Sachin Tendulkar - God of Cricket, desparately tries hard to prove his captaincy worth. If we all go back to early captaincy days, there was always a compliant that Sachin did not have a good enough resource in his side. But IPL season 1 and Season 2 so far has only shown that his leadership is way below the levels expected.
Let's take the match that was played against Delhi daredevils. Sachin Shuffled the batting order in a way it could have never helped his team to fight the odds. Sending himself down the order was not a comfort move, because he has never done that, representing India. As a hardcore fan of Sachin, Least I expected of him was to step down the order and show to the opponents that he is upset about setting a target.
Next, was to send J P Duminy as an opening batsman. Agreed, Duminy is still young in his career, but he has done well in the middle order all these while. To try him in opening slot, when you pretty well know that he is your ace batsmen, was not a smart move as well. Harsha Bhogle, in his commentary, was all supportive for Sachin and his moves. According to me, when the chips are down, a captain should take all the onus on himself and produce a match winning innings. Sachin did not show that colour in IPL season 2. He did play some quality innings in first few matches, but it would show high of his captain's abilities, if he comes up with great knocks and pulls his team to the Semi finals stage. Which, I think is hard for Mumbai Indians.
Sachin, of late has played tremendous innings for India. Its only because, he is enjoying his game. This captaincy is not allowing him to, rather never allowed him to enjoy the game. Captains like Dhoni, Shane Warne, Gilchrist, Ricky ponting always goes by their instincts and that helps a team more. Sachin's strategies will help himself better and in turn his batting. At most it helps the man who plays along with him during a phase of a partnership. But as a captain, he has loads of strategies and ends up picking the wrong one for the situation.
Chennai Super kings are back to winning ways, just because M S Dhoni promoted himself up the order and took it on his own shoulders to fight the odds. Sachin lacks it there. Bringing himself onto the attack and giving away 20 runs in an over at the most crucial juncture of the game will put him low down in front of his own team members.
Apart from captaincy, Mumbai Indians have other issues surrounding them too. There is no special player from domestic who is young and could make things happen for the side. Rajasthan Royals has Yusuf Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja alongside. Hyderabad Deccan chargers have T. Suman and Rohit Sharma. Chennai has S.Badrinath & Raina. Mumbai has Abhishek Nayar. But Abhishek Nayar has only come good when the team is already in a comfortable position. There are other players like PR Shah, AM Rahane who are no good for Mumbai Indians. Sachin has to rely on himself and foreign players all the time to set a competitive score or chase down a target.
Bowling is other weak link. Only foreign player's contribution has so far won matches for Mumbai Indians. Dwayne Bravo, Sanath Jayasurya, Lasith Malinga are the three bowlers who have bowled their full quota of overs in all the matches that are played in IPL Season 2. J P Duminy has started to bowl too. As far as Mumbai indians, this tournament was always International Premier league. Will Sachin and men turn the tables and be a part of semi finals group ? Let's wait and watch.........
Thanks,
Prashy.
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