Indian Team's dismal T20 World Cup Campaign

India's shock exit from the T20 world cup was expected,if you consider the following facts.

• Captain Dhoni had time only to fight with the media.He seemed very arrogant while answering queries from the Indian media contingent.He was not in his usual confident nature.
  
• Indian players were not at all going through the routine practice sessions.Sessions were made optional and most of the players opted not to have nets.There is an old saying that 'Practice makes a man perfect'.
  
• Injury to India's most destructive batsman Virender Sehwag.
• Ishant Sharma's [continuous] worst bowling performances.God knows why he got picked for all the matches.
  
• Dhoni's baffling batting order changes,especially his decision to bat Ravindra Jadeja ahead of Yuvraj and Yusuf Pathan against England.
• Dhoni's own personal batting form and his uninspiring strike rates throughout the tournament.His batting was like that of the Rahul Dravid of old.He did not even TRY to score quickly.
• India's insipid bowling at the death and generally lackluster batting,especially inability against the short ball.It's baffling why promising players like Suresh Raina continues to make the same mistake against short pitch bowling.Here again,one needs to question,why players opted not to have practice sessions.They should have come up with a strategy to tackle short pitch bowling.

The arrogance was very much evident,earlier, when Dhoni and Harbhajan did not attend the National function in which they were to receive the Padmashree awards,even though they were present in Delhi.Some channels reported that Dhoni gave priority to an ad shoot.It was an insult to the Nation.

On the whole most of the team members did not show any intensity on the field.They seemed more passionate and showed more hunger for victory when they were playing in the IPL,which is shocking,because in the T20 world cup these players were representing India,and in the IPL they were playing only for money.

It's sad to see that IPL money was given high priority than representing our Motherland..

Going out of the tournament before the semis and with still a game to play in the super 8 is embarrassing to say the least.

All the players looked jaded and fatigue was visible for every body to see.It seems the continuous matches in the IPL adversely impacted Indian players the most.

Any way let's hope the Indian team will come out of this difficult phase and will be more gentle in their behavior and shed their arrogance.

Highs and lows are part of life..!
It's important to learn the right lessons from setbacks to comeback strongly.

And here I wish Team India under Mahendra Singh Dhoni all the best and hope this T20 world cup was an aberration,a lesson well learned.