Another demoralizing defeat for Team India

I absolutely agree with you. It is a chance to test the bench strength. Rahane was there earlier, but he can be brought back now. At the same time, Rohit Sharma and Pujara should be given at least one chance in the next match. Either way the series is lost. It will be a good time to see how the reserve players play.

I agree too!!! It's now time to watch new players play the game. There are many hidden talented cricketers in India. I thing the selection board should really consider make a very genuine decision too.

Now Sehwag is out Pujara is in.

You are right Anand. India is either leveling the series or losing them Where's the win? I really can't stop laughing when I say this. But at the same time, I really feel sorry for all the players in the team. They are tying their best. But success is eluding them. What's their fault in that? I also feel sorry for Mahi. The poor guy is giving more than his 100%. What more should one ask for. I totally agree with you. See when he came in to bat at no. 7 in the first match, he went on to score that magnificent century. So, I believe, he is capable of handling the situation. Even in the last match, he scored a half-century. So, you are right. He can pace his innings however he wants. Then why not promote himself and take more advantage of the overs? A batsman like Dhoni coming in to bat in the lower middle order looks odd.

Let's hope that the team management looks into this seriously, especially taking into account the runs he has scored in the last couple of matches even when he was batting lower down the order and in difficult circumstances.

Yes Abhi.. Surely it looks odd. He should promote himself. Batting at number 7 is like wasting his talent.

I was exactly going to talk about Australia when I read half the response and Australia appeared in your response towards the end. I think, India will have to really really play some outstanding cricket and will have to forget that luck plays its part in cricket. They have only themselves to blame for. Its more than one and a half years since India won the World Cup and there have been more of losses, some of them literally humiliating. India don't look like a team that won the World Cup sometime back. India are said to be unbeatable at home. Even stronger oppositions have found beating India tough at home conditions. Beating Australia will not be easy at all. It is easier said than done.

One of the best thing to happen to Indian cricket was M S Dhoni. He gave India not one, but two World Cups. Let us not forget his contribution to the Indian cricket. But I think for him personally, he should hand over at least the ODI captaincy to Virat Kohli. I am sure he will feel the most relived man in the world. Only Test captaincy would be far better for Dhoni. He will also perform better in all the formats if that happens. He will have less things to bother about and that will be a positive sign both for him as well as for Indian cricket.

I think at this moment any team can beat India. It should not take only England or Pakistan or any other stronger team in the world. India is at its lowest point and there is no hope of expecting a win every time India plays any match. I think it is a matter of time before India will come back strong. And what better time than against Australia, if India can.

The meek surrender is what the fans don't like to see from their icons. The same is for cricket. If there is a fight and the match goes down to the wire, then it is understandable. That is what the fans like to see. But I don't think Dhoni played for himself. He has never been selfish at any stage of his career. See, we should be more mature here. When the players do not perform, we throw brickbats at them. And when someone plays, we say that he is playing for himself or to save his average. Isn't it too much for the players to digest?

Hope is what keeps the world going, my friend. That is what we can do at the most as fans - hope that things do not get in such bad shape for the team when they face Australia. I, at the moment, see a very sorry picture of the Indian team facing the Aussies. I don't know what to say if India continue their disastrous performance in the forthcoming matches too. I am lost for words currently. I hope the team gives something for me to speak after the positive result after the third match.