A question of attitude

or questionable attitude?

Our "patta champs" - those great worthies who "crushed" West Indies and Sri Lanka at home, made a hash of first use of the wicket against Bangladesh.. thus negating the captain' decision to take first strike.

191, in the end, is a competitive score- what is galling is the manner in which the Indians went about putting that score.

We may still go on and win this one, after all our strength is our bowling ( though we are in denial). But the questions remain unanswered.

There was no effort to pressurize the Bangladeshis- vide the number of 3's run on a largish ground. Vide too the number of maidens (8) played by a team with 2225 caps between them.

Vide too the pacing of the innings - where was the sense of urgency? And what of not lasting 50 overs? And where were the partnerships?

This is the team that india wanted. These are the results India deserves.