IPL is the reason for T20 defeat?
By pratheep87
@pratheep87 (1227)
India
June 24, 2009 12:56am CST
Media is speaking now about the IPL as the reason for the defeat for the Indian Cricket team in T20 world cup. Cricket fans do you think is this the reason?
4 responses
@acematthews71 (1084)
• India
25 Jun 09
Yes, IPL is surely one of the reasons for the T20 defeat of team India as the players thought that they would be playing themselves into form before the T20 world cup would begin but they were not able to match up with the fitness level that needed to be sustained at international as most players more other teams did and that led to more players getting injured and the team was not at its full strength!
@Reichenbach (58)
• India
24 Jun 09
India's exit from the world cup is mainly due to their lethargic display on the field and some captaincy blunders.Many foreign players played in the IPL and not even one of them has stated that IPL made them tired.If the Indians blame the IPL then it is really unfortunate.
@balki07prithvi (402)
• India
24 Jun 09
hii....as a cricketer myself i dont feel IPL as the reason for the defeat of the indian cricket team in the t20 world cup...infact IPL was the best practice period for all the teams to come into form and conditions as england and south africa have similar conditions...its because of t20 that dilshan,de villiers,malinga ,bravo were are all red hot in the tournament..it was the best match practice one can get before such a big tournament..if fatigue is the reason then it is well known that t20 world cup is coming..so the players would have opted for rest in the IPL..the reason for the defeat is that india were completely out of form and were poor in the decisions they made on and off the field in the tournament..i'm not worried much as iam sure that india will be back to the winning ways in short time..