India has crashed out of the ICC World T20 and the response to that has been on expected lines. Former Indian cricketers have been very critical about the manner in which the Indian team played in the tournament, which left them winless in the three Super Eights game.

Sourav Ganguly, who was Dhoni’s first captain at international level, said that there were some Indian cricketers who had taken their place for granted and that they could not be picked on reputation alone. He was also particularly crucial about the way Yuvraj Singh played and said that he could not live on his past glories alone.

Sunil Gavaskar said that the India cricketers’ inability to handle the bouncers was shocking and that it was repeat of the previous year’s performance. Ravi Shastri, on the other hand, was blunt enough to say that MS Dhoni’s captaincy had left lot to be desired, whereas Mohammad Azharuddin panned the IPL night-outs that the players had to attend after the game during the IPL.

Another former cricketer, Madan Lal said that blaming IPL parties, which MS Dhoni had done in the press conference, was an excuse, and that the team did not win because they played badly.

Australia play Pakistan and England play Sri Lanka in the two semi-finals. Australia had gone into the tournament as favourites, and they continue to be one. Boylesports offers 11/8 for them to win the World T20, as compared to 3/1 at Totesport for England, 19/5 (Totesport) for Sri Lanka and 5/1 at Coral for a Pakistan win.