We are mistaken in thinking that our patchwork players are the problem. Our problem is the so called specialist batsmen. They are specialist not in run making, but in collapsing in a heap. I wonder how we can forget this fact only one day after suffering another humiliating top order collapse.
Our no.6 & 7 players may be no great shakes, but what about our top order. In what way can we call them top order batsmen when their average and strike rate is no better than that of bits and pieces players of other teams. Our problem is lack of quality batsmen who can hold their fort and score some runs. Endless discussion on batting lines up at the beginning of each match and endless discussion on the merits of a modified batting line up is of no avail as we have seen over a long period of time.
BD players do not learn from their past experience and continue to commit the same mistake. It seems to me that we the BD fans are just the same. We do not learn from our past experience with the BD teams performance and continue to discuss the same old things which have been discussed ad nauseum in the past without any outcome.Maybe we have got a team that we deserve.
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