there are a few notable things though!
When dhoni said that " we lost it in the mind " , that was the only soothing thing that i could get out of that match! He was bang on the target , at least he understands where the mistake was.
I am not the only one to draw parallels of this match with the famous chennai test. I had the privilege(and the pain) of watching the god bat through on that hot andd humid day and again the opportunity to follow this innings of the same god while chewing my nails all through.
After india were down and out of the contest ( 120ish for 5 chasing 271 i guess & 140 for 4 with all the firepower back while chasing the 351 mountain) , the mongia & tendulkar ( raina andd tendulkar) and then the stupid shot selection of mongia lifting high (caught by akram i remember ) and here the raina going high and caught behind ; the joshi and sachin partnership which got india virtually home ( the jadeja and tendulkar show this time around ) and then the total mockery by the tailenders here and that time as well.
While they say take it in singles if you require by singles , i completely disagree when it comes to tail-enders. They are not quality batsmen and they should look for that one mighty hit somewhere and should have patience for the same. Whilei would have backed kumble , srinath to hit those last 20-ish runs by 4 mighty blows carefully and intelligently chosen , i would back praveen kumar and jadeja to literally follow the same.
You have powerplay , even if you solidly mishit you have a chance. Pk showed his powerful hitting in first match and has done time and again , jadeja is a decent batsmen. They should have thought of those 17 remaining balls and said to themselves , even if we score out of 50 % of these , we will definitely win.
If every single ball in a contest is accounted for , we will never have the 240's , we will always have the 400's as there are fours and sixes as well.
And however rude i would sound , i would drop jadeja straight away, no matter how much talent he has , if he does not have the slightest of brain ( which he proved again by that most stupid piece of running i ever saw ) , he does not deserve to be there.
I am not a fan of sunil gavaskar , but i completely agree with him when he says you got to have that fire in yourself , that hunger to succeed. Learn from the god , even after 20 years , he still has the same lil kid in himself who wants runs and wins each time he goes to bat.
alas, but for some stupid display we would have gifted the god with some amazing victories!!!!! Painful , it is!