Do you think India deserves to be in semi final ?

@Gany15k (1673)
India
May 11, 2010 7:48am CST
Well most of them knows knows what happened in this T20 for India..Now all the team got our weakness.After the IPL all were in tremendous form and entered in T20 world cup..Dhoni said we have a great chance to bring back the cup and Sehwag's loss will not affect..Unfortunately all went wrong..These guys played to their worst..Having a coach like Gary Kirsten and not making use of him is very bad..I don't know when these guys will learn to play short balls..The same happened last year..Ok fine..and the bowlers wow! superb no words to describe..Only Harbajan and Nehra bowled well..Pace bowlers should bowl at least 140 above.I don't know whether these guys working for that or not..I know most of the Indian cricket fans will be upset.. Whether we are fit to play their ?...Whether we deserve to be in semis ?..I really don't think so..I will be happy if everything goes right in todays match..but really I don't think we deserve to be in semis..very sad..
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@madhuvamsi (1185)
• India
13 May 10
IPL was very close to the World Cup, most of the players got injured before the IPL and I do not think India can score quickly without Sehwag in the top. Whatever Dhoni says that we can play without Sehwag, it is rubbish. Yousuf Pathan never got improved with his batting and I am not impressed with his selection in to the team and same is the case Ravindra Jadeja, how he got selected into the team only god knows, he did not play IPL and asking a banned player in major tournament was biggest mistake of all. I feel very sorry for Ohja, Jakarti, Amit Mishra and Tyagi. Tyagi is very quick and R P singh too but India preferred injured player like Zaheer Khan. I do not blame the batsmen for the defeat bowlers too have to sometimes have to play with discipline. India's bowling quality is below of that of Bangladesh in my view. India gave away 180 plus runs on hostile fast pitch of Kingston oval against Australia. Batsmen took many risks because Power-play was in first 6 overs, it was only Rohit Sharma who scored well, remaining got out but on that pitch Australia was allowed to score freely because it was having only 3 main bowlers remaining were part time bowlers. Why cannot India take one extra bowler like Vinay kumar. Same mistake was again committed against West Indies and drop catches too did not help at all. India in coming days have to seriously concentrate on bowlers and find a good strong and energetic bowlers who can produce pace around 140 k's and bowl a good line and length. Until then India will be hit by batsmen of minnow teams like Afghanistan. India was knocked out of the tournament and they have spoiled the chances of West Indies to qualify the semis..
@Gany15k (1673)
• India
14 May 10
Yes friend you are right..For what these selectors picked Jadeja..Lot of bowlers other than him are good..Ashwin did well..but they missed them..what these guys are doing in selection committee ? First selection committee should be change and either Ravi shastri or Sunil Gavaskar should be there ..These Kris srikanth is doing rubbish there......
• India
14 May 10
Jadeja was sorry story in the last World Cup and this time he was banned for one year playing in IPL, then on what bases he was selected no one knows. Take the case of Yousuf Pathan, when did he really fired with bat. Either Dhoni is not using him properly or he is strongly recommended candidate. He just hit one hundred in IPL and that match was played on flat batting track and the match was lost by RR. Other than that innings yousuf pathan has nothing to show. Why the tournament is played too close to the World Cup, players are after all humans and they need some rest. IPL is too long tournament and it does not have quality compared to Australian and English domestic tournaments.. I hope at least selectors start thinking seriously about bowlers because they are the one who should sometimes have to perform when teams gives a reasonable target. Take the last match of India in the super 8's against Sri Lanka, in the first 10 overs Sri Lanka scored around 38 odd runs and in the next 10 more than 130 plus, that shows how badly India bowled. After the match commentators and experts blamed Indian batsman for not scoring quickly but they are forgetting that Sri Lankan's have used pacers to restrict the runs. Instead India played with Chawla but Harbhajan was flop in this match. Bowlers did not perform well when it matters. It is shame that MRF pace foundation is producing bowlers like Malinga, Fernando, etc for different countries but not able to produce one great pacer for India.. Finally, Kris Srikanth is not the only man who takes the decision, there are other members and they too are to be blamed. I do not think Gavaskar and Shastri can do anything, they sit in the commentators box to criticise Indian players. Shastri has ability of becoming good coach but BCCI is more keen on foreign coaches. Why we Indians still give our major positions to foreigners. BCCI is very rich board and they can set up good coaching institutes where coaches are given training. Hell a lot of things can be done but they will not do it.
@Gany15k (1673)
• India
14 May 10
ya...I agree with you.Yousuf pathan has some real talent..He always gets batting under pressure..Dhoni have to give some chances and promote him up the order..and kris srikanth is not the only man I know that but I think he is very keen on bringing tamil nadu players..I too from tamil nadu but when it comes to country, we have to pick the best..I still don't know why they are not selecting Uthappa..There might me some misunderstanding inside..Until it clears there is no way..for us..
@fisafat (23)
13 May 10
Do not be disappointed please! If the team want they can of course. If no, sometimes the chance also helps.
@trixyteddy (1070)
• India
13 May 10
If Team India knew their purpose, they would have done well and would have deserved winning in fact. I guess they thought they were on a holiday and enjoy their partying at nights. I wish BCCI would penalise them when they lost, just as they award them when the lose.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
12 May 10
I guess you will find out when you win or not! I think everyone deserves a chance to try.
@achoo123 (53)
• Pakistan
12 May 10
india is now out of the T20 world cup. and by judging from their perfformnce i think that they don't deserved to be in semis. pakistanis luck was good that even after losing match from new zealand they entered the semis with the help of south africa and england. they supported them. LOL. :D
11 May 10
Now India are not in the semis. They had a good chance. Lets wait for the results.
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
11 May 10
On the current showing, India does not deserve to be in the semis. But hey, who cares about it if they make it we will all be very happy. Look at Pakistan, one win and they are through to the semis and knowing Pakistan, this is the time when they usually peak up and I would not be surprised to see them win. Cheers! Ram
@p_vadla (1685)
• India
11 May 10
However good a team is, it is the performance on a given day that counts.Indian team has good players, especially batsmen,in it.But what about fielding? Srilankans where as is a good fielding side besides they play as one team for their country.So let the better performing team win today.
@shibham (16977)
• India
11 May 10
As we discussed just after the selection of team that we missed shewag and sachin but we were needy of saurabh, naman, goni and **. Now this is total impact of our dis. I dont think that we will crowned again.
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
11 May 10
I wouldnt wish them to be in the semi's as well----it just spoils the spirit if they make to the semi's unfortunately as the opponent in there can easily make it to the finals without working hard as they knew the weeknesses of the entire team.First of all i dont think this is the best team to play T20 matches----the selectors left out sachin who was in tremendous form in the IPL season----South Africans played Kallis and Gibbs too then why cant the selectors give sachin a chance-----it would have been much better if sachin were in the team that too in the absence of Sehwag we are running short of a dashing opener who can make runs faster.great day.Gambhir should be dropped so as Rohit Sharma
• China
11 May 10
I am not fan of Indian cricket team. But i am a fan of cricket. Yes India deserved to be semi final as they play quite good. So all the best for Indian cricket team.