Final - India v Sri Lanka, (06 April 2014) Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

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Re: Final - India v Sri Lanka, (06 April 2014) Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur

@phoenixdesi

no no..disagree uncle

you are talking with benefit of hindsight..you need to understand cricket strategically

when rohit left it was 11th over…not 15th or 16th over..there was some time left in the match and india needed partnership…henc dhoni sent yuvi so that he can use 5-7 deliveries and then go for hits…no one knew he will be frozen..you cannot send raina then because if he is out quickly, yuvi will never be able to hit from ball 1 as he used to do in the past..hence yuvi had to be sent then

second, yuvi being a left hander is one of the best to slog spinners on the leg side..on the knee and hit it through the spin towards smaller boundary…but today was just not yudi day

and no yuvi is not a selfish players…he was completely frozen…in last 10-12 balls he tried his best to get out…he could not even get the ball on his bat..poor guy

That precisely is the problem nowadays. Leadership without imagination that passes for strategy. Only 8.5 overs to go, and we need to build? This kind of negative thinking makes Misbah and Dhoni mirror images of each other. This overemphasis on building. Blocking. And then going for broke with 5 overs to go.

If you ran a long distance event like that you get ur ash handed to you.

Anyone following the game knew BEFOREHAND that Yuvi is not in good form. I was against his inclusion before this game. With 15 over to go it makessense to block a little. With 8.5 overs to go and 8 Wkt? In hand if a team does not play positive cricket it deserves to be laughed off the field.

Time for new leadership. Time to close the door on Yuvraj. And Dhoni. Who hasn’t done anything abroad. Or outside subcontinent