to happen. There is no doubt he is a terrific man manager but as a tactician he isn't as good as other captains. He will be missed no doubt but India must forge ahead.
Overall its t20 we had a pretty good year, getting winning in aus, asia cup and getting to semi, though we never really got going into the top gear in WC. we will be back in shape in no time.!
This is about the world t20. But yes, it's been a decent 12 months for India but they should have been more authoritative in a home tournament.
Dont think there is much to change with them, they just got shown door by a brilliant innings. zampa did well. If anything now that they are under one captain in all formats they should get going better.They are almost becoming south africa of t20 WC:P
I think a lot of the Aussie changes need to be psychological. I still feel they do not take this tournament and this format as seriously as other teams and have not developed nay out and out, top notch t20 players. Zampa is a good sign for the future, so I agree with that.
In 2011WC 3 SC teams made to semi final, now only india! Both pak and sl have some ground work to do and blood the right youngsters and will take at-least a year or two to get into a state if things go properly! In this tourny some tactical changes would have done well for pak too like akmal and malik batting higher up! still a lot of ground work is need there!
I just feel someone like Ajmal isn't good enough and Shehzad is too tentative. There needs to be a reworking from the ground up. In terms of SL, they are just lacking the high quality players and I'm not sure how long it will take to find replacements for everyone they have lost.
NZ are closer to finals than SA and i feel its only a matter of time before they get one in the cabinet, but SA it wasn't a typical choke this time, but produced one of the grade A horrific bowling i have seen in that match against ENG which was theirs to win if they had kept their heads on shoulders.
You can't take away from England's batting. SA bowled well enough to restrict all but 2 batsmen. One of them put on a masterclass of a chase.
ENG have done well to build their team from dust after being out of the WC15, roy, root , butler, stokes, ali lead the team with energy this their team, even jordan has improved a lot with his yorkers. Pak and SL can do a lot to take ENG as example to start from scratch, though they may not have the resources ENG has.
