Agree with Miraz. He didn't need to spell it out that he feared India's batting line up will pile up runs against our bowlers... That clearly shows that he didn't have confidence in the bowling line up. There lies the true leadership experience where you help the team dream big and believe inthemselves even if the odds are against you. Maybe its because its still a 20 year old leading a national team.I support Saqib for what he has done and does but he went with his emotions than science that day.. The dew was going to make it easy for the batsman and impossible for the bowlers..he just didn't want to believe in it and rather went with his gut to avoid humilations. Maybe he was thinking India will score 400 runs or something..
Also, he said today that Mashrafee's presence, as good of a player he was, wouldnt have changed the results for the team.. Say what??? Does he not know how many REAL wins we had with Mashrafee's bowling, batting and guidance? I didnt like his comment about the number one pacer of the country and the team captain. Certainly, it doesn't help Mashrafee to feel how important he is to his team. Perhaps, Sakib got that signal from Jamie who also said that Mashrafee is not that good of a player and doesn't know variations too well. Had it been that case, he wouldn't have been paid 200% more than Siddon's anual salary to play for Kolkata Knight Riders..
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