Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Dhoni's decision to settle for draw against Windies

I don't know why so much fuss is been made about Dhoni's decision to go for draw against Windies in the third and final cricket match against Windies. If Dhoni had gone for a win with aggressive batting and loose the test match, everyone would have criticized him for doing that. Now, when he didn't do that then also they are criticizing him. Forget about losing, even if we draw the match with 2 wickets or 3 wickets left, all the so called commentators and writers would criticize Dhoni much more.

Dhoni tried to win this match by promoting Raina, who is the man in form for India. After Raina fell cheaply, Dhoni has gone on defense. Anyone in Dhoni's place would do the same. Two quick wickets after Raina's departure would have left at India at the verge of defeat.

In entire Windies tour, how many times did both teams managed to score more than 5.5 runs in an over including one dayers. The only game where both the teams managed to score with 5.5 runs per over is 20-20 match. So how can you expect them to chase with a required run rate of 5.5 that to on the 5th day of a test match and add to that pitch is not conducive for batting.

Many writers, commentators and former players do agree that the pitch was not conducive for batting. I am not sure then how can they say that, Dhoni's decision to go defense is wrong. This is to just the attention of the media by criticizing Dhoni.

Everyone is trying to get famous by criticizing Dhoni and India.

When it comes to Sammy, why he didn't try to declare a few overs earlier and try for the win. If he had declared a few overs earlier, India would have definitely tried for win and thus Windies could have chance to win from the mistakes done by Indian batsmen. There is nothing Sammy would have lost by doing that, noting that they have lost one match in the series. If Windies had managed to win, then Sammy could have walked off with all the laurels by drawing the series. Even if he had lost the match, he could have been rewarded for brave decision for declaring.

Dhoni is the one of the best captains India had and his decision making has been excellent all the times.