India’s debacle in the 2009 Cricket Twenty Twenty World Cup Championship

The 2009 Cricket Twenty Twenty World Cup, currently underway in England, ended in a debacle for India. He was the defending champion, having won the first edition of the Cricket Twenty Twenty World Championship held in South Africa in the year 2007.

Leading up to the start of the tournament, tipped as the joint favorite with South Africa to win the 2009 World Twenty Twenty Championship, India failed miserably losing all the games it played in the Super Eight League stage with West Indies, England and thus last, with South Africa. Australia, the champion of the short and long version of the game, also made their early exit by losing in the qualifying rounds. Australia’s early exit came as no surprise to anyone because the team, which had lost many of its cricketing legends like Shane Warne and others, was just a shadow of its former strong cricket team.

Considering their current form and performance, the South African and Sri Lankan teams, who have won most of the matches they have played so far, are now considered the heavy favorites to win the 2009 Cricket Twenty Twenty World Cup Championship. In England.

The debacle of the Indian cricket team has raised many questions. He has shocked the cricket nuts of India for whom cricket is a religion. BCCI had sent a very strong contingent, under the leadership of MS Dhoni, who has always been the center of attention for his easy-going, easy-going manner and leadership qualities.

But India’s debacle in the tournament, which also at the international level has sent shock waves and their reputation is on the line. Despite being rich in resources, India’s poor performance in the ongoing 2009 Twenty Twenty World Cup Championship has led cricket pundits to find some strong reasons to justify their poor performance.

o The Indian team has been playing too much cricket almost non-stop for the last year.

o Apart from the test and ODI cricket series, the IPL cricket series which is played every year during April has practically exhausted its energy.

o India has always been a paper tiger, being very strong only on Indian soil.

o The Indian team has not been able to read the English conditions quickly and acclimatize. However, India also played two warm-up matches before the start of the tournament with New Zealand and Pakistan respectively, losing the former by 9 runs and winning the latter by 6 wickets.

o India choked at the super eight league stage because the team was totally out of shape.

o Viru’s early exit from the game and his return to India due to a torn shoulder injury to the muzzle weakened the team at the top of the standings. Dinesh Karthick, who was sent in as Viru’s replacement, was not a start batsman.

o Rohit Sharma, who was promoted to the opening position, did not perform well and justified his promotion, scoring poorly in the Super Eight league stage.

o There was talk of disunity among the Indian players even before the tournament, which wreaked havoc on their performance. There are many reasons to suspect such a phenomenon, because, in the IPL series, Viru was the captain of Delhi Dare Devils, who topped the points table in the IPL tournament. Yuvaraj Singh was the captain of the Punjab XI team and MS Dhoni was the captain of the Chennai Super Kings. Perhaps the egos of these captains collided and played a part in India’s debacle.

o Although hailed as a brilliant captain, MS Dhoni’s captaincy at the Super Eight league stage was not up to scratch. Especially, during the match played with England, having won the toss, Dhoni should have chosen to win first; instead he chose to field, allowing England to win first. This tactless decision proved very costly and paved the way for India’s early exit from the tournament.

o Even in the last match played with South Africa, India did not play even to save their pride and lost the match sadly falling short to chase 131, a paltry total.

Having put in a woeful performance in the 2009 World Cup Twenty Twenty Championship, the Indian team is expecting the less ceremonious welcome from the cricket-mad fans in India. Let’s hope the ailing Indian team recover soon and do well in the upcoming ODI series with the West Indies which starts shortly after India’s return to India.