CENTURION: Sachin Tendulkar will return home a disappointed man. However, that won’t happen only after he gives a few members of his team a piece of his mind.
On Thursday, after Mumbai Indians suffered another loss, which brought the curtains down on a frustrating sojourn, Tendulkar just fell short of picking a few names who he thought were responsible for the team’s early exit. Or so it seemed.
He was specific in what he meant when he said "except for two losses - one against Bangalore Royal Challengers when they chased the target with nine wickets to spare and the second, today, when Team Delhi chased 165 easily - the rest were tight games. If you lose a match after needing six runs from nine balls and with four wickets in hand, then I don’t know what to say," he said.
After that began a barrage of post-series analysis in which the Mumbai Indians skipper talked the talk of a disjointed individual. Other than thanking the team owners for their support and saying that the IPL had once again proved to be a huge hit among fans, the rest of his sentences were coated with anger, sadness and a tinge of sarcasm.
"We lost matches from winning positions, games that could’ve been easily won," he said.
In one of the matches, Abhishek Nayar scored 35 runs in 17 balls but got out with just four runs left for victory. In another game, in which Rohit Sharma took a hat-trick for Hyderabad, Nayar strode out and hurled his bat across to a straight delivery and got bowled. He was required to be patient because JP Duminy, at the other end, was batting well. That was another case of snatching a defeat from the jaws of victory.
Tendulkar didn’t take Nayar’s name but it was evident where his anger was directed. He also added that middle-order batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Sourabh Tiwary leaving the tournament mid-way because of injuries spoilt Mumbai’s plans.
However, sources inform that Dhawan and Tiwary were both asked to return home by the team management despite the fact that they could’ve been fit in a few days had they been in South Africa. It is to be seen if Tendulkar took the decision or the management decided to send these players back.
http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/News/News/Sachin-points-to-lost-opportunities/articleshow/4561893.cms
On Thursday, after Mumbai Indians suffered another loss, which brought the curtains down on a frustrating sojourn, Tendulkar just fell short of picking a few names who he thought were responsible for the team’s early exit. Or so it seemed.
He was specific in what he meant when he said "except for two losses - one against Bangalore Royal Challengers when they chased the target with nine wickets to spare and the second, today, when Team Delhi chased 165 easily - the rest were tight games. If you lose a match after needing six runs from nine balls and with four wickets in hand, then I don’t know what to say," he said.
After that began a barrage of post-series analysis in which the Mumbai Indians skipper talked the talk of a disjointed individual. Other than thanking the team owners for their support and saying that the IPL had once again proved to be a huge hit among fans, the rest of his sentences were coated with anger, sadness and a tinge of sarcasm.
"We lost matches from winning positions, games that could’ve been easily won," he said.
In one of the matches, Abhishek Nayar scored 35 runs in 17 balls but got out with just four runs left for victory. In another game, in which Rohit Sharma took a hat-trick for Hyderabad, Nayar strode out and hurled his bat across to a straight delivery and got bowled. He was required to be patient because JP Duminy, at the other end, was batting well. That was another case of snatching a defeat from the jaws of victory.
Tendulkar didn’t take Nayar’s name but it was evident where his anger was directed. He also added that middle-order batsmen Shikhar Dhawan and Sourabh Tiwary leaving the tournament mid-way because of injuries spoilt Mumbai’s plans.
However, sources inform that Dhawan and Tiwary were both asked to return home by the team management despite the fact that they could’ve been fit in a few days had they been in South Africa. It is to be seen if Tendulkar took the decision or the management decided to send these players back.
http://ipl.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/News/News/Sachin-points-to-lost-opportunities/articleshow/4561893.cms
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