5 reasons why a expecting a comeback from team India is unrealistic

Just a few weeks back, many people had written articles praising the fighting spirit and miraculous abilities of our vibrant captain MS Dhoni, which he rightfully deserved after winning six series in a row.

But sadly, today his decisions are being criticized and he has been blamed for favoring certain individuals, namely R Ashwin, Ishant Sharma and Rohit Sharma. Despite their recent meagre contributions in the ongoing tour of New Zealand, they have not been dropped. There are many speculations circulating as to what changes in the team will prove fruitful.

But sometimes I really wonder as to why we lose our faith so quickly? All of a sudden, people have started saying that our team has lost focus, become inconsistent, has low morale and so on. Yes, team India has lost two ODIs but the defeats were marginal!

Sometimes it takes a while to get accustomed to an alien environment. This is a common phenomenon even with the best teams of the world. So instead of blaming we should be rather supporting our own team. This is just a series and not the World Cup after all!

India cannot win every series it plays in. For the ongoing series against New Zealand, a few factors have become vital and clearly indicate that the advantage is with the home side. Here are the reasons why India will find it tough to bounce back:

1) The Kiwis will enter the stadium with a psychologically upbeat mood after having mustered a very good lead of 2-0. Team India, on the other hand, will be under pressure of facing a must win situation, which might hamper the natural game play of the Indian players, especially the batsmen

2) To make things more challenging, most of our batsmen are not in best of form, except for Virat Kohli. But this also exerts extra pressure on him. Over dependence on him might just have a negative impact

3) Unfortunately, to make the things worst, none of our bowlers have performed well. Only Shami Ahmed has taken a few wickets, but his economy rate in this series is over six. Ashwin has an economy of 5.89, Jadeja – around 6, Bhuvneshwar Kumar – 5.73 and Ishant Sharma – 6.12. Thus, unless Pandey, Mishra or Varun are given a chance and they perform miraculously, team India is not looking in a good state

4) It has become a writing on the wall that most of our talented batsmen face great difficulty while facing short balls. It will be foolish to think that one can learn the art of playing short balls overnight. Much more practice is needed, especially on fast pitches

5) Also, we have not been able to build any decent partnerships, which are essential ingredients to lay a foundation for making a good score. On a personal note, this is what hurts me the most. We need to adapt much better

Let us hope that the management has already taken care of these areas of vital importance and they are learning lessons from the past mistakes. Hope that team India will give us a chance to be happy, again.