Jadhav and Dhoni did not play for victory? Batting on the batting question raised

When India needed to increase its run speed, both of them looked helpless and the batsmen looked helpless. Kedar Jadhav landed with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the 45th over. At that time, India had to score 71 runs in 31 balls.

England beat Team India by 31 runs in the ICC Cricket World Cup played in Birmingham on Sunday. After this defeat, questions are being raised on Team India’s batting. Especially on the batting of Kedar Jadhav and Mahendra Singh Dhoni Overall, the tournament has not been good for the middle-order batsmen so that they have put pressure on themselves.

When India had the need to increase their run speed in this match, both of them could be seen as helpless batsmen. Kedar Jadhav landed with Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the 45th over. At that time, India had to score 71 runs in 31 balls. But the partnership of both of them once again did not work for India. Even it was never felt that these two were playing for the win.

Dhoni (42 not out) put on 31 balls with 4 fours and a six. It is interesting that Team India chased the target of the mountain with only one six, and that too in the last over. On the other hand, Kedar Jadhav put a chowk in an unbeaten 12 off 13 balls.

Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav flop sharing

31 balls

39 runs

7 dot ball

20 single

3 fours

1 six

Seeing the batting of both of them against England, Former India captain and commentator Sourav Ganguly said, “You have 5 wickets but still you do not try to win, all this tells the Mind-Set.” Dhoni and Jadhav batting too were criticized in the match against Afghanistan. Sachin Tendulkar had raised questions on Dhoni’s batting. In the match against Afghanistan, Dhoni and Jadhav were able to add 57 runs in 84 balls for the fifth wicket.  

Earlier in the match, the team was stopped by Afghanistan’s spin on 224/8. Although the Afghan team kept away from the target and got stuck at 213 in 49.5 overs. The biggest drawback of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, which has come to this day, is to reduce the strike to a low and play the dot ball more. Due to Dhoni’s weakness, India’s innings slow down.

If Dhoni is unable to score big scores due to Dhoni’s weakness in matches like semi-finals and final, then the team may have to suffer a lot. Earlier, former Indian batsman, VVS Laxman had commented on Dhoni’s batting. VVS Laxman said that Dhoni has to work on his approach. Laxman said, “At the beginning of the innings Dhoni’s strike rate was between 45-50. It creates pressure on the team and the player batting with them. “