T20 World Cup - time for some Soul searching

This refers to the India's outing in the ICC WORLD 20.

There were three facets to Dhonis approach which begged for clarity of thought ...

Selection, batting order and bowling game plan.

In short, Dhoni's lack of affirmative captaincy to one of laisse faire allowed the T20 World Cup to drift away from our grasp.

In the matches leading upto the super 8, Dhoni promoted himself to the One drop. This perse is not an issue as long as Dhoni played the way that led him to break into the highest level.

Sadly, he adapted to "safety"first nudges which almost put pressure on the team even against lesser opponents...

To make amends,in the match ágainst England, he sent in the inexperienced Jadeja, a controversial move that would have provoked any passionate follower.( If the idea was to to send a pinch hitter, then Yousuf Pathan or Harbhajan would have been far more effective...) but having sent Jadeja, he failed to clearly get the message that he was to take the risks and step up the scoring rate...who sadly played for survival when the situation was to thrive...(Contrast when Robin singh ,in a match against SA, deliberately sacrificed his wicket to allow another batsman in possibly better form to do what he couldnt... underscoring the value of being a team man)

In the match against West Indies,Ishant was clearly coming under pressure for not only being able to bowl with his fiery pace, but also getting it too short... No yorkers from him meant that the batsmen were milking him...and the only bowler who commanded respect consistently was Pragyan Ojha...So what does he do ? He replaces Pragyan Ojha and Irfan Pathan to make two changes against England in a do or die match...Baffling,to say the least.

Not that I had a problem with the guys coming in, but the guys left out were match winners in their own right! If at all, RP Singh or Jadeja needed to come in , then Ishant was the person he should have looked at first to replace with. He looked jaded.

Irfan pathan who has done admirably well and very recently shown the world along with Yosuf against SL...and Ojha.. a refreshing left arm bowler with guile and courage.

Even when Ishant was struggling to find the length , bowling short,he allowed him to complete the spell and brought in "pie chucker" ahead of Harbhajan.. didnt utilise Rohit and ended up with several freebies for England to notch up the total.

Even then 153 was gettable.But how does Dhoni explain him not attempting even a single aggessive stroke until the final ball was smote with frustration... why was a negative energy holding him back till the end ?To me, Dhoni looked resigned to the outcome after Broad successfully executed the diabolical diagonal line , full and across ...sadly barring Yousuf , nobody had the guts or the presence of mind or technique to come up with a counter ... Was he thinking of Sehwag , I wonder ?