Why blame Yuvraj alone, there are four others factors too

New Delhi: Expectation of Fans of Indian Team were high and so was the confidence of India after reaching final of World T20 unscathed but hopes dashed and confidence sunk like never before when defeat looked inevitable.Sri Lanka defeated India by six wickets with 13 balls remaining to emerge as a new World T20 champion.As expected blame game started and Yuvraj Singh became the victim. But are we really being fair to Yuvi, the hero of 2007 World T20?....To some extent yes because with years of experience behind him, he knew he was not connecting the ball and need of the hour was to go for some runs. He could have talked to Virat Kohli at the other end and told him that either he was going to hit the ball out of the park or throwing his wicket so that others can try. He did throw his bat but it was too late. What he did on 21st ball he should have done on 3rd or may be 4th ball. He faced 21 balls for his 11 runs.But there are others who too contributed to India's miseries. What about Ajinkya Rahane….? Did Angelo Mathews deserve a wicket on that ball…? No. India needed to put on a decent score to put Sri Lanka under some pressure and for that India needed a solid foundation. But Rahane gave away his wicket after making just three runs of eight balls.That put pressure on Rohit Sharma and Virat and they took some time to do the damage control. India could manage just 31 runs in the first six overs, its lowest in the batting power play in the tournament. Was Dhoni right in coming ahead of in form batsman Suresh Raina…..? may be not because logics say in form batsmen have more chances of scoring in a difficult situations than a batsman who had not opened up yet in the tournament. Raina had smashed 21 runs off just ten balls in the previous game. Dhoni faced seven balls without any boundary. Ravindra Jadeja is considered as a man Friday for Dhoni as a bowler but this time, after Amit Mishra and Ashwin executed the plan well, he failed to deliver. He gave away 11 runs in his first over. Sangakkara not only milked him with a boundary and a six but also eased the pressure. Dropped catch at the crucial juncture too cost India the match. Sri Lankans were on the roll and were 104/4 in 16 over. They needed 27 more for win. Rahane dropped Perera on 4th ball of the 17th over. Had he held on to the catch, match could have gone the other way. He went on to hit a six on 5th ball of the 18th over to give Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene a dream farewell from the shortest format of the game.