Three defeats...same mindsets...

we had three different results yesterday...

wi lost against oz...

kiwi lost against pomers...

and certainly...MIs 'lost it' against warne's RRC...

three defeats...same mindsets...

wi are talking about the positives they can take from the match...

to hell with positives...

they should say how hurting the defeat was...they should be kicking their own @sses...

here was a team, a team who is discovering the inhibitions against dominance they used to enjoy...

a real gutsy player who after getting hit on his head..stands again....scores a century for you...

and your bowlers drop you an honest effort away from famous victory...

what more motivation you want...

some are afraid of loosing...some are of winning...

same with kiwis...

they aptly displayed their age old nemesis...freezing at final hurdle...

all this is ridiculously predictive...

and what more you can say about MIs defeat against my adopted team...

that they are carrying forward the legacy of south africa...?

three close matches...and in all matches they were almost cruising...until that 'moment' stuck them...

i was having discussion with trideep of crickosphere...that it will be interesting to see how sachin will be captaining after taking over from pollock...

and last night confirmed my doubts...

i was taken back to oz tour he was captain of...

he looked so animated...his reaction after taking that catch...yelling on miss fields...bowling etc...throwing his hands in despair...all was same...as old sachin...

he puts enormous pressure on his colleagues being captain...to the point that they start doubting the very things they do good normally...at crucial juncture it always proves costly...

and last night was no different to MIs...

the calmness...the composure he brings to the side being just a player...is starkly opposite to when he dons captain's hat...suddenly he gets transformed in to different person altogether...

last time i used it for dhoni...but that was for positive assessment...

it shows that sachin has not moved an inch as far as captaincy goes...

three defeats...same mindsets...

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