Indian cricket at its best

Well after the world cup debacle where our Indian team did really well to play in the FIRST round of the cup and also snatched a win from Bermuda.

Lately their have been a lot of talks, controversies regarding the fate of Indian cricket effectively propagated by adrenaline fueled media and I must say that most of these discussions have been very illogical. So here’s an article which I have tried to write in a very unbiased approach regarding our cricketing issues.


Firstly the coach: Lately Greg Chapell has been made the scapegoat for our team’s dismal performances. Wee all know that Greg Chappell is one of the greatest cricketers of his generation.

So that signifies actually that he knows wht cricket is all about. The job of a coach is to better the techniques of the players and help them out, develop strategies and game plans and instill confidence among the players.

The executioners are the players who actually take the field. So blaming Chappell for the cup loss is not the way to go about when he has actually nothing to do in the field.

Secondly previous cricketers who say that a foriegn coach is not required for our country(stating reasons that he doesn’t understand our culture and stuff)are just trying to raise their own worth when actually they r not asked for. The fact remains that almost none of the x-players of India have been sought after by other teams.

Can anyone tell me the reason???

So this is a no issue. The person who is better suited to do the job must be hired (whether Indian or an Aussie or whoever)

Now comes the captain thing :Well it is a fact and has again proved that Dravid is a very defensive captain n lacks the killer instinct to win matches for India. So the question is shud he be sacked as captain. I feel that we don’t have any other option to replace him as captain and carry on the job.Sourav by far has been the best captain India has seen,but the way he's playing in the WC infact he grindedmade it visible that he'll not last long enough.(His recent gud form doesnt actaully indicate his shoddy display of batting done by him).

So let Dravid be the captain ...Groom a young, aggressive and consistent player to lead the side in may be next 2 years.

Now it’s the players who got selected:

1. Rahul Dravid – One of the best batters of our team. Failing lately but still a must for the team.

2. Sourav Ganguly: Past his prime, Grinding for runs…can still be a part of the team but
if does well.

3. Virender Sehwag:Given the maximum no. of opuurtunies more than even Zimbabwe can give. Must be sacked.(I hope his century against Bermuda is not considered)

4. Sachin Tendulkar:Wonderful batsman but is not doing much for the gud of the team.

Must be dropped and asked to prove himself in domestic circuit. Is still very young n still possesses the potential but needs to do well against top teams(their’s lies the difference b/w Sachin and Lara n here’s where Lara scores)

5. Dhoni: Common he’s a gud prospect.One failure doesn’t reduce his abilities..Must be retained.

6. Yuvraj Singh: Consistently inconsistent needs to be more responsible.Must be retained.

7. Dinesh Karthik: Must be retained.

8. Robin Uthappa: Pressure of the world cup took its toll on him, must be retained though…coz a very exciting prospect….

9. Irfan Pathan: India’s leading fast bowler for some time can now bowl upto speeds of 120 kph ..thts awesome man…….ahh common must be dropped and asked to work upon himself in all departments.

10.Zaheer Khan: Should be retained as bowling well

11.Sreesanth:Retained.

12.Munaf Patel: He hardly entered the team and started concentrating on line and length rather than working some pace upfront.Bowled without a single variation against Srilanka consistently at 125 kph (speed at which Kumble bowls).Must work upon pace and variation else dropped.

13.Ajit Agarkar:I have been a die hard fan of Agarkar coz of his abilities to perform as inconsistent as he can irrespective of the situations. The fastest bowler in our ranks,isstill not learning from past mistakes .Needs to be dropped.

Now our wonderful matchwinning duo of spinners.

14.Kumble:I don’t know how can he be a gr8 player wid an av of 31 to show. He should have retired 4 years ago but without deserving one got a chance to play in the cup all due to Vengsarkar and what happened?He retired now but without any grace whereas he could have retired long ago wid a lot of respect.Even Shane Warne retired before ,although he was bowling far better than anyone else.Its better that Kumble retired by himself rather than blocking the way for some better player.

15. Harbhajan Singh: is one of the most average spinner of his time and still has been retained day in and day out in the team without any valid reason or talent or anything.Altough did well in the cup claimin 0 wickets,still should be immediately sacked.Powar who was bowling very well was devoid of a place due to our awesome spin duo who r actually pacers(they bowl widout spin …funny )

PS-Wid due respect I must say that these players are gr8 but past record cannot always be a criteria to remain in the team always.Some may say that “form is temporary but class is permanent”,but at some point form becomes important.


The selectors:

Dlip Vengarskar ,one of the gr8s …,couldnt have done better by taking our cricket as back as he did.he drafted Kumble instead of Powar …thus gifting him another cup appearance.Kiran More did well to bring in a lot of youngsters but Dilip reversed the process.

Missed out were deserving players like RP Singh,Powar,and Gambhir.

Playing Pathan n Sehwag was another big mistake n revealed the way how our cricket is run.


Indian Media:

Our media is a major culprit who is effectively using the emotional content of this cricket crazy country to a large extent thus instigating disgust and wrath among the people.(Who have loads of time to do so)

Imagine a news channel portraying cricketers as criminals wid dialogues like “kasoorwaar kaun “ and others thus playing hard wid the emotions of people. They disregard the fact that cricketers are not doing any crime and are humans too.

Talking about print media...” the Times of India had these views about some specific happenings.

When Kumble was brought in the team it said that it’s a gr8 decision ,he is our no. 1 spinner (form not taken into consideration).

During thecup:Bringing Kumble in the team instead of Powar will hurt our chances.

When India was knocked out of the cup:India paid heavily for not including Kumble in the matches during the cup and will regret it always…

Actually this proves that our media thrives on creating controversies and follows double standards.

Finally our fans :I must say that Indian fans are very irrational and are involved in too much of emotions …Dear fans think logically not emotionally if u want our team to do well. Burning effigies and breaking houses will do much harm rather than gud to our game.Even the cricketers are human beings .Let them live normally.Dont make them gods wen they do well n neither run after their lives if they fare badly…And a message to our politicians ( like Lalu Prasad Yadav) especially …please do ur politics well(which u aren’t actually) and don’t interfere in sports matter…Infact I also find no reason why a politician is heading the BCCI…

There are a lot of issues regarding our system but I feel I have summarized various major issues here…njy


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