most of us are wondering why jaya still plays and more than that why srilanka keeps playing him in spite of his form... are they being too gentle to turn to their hero and say its time sir... or there is something into it...
the answer lies in the dilstructive form of dilSHAAN...
since he is going great guns at one end... srilankans are carrying jayasuriya with the hope that he too will play his characteristic innings here or there if not that consistently... like the innings he played against his favorite team india... in a dress rehearsal before finals of compaq cup... its not hurting srilanka either coz they are still winning more matches than they are losing...
the problem will start for jayasuriya once team will start losing or the form of dilshan dips alarmingly... then srilanka will be forced to take a call on jayasuriya... coz then they won't be able to carry on with two non-performing openers and dropping dilshan for some failures will be akin to cutting your nose for someone else' swine flu... ok ok... bad example... but you get the point...
so jaya... make hey till dilshan shining...
...and when you step in field next time... don't forget to say "thank you dilSHAAN" with one hand on your heart...
the form of one... life line for another...
shared by straight point on Wednesday, September 23, 2009
two defining moments...
shared by straight point on Sunday, January 25, 2009
(with both captains and top performers in frame)Delhi own devils...
shared by straight point on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
or what you would call it...
i thought somebody told 3d bats that they had to score 130 odd runs in 15 over itself...otherwise what could be the explanation of shots they all played?
best moment that sums up the situation came when Dhawan played ball back to dinda who throwed the ball back to him and there were some heated glances exchanged...dilshan sensing the mood of dhwan went up to him to calm him down and play according to the situation...but what happened next ball? he just swayed his bat across the line and got bowled...
mindless...like they all were...
i discussed with good friend Soulberry that KKR are leaving it too late to up the tempo and got away with DC the other day...and 3ds have to hit hard at this strategy of theirs...they did exactly the same and restricted KKR to almost walk away total...
perhaps then they decided to make the match more interesting and chase down the total in 15 overs itself...
but whatta come back by Shoaib!!
i think this T20 format will suit him more than anything coz he just have to bowl 4 overs of full throttle...and he did exactly the same...
but at the same time, more than his pace or accuracies of bowls...i think 3ds got intimidated by his presence and tried to out bowl him and thats where they lost the match...by playing some inexplicable shots...
which brings me down to the question which i wanted to ask for long but i think this is the best moment...
how can a captain rap his batters to play rash stroke or preferring their 'natural' play over team demand...when he repeatedly does the same?
i think in the answer of this is hidden the solution of 3ds problem...
what say?
PS: Was it only me who noticed that the captain who was looking to win the match appeared far more tensed than the captain who was loosing it...? infact sehwag was smiling like they were cruising to victory...
