I think that Dhoni’s decision to bat on and on and on and keeping the centuries of Yuvraj and Gambhir in mind rather than declaring the match and try to win it is in a bad taste. Personal interests coming up hmm. If they had declared earlier, they would have had a fair chance to win the game fiven that the score was already 350+. I think that now drawing is a compromise with a lesser result and the fact that it was done for records(which unfortunately did not even get made) has made it very negative. That was uncool of Dhoni.
-
Recent Comments
nabin kumar on Chetan Bhagat’s speech a… Roshani Weeraskera on Chetan Bhagat’s speech a… Tanveer on Bollywood sucks! Tanveer on Bollywood sucks! itsfine on Being passionate
1 response so far ↓
triplicani // December 23, 2008 at 3:50 pm |
This match in any case would have ended in a draw except if Dhoni had decided to take a bigger risk and declare at the overnight score. In which case, the target would have become enticing for Englishmen. They would have then tried to score and in the process would have got out also.
IMHO, Dhoni would have not thought about Gambir and Yuvi’s centuries for declaration, that would have been by-products of his decision to not allow England equal the series. If he makes a sporting declaration and then KP and company come out and thrash the runs (we have two record run chases in the past two weeks) MSD’s head will be on the chopping block.