By: Tarish Bhatt
“MS Dhoni is a class act and if anyone is even trying to question his batting ability, it’s only a laughable stuff.” – A very prominent board official said.
Except the players themselves, every cricket pundits are worried about India’s loss in Antigua. As an expert in a particular subject, these pundits are just doing their jobs without applying their minds.
Yes, we agree that India were on the verge of sealing the series itself in the 4th ODI. But so what if they lost the game from a winning position? It is a part and parcel of the game and don’t we know that!
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There were quite a few dream bowling spells as well from the West Indies pacers. They not only delivered dot deliveries, but also managed to restrict a powerful batsman like Mahendra Singh Dhoni from cutting loose.
It was a rare off day in MS Dhoni’s life. He couldn’t transform his knock into a winning one. Spearheaded by their captain Jason Holder, the West Indies now would have to win the last game of the series to avoid a series loss.
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The Indian team, meanwhile, would be desperate to change things and get back to winning ways at the earlier.
The last Drcricket7 heard from the Indian camp in the West Indies, none of the players are worried about batsmen’s sudden loss of form. Because they know that form is temporary while class is permanent.
The general perception about the Indian team is that they will have to win every match they play. Even the Indian board officials were surprised with the loss at the end of the fourth ODI. But they were not utterly chest-fallen.