I won't stick knives into the Indian players as it was an exceedingly close encounter which the opponent could barely win by the skin of their teeth, but I do feel that it is time we get our act together. The batting seems too top order dependent for our liking, and there's a problem of the players not being able to utilize the batting powerplays to their fullest. In the England game too, we could hardly score in the powerplays which atrophied the total that could have been much higher.
Since our bowling has reached a stage beyond repair, the onus must be on the batsmen to guide the team to an unassailable total. And to be fair to the bowlers, given the kind of conditions in Nagpur, something less that 300 was always reachable. Batsmen need to shouldering some more responsibilities, and stop leaving people like Sachin and Sehwag with the task of pulling chestnuts out of the fire.
wow!
