Virendra Sehwag
He huffed and he puffed and then he was dropped. It wasquite a tournament for the man once considered the clone of Sachin Tendulkar.His fitness was suspect and yes so was his motivation. That ugly cross battedshot against the Pakistani’s symbolized the state of affairs. Questions will now have to be asked if he isstill interested in playing at this level. Perhaps he will have to lose someweight and ask himself some very pertinent questions. Is it still worth it orperhaps do I still want to do it? Time will tell
Shahid Afridi
He may never boom again on the international platform. His two first ball dismissals had a distinct feeling of inevitability. His bowling has been much more consistent over his career, but even that provided only limited consolation, with just three wickets claimed.
Gautam Gambhir
Designated the role of a senior player, he contributed ameager 80 in five innings. His lack of foot movement was exposed by fastbowlers of almost every team. The time may not be far when his relationshipwith the equally out of form Shewag will be disbanded.
Hashim Amla
He scores hundreds, no wait triple hundreds but as yet isunable to decipher the formulae required for success in this format of thegame. The challenging wickets requiredplayers with techniques of Amla but he managed to score a mere 39 runs in fourgames. A very big disappointment for his team and the tournament.
Kamran Akmal
After he blazed 92 not out in a warm-up victory over India,much was expected of Akmal this tournament. He however got out to softdeliveries and made Pakistan over-reliant on their younger batsmen. And hiskeeping underwhelmed yet again.
Kieron Pollard
His 38 against Australia was a savage innings that certainlydestroyed their morale, including three consecutive sixes off Xavier Doherty,provided one of the enduring memories of the tournament, it could not disguisehis disappointing performances elsewhere. He fell for two or fewer in three ofsix innings, largely unable to replicate his bullying of domestic bowlers.
