What we have definitely missed is Zaheer Khan's leadership in the bowling department. He has a much greater impact on our bowlers than Dhoni does, and for a valid reason too. He knows what he is talking about and seems to have an aura about him to bring the best out of our quicks. He's often seen setting fields, spurring on the bowlers and tell in them where to pitch the ball. He's the bowling captain, and IMO should be granted vice captaincy way above Yuvraj.
I have always felt that Zaheer is captaincy material. When he is around, he would always go around to Ishant, Munaf, Irfan, Sreesanth and would give them bowling advices. But the problem with him is, he is so injury prone and breaks down too fast. If he can rectify that, he can be a better captain than MSD.
saisrini80 added 3 Minutes and 14 Seconds later...
It's time for some innovative thinking. Bring Tyagi in for the next game. How many chances are we going to give for the likes of Munaf?
It all depends on Dhoni. Tyagi should have got his chances by now. Dhoni doesnt give the required encouragement for the newcomers in the squad. This was how he spoilt Abhishek Nayar, by keeping him in the benches and then pushing him out eventually without having him play any substantial part in the team. Now he is doing the same with Tyagi. Maybe Dhoni needs competition for that captaincy spot. He seems to be so confident that there is no one to replace him in that spot. The brave and intelligent decisions that he used to take, seems to be missing. Nowadays he takes decisions just for the sake of being "brave and out of the box".
Hope Dhoni doesnt end up like Dravid, who promised a lot initially but all those promise were clearly a result of achieving success by being in that "peak period".
saisrini80 added 5 Minutes and 0 Seconds later...
I'd like to see Jadeja improve on his big hitting skills... if he does that and bowls like he's done in this sereis, I think he'll be a regular in the Indian side (atleast while playing in sub-continent).
Jadeja has impressed me in this series. Even in the Hyderabad game, he surprised me by scoring that quickly and making Tendulkar's double ton an impossible proposition (even while Sachin was still in there). THIS CLEARLY SHOWS THAT INDIA AND ITS FANS ARE CLEARLY SPOILT BY THE TWENTY20 MENTALITY! We want big hitters, the guys who constantly clear the fence without much effort. Jadeja's major critics come from that performance of his in the Twenty20 World Cup in England where he is a misfit because he cant do the big hitting and cant force the pace that is required for a T20 game.
He will suit ODI's just fine. He can be used in case we need someone to stabilise the innings in shaky times. He can also be used when we have a big hitter on the other side who needs some support to do the job. And he is young, and can also learn the big hitting while he is with the ODI team.
P.s: Jadeja is a brilliant fielder. We need such species so badly in our side. Dont use the same "scapegoat" (Jadeja) to cover up for the others who have actually failed!
