TIME IS UP, DHONI

In the end, India lost to Sri Lanka rather tamely in its final Super-8 tie.
But what else does one expect after scoring 30 less against an average attack and feeding their batsmen with fours and sixes in the last eight balls of the innings?

Dhoni now feels the IPL parties "distracted" his players! Well, who had forced them to attend?
Let's see what he did, when something else could have been done with better results, perhaps.
WHY STICK TO A MEDIOCRE SPIN ATTACK ON PACY PITCHES?

On pacy, bouncy Caribbean pitches he chose to back a spin-led bowling attack. An attack that was a mix of a non wicket-taker, Harbhajan Singh, and a gaggle of run-leaking part-timers: Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Yuvaraj Singh and Ravindra Jadeja.
This, when he had the opportunity of using three specialist seamers.

WHY PERSIST WITH ZAHEER?
Despite knowing Zaheer Khan was woefully out of form, Dhoni chose him over promising pacers like Vinay Kumar and Umesh Yadav till the do-or-die match. It was too late by then.
Vinay bowled with accuracy and sting. He had the highest number of dot balls and two top wickets. A talent for the future?
BACKING THE WRONG 'UN

Harbhajan kept feeding 4s and 6s, yet Dhoni persisted with him. Why? 

DRAVID SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE TEAM

The 'Wall' was sorely missed on the fiery Barbados pitches where the Indian bats struggled against deliveries zipping past them. A Rahul Dravid could have anchored the innings, shepherded the young bats.

DINESH KARTICK SHOULD NOT BE IN THE TEAM

Dinesh Kartick is not a specialist batsman. His place will be debated.

RESCHEDULE THE IPL AFTER THE NEXT T 20 WC/IMPORTANT TOURNAMENT

IPL is a tiring club-level tournament. Make it only a season-finisher.

DHONI SHOULD GO?
Dhoni should go as the T 20 and ODI captain. Either Sehwag or Gautam Gambhir. The new captain should select the team based on merit alone and be open to new ideas.