“It wasn’t the Sehwag factor but the added over hype of his inclusion that scripted 9-wickets loss. Had our batsman played responsible shot, we would have been able to score a competitive total of 170-runs – which is enough to inspire our lethal bowlers” Writes Monika Arora

Super Eight encounter between India vs Aus, where over-hype in selection over Viru led Team India to 9-wickets loss!

A morale boosting win against the English encourage the men in blue in such a way that the Indians considered Bhajji factor instrumental to choke the Australian batting lineup. But things just didn’t happen according to plan. A heavily batting oriented side that is widely acknowledged for its sound hitting with a tail-enders capable of hitting hard, the Australians have mauled India tonight mercilessly.

The hype regarding the team combination afloat their advert status at the top, whilst reluctant attitude of batsman kept marching towards the pavilion busy. Rest, Australians played with full confidence and left Indian under sour myth – whether Sehwag should have included or Yuvi must have been dropped?

Finding a suitable team combination could be a vast issue but a batting emphasized side should not rely too much on bowling, especially when Zaheer Khan is not in form, Bhajji just made a comeback and you even not sure whether part-timers would fit in your game-plan or be it with pure spinners.

People may say the omission of Sehwag was the key-factor but then Suresh Raina, too, proved why he should not remain seated in the dugout. If Yuvi would be your 12th man then do tell me how much Sehwag have contributed to be chipped in?

What if Gauti’s dismissal was not given OUT and India had a sensible start instead of 21/1. Irfan looked good before getting out. If Watson scalped him trickier than it was the same Watto who had gone for 13-runs where Pathan straight away sent him off for 1 four and 1 six!

Despite  questioning the promotion of Pathan in the top order, would you mind seeing his contribution against a reputed team irrespective of the fact that the Australian team is quite young in terms of experience and exposure?

What made us winner against England was the execution of game-plan not the gamble of Indian skipper. While in today’s match, confusion over Sehwag can be seen till the last ball of the game. First, our batsman played poor shots and later we were not given chances of a comeback.

If you are willing to add Virender Sehwag due to his name and fame then Bhajji and Pathan are amongst of rock stars who usually perform well. The wattage should be given to performance and caliber instead of flipping history books for the sake of records.

It wasn’t the Sehwag factor but the added over hype of his inclusion that scripted 9-wickets loss. Had our batsman played responsible shot, we would have been able to score a competitive total of 170-runs – which is enough to inspire our lethal bowlers.

Apparently, Aussie capitalized from our mistakes and came up with high-attitude whereas our bowlers gave up right from the 2nd Inning. In case, you still love to have Sehwag in the top-order then I would say be with 4-bowlers theory. Batting is our forte. For the sake of balance in bowling strategy don’t imbalance your gifted ability – the sheer batting.
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