It's nice to be scoring runs and I am enjoying as much being in the middle as in the past - Sachin Tendulkar
Amit Mishra the so called replacement for Anil Kumble, was included in the first test against Bangladesh because Harbhajan Singh was not well. He took 3 wickets in the first inning and 4 in the second. In addition to this he also scored a good half century as a night watch man. Also in the first inning he scored a valuable 14 runs and added 32 runs with Sachin in a team total of 243.
No Captain/team/coach can ask for more from a player who is playing just his 7th Test match. He helped india in winning the test and was a front runner for the man of the match award.
But the excellence of Mr. Dhoni wanted some thing more from this poor guy. MSD while deciding the team for the 2nd match thinks otherwise, His regular Bhajji (only 1 wicket in the first inning that too of the number 11 batsmen)was back. But after having a look at the pitch MSD decided to play 2 spinners in the match. As his strike spinner was back Amit Mishra has to sit out but in MSD's point of view Amit Mishra was not even fit to be in team as the second spinner. He opted for Pragyan Ojha as his second choice.
A young guy who is coming from a 7 wicket haul and a fifty suddenly finds him out of the playing eleven its really a matter of depression for him. If we are seriously looking for a genuine leggie after JUMBO Amit Mishra is definitely a good prospect. But instances like this will definitely shatter his confidence.
MSD's love for Pragyan Ojha is known to everybody. But his personal likeness should not affect the team. Also it creates sections in the team. which is not a good sign for any team.Dhoni instead of doing a team march everytime in front of media should discuss with his team mates and think tank and then decide final eleven.
Dhoni is a brilliant captain NO DOUBTS but he is not above TEAM INDIA. Cricket lovers watch Team India playing and playing to its full strength, they dont come to watch politics in the team. For politics there are plenty of news channels are there ----- DHONI PLEASE KEEP POLITICS AWAY FROM THIS GENTLEMEN'S GAME. its a request from all the cricket lovers in the world.....
About the Author: Kapil is a marketing professional and a passionate cricket lover.
Written By: Kapil Posted on: 25-01-2010
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Comments
| since amit mishra is not a highly experience player & has performed the best in the first against bangladesh. he deserved the place in playing 11.
Posted by: Anurag Sharma on: 01-02-2010 |
| i could not understand the logic behind dropping of amit mishra .he is a good spinner ,i suppose msd consider himself the new imran khan of cricket
Posted by: Gufran on: 31-01-2010 |
| this kinda stuff in international cricket is not at all good and tolerable as well....already indian sports are being ridiculed everywhere on that this partial selection may lead to another embarrasment.
dhoni please read the blog and correct the mistake dude>>>> because its not only about cricket its about the religion of more than 100 crore people...
Posted by: Deep Gambhir on: 29-01-2010 |
| request to selectora and dhoni - plz select team on the basis of performance
Posted by: Devesh on: 26-01-2010 |
| we should take this incident as an alarm bell for indian cricket team. when one starts getting too much power he starts behaving as a dictator. dhoni is no exception. its high time everyone including dhoni must learn that nobody is above the team india
Posted by: Khalid on: 25-01-2010 |
| one cannot ask for anything worse than this man.my sympathy is with amit mishra.i request dhoni and selectors to keep aside the politics out of the dressing room and give chance to player who deserve rather than showing favouritism.
Posted by: Sahir on: 25-01-2010 |
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